Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys [Box set]

Disc: 1

1. Hot Rod Race

2. Hound Dog - Betsy Gay

3. Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake)

4. Juke Box Boogie

5. High Geared Daddy - Jimmy Walker

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Disc: 2

1. He's a Real Gone Okie

2. With Tears in My Eyes - Wesley Tuttle

3. Sugar Baby

4. Keep a Talkin' Baby

5. Slippin' Around With Jole Blon - Jess Willard

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Disc: 3

1. Smoke Across the Water - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

2. Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

3. Over and Over Again - Gene Autry

4. Merle's Buck Dance - Hank Penny

5. Artistry in Western Swing - Tex Williams & the Western Caravan

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Disc: 4

1. Triflin' Gal

2. Silver Stars Purple Sage Eyes of Blue - Cliffie Stone

3. One Has My Name the Other Has My Heart - Jimmy Wakely

4. So Round So Firm So Fully Packed - Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys

5. Oklahoma Hills - Arlo Guthrie

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Tracks:

Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley
Hound Dog - Betsy Gay
Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake) - Billy Buckaroos Hughes
Juke Box Boogie - Casey Simmons
High Geared Daddy - Jimmy Walker
Who Broke the Lock on the Henhouse Door - Deuce Spriggins
Ranger Boogie - Dusty Taylor
Hard Top Race - George Stogner
Detour - Pecos River Boys, Jimmy Walker, Paul Westmoreland
Jelly Bean's Daddy - Jimmy Bryant, Sons of the Saddle
Steelin' the Blues - Leodie Jackson
And I Shook - Les Anderson
Four or Five Times - Luke Wills Rhythm Busters
Boogie Woogie Boy - Porky Freeman Trio
Get That Chip Off Your Shoulder - Red Murrell
Git Fiddle Boogie - Red Murrell
Divorce Me C.O.D. - T. Texas Tyler
Hominy Grits - Tem Martin, Cliffie Stonehead Band
I Used to Work in Chicago - Tin Ear Tanner & His Backroom Boys
Tennessee Baby - Jimmie Dolan
Rougue River Boogie - Truman Duff, Tex Terry's Sons of the Purple Sage
Oklahoma Blues - Zeke Clements
Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down - Maddox Bros, Rose
Who Drank the Beer (While I Was in the Rear) - Tommy Duncan
You Ain't Got My Number Anymore - Brad King & His Dude Ranch Gang
Knock on Wood - Cliffie Stone
Shimmy Shakin' Daddy - Merl Lindsay
I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again - Maddox Bros, Rose

Tracks:

He's a Real Gone Okie - Cliffie Stone & His Barn Dance Band
With Tears in My Eyes - Wesley Tuttle
Sugar Baby - Eddie Kirk
Keep a Talkin' Baby - Gene O'Quin
Slippin' Around With Jole Blon - Jess Willard
Juke Box Boogie - Jimmie Dolan
Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me - Ken Marvin
True Blue Papa - Leon Chappel
House of Blue Lights - Merrill Moore
Rainin' on the Mountain - Wesley Tuttle
Paper Heart - Red Murrell
She's a Mean Mean Woman - Roy Hogsed
I'm Hog Tied over You - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Ella Mae Morse
Bryant's Bounce - Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West
Speedin' West - Speedy West
Talkin' Boogie - Tex Williams
Jump Rope Boogie - Cliffie Stone
Saturday Night Time Blues - Eddie Kirk
Sleepy Eyed John - Ole Rasmussen
Hillbilly Hula - Jenks "Tex" Carman
Boogie Woogie Fever - Gene O'Quin
Streamlined Gal - Leon Chappel
Ernest Tubb's Talking Guitar Blues - Red Murrell
Scoot Git and Begone - Skeets McDonald
Wild Card - Tex Williams
Truck Driver's Boogie - Jess Willard
No Need to Knock on My Door - Jack Guthrie
Baby Sitter's Blues - Ann Jones
Put Some Sugar in Your Shoes - Roy Hogsed
Mail Order Mama - Wesley Tuttle

Tracks:

Smoke Across the Water - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Over and Over Again - Gene Autry
Merle's Buck Dance - Hank Penny
Artistry in Western Swing - Tex Williams & the Western Caravan
Too Far Gone - Ted Daffan's Texans
I Can't Help the Way I Feel - Smokey Rogers & His Texans
Red River Valley - The Sons of the Pioneers
Easy Payment Blues - Rudy Sooter, String Band Classics
I'm Gonna Gallop to Gallup New Mexico - Roy Rogers
Just A-Pickin' and A-Singin' - Curley Williams
Hot Rod Baby - Dick Reinhart
Daughter of Jole Blon' - Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys
Hamburger Hop - Johnny Hicks & His Troubadours
Love Fever - Oakie Jones
That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eye - Riders of the Rio Grande, Johnny Tyler
Take It Away Leon - Leon Mcauliffe & His Western Swing Band
Hoot Owl Boogie - Sheb Wooley
Catch Me Cheatin' - Smokey Rogers
Yodeling Polka - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Nickel in the Jukebox - Luke Wills Rhythm Busters
Bottle Baby Boogie - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Out on the Open Range - Wesley Tuttle
Cattle Call - Tex Ritter
Detour - Riders of the Purple Sage, Foy Willing
I'm All Through Trusting You - Jimmie Widener
Fan It - Jaye P. Morgan, Hank Penny
Lazy John - Johnnie Lee Wills

Tracks:

Triflin' Gal - Al Dexter and His Troopers
Silver Stars Purple Sage Eyes of Blue - Cliffie Stone
One Has My Name the Other Has My Heart - Jimmy Wakely
So Round So Firm So Fully Packed - Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys
Oklahoma Hills - Arlo Guthrie
My Chicksay Gal - Country Washburne & His Orchestra, Roy Rogers
Cool Water - The Sons of the Pioneers
Whoa Sailor - Brazos Valley Boys, Hank Thompson
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again - Cliffie Stone,
Honey Do You Think It's Wrong - Al Dexter and His Troopers
Wild Side of Life - Brazos Valley Boys, Hank Thompson
Never Trust a Woman - Tex Williams
Lazy Mary - Bud Hobbs, Trail Herders
I Love You So Much It Hurts Me - Jimmy Wakely
Divorce Me C.O.D. - Johnny Bond
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women - The Sons of the Pioneers
Suspicion - Tex Williams
Wine Women and Song - Al Dexter and His Troopers
Peepin' Through the Keyhole - Cliffie Stone & His Barn Dance Band
Tennessee Saturday Night - Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys
Rub-A-Dub Dub - Hank Thompson
Til the End of the World - Jimmy Wakely & His Trio
Gods Were Angry With Me - Eddie Kirk
I Wish I Haed Never Met Sunshine - Gene Autry
Cocaine Blues - Roy Hogsed
Hot Rod Race - Jimmie Dolan
What a Shame - Merle Travis

Customer Reviews:

Please Give This A Try.......2007-02-10

My conscience has been bothering me for a long time because this 4-disc set had been listed for over a year without a single review. I'm pleased to see two other people have now written reviews of this. I must still attempt to elaborate just a little on this hidden treasure. The people who created this music deserve it. This is highly special stuff, from a bygone era. It is happy, fun, sometimes a little risqué but always wholesome stuff. The musicianship is first-rate. You get four discs loaded full-up with great songs, and with great sound quality.

I hesitated to review this initially because of a lack of personal qualifications. Really, this music is old enough that someone who was alive during the era would be in a better position to review the songs and the musicians. But, perhaps, that person would lose some credibility as they might be perceived as caught up in the nostalgia of the time. I really didn't have time to read the nice little booklet which is included in this (and all) Proper Box Sets. So, I'm clueless as to the historical context of these songs. (Although I did look at the cool photos in the booklet.) I only know this is AWESOME music. I do feel, however, that someone who is highly familiar with this genre ought to write a comprehensive review so that more scrutinizing buyers have all the hard historical facts, the family-tree type of analysis. So, please take my review for what its worth: a totally awed music fan who is much more qualified to write a Metallica review than a review of cowboy music from Hollywood sung by some dapper cowboys. Cowboys who are apparently also hillbillies.

If you aren't familiar with these Proper Box Sets, you ought to explore them. They are incredible values. As I understand the concept, they've packaged up this first-rate vintage music which has lost copyright protection and then sell it at astoundingly reasonable prices. Proper has done an amazing service preserving this music and passing it along in the manner which they do. I'm also somewhat of a jazz-loving dilettante, and if you read the reviews of the Proper Box jazz titles (of which there are many) you will hear from serious jazz aficionados who claim that some of those sets are the best in the world for assorted jazz greats. All of them have fours discs and a nice little booklet. I really appreciate the efficient packaging because I'm really struggling nowadays to accommodate all my CD and DVD inventory. Anyway, I mention all this because this set is one of a handful of western or "cowboy" titles which Proper produces, and, yes, they do it quite Properly. There is a certain irony here, a disconcerting one: Proper is not an American label!! These dudes are our friends from across the pond. First they nail us with the British Invasion, and now they out do us with the packaging of our own American music! And we thought the Japanese were the clever ones.

Suffice it to say that I listened to one of these discs each night for four consecutive nights. My mood elevated. My young daughters started dancing around. My cats started playing cat-and-mouse with one another. I poured myself a slightly stronger drink than usual due to my festive mood. Each night was a rather robust little 70-minute-long house party. If you like Hank Williams, you'll love this stuff, although this is generally a little more upbeat. There are a few mournful songs, but they won't bring you down. There is lots of variance in style and vibe from song to song. As mentioned above, sound quality is excellent.

So, have at it. Really these discs are individually worth what they're asking for the entire Box. I think you'll be very pleased. And then consider exploring the other Proper box sets. I have about 25 of them, and there isn't a dud in the group.

Another Western Swing Winner From Proper.......2007-02-03

"Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys" mines the same western swing vein as Proper's other box sets: "Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers" and "Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys".
If you have those other sets, you'll probably enjoy this set also (a few songs are duplicated.)
The sound is generally first rate and there is a very informative liner notes booklet included.
As always with Proper,this set offers great value for the price.

Wonderful Western Swing!.......2007-01-03

A wonderful collection of Western swing, one of my favorite areas of country and western as it combines shades of rock, rockabilly, jazz and swing in a delightfully toe-tappin' blend. Fans of contemporary bands such as Asleep At The Wheel will love this one for the roots of this musical form.

Mark B. Rohrer, MD

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