Honky Tonk Heart

1. Drinkin Doubles

2. I'll Show You

3. Rosie

4. Back in the Swing of Things

5. Chicago

6. Mirrors Don't Lie

7. Feel Again

8. When the Smoke Clears

9. Momma

10. Honky Tonk Heart

11. What Times Does the Band Start

Honky Tonk Heart,Cody Widner,Vista Media,Country,Pop,Traditional Country

Average customer rating: True "Country" at it's best! i been waiting for this one Pure 'Randy Travis' style country. Superb. Great CD Another great album

Straight from the Heart Manufacturer: Shanachie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Heartaches by the Number That's Why I Sing This Way Now and Again For the Love Heard It in a Love Song ASIN: B000MEYJ4W Release Date: 2007-02-27

Tracks:

1. Bottle Let Me Down
2. Black Sheep
3. Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
4. Promises
5. I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
6. Jesus And Bartenders
7. These Days I Barely Get By
8. Miami, My Amy
9. I Still Sing This Way
10. Lovin' On Back Streets
11. Fifteen Years Ago
12. We're Gonna Hold On

Customer Reviews:

True "Country" at it's best!.......2007-07-07

If you are young and have never had the privilage of hearing Merle, Buck, Kieth W. et al back in their hay-days, this one will get you there! Singletary's pipes are at their very best and dare I day that it sounds as good as the originals? Yes it does! Backed up by some great Honk-Tonk picking, this collection of classics is worth your hard earned dollar! Today's Nashville can kiss my grits, this is REAL country music!

i been waiting for this one .......2007-07-03

Daryle singletary is too talented and has too much soul . And grew up learning from the best .TO make it with todays wanta bees .I never thought i would be saying an artist is too country for country radio . but here goes . And it is plain to see he always sings like he has a little conway . jones . haggard . owens .travis and .anderson . in him . he is a little like every great artist that has come down the road in the last 30 yrs . At least he knows how to pull it off . NO you will not hear this played on the local station .This release is in the same vain as the last release as outstanding as it can be . But that s why i sing this way . should have been THE album of the yr. This is as best as can be after thats why .It is hot . Do not miss this one . This is infact a lesson in how music should be done and how it should sound . this ALBUM should have been called lesson number 2 . as that s why was really lesson number 1. LIKE d .wade sang. LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED . about growing up and listening to john anderson and george jones . But there is no mistake when i say he is at his best when he sings a conway song . And that was a far reach as he does them all very good . PURE TALENT . .

Pure 'Randy Travis' style country. Superb. .......2007-05-30

Randy Travis had a lot to do with Daryle, certainly early in his career. This is pure country as it should be. The cover of Randy Travis's 'Promises' is pitch perfect. One of the best country artists of today.

Great CD.......2007-05-13

This was really a terrific listen. I just have one question, though, when does the next all-new CD come out?

Another great album.......2007-05-11

Once again another great album from Daryle Singletary. No one else has his rich, deep voice. Black Sheep with John Anderson is awesome. And Daryle describes best himself on "I Still Sing This Way". And I for one am glad of that fact. This album is a must buy for any Daryle Singletary fan, and any fan of good country music.

Average customer rating: REAL Country Music for a Change San Diego Tribune and Des Mones City View reviews I SMELL GASOLINE!!!

Mile Markers Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash Manufacturer: Thirty Tigers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Walk Alone Distance Between Hacienda Brothers Dark and Weary World Little Rock ASIN: B000AQKYMS Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

1. Austin Night
2. The Road To Bakersfield
3. California Sky
4. Borderline of the Heart
5. King of the World
6. Radio Girl
7. Night Comes Down
8. Restless Heart
9. Are You Lonely Tonight?
10. No Easy Road
11. Under Your Spell
12. The Pride of Abilene

Album Description

Mile Markers is just what the name says: a set of signs posted to guide the way home. . . or maybe point out the direction that has home in the rear view mirror.

Set in the West, it rambles and wanders and aims the steering wheel out at the endless horizon. A halfways unfolded road map, it passes through Austin and Tucson and San Ysidro and Los Angeles, through the badlands of both South Dakota and New Mexico, from Oklahoma and the windy Panhandle country around Abilene all the way to Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley.

But Mile Markers is a spiritual voyage as much as a mere travelogue, a set of tales that turns into a single song of journeying forth.

It's like a Western, in a way. It's "The Searchers," or "Ride the High Country," or" High Plains Drifter." Or even"Two-Lane Blacktop" or "The Getaway," because it's set in a contemporary West divided by white lines and asphalt, and settled by truckstops and parking lots. It's a landscape of big skies and long roads and endless Mile Markers flying by at the edge of your vision. And like every true Western ever, contemporary or not, it's a story of drifting and settling, of setting down roots and then having them torn up again, of learning that you don't dare settle down when you're just going to be forced to hit the road again.

For Mark Stuart and the Bastard Sons, the last ten years has been a blur of miles and markers. BSOJC has played more shows most years than most bands do in their entire careers, and they've done it the hard way, piling their own gear into their own van, and then heading off into a dark night that's just a couple of hours away from day. A lot of indie bands have done a lot of this, but not many have made the long haul across an entire decade. And amidst that grueling schedule, Stewart has managed to keep writing, delivering two previous records, Walk Alone and Distance Between, that built a hardcore fanbase for the band and yet achieved a critical recognition that most singer-songwriters would slit their left wrist to gain. It was an enviable position, as long as you didn't have to do all the work that went with it.

Customer Reviews:

REAL Country Music for a Change.......2006-03-19

Listening to the Bastard Sons' music makes you want to grab a ice-cold longneck and Belly up to the nearest bar. Mile Markers is some of the band's best stuff and in my opinion "Road to Bakersfield" may be one of their best ever which is saying alot. If you're tired of the cookie-cutter type music played on "country" stations, give The Bastards a listen! I'll see ya at the bar.

"The Honky-tonks have all gone away but Buck and Merle are here to stay, on the Road to Bakersfield".

San Diego Tribune and Des Mones City View reviews.......2005-10-03

"Mature tales of life on the road and lost love as seen by Mark Stuart and the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash through the windshield of a van carrying them through thousands of miles of desert highways abound on the alt-country outfit's third and finest album, "Mile Markers." The album's lead track, "Austin Nights," sets the pace for much of "Mile Markers" with a mesmerizing groove, touches of sweeping Spanish and steel guitars, an unforgettable melody and deft lyrics of wanderlust delivered by Stuart's trademark warm timbre. "King of the World" is a clever observation of the trials of maintaining a relationship while living on the road and "California Sky" is a touching tribute to the band's home state. These songs, and others, are as cool and arid as a moonlight drive through the desert and they resonate with hope as they travel through the great unknown."

Michael Swanger --
Des Moines City View

"Unwinding like a country road movie, "Mile Markers" offers twangy slices of Southwestern life. San Diego's favorite Bastard Sons take "The Road to Bakersfield" after spending an "Austin Night" with the character-conscious Texas singer-songwriters (Townes the drifter would've been proud). The Telecaster and steel-guitar sound is potent, but it's Mark Stuart's lived-in vocals that stand out, notably on the closing-time ballad "Are You Lonely Tonight?""

Mikel Toombs
San Diego Union Tribune

I SMELL GASOLINE!!!.......2005-09-23

So are you tired, like me, of the overly produced, slick as a linoleum slate of endless pseudo country music dribble? Do you have a hard time telling one band or singer from another. Drones of clones... it just goes on and on. I threw out my radio a long time ago, my friends. They won't play these Bastards! And that is the shame of the state of the country music business today. Luckily, the "ALT - COUNTRY" music scene is saving the day, and these guys are at the top of my list for grit, power, emotion and steam. They are the musical equivalent of an 18 wheeled highway locomotive, the kind that leaves your windshield smoke stained with gasoline fumes as you follow them down that lost desert highway. You've got Johnny Cash playing at full volume. You could pass on by, but no, you're hooked on the diesel fumes, so you ride in their wake, cause they know where they're going and you want to get there too.
I love these guys. I've been following them since the late 90s, almost from the start, hitting every show they've done here in Phoenix. After the shows, I would talk to Mark Stuart and the band, listening to all their war stories about the road, the honky tonks, and the near collisions with both drivers and fame. Like the time they recorded in Johnny Cash's famed cabin, and the feeling he left behind there. They have his blessings and they'll need it, because you ain't gonna find a country DJ with the balls to say "Bastard Sons" on the air.
I truly didn't think they could top the eerie, mystical sounds of their last album, Distance Between (a masterpiece in sonic layers of emotion), but they did it here, with Mile Markers. All the tales I heard them tell of their woes on the road are celebrated in this masterful song cycle of true Americana. It's Route 66 in your ears! You can just smell the burning rubber and gasoline. Each song is like a much needed rest stop along the endless freeway, when you step out onto the pavement of a brightly lit truckstop and feel the breeze of our great nation blowing through your hair. My favorite is UNDER YOUR SPELL. You know what I'm talking about guys, that sultry waitress at the Diner, where you can't stand the food, but you keep coming back for another whiff of her seductive perfume.
KING OF THE WORLD and RADIO GIRL are gems that we should be hearing on the radio, politically incorrect band name or not. I want to hear this stuff blairing out somebody's car radio for a change, instead of that damned rap crap! YEAH!!! I want to hear it playing on the Juke Boxes clean across this here country. This is music that defines our country's heritage!
Mark Stuart is a prolific songwriter, with nearly as many unreleased songs in the vault as Neil Young himself. As a matter of fact him and old Neil are the only two guys left who can really write a good song any more.
So what's fifteen bucks for a trip down route 66, at today's gas prices, it's a bargain!!
Now go to your windows, stick your heads out and shout
"I SMELL GASOLINE!!!!!!!"

Average customer rating: This is what country music is all about One of his best! As Good As It Gets That song it sure does fit me. When Country was Real

Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat Buck Owens Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: I've Got a Tiger by the Tail You're for Me Buck Owens (Sundazed) Before You Go On the Bandstand ASIN: B000003GY6 Release Date: 1995-05-17

Tracks:

1. My Heart Skips A Beat
2. Close Up The Honky Tonks
3. I Don't Hear You
4. Save The Last Dance For Me
5. Over And Over Again
6. Truck Drivin' Man
7. Together Again
8. A-ll
9. Ain't It Amazing Gracie
10. Getting Used To Losing You
11. Storm Of Love
12. Hello Trouble
13. Love's Gonna Live Here
14. Act Naturally

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1964 standout is named for the double-sided single that was the first 45 to place both cuts atop the country charts. In fact, they owned the top two spots on the chart three weeks running, swapping positions in the middle week! "Together Again," a ballad distinguished by Tom Brumley's weeping steel, and "My Heart Skips a Beat," a midtempo shuffle featuring Don Rich's biting guitar licks and high harmony vocals, were both written by Owens himself and perfectly exemplify the Owens writing style: simple and bright-sounding songs aimed at working-class honky-tonk patrons who wanted to forget the real world for a few hours. The remainder of the LP maintains these high standards, thanks to a strong set of original Owens tearjerkers and a number of well-chosen covers--"A-11," "Hello Trouble," "Close Up the Honky Tonks," and "Truck Drivin' Man"--that remain defining, hard-driving Bakersfield classics. Sundazed adds a pair of chart-topping singles from the previous year--"Act Naturally" and "Love's Gonna Live Here"--making this CD release a fundamental entry into any country enthusiast's collection. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Description

Full Title - Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat. Named after his double-sided number one hit single of early 1964, 'Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat' is one of Buck Owens' strongest albums of the '60s, as well as one of his few records to stick firmly in the honky tonk camp. Now Sundazed brings you this reissue with 2 bonus tracks 'Love's Gonna Live Here' and 'Act Naturally', both of which were originally released by Capitol as singles. 1995.

Customer Reviews:

This is what country music is all about.......2007-05-26

From the first tune to the last,Buck Owens and his Buckaroos will have you hooked on some the best country tunes out there.Buck and Don harmonize perfectly.Three of Buck's steel guitar players strut their stuff here,most notably, Tom Brumley on Together Again.His seamless turnaround on the steel is a major cause of the songs success and beauty.Ralph Mooney "steels" the show on many of the tunes.Jay McDonald is also a major presence on a few of the tracks.You can't call your collection complete without this CD in it.

One of his best!.......2007-04-11

"Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat" was on the top of my "must have" Buck owens albums....this album satisfies all my hard-core honky tonk tendencies, song for song it has to rate among his best, from the opening tracks shuffle beat followed by my personal favorite track on here the classic "Close Up The Honky-Tonks", then there is the unbelievably credible country version of "Save The Last Dance For Me" (sounds as if it were written as a country song).."A-11".."Storm Of Love"..they are all good..nary a clunker here...if your a Buck fan?..Order this as fast as you possibly can!...a MUST have!

As Good As It Gets.......2006-08-23

I can't understand how anyone could give this album less than five stars. It just doesn't get any better than this. In fact, it will probably never be this good again.

That song it sure does fit me........2006-08-08

This album by Buck Owens was released in 1964. The title songs were from a single that saw both sides become #1 hits. That was the first time both sides of a single reached #1 on the Country charts. The album included one other hit song, which was a cover of the Drifters' song "Save the Last Dance For Me". Other than the hits, there were a number of other great songs on the album, including "Close Up the Honkey Tonks", "Truck Drivin' Man", "A-11", "Hello Trouble" and "Ain't It Amazin' Gracie" (the latter became a hit when Buck re-recorded it nine years later). The CD adds two bonus tracks, which are the #1 hits "Love's Gonna Live Hear" and "Act Naturally". This is one of Buck's best albums.

When Country was Real.......2006-05-30

Another fine Buck Owens Cd released by Sundazed Records; they've done a great job of re-releasing his collection. This Cd was originally released in 1964, but the sound is incredibly clear. "Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat" provides 14 of Buck's songs, including a few of his biggest hits: "My Heart Skips a Beat", "A-11", "Hello Trouble", and the greatest Steel Guitar solo yet, "Together Again". The world lost one of the finest stylists ever when Buck recently passed away.....here's your chance to own a little bit of that magic. I'm not sure how long these albums will remain available, but you'd be wise to grab them while you can.

Average customer rating: Crying in your beer Music Honky-Tonk Heaven Great - Great - Great - Just Great...! Classic Ray Price - done two ways Burning Memories/Touch My Heart

Burning Memories/Touch My Heart Ray Price Manufacturer: Audium Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Night Life Time The Essential Ray Price (1951-1962) 16 Biggest Hits Last of the Breed ASIN: B00009IB5R Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Touch My Heart
2. There Goes My Everything
3. It's Only Love
4. I Lie Alot
5. You Took My Happy Away
6. Swinging Doors (Swang In Doors)
7. A Way To Survive
8. The Same Two Lips
9. Enough To Lie
10. Am I That Easy To Forget
11. Just For The Record
12. Burning Memories
13. Here Comes My Baby
14. Make The World Go Away
15. Are You Sure
16. Soft Rain
17. Release Me
18. Together Again
19. You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)
20. A Thing Called Sadness
21. Walk Me To The Door
22. That's All That Matters
23. Let Me Talk To You

Customer Reviews:

Crying in your beer Music.......2007-04-20

I truely enjoy this cd. It's exactly the older country I was looking for.
It has the sound of the original rather than the more modern versions. I relied on the reviews from other buyers before I purchased this and was not dissappointed.
Jodi

Honky-Tonk Heaven.......2007-03-10

When Ray Price eventually shuffles off this mortal coil, he is a certainty to front heaven's Honky Tonk Angels. These two albums (Touch My Heart and Burning Memories) contain 23 superb expressions of broken hearts, broken dreams and tear-stained memories. I was suprised to find that Burning Memories was recorded before Touch My Heart as the former is more countrypolitan than the stripped-down, latter. I find the strings and backing vocals of "Memories" sometimes get in the way and overwhelm the essence of the songs. I much prefer the fiddles, steel, off-the-beat piano and tic-tac bass of "Heart". It makes the arrangements on "Heart" a bit samey but then too much of a good thing is never enough. Also, the nylon string guitar of Grady Martin on "Heart" is fantastic and the bass of the much under-rated Harold Bradley is the glue that holds many of these songs together. This is not to say that "Memories" is a bad album, it contains many beautiful moments but I cannot help but imagine what producer Roy Dea (of late, great Gary Stewart fame) would have done with these songs and the smooth voice of Mr Price. Overall, these two albums showcase one of the best voices in country music doing some of the best country songs with a host of great Nashville musicians. What more could you ask for? If the woman that you love has left you, you like country shuffles and enjoy a beer or two, then get this album, a box of beer to get that "done me wrong" feeling and a box of tissues to wipe away the ensuing tears. You'll soon be in heartbreak heaven.

Great - Great - Great - Just Great...!.......2007-03-05

Being a long time Ray Price fan, I can not tell you how overjoyed I am with this cd. All of my old time favs of his on one cd! If you love his oldies but goodies as much as me, then this is the one for you too. The seller shipped very quickly and my cd arrived in excellent condition. The only thing I would say about the shipping is the packaging envelope could be better. It is shipped in a cardboard wrapper that could end up damaged in the shipping/delivery process. I would recommend this company use the bubble wrap packaging.

Classic Ray Price - done two ways.......2006-07-14

I owned both of these albums back in the 60's (they're now long gone). After getting the re-release of Night Life awhile back, I could not resist purchasing this 2 album deal. It was well worth it. Being a singer and musician in Houston for 40 years now, I have always considered Ray Price my favorite country singer. He had the tremendous vocal range and vibrato with just enough "gravel" to show real emotion. Although most of his pop fame came in the 70's after "For the Good Times", I think his best vocal work was in the 60's. "Burning Memories" shows the predecessor to the 70's work, but the songs are so well performed that even "hard country shuffle finatics" cannot deny how good these songs are. "Touch my Heart" goes back to the typical shuffle tunes, but again, they are so well done that you have to marvel at his talent.

Burning Memories/Touch My Heart.......2005-09-30

It's a great CD and came along at the right time as I have played the long play records so many times they are about worn out.

Average customer rating: Romantic, not sappy. Wife loves it Not as great as seen on TV Not the same as shown on TNT

Country's Got Heart Various Artists Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Country's Got More Heart Best Country Hits of Today Everlasting Love Songs Totally Country, Vol. 3 Totally Country 2 ASIN: B000AMJD2Y Release Date: 2005-09-27

Tracks:

1. Rumor Has It - Clay Walker
2. Amazed - Lonestar
3. When I Said I Do - Clint Black with
4. One More Day - Diamond Rio
5. There Goes - Alan Jackson
6. I Dont Want to Miss a Thing - Mark Chesnutt
7. I Do (Cherish You) - Mark Wills
8. Born to Fly - Sara Evans
9. I Can Love You Like That - John Michael Montgomery
10. Nobody Knows - Kevin Sharp
11. Just Another Day in Paradise - Phil Vassar
12. The Keeper of the Stars - Tracy Byrd
13. We Danced - Brad Paisley
14. Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter
15. I Still Believe in You - Vince Gill
16. Like the Rain - Clint Black
17. You Had Me from Hello - Kenny Chesney
18. When You Say Nothing at All - Alison Krauss & Union Station

Album Description

This is what Country music is all about, great love songs sung by the biggest stars in the industry. And, now for the first time, 18 of the greatest love songs of the past decade are brought together in one amazing collection—Country's Got Heart. This one-of-a-kind collection delivers fifteen #1-hits by the biggest "Hat-Acts" of the `90s including Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Alan Jackson, including his famous tribute to Country music's traditional roots in There Goes. From start to finish, Country Got Heart will strike a chord with contemporary Country Music fans with hits like Lonestar's Amazed (Country music's biggest hit song in 1999 and a cross-over hit) along with One More Day, I Don't Want to Miss A Thing, We Danced, The Keeper of the Stars, Born to Fly and When You Say Nothing at All. Country music fans know that Time Life delivers only the biggest stars and their hits to make a definitive collection, and Country's Got Heart is no exception!

Customer Reviews:

Romantic, not sappy........2007-03-09

I especially liked the the fact that the songs were romantic without being sappy. I gave this item as a gift to a couple who likes country music. They said they liked it.

Wife loves it.......2006-03-15

I purchased this for my wife and she listens to it weekly and really puts her in a great mood. The selection of songs and the diversity of the singers styles keep it fresh and one never tires of listening to it.

Not as great as seen on TV.......2006-03-14

The album has a good selection of songs although it is skinnied down from the cable-advertised double CD set. My only disappointment was that the arrangements were generally not as rich as the originals of some of the songs. For example "i don't want to miss a thing"....maybe it just shouldn't have been covered as a country song at all. The CD is still on my car CD playlist , so there's definitely some good in it.

Not the same as shown on TNT.......2006-02-07

I was very disappointed with this CD. After receiving the CD's we ordered we saw the TV ad on TNT again and discovered this CD is not the same as seen on TV. The CD on TNT is a 2 CD set with 32 songs while this is a single CD with 18. For the $3.00 difference I would rather have the other CD.

Average customer rating:

Crying My Heart Out Over You Carl and Pearl Butler Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Essential Connie Smith ASIN: B0000282TN Release Date: 1993-08-16

Tracks:

1. Cryin' My Heart Out Over You
2. Fools Like Me
3. Garden Of Shame
4. Dog Eat Dog
5. If Teardrops Where Pennies
6. Holding On With Open Arms
7. Take Me Back To Jackson
8. Don't Let Me Cross Over
9. Blue Eyes And Waltzes
10. My Joy
11. Precious Memories
12. I Hope We Walk The Last Mile Together

Average customer rating: A Little Bit Lacking... Beyond Good Beyond the dross...

Beyond Nashville: The Twisted Heart of Country Music Various Artists Manufacturer: Manteca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Further Beyond Nashville ASIN: B00005QBEM Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. Looking for a New Mama - Jimmie Rodgers
2. When Our Lord Shall Come Again [Intro & Theme] - The Carter Family
3. Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
4. Bubbles in My Beer - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
5. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
6. I Ain't Got No Home - Woody Guthrie
7. Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams
8. Always Late (With Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
9. Mystery Train - Junior Parker
10. Why Baby Why - George Jones
11. Put Your Cat Clothes On - Carl Perkins
12. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? - Johnny Cash, The Carter Family
13. Chicken Reel - Jim & Jesse
14. Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard
15. I Am a Pilgrim - The Byrds
16. Little Red Hen Blues - Taj Mahal
17. Long Black Veil - The Band
18. Lazy Days - The Flying Burrito Brothers
19. Glendale Train - New Riders of the Purple Sage
20. Medley Live from Northern Quebec: Cash on the Barrelhead/Hickory Wind - Gram Parsons
21. Nitty Gritty - Doug Sahm
22. Dallas - The Flatlanders

Tracks:

1. To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) - Ryan Adams
2. I Don't Wanna Talk About It Now - Emmylou Harris
3. Run on for a Long Time - The Original Five Blind Boys of Alabama
4. Until the Day I Die - Steve Earle
5. Orphan Girl - Gillian Welch
6. Temptation of Egg - Giant Sand, Juliana Hatfield
7. Must Be Love - Stacey Earle
8. Evening Mass - Willard Grant Conspiracy
9. One Night Stand - Lucinda Williams
10. Beyond Belief - Lambchop
11. So Much Wine - The Handsome Family
12. Pissed Off 2AM - Alejandro Escovedo
13. Desert - (Smog)
14. Comfort Me - Sparklehorse
15. Windfall - Son Volt
16. Atlas Nails - NoahJohn
17. Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi - Jim White
18. Ted's So Wasted - Oh Susanna
19. Theme (Sunnyside) Out/XET Station Break - The Carter Family
20. Paloma Guarumera

Album Description

This wonderful 42 track collection which is subtitled - The Twisted Heart Of Country Music begins appropriately with the man who started it all, Jimmie Rodgers singing 'Looking For A New Mama' from 1931 and continues through the 40's, 50's, 70's, 80's & 90's with his followers, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard and more. That's just disc one, disc two carries on with Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Son Volt, The Carter Family, Jim White and more. Includes a 10 page booklet with extensive details on all the tracks and featured artists. Slipcase. 2001.

Customer Reviews:

A Little Bit Lacking..........2004-02-07

Great music and a comprehensive catalog of "alt-country". But where's Uncle Tupelo and Wilco? Jay Farrar formed Son Volt after Uncle Tupelo, and Wilco is the superior offshoot. This would receive 5 stars if they replaced the Son Volt track with "New Madrid" by Uncle Tupelo.

Beyond Good.......2003-07-08

This compilation is a must for any Americana/Texas/Alt. Country music fan. The variations in artists are amazing. The tracks range from the 1930's through the new millenium. I especially enjoyed the descriptions of each artist in the CD jacket. There is a Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris track that is a must hear for any Parsons/Harris fan.

Beyond the dross..........2003-07-08

Beyond Nashville is exactly that... anyone whose stomach churns at the sound of a steel guitar or pappy country pop should check out this baby, a fantastic intro to alt.country and its history.

Highlights include Johnny (Cash) and June doing ethereal gospel, Jim White's twisted 'Handcuffed to a Fence' and Lambchop's Elvis Costello cover 'Beyond Belief'...

Play it again, Sam!

Average customer rating: They're playin' country music. Solid and thoroughly enjoyable Another Good'n Buck Owens Scores Again

Open Up Your Heart Buck Owens Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Before You Go Tender Loving Care It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me Roll Out the Red Carpet I've Got a Tiger by the Tail ASIN: B000003GYG Release Date: 1995-09-12

Tracks:

1. Open Up Your Heart
2. Congratulations, You're Absolutely Right
3. Think Of Me
4. In The Palm Of Your Hand
5. You, You, Only You
6. Sam's Place
7. Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
8. A Devil Like Me (Needs An Angel Like You)
9. Heart Of Glass
10. Cadillac Lane
11. No More Me And You
12. Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You
13. Open Up Your Heart (Mono Single Version)
14. Think Of Me (Mono Single Version)

Album Description

This is the Sundazed reissue of Capitol's 1966 release. It includes mono single version bonus tracks of 'Open Up Your Heart' & 'Think Of Me'. 1995.

Customer Reviews:

They're playin' country music........2007-03-20

This Buck Owens album was recorded at various sessions between August 1965 and April 1966. There were an incredible four #1 Country hits on this album ("Open Up Your Heart", "Think of Me", "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" and "Sam's Place"). The album was somewhat of a departure for Buck; instead of the usual mix of leads performed by Buck and various Buckaroos, Buck sings all the leads. Aside from the hits, the other songs on the album are pretty good, too. This is a typically solid Buck Owens album. The CD adds two bonus tracks, which are the single versions of "Open Up Your Heart" and "Think of Me". These are basically the same as the album versions, except they are in mono instead of stereo.

Solid and thoroughly enjoyable.......2007-01-07

This album shows off what a great innovater Buck was. The highlight is the array of styles that Buck merged to create the Bakersfield sound jump out of the tracks here, like the Mexican guitar influence in "Heart of Glass" and the truly awesome "Think of Me", the surf influence in "Cadillac Lane", and the hillbilly picking on "Open Up Your Heart". Buck was never the greatest lyricist, but he's got some good stuff to work with here in "Heart of Glass" and "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line". I use this album to party and also to mellow out, the guitar licks are just plain relaxing. The only thing missing is Don Rich's hillbilly guitar and vocals are a little underused compared to albums like "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", but this is still my favorite Buck Owens album.

Another Good'n.......2006-10-06

Here's a 14 song collection from Buck's Album "Open Up Your Heart", provided as a re-release by Sundazed Records. They've done a spectacular job with this effort, as they have done with the remainder of Buck's Studio Albums; you really need to check out the entire collection. This CD contains some of Buck's best work, including "Think Of Me", a Nat Stuckey penned "Waitin in Your Welfare Line", and a rolicking "Sams Place". While the majority of the songs are Buck Owens' penned, there's also contributions from the great Red Simpson and of course, the legendary Don Rich. Get this one while it's still available.

Buck Owens Scores Again.......2000-06-17

This album is a sleeper! It carries a lot of bang for the Buck in that the songs are all solid, consistently played gems. The lead-off title track features James Burton on lead guitar, in what is for him a rare display of guitar prominence. His playing is crisp, tough, and there is a generous helping of it. All the songs are recorded quite well, with nice punch to all the instruments. Buck's vocals as well as his writing likewise are of consistently high quality.

Average customer rating: A Mixed Bag

If I Give My Heart to You/Honky Tonk Angel Kitty Kallen Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Little Things Mean a Lot Her Very Best The Kitty Kallen Story Jane Morgan - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00004YNF9 Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

1. Need Me
2. Driftwood On The River
3. Always In My Heart
4. Never In A Million Years
5. Because You're Mine
6. Got A Date With An Angel
7. If I Give My Heart To You
8. Blues In My Heart
9. That Old Feeling
10. Vaya Con Dios
11. Blue Doll
12. Love Is A Sacred Thing
13. I'll Never Stand In Your Way
14. Your Chasin' Heart
15. Be My Life's Companion
16. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
17. Raining My Heart
18. A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)
19. You Are My Sunshine
20. Careless Hands
21. I Love You Because
22. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
23. I Walked Alone Last Night
24. Hey, Good Lookin'

Customer Reviews:

A Mixed Bag.......2000-10-28

Although the two albums on this CD are both Columbia albums from the same period, they are vastly different. If I Give My Heart to You represents the more traditional standards in a vocal appraoch similar to Kitty Kallen's big hits like Little Things Mean a Lot and In the Chapel in the Moonlight from the mid-50's. All 12 selections on this album are in that familiar style and are quite good. The second album, Honky Tonk Angel, is Kitty's attempt to cover Country and Western songs and it is not nearly as successful. There are a few good numbers here, most notably the slow ballads, but the uptempo selections are not her best efforts. However, the If I Give My Heart to You album is so good that it outweighs the less successful Honky Tonk Angel album. Anyone who is a Kitty Kallen fan, like me, will welcome this CD, particularly as there isn't that much Kitty Kallen music out there.

Average customer rating: Cart Butler stays true to the classic approach The Founding Duet Not for this price Great

Cryin' My Heart out over You Carl Butler , and Pearl Butler Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Family Affair Don't Let Me Cross Over I Wouldn't Change You If I Could Vintage ASIN: B000001B1S Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

1. Cryin' My Heart Out Over You
2. Fools Like Me
3. Garden Of Shame
4. Dog Eat Dog
5. If Teardrops Where Pennies
6. Holding On With Open Arms
7. Take Me Back To Jackson
8. Don't Let Me Cross Over
9. Blue Eyes And Waltzes
10. My Joy
11. Precious Memories
12. I Hope We Walk The Last Mile Together

Product Description

1. Crying My Heart Out Over You
2. Fools Like Me
3. Garden Of Shame
4. Dog Eat Dog
5. If Teardrops Were Pennies
6. Holding On With Open Arms
7. Take Me Back To Jackson
8. Don't Let Me Cross Over
9. Blue Eyes And Waltzes
10. My Joy
11. Precious Memories
12. I Hope We Walk The Last Mile Together

Format: DVD

Customer Reviews:

Cart Butler stays true to the classic approach.......2007-04-10

Carl Butler had to hide the fact that he was an American Indian. But this did not stop his enthusiasitc approach to country and western music, stripped down to its basic sound and tempo. This may sound ponderous to the uninitiated, but several listenings to Carl's tracks will help them appreciate the subtlety in his voice and his heartfelt attraction to the melodies and lyrics of classic C and W.

It might be easier to appreciate Carl if fans of C and W would listen to the progression and leap of music such as Carl's from the earlier efforts of the Carter family. They took traditional music of the hills of Appalachia and translated it into their own versions, which added depth and musical notes and rhythm changes.

Carl then takes the next step to "traditional" C and W with his unvarnished but emotion-filled approach. I recommend any afficianado of county and western and its roots include Carl Butler in his/her collection. This disc is a very good choice that shows Carl at his best.

The Founding Duet .......2006-07-12

When I walk around the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, I tend to notice who isn't in the Hall yet. Male-Female duets became a staple of Country Music in the late 1960s and 1970s--George & Tammy, Porter & Dolly, Conway & Loretta--but if you want to hear the duet style's roots, you start with Carl and Pearl Butler. This CD is not a collection of the original versions of these titles, but a compilation of remakes done during the 1970s. But these sides hold up pretty well and until the originals are packaged this nicely, this is a good place to start listening to the Butlers. For those who haven't heard the Butlers, their style is hard honky tonk style with nice tight harmonies. Lots of fiddle and steel guitar here, the way it should be. Carl was a fine honky tonk singer and deserves more than the footnote mentions he usually gets. Treat yourself and listen to Carl and Pearl, if your heart has ever been broken, you will know their genius. And you too will wonder why they aren't in the Hall yet.

Not for this price.......2002-04-12

This is an alright album. Nothing major. Not even an album of big hits. Just an recording made in the early 1970's. The notes are good, but I wish this was a 26 song CD of their big songs. My advice: Save your money until a better CD is released.

Great.......1999-04-28

I am Carl Butlers Producer here in Nashville. I produced Carl on 26 songs soon to be released on Castle Records. See our Web Site at Castlerecords.com and all of Mr. Butlers history

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2. Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way/Reminiscing [Import] [Original recording remastered]
3. It Happened One Bite [Soundtrack]
4. Kevin Welch
5. Learning How to Live
6. Little Things: 18 Great Country Songs [Import]
7. Live and Learn
8. Live At Gilley's [Live]
9. Love Hurts [Import]
10. Lovesick Blues

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