Hillbilly Idol

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Hillbilly Idol's follow-up to Town and Country proves an altogether tasty smorgasbord of rootsy country, honky-tonk, Western swing, and newgrass. Smart, without being smart-alecky--even on the novelty number "Hillbilly Polka," a song about a guy with a thing for a squeezebox girl--this Cleveland, Ohio, band thrills on such demanding instrumentals as "Four Brothers," and on steel player Al Moss's meaty, banjo-driven "Dixie Highway Home," destined to become a 'grassy classic. There's a surprise on almost every song, and versatility abounds, from the "spaghetti beach instrumental" of "Sirocco" to stylish covers of Tim O'Brien's "Late in the Day" and the Louvin Brothers' "She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone." Mix in some sophisticated humor and the fine duet vocals of founding members Dave Huddleston and Paul Kovac, and add some instrumental riffs that pay tribute to both country and rock influences, and you've got an album you'll be recommending to your friends and playing over and over again. Did they say Cleveland? Amazing. --Alanna Nash

Hillbilly Idol,Hillbilly Idol,Slewfoot,Country,Country & Western,Pop

Average customer rating:

Lights of Town Hillbilly Idol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FTKGF0 Release Date: 2006-01-24

Tracks:

1. Lights of Town
2. Another Chance at Paradise
3. Quadruplet Polka
4. I Still Care
5. Tale of the Mouse Suit
6. Blue Showin Through
7. Just Another You
8. Comin' Home by Goin' Away
9. Thinkin' About Charlie
10. Anywhere But Here
11. Lavada
12. Morning Star

Average customer rating: Surprisingly Great

Early Hillbilly and Rockabilly Boys Tommy Sands Manufacturer: Hydra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Teen Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000HWZATW Release Date: 2007-01-09

Tracks:

1. Love Pains
2. Syrup Soppin' Blues
3. Dime and a Dollar
4. Life Is So Tiresome
5. Somethin' Bound to Go Wrong
6. Kissin' Ain't No Fun
7. Roses Speaker Louder Than Words
8. Spanish Coquita
9. I Know About the Bees
10. Never Let Me Go
11. Don't Drop It
12. Hankerin' - Sunshine Ruby, , Tommy Sands,
13. Don't You Know I Love You - Sunshine Ruby, , Tommy Sands,
14. Place for Girls Like You
15. Transfer
16. Love Pains
17. Every Little Once in a While
18. Hep Dee Hootie
19. Ring My Phone
20. Man Like Wow
21. Hawaiian Rock
22. Blue Ribbon Baby
23. Maybellene
24. Little Mama
25. Such a Night
26. Is It Ever Gonna Happen
27. Bigger Than Texas
28. Crazy 'Cause I Love You [LP Version]

Album Description

Tommy Sands with his early hillbilly and rockabilly recordings.

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly Great.......2007-05-10

I was a bit apprehensive about getting this. I was really worried about the sound quality and the approach to the songs. The only things that I had ever heard from Tommy Sands up to this point was "The Worryin' Kind." However, I did a little research about Mr. Sands, and I ordered this album, as well as the album entitled "The Worryin' Kind" from Bear Family. The songs are good, and have a great quality about them being from smaller markets and from being so dated. Tommy really had a decent country voice and you can tell that he just loved the genre. It's a shame he didn't stick to more county and rockabilly later in his career. Everyone had to make a buck I guess.

Average customer rating:

Town & Country Music Hillbilly Idol Manufacturer: Egg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hillbilly Idol ASIN: B00000J6CI Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

1. It All Depends On You - Paul Kovac
2. Better Off Believin' - Al Moss
3. Straight To My Heart - Dave Huddleston
4. By Now - Al Moss
5. The Ways Of The World - Steve Downey
6. Mind To Change - Al Moss
7. There Ain't Nothin' In The World - Dirk Powell
8. Someone Before Me - Bob Hicks
9. Half Empty - Dave Huddleston
10. When It Rains I Get Wet - Paul Kovac
11. If It Were Only Easy - Al Moss
12. Those Shoes - Harry Stinson/Kevin Wllch
13. Blue From Now On - James Leisy

Average customer rating: Cleveland honky-tonk and bluegrass

Hillbilly Idol Hillbilly Idol Manufacturer: Slewfoot ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Town & Country Music ASIN: B000060OIH Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Smack Dab in the Middle of Love
2. No Time Like the Past
3. I Don't Think About You Anymore
4. She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone
5. Four Brothers
6. Hillbilly Polka
7. Late in the Day
8. Dixie Highway Home
9. Fingertips
10. Between Here and Heaven and Gone
11. No More to Lose
12. Radio Flyer
13. One Step Forward
14. Hurt Heart Broke
15. Sirocco

Amazon.com

Hillbilly Idol's follow-up to Town and Country proves an altogether tasty smorgasbord of rootsy country, honky-tonk, Western swing, and newgrass. Smart, without being smart-alecky--even on the novelty number "Hillbilly Polka," a song about a guy with a thing for a squeezebox girl--this Cleveland, Ohio, band thrills on such demanding instrumentals as "Four Brothers," and on steel player Al Moss's meaty, banjo-driven "Dixie Highway Home," destined to become a 'grassy classic. There's a surprise on almost every song, and versatility abounds, from the "spaghetti beach instrumental" of "Sirocco" to stylish covers of Tim O'Brien's "Late in the Day" and the Louvin Brothers' "She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone." Mix in some sophisticated humor and the fine duet vocals of founding members Dave Huddleston and Paul Kovac, and add some instrumental riffs that pay tribute to both country and rock influences, and you've got an album you'll be recommending to your friends and playing over and over again. Did they say Cleveland? Amazing. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Cleveland honky-tonk and bluegrass.......2002-04-09

Recording in the shadow of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, this Cleveland quartet has created a fine album of honky-tonk music flavored with Swing, Zydeco, Tex-Mex and Bluegrass. Al Moss' pedal steel anchors a country sound whose nostalgic echoes will be familiar to fans of BR549, but without the stagey retro baggage. The group's harmonies call on the Everly and Louvin Brothers (the latter of whose "She Didn't Even Know I Was Gone" is covered here), and the band's original compositions mix easily with covers of jazz composer Jimmy Giuffre's "Four Brothers"(rearranged as a swingin' Speedy West/Jimmy Bryant-styled pick-fest) and Tim O'Brien's touching "Late in the Day."

The novel "Hillbilly Polka" cleverly mixes country swing and Cleveland's ethnic beat, with Jeff Pecon's piano accordion intertwining playfully with guitars and yodels to create a lively dance tune. The band moves easily from swing ("One Step Forward") to honky-tonk two-steps and banjo-led modern bluegrass such as "Dixie Highway Home," repleat with tight, multipart harmonies. Laurie Lewis adds her harmony to "Between Here and Heaven," and the band kicks up the tempo for a Buckaroos-styled instrumental, "Radio Flyer." The closing "Sirocco" weds western musical themes (by way of James Bond, perhaps) with the '60s instrumental twang of the Shadows and Ventures, and a modern twist of the Raybeats.

The Hillbilly Idols' very name spells the reverence they feel for their influences. They run through a wide variety of styles on this sophomore effort, with a mastery that frees them from slavish devotion. The resulting blend presents a sound that's the organic result of lifetimes spent listening to and playingmusic, rather than simply studying nostalgic sources.

3-1/2 stars, if Amazon allowed fractional reviews.

Average customer rating: what, old-fashioned twang music from the Rust Belt? I Loved this Group And Their Songs!

Town & Country Music Hillbilly Idol Manufacturer: Egg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00003Q5FL Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

1. It All Depends on You
2. Better off Believin'
3. Straight to My Heart
4. By Niw
5. Ways of the World
6. Mind to Change
7. There Ain't Nithin' in the World
8. Someone Before Me
9. Half Empty
10. When It Rains I Get Wet
11. If It Were Only Easy
12. Those Shoes
13. Blue from Now On

Customer Reviews:

what, old-fashioned twang music from the Rust Belt?.......2001-11-16

You better believe it ... this group of Clevelanders have found the original soul of country and western music, and are breathing life into it their own way. The group are all musically talented, and these songs come off very tight and well-done. I'll only give them four stars though, because as good as this album is, it doesn't hold a candle to their live performances.

I Loved this Group And Their Songs!.......2001-05-27

What I liked special about this group was that they are so "Down to Earth". Hillbilly Idol isn't like other country/folk groups. They are so natural. Believe me, I've met them. In fact, I took fiddle lessons from one of them.

Average customer rating:

Crooked River Groove: Live From Cleveland 25 Great Bands Tommy Wiggins , Hillbilly Idol , Robin Stone , Alex Bevan , Chris Daniels , Prayer Warriors , Cletus Black Revue , and Cindy Mackay Manufacturer: RAT ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000OMHELC

Product Description

2 cd set of Rock and Acoustic recordings from Cleveland's best Rock, Blues, Folk, Hip Hop and Gospel artists.

Average customer rating:

Town & Country Music Hillbilly Idol Manufacturer: EGG ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000J5YO Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

1. It All Depends on You
2. Better off Believin'
3. Straight to My Heart
4. By Niw
5. Ways of the World
6. Mind to Change
7. There Ain't Nithin' in the World
8. Someone Before Me
9. Half Empty
10. When It Rains I Get Wet
11. If It Were Only Easy
12. Those Shoes
13. Blue from Now On

Music Album:

1. Hoedown: Fantasic Fiddles of Felix Slotkin
2. Home
3. I'll Be [Import]
4. I've Always Been Country [Import]
5. Jim Campilongo And The 10 Gallon Cats
6. Just Between the Two of Us/The Fightin' Side of Me [Import]
7. Legends of Western Swing
8. Live in Europe 1971 [Import]
9. Live & In Good Company [Live]
10. Make up in Love

Music Album