Western Swing and Country Jazz [Box set] [Original recording remastered]

Disc: 1

1. There'll Be Some Changes Made

2. Ain't Nobody Truck Like You

3. Long Ago

4. What's the Matter

5. Same Thing All the Time

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Disc: 2

1. Rhythm Is Our Business - Roy Newman

2. Drag Along Blues - Roy Newman

3. Garbage Man Blues - Roy Newman

4. Tin Roof Blues - Roy Newman

5. Dinah - Roy Newman

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Disc: 3

1. Dirty Dog - Jimmie Revard

2. Fox and the Hounds - Jimmie Revard

3. Bound to Look Like a Monkey - Jimmie Revard

4. Daddy's Got the Deep Elm Blues - Jimmie Revard

5. I've Got Trouble in Mind - Jimmie Revard

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Disc: 4

1. Woodchip Blues

2. Wood's Travelling Blues

3. Keep on Truckin'

4. Carry Me Back to Virginny

5. I'm Sorry

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Tracks:

Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Nat 'King' Cole
Manana (Is Soon For Me) - Peggy Lee
Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams
That Lucky Old Sun - Louis Armstrong
The Trolley Song - Judy Garland
Personality - Johnny Mercer
A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting
Rum and Coca Cola - Andrews Sisters
Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
Baby It's Cold Outside - Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting

Customer Reviews:

Thank You.......2007-05-14

I loved the CD. I used it for my parents 60th wedding anniversary. Thank you.

Love it.......2007-04-05

This is music from before I was born, but I love the happy beat.

Romantic tunes.......2006-11-05

This is a nice CD to bring back more soothing and romantic music. Wanted a more diverse collection to add to my currect CDs.

a real winner.......2006-10-11

wonderful collection- good clear sound- you can't go wrong with this collection-can't wait for Vol. 2

Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1.......2005-08-30

Great. I love for the classsroom.

Average customer rating:

good listening
A good collection of her work
the gratest female singer i have ever heard

The Best of Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer
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ASIN: B000002NYH
Release Date: 1989-05-19

Tracks:

Music! Music! Music!
You Send Me
Jilted
Empty Arms
I Gotta Go Get My Baby
Ricochet
Pledging My Love
Bo Weevil
Till I Waltz Again With You
A Tear Fell

Customer Reviews:

good listening.......2007-06-30

This is a real bargain,at this price,it is easily well worth it, this is excellant music that will surely be enjoyed by almost everybody.You may end up wanting to buy more of Teresa as there are 10 songs on here, just enough to whet your appetite for more .

A good collection of her work.......2005-01-22

I must say that this particular collection seems tailor-made for me personally, as it omits one of her hits that I don't particularly like ("Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl"), while including the ones I like best. It is entirely based on her recordings for Coral Records, so instead of having the original 1949 version of her first hit, "Music! Music! Music!" it has a remake which she did on Coral in 1953, which I personally like better. It also includes "A Tear Fell," which I think is the most melodious song Teresa ever recorded, and some other big hits ("Jilted" and "Ricochet" being the biggest).

It also includes some samples of her pop covers of R&B hits like "You Send Me" and "Pledging My Love," which I like better than the Sam Cooke and Johnny Ace originals. (But then, I generally like pop covers of R&B songs better than the originals!)

Probably, if you want only one Teresa Brewer collection, this is the one to get.

the gratest female singer i have ever heard.......1999-02-19

this lady sang some of the most wanderful music in the 50s and 60s that i have ever listen too.

Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing

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The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun!
Good Luck in trying to find something better !
A Great Overview Of Western Swing
Musical history that is alive and well today
Western Swing is Western Folk Jazz no Hillbillies here!

Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
Various Artists
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Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers: More from the Golden Age of Western Swing
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Hillbilly Boogie
Daddy of Western Swing
From Boppin Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly

ASIN: B00005EQQE
Release Date: 2001-07-05

Tracks:

Sunbonnet Sue - Fort Worth Doughboys
Nancy Jane - Fort Worth Doughboys
Oh You Pretty Woman - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Brownie's Stomp - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Osage Stomp - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Who Walks In When I Walk Out - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Boyd's Blues - Bill Boyd & Cowboy Ramblers
I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana & Prarie Ramblers
Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans) - Roy Newman & His Boys
Who's Sorry Now - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Down By The O-H-I-O - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Barn Dance Rag - Bill Boyd & His Country Ramblers
Never No More Blues - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Too Busy - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Rambler's Stomp - Doug Bine & His Dixie Ramblers
The Eyes Of Texas - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Red's Tight Like That - Tune Wranglers
Buster's Crawdad Song - Tune Wranglers
Big Daddy Blues - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
Feather Your Nest - Washboard Wonders
Dirty Dog - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
My Galveston Gal - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
El Rancho Grande - Tune Wranglers
Texas Sand - Tune Wranglers

Tracks:

Women Women Women - Shelly Lee & His Alley Cars
Mean Old Lonesome Blues - Buddy Jones
Bring It On Down To My House - Derwood Brown & His Musical Brownies
Corrine Corrina - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
One Sweet Letter From You - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
Fort Worth Stomp - Crystal Spring Ramblers
The Women ('Bout To Make A Wreck Out Of Me) - Buddy Jones
Streamlined Mama - Buddy Jones
Blue Guitars - Light Crust Doughboys
Dirty Dog Blues - Modern Mountaineers
Mississippi Sandman - Modern Mountaineers
Hot Tamale Pete - Bob Skyles & Skyrockets
Married Man Blues - Nite Owls
There'll Be Some Changes Made - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Dirty Hangover Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Lose Your Blues & Laugh At Life - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Boys
Range Rider Stomp - Range Riders
Hold That Critter Down - Sons Of The Pioneers
Chicken Reel Stomp - Tune Wranglers
Playboy Stomp - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Moonlight In Oklahoma - Smokey Wood & The Wood Chips
Keep On Truckin' - Smokey Wood & The Wood Chips
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Brown's Musical Brownies
Just Once Too Often - Light Crust Doughboys
Loud Mouth - Modern Mountaineers

Tracks:

Kangaroo Blues - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
Pine State Honky Tonk - Claude Casey & His Pine State Playboys
Better Quit It Now - Adolph Hofner & His Texans
Pussy Pussy Pussy - Light Crust Doughboy
I'll Keep My Old Guitar - Adolph Hofner & His Texans
Cowboy's Swing - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
Lonesome Road Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Liza Pull Down The Shades - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Truck Driver's Blues - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
My Untrue Cowgirl - Jewel Cowboys
San Antonio Rose - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
Gonna Get Tight - Sunshine Boys
Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts - Light Crust Doughboys
Mississippi Muddle - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
Billy Boy - Louise Massey & Her Westerners
Good Gracious Gracie - Light Crust Doughboys
Mean Mean Mama (From Meana) - Light Crust Doughboys
Jones Stomp - Port Arthur Jubileers
Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Buddy Jones
Blue Steel Blues - Ted Daffan's Texans
New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Bob Wills Special - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Pussywillow - Port Arthur Jubileers
Tobacco State Swing - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys

Tracks:

Draftboard Blues - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
Whatcha Gonna Do - Hi-Flyers
Cotton Eyed Joe - Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians
Sally's Got A Wooden Leg - Sons Of The West
What's The Matter With Deep Elem - Sunshine Boys
Lil Liza Jane - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers
Forgive Me One More Time - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Shame On You - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
Boogie Woogie Boy - Porky Freeman
That's What I Like About The South - Cliff Bruner
Stay A Little Longers - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Oklahoma Blues - Zeke Clements & His Western Swing Gang
Oklahoma Stomp - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Nails In My Coffin - Jerry Irby & His Texas Ranchers
Bob Wills Two Step - Luke Wills Rhythm Busters
I Got Texas In My Soul - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Wildcat Mama - Hank Penny
Betty Ann - Jesse Ashlock
One Year Ago Tonight - Don Churchill & Texas Mavericks
Oakie Boogie - Johnny Tyler & Riders Of The Rio Grande
Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Square Dance Boogie - Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys
Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson

Album Description

Budget-priced four disc set with 99 tracks from the golden years of Western Swing, including cuts by Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Tex Williams, Adolph Hofner, Hank Thompson and Cliff Bruners Texas Wanderers. Tracks include 'Pussy, Pussy, Pussy', 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke'. 'Humpty Dumpty Heart' and 'Kangaroo Blues'. The tracks tell the story of this vibrant musical form that blended jazz with string bands, took in pop music & the blues, and pioneered amplification. Beautifully packaged, each disc also includes an illustrated booklet with a discography, photos and extensive liner notes. Each disc comes in a separate standard jewel case & together they are coralled up in a colorful & sturdy CD-sized slipcase box. 1999 release.

Album Details

4CD 99 track collection that covers the history of classic Western Swing. Includes extensive liner notes. A must for true fans of this artform!

Customer Reviews:

The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun!.......2006-07-07

Western swing fans will be dancing in the streets over this brilliant box set. It features 99 cuts dating from 1932 through the late 40's. They run chronologically and features all the great architects of western swing: Milton Brown & his musical Brownies, Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Light Crust Doughboys etc. Even if you're not a fan of country music, you may enjoy this one. It is genuine feel-good, stomping music with honkytonk pianos, fiddles, drums, guitars and even saxes. This is without a doubt the best buy for any fan of this genre. It is timeless fun! Crank it all the way up, pop open a cold one and all of sudden it's 1938 and you're in a Dallas honky tonk. By the way, the liner notes in the booklet are outstanding with dates, pixs, stories. Most interesting was that the Crystal Springs Ramblers from Ft. Worth were a favorite of Bonnie and Clyde's at a popular dance hall down there. Great job by Proper Records!

Good Luck in trying to find something better !.......2006-06-21

I read some of the other reviews and I can apperciate a lot what other folks are saying. I really agree with the one who said that todays Country Music makes them sick. What in the name of God does a naked Faith Hill rolling around a bed under the sheets singing some half baked so called Modern Country have to do with the music that I was raised on and grown to love. As the Great Bill Monroe stated "That junk ain't part of nothing",(I saw that on a FH video that was being played on cabel TV). What a moral let down, instead of appearing as one of our Country Stars she looks a lot more like a B-girl- that's where we are today. I said all that to say this: If you love WesternSwing like I do then you will love this set - it really has a lot of good stuff and takes you back to the days of Bob, Milton,Tommy,Leon, Spade and many other outstanding Western Swing artists. This set was a real welcome to my Swing Collection.
Keep in mind that this music ain't for everybody.If you like spending time listening to the likes of a feuding Toby with the Dixie Chicks then this real Roots Music ain't for you. But if you would be willing to sell your top coon hound to get the money to get tickets to see "Asleep at the Wheel" then you might be a fan that can apperciate what was started by Bob & Milton way down in Texas back in the early 30's.
While I type this review I'm listening to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys perform "Faded Love" on my computer so I'll cut it short. Buy this set - at this price you can't afford not too. While you are at it do what I did and get the "Proper Records - Bob Wills/Take Me Back To Tulsa" also - you will be Blessed !
"ENJOY" Joe Kopeck / Parkville,MD.

A Great Overview Of Western Swing.......2005-06-16

This 4 volume box set by Proper is a fantastic overview of that great American musical art form Western Swing.
It's not country, it's not cowboy, it's not swing, it's just great toe-tapping fun music!
The songs in this album are presented in chronological order thus allowing the listener to experience the growth and progression of this great music.
The songs are remastered originals and the sound quality is first rate.
There's also a booklet containing liner notes about all the artists and a discography.
I own several box sets by Proper and every single one is a bargain, well worth far more than the asking price.

Musical history that is alive and well today.......2004-09-13

My first exposure to Western swing was the first Asleep At The Wheel Bob Wills tribute CD, and I have been hooked ever since. However, up until I bought this collection, I have only heard Bob Wills. I was pleased to buy this in a local branch of Half Price Books. In addition to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, it also has selections from Milton Brown, Patsy Montana, the Light Crust Doughboys, Spade Cooley - just to name a few. This vibrant blend of cowboy/fiddle music and black blues/swing has yet to wander far from my CD player!

Western Swing is Western Folk Jazz no Hillbillies here!.......2003-12-12

This is a great panorama of Western Swing from its origins with Bob Wills and Milton Brown working together inthe Original Light Crust Dough Boys in the early 1930s to Tex Williams' great electric swing band from just after WWII. I've had these sides since Columbia issue an earlier version on LP more than 20 years ago.

This music has little to do with what was considered Country music at the time or its emasculated mutant descendants in Nashville.

This was not marketed as Country music. In fact in 1945 when Bob Wills, the acme of Western SWing, was the biggest grossing public attraction in the entertainment business, he had his sole invitation to the Grand Ole Opry, and then he almost walked out of there before he played a song because the hayseeds wouldn't let him bring on his drums and horns (not allowed onthe Opry until the late 1950s!).

Western Swing comes from Jazz from the pop Jazz of the 20s and early 1930s, included people who went back and forth between bands like Wills and Spade Cooley to the white big bands (though Bob Wills once tried to hire a black alto player[against the law in Oklahoma] and of late Les Paul has taken to claiming he saw Charlie Christian sit in with the Playboys at Cains and there are pictures of the Playboys having drinks in Chicago with black Jazz greats like Ben Webster!!). Townsend Wills' biographer interviewed many Playboys and none of them felt they were part of Country, but part of Jazz.

Basically it begins with people trying to play Jazz and Blues influenced music with the instruments of the old Southwestern Barn dance bands: guitar, fiddle, piano, adding in drums, and in many bands all the instruments of the Jazz orchestras. Very quickly Bobby Dunne added in the electric Hawaii, pedaless steel guitar and Leon McAuliffe who replaced him in the Doughboys and went with Wills was so well known that Bob Wills' introduction to him "Take it Away Leon" became a catch phrase in the whole country and beyond in the 1940s!

At its most hyperbolic height (captured here in the Space Cooley Orchestra's Oklahoma Stomp, a recording anyone with a set of ears should treasure) you had 16 and 18 piece orchestras with full fiddle sections (in the early 1960s Wills even rounded his fiddles with a violist from the Lawrence Welch band!), complete reed sections, and more brass than they needed, and exotic additions like the Harpist who kicks off The Oklahoma Stomp.

Further on than these recordings go, you would have players like Tiny Moore and Johnny Gimble who incorporated Bebop styles in their solos.

Along the way, mostly during that war time period when recording bans and players going in and out of the army and different bands make following a little harder, the straight western swing style of combining a guitar, steel guitar, and sometimes electric mandolin trio alternating with fiddle choirs took hold as the paradigm for Western Swing. For some reason in most bands the horns seemed to disappear or roll down to just one after WWII.

One thing about this music is that a very high level of musical technique and education became more and more part of the Western Swing environment. We know that European Jazmen like Stephan Grappelli followed the recordings of Hugh Farr who played with the sons of the pioneers and later Spade Cooley, and that Down Beat magazine described Eldon Shamblin out of Bob Wills' band as the best rythm guitar player in the country (slighting Freedie Green who even Eldon probably acknowledge was better).

The other thing in contrast with much of what was being presented as country music contemporaneously is that this was not being presented as "old time music," craddling close to old conventions, but a new hot dangerous music, drawn as close as comfort would allow from Black sources, from the dangerous white swing bands, and from the part of down home music involved in drinking, dancing, cheating, and other things not permitted in the Baptist Southeast.

WSM Grand Old Opry Stars toured the deep South playing in school auditoriums, church houses, and public squares. From the beginning Western swing belonged in barrooms, in dance halls, and other places where "the wine and liquor flow." Even Hank Williams wasn't allowed to use the word "beer" when he sang "My Bucket's got a hole in it" on the Opry. Meanwhile Western Swingers like Wills and Brown were singing about Cocaine and Opium, whiskey and beer back in the early 1930s.

And Smokie Woods wasn't called smokie cause he liked Tobacco. LOL. In fact his tune here called "Everybody's Trukin," about what is done "up in Harlem" includes much use of a word that does sound like truckin', but does not contain an r or a T but does start with an F!!

No this is not Nashville Country or even old time country music. This is Western guys and gals trying to be jazzy, bluesy, wild, whiskey soaked, drug high, hip to the secrets of Negroid nights of "truckin," playing their hearts out fast hot and heavy!

Anyone with ears should own this collection!

Tracks:

Straighten Up And Fly Right
My Dream Is You
Comes Love
Sweetheart (Waitress In a Donut Shop)
Jumpin' Into Spring
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Burnin' The Toast
It's Always New To Me
Cupid Shot Us Both With One Arrow
Picadilly Circus
It's All About You
Stay Out Of My Dreams

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The truth is that Suzy Bogguss, whose early music reflected her love of Western tunes and yodeling, never really fit into assembly-line Nashville. Rarely did her major-label producers allow her to reveal her true self. This time, she reveals nothing but that. Masterfully produced by Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, she's at home with every tune, be it time-honored jazz chestnuts like Billie Holiday's "Comes Love" and Duke Ellington's "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" or fresh, witty contemporary numbers by Nashville jazz chanteuse-writer April Barrows. Benson, who duets with Bogguss on Barrows's "Cupid Shot Us Both with One Arrow," wisely avoids using a big band. Instead, he surrounds her with a small band of Asleep at the Wheel alumni--including pianist Floyd Domino and driving, Stuff Smith-inspired fiddler Jason Roberts--that provides a sharper, more deft accompaniment than any bigger band could. Liberated from Music Row's relentless pursuit of radio-friendly mediocrity, Bogguss has at last nailed it to the wall with this smart, elegant, and joyous effort. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

SUZY BOGGUSS.......2007-02-04

This is a big departure from her usual, really great, catchy tunes, though! The kind of music that will keep your feet tapping. Definitely worth the money!

A Swing and a Hit!.......2005-07-23

Darn good collection of swing music from one of the clearest, most versatile voices around. Suzy starts with the old Nat Cole standard "Straighten Up and Fly Right" and moves along with lesser-known numbers and several originals. The country/western swing element that Suzy and producer Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) bring to the album is present but not overpowering. It's completely different from anything else she's ever done, but probably the best thing she's done for quite a while (her Christmas album is also outstanding). Certainly worth the price for any fan of Suzy or any fan of good ol' swing music.

Stepping outside her zone.......2005-01-19

Suzy takes a step outside her usual zone of mellow pop country with this appropriately titled Swing album. The results are solidly listenable and exceptionately pleasant. Lacking in some of the harder edged messages of her country work, this album exudes a great deal of charm.

A treat.......2004-08-05

Suzy Bogguss has produced some pretty forgettable Nashville product in the past, so this comes as something of a surprise. Unlike a lot of pop singers who suddenly do a standards album, she is not overly respectful or intimidated by the material. She wisely kept the band small and although the arrangements are excellent with a Texas swing feel, they do not overpower or overshadow her. The vocals are delivered with warmth and a light-on-her-feet swing. A delight.

Include my vote.......2004-01-28

Please include my vote for what a good CD SWING is. You do not have to be locked into a particular genre of music to appreciate it. Thanks Suzy.

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Tone Poems II : A must have for any one who
A Masterpeice Icon of the 20th century.
tone poems II

Tone Poems 2
David Grisman
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ASIN: B00000391F
Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

Swanee
Teasin' The Frets
It Had To Be You
Please
Mood Indigo
Anything Goes
Blue Moon
Lulu's Back In Town
Tears
Jeepers Creepers
Over The Rainbow
Musette For A Magpie
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Besame Mucho
Unforgettable
Here's That Rainy Day
My Romance
Out Of Nowhere
Crystal Silence

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David Grisman's duo project with Scottish jazz guitarist Taylor, is a sequel to 1994's Tone Poems by Grisman and Tony Rice. That one explored the bluegrass side of Grisman's music through the use of vintage fretted instruments, and Poems II explores the jazz side the same way. As the lavishly illustrated, 48-page booklet that comes with this single CD explains, the 19 tunes on Tone Poems II are sequenced in the order they were written and are played on instruments built within a few years of the composition. Thus "Blue Moon," written by Richard Rodgers in 1934, is played on a 1935 Epiphone Deluxe guitar by Taylor and on a 1932 Epiphone Windsor mandolin by Grisman. A must for vintage-instrument obsessives. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Tone Poems II : A must have for any one who.......2001-02-23

The music is superb. Anyone who likes accoustic music will love this. Included with the CD is a booklet describing the instruments Grisman and Taylor use. While listening to the tunes, you can flip through this booklet and get a short history of the different vintage guitars, mandolins, ect. they use in this album. This is an excellent piece of work and artistry.

A Masterpeice Icon of the 20th century........2000-02-22

Every now and then a collector of fine wines will go down to his cellar when nobody else is about and secretly crack open a bottle of the very finest wine and enjoy it's contents slowly, taking in every sip and savouring the moment. "Tone Poems II" is as fine as it gets to anybody intersted in Jazz guitar and/or mandolin world. The instruments collected here are second to none and the playing is equally exquisite. The interaction between the two artists demonstrates how great a duet setting can be - leader and supporter. Martin's solo playing (as on Lulu's Back in Town", "Tears" on a tenor Gibson and "My Romance" on a 1989 D'Aquisto New Yorker) is, as always, superb. Where else can you sit back and hear two Gibson Super 400s roaring and soaring while swinging like a gate. From an early Style U Gibson Harp guitar all the way through D'Angelicos, D'Aquistos, Strombergs, Martins, Epiphones and many many pre war Gibsons all the way up to John Monteleone's ground breaking masterpeices, these fantastic instruments that most of us can only dream about, are recorded hear with the finest quality allowing us to hear exactly the character of each intstrument, played at it's best in the style it was built for. The accompanying booklet is equally well presented with great photos of each and every intstrument played and a page or two of it's history. Any serious guitar or mandolin collector or just fanatic really should have this CD on their shelf for those moments when they have a chance to really sit back and relax, savouring each track one by one.

tone poems II.......1999-12-06

This is a masterful interpretation of these old chestnuts. The rapport of the musicians is terrific. The enclosed folder on the vintage instruments used is fascinating also.

You have to be an ACOUSTIC MUSIC fan to fully appreciate this, but nowhere else will you find a contemporary interpertation of "Teasin' the frets".

Tracks:

All of Me
If I Had You
Lulu's Back in Town
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
Fat Man Boogie
Lean, Baby
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
Charmaine
There Is No Greater Love
My Last Affair
When Your Lover Has Gone
Mayhem
You're Driving Me Crazy
Perfidia
Tenderly
Memphis in June
Love Is Just Around the Corner
Easy Street
Honest and Truly
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
Cocktails for Two
Little Brown Jug
Makin' Whoopee
You and the Night and the Music
Street Dreams
Dixieland Band

Customer Reviews:

Enjoy some early gems from Maestro May !!!.......2007-04-15

Billy May possessed a keen talent for playing almost all musical instruments; but when he conducted his orchestra he could really whip out a number! This CD is indeed a proper introduction to Billy May's work; and when you listen to these tracks you'll wonder why you might not have heard too much about Billy before.

The CD begins with a swinging rendition of the classic "All Of Me." The horns carry a lot of the melody, as was often the case with May's orchestrations. The percussion, drums and piano enhance the beauty of this number.

Other great numbers on this CD include the hot "Lulu's Back In Town" with an awesome saxophone helping out the horns section; and the romantic and slower paced ballad "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street." "Charmaine" gets a sophisticated arrangement that left me breathless! In addition, we also get a 1950s Latin beat for "Perfidia;" and "Tenderly" shows us just how romantic trombones, trumpets and saxophones can really be. How elegant!

Listeners will recognize some very famous ballads, too: We get "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" with a big band flavor which will positively charm you; the playful older number entitled "Little Brown Jug" and the swinging-ist rendition of "Makin' Whoopee" you ever heard! The horns, drums, percussion, guitar are in perfect synch as May conducts his orchestra to perfection.

The CD ends strong with "Dixieland Band." This number gets the big band treatment May was so famous for; and "Dixieland Band" will leave you wanting more! Love that Latin beat that May inserts into "Dixieland Band" midway through the number! I doubt you'll put this one away and just forget about it--you'll be playing this CD again and again for quite some while to come!

The liner notes provide an extensive essay about Billy May's career written by Joop Visser; and the art work reflects good judgment, too. You also get the song credits and there is a clear listing of who played which instrument in the liner notes as well.

Billy May's talent cannot be forgotten; and it is a blessing we have great CDs like this one to prove his was a most impressive talent. If you like this CD, I recommend other CDs by Billy May & His Orchestra including the import CD entitled Plays The Standards by Billy May and two-fer CDs that offer the content of two Billy May record albums on one CD including A Band Is Born/Big Band Bash. In addition, fans of that terrific big band sound from the 1940s and early 1950s will cherish this CD.

Sit back and enjoy the ride!

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As someone who's new to Patsy Cline's music...
They butchered those beautiful songs
A few gems in a well-intentioned mess
Patsy was one of a kind ...
"Sweet Dreams" Are Made Of This

Remembering Patsy Cline
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000AYLJT
Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

I Fall To Pieces - Natalie Cole
Why Can't He Be You - Norah Jones
Back In Baby's Arms - Amy Grant
Crazy - Diana Krall
Strange - Michelle Branch
She's Got You - Lee Ann Womack
Leavin' On Your Mind - K.D. Lang
Walkin' After Midnight - Terri Clark
You're Stronger Than Me - Rebecca Lynn Howard
Faded Love - Patty Griffin
So Wrong - Jessi Alexander
Sweet Dreams (Of You) - Martina McBride

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As someone who's new to Patsy Cline's music..........2007-02-17

I'm giving this album a great rating, to counterbalance those who are nit-picking it to death. I'm not a country music fan and I was barely familiar with Patsy Cline before listening to this CD- so I'm speaking to anyone wondering whether this is an album they might enjoy, who isn't coming from a place of comparision with how much they loved "the way Patsy Cline sang it." I find this album a complete joy to listen to. All of the songs are wonderful, and I really enjoy the variety of styles and voices. My favorite track is Lee Ann Womack's awesome rendition of "She's Got You." I'm so glad I received this CD as a gift, because it's not something I would have bought for myself, and I'm now quite taken with this repertoire.

They butchered those beautiful songs.......2006-11-28

It was stated that the artists on this cd were encouraged to do their own interpretations of the timeless classics made popular by Patsy Cline. I think it was just an excuse for those horrible performances. This poor cd makes me appreciate that beautiful voice of Patsy Cline even more. There is a day-and-night difference between the way she sang the songs and the way these other people did on this cd. Save your money and buy the "Patsy Cline: greatest hits" cd instead.

A few gems in a well-intentioned mess.......2006-03-24

It seems crazy to even attempt to cover the songs of Patsy Cline and yet if I were a singer I think I'd want to try as well. The trouble is, not many singers can really pull this catalog off as this collection bears out. Only two tracks are outstanding, some are ok, some are depressing for all the wrong reasons.

For the bad, "I Fall to Pieces" is an amazing heartbreaking song and Natalie Cole is completely unequipped to sing it (at least she didn't sing it as a duet with Patsy a la Unforgettable.) Norah Jones and Michelle Branch, two talented singers dealing with their own material, are unable to pull their respective numbers off (incidentally, Norah fares much better on "Just Because I'm a Woman" a similiar but much more successful tribute to Dolly Parton.) Diana Krall's reading of "Crazy" is strangely flat, as is kd Lang's washed-out "Leavin on Your Mind." The latter was particularly surprising because at first glance I expected this to be the standout track. Patty Griffin's rendition of "Faded Love" might have been good but seems drowned by the production.

There is yet some hope for this CD though. Lee Ann Womack does a brilliant, wrenching version of "She's Got You" and Terri Clark smokes on "Walking After Midnight." Amy Grant's cover of "Back in Baby's Arms" is suprisingly good as well. The final track is an a capella rendition of "Sweet Dreams" by Martina McBride with backing vocals from Take 6. Although I didn't really enjoy Take 6's contribution, this was well-executed otherwise.

While cover versions can often be an interesting twist or occasional improvement on the original, I think buying a Patsy Cline album would be a much better use of your hard-earned money OR look into Loretta Lynn's "Sings Patsy Cline's Favorites."

Patsy was one of a kind ..........2005-11-18

... and that's why, with a couple of exceptions, I think this CD works. No one else could bring Patsy Cline's combination of soulful emotion and richly textured vocal quality to these songs, so why try? A case in point: Jessi Alexander's rendition of "So Wrong," wherein she tries mightily to imitate Patsy phrase for phrase - and fails.

Two other cuts miss the mark: Natalie Cole's approach to "I Fall to Pieces," well, falls flat - primarly because Natalie Cole's singing style is somewhere between a bray and a whine. And I have issues with Martina McBride and Take 6's version of "Sweet Dreams," largely because they're so enamored of the soundscape that the song gets completely lost in the shuffle.

But the other cuts are pretty snazzy, each for a different reason. Norah Jones' reading of "Why Can't He Be You?" conveys just the right air of ambivalence. Amy Grant's Texas swing-style arrangement of "Back in Baby's Arms" captures the good cheer of the song, and some of its sass as well. Diana Krall's rendition of "Crazy" proves not only that a great song is a great song in ANY setting, but also that a smart musician with a fresh approach can reveal new meaning in a song you've heard a zillion times. Michelle Branch's "Strange" is a bit, um, strange, in that she has an oddly unpleasant voice - and yet her interpretation somehow works. Terri Clark puts some muscle into "Walkin' After Midnight," Rebecca Lynn Howard tears the roof off of "You're Stronger Than Me," Lee Ann Womack gets to the emotional meat of "She's Got You," and Patti Griffin imbues "Faded Love" with such sadness and a sense of loss that I almost don't miss the ragged intake of breath that made Patsy's original such a stunner.

And then there's k.d. lang. The perfect, velvety vocals ... the powerful sound and equally powerful feeling ... the world-weary, "I've been through this before and I know what's coming" tone ... this is one brilliant recording. Never afraid to take a song apart and put it back together again, she's one of the truly great singers of this - or any - generation.

I'm a bit mystified by the reviewers here who seem to feel this CD doesn't qualify as a "tribute" because the singers, for the most part, bring their own individual style to their tracks. Isn't that what Patsy herself did, to the everlasting good fortune of us all?

"Sweet Dreams" Are Made Of This.......2005-09-16

I love Patsy Cline's music as much as I love her voice. She was an artist who took a song and made it her own. I never thought I could appreciate a Cline song by another artist, that is until now. From Natalie Cole's interpretation of "I Fall To Pieces," Norah Jones' gorgeous vocals on "Why Can't He Be You," to Diana Krall's brilliant take on "Crazy" and the finale of all finales, an acapella rendition of "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" recorded impeccably by Martina McBride with Take 6. This CD has something for every Cline fan and anyone a fan of beautiful songs that are brilliantly recorded and arranged. Other artists include, Michelle Branch, Amy Grant, Lee Ann Womack, and the incomparable k.d. lang singing her idols praises on "Leavin' On Your Mind." If you're in the mood for love, or memories of love, this one's for you. What a remarkable tribute to a remarkable artist. Sweet Dreams indeed!

Swinging West: 1940s Western Swing from Southern California

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Nice collection of west coast western swing
Amazing western swing oldies!
Wow
Embryonic Jazz/Hillbilly Music
This CD is essential for rare western swing enthusiasts.

Swinging West: 1940s Western Swing from Southern California
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Krazy Kat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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I've Lived, Loved And Learned - Idaho Call And His Sun Valley Cowboys
It's My Life - Zeke Clements And His Western Swing Gang
Oklahoma Blues - Zeke Clements And His Western Swing Gang
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Saturday Dance - Rody Erickson And His Dude Ranch
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I've Been Lonesome Since You Went Away - Paul Howard And His Arkansaw Cotton Pickers
Steeling The Blues - Leddie Jackson And His Western Swingsters
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Wake Up, Babe - Red Murrell And His Ozark Playboys
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Sargent's Stomp - Jack Rivers And His Muddy Creek Cowboys
Pretty Little Mona - Red Rowe And His Ridge Riders
Shaggy Dog Blues - Red Rowe And His Ridge Riders
You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often - Walt Shrum And His Colorado Hillbillies
Easy Payment Blues - Rudy Sooter With String Band
Ranger Boogie - Dusty Taylor
I Don't Care Anymore - Ray Wade And His Rhythm Riders
Tear Stains On My Letter - Jimmy Walker And HIs Western Stars
Hide Your Face - Jimmy Walker And HIs Western Stars
From Now On - Paul Westmoreland And His Pecos River Boys
If You Don't Go Right, Don't Go Wrong - Jimmy Wakely And Orchestra
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Nice collection of west coast western swing.......2003-07-11

During the 1940s California became a hotbed of country music, due to the immigration of so many Southerners during the Depression and World War II. This set brings together some great music from that period by lesser known stars of the West Coast country scene. All of it is good, swing music with a country feel in the vein of Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, and Hank Penny.

Amazing western swing oldies!.......2002-07-09

A fun, collection of obscure California country artists, mostly recording for microscopic labels. The best known artists on here are Jimmy Wakely and Tex Williams; cheapo label veteran Doye O'Dell has one great track on here, standing at the head of the pack along with his unknown brethren. During the first third of this CD, the throughline seems to be "artists who couldn't quite keep in meter," but things pick up midway with several great little singles that oughtta make you smile. An interesting aspect of this scene was that *everyone* used accordions in their bands, which was somewhat common elsewhere, but not nearly so prevalent as in the Golden State. Cool stuff.

Wow.......2001-11-29

Really worth it. The songs are fantastic and the singers rip into the stuff. The instrumentals are excellent. If you like Western Swing (and who doesn't?) this is one for the collection.

Embryonic Jazz/Hillbilly Music.......1999-10-10

I believe the music in this CD evolved to become Jazz, Rockabilly, Hillbilly and Rock'n'Roll music in the decade which followed it. It it obvious that so much music which followed this, has been influenced by it. The steel guitar popularity of the time is there, and it really is like acupuncture for the brain. I think this generation "had it" more that we realize.

This CD is essential for rare western swing enthusiasts........1999-01-19

Anyone who is interested in rare western swing music should strongly consider SWINGING WEST. KRAZY KAT compiled a fine single disc of rare music for western swing fans. While the sound on these recordings is not always first rate,the age,rarity,and amount of songs more than make up for this. This cd contains songs with a more traditional,raw sound than more slickly produced artists (i.e. Spade Cooley). Well worth the price.

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W. Lee Western Swing Chronicles Volume 4
...and The Light Crust Doughboys Are On The Air!!!

Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 4
W. Lee O'Daniel , The Hillbilly Boys , and The Light Crust Doughboys
Manufacturer: Origin Jazz Library
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ASIN: B0009K8L0M
Release Date: 2005-05-17

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The Bar-X Cowboys: Blue Bonnet Governor
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys: My Million Dollar Smile
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys: Beautiful Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Please Pass the Biscuits Pappy
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys: Doughboy Rag
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Who's Sorry Now
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Hillbilly Stomp
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Lonesome Road Blues
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Old Yazoo
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Roll On Mississippi Roll On
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Rhythm & Romance
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Don't Let the Deal Go Down
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Everybody Kiss Your Partner
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W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Dirty Hangover Blues
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W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Congratulate Me
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys: When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Confessin'
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: All I Do is Dream of You
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys: Milenberg Joys
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: So Tired of Dreaming
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Cross Patch
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Light Crust Doughboys: Roll Up the Carpet
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
W. Lee O'Daniel & his Hillbilly Boys: That Old Fashioned Way
Carroll Hubbard: Please Pass the Biscuits, Pappy
W. Lee O'Daniel: O'Daniel Radio Show Sign-Off

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W. Lee Western Swing Chronicles Volume 4.......2007-04-24

I have other cassettes by this artists. But they do not even compare to this CD. To me this is the best collection of W. Lee and His Boys. It gives you a good rounded out look at what a great band they were. I would highly recommend it to any one who is looking for him. Again thanks greatly to the person who put together this CD a very well done job. Excellent in every way. Shows you all of their different muscial talents. I would greatly recommend this to everyone.

...and The Light Crust Doughboys Are On The Air!!!.......2007-03-07

Simply put, this album kicks butt! If you like western swing there is no way you will not love this CD. There isn't one bad track on the entire disc. The thing that puzzles me though, is that with all these western swing box sets that have come out recently from Proper, Bear Family etc., how could it be that The Doughboys have been excluded? It is common knowledge that they are the originators of the genre, before it was even called "western swing". And even though seminal figures Bob Wills and Milton Brown passed through their lineup pretty early on in the game, the Doughboys continued to swing on with only top notch singers and musicians including Dick Reinhart and Paul Huff, just to name a few. So while this album wets your appetite for more Doughboys, you are left starving because it is basically the only major CD release of their music.