Bakersfield Rebels

1. Ain't That a Shame - Kenny Vernon

2. Buckshot - Larry Daniels

3. Conscience of You - Dennis Payne

4. Saturday Satan, Sunday Saint

5. Let's Not Pretened Anymore

6. There Must Be a Someone (I Can Turn To) - Gosdin Brothers

7. She's Taken Everything

8. Hugh's Brew

9. King & Queen of Fools - The Spencers

10. Bummer

11. Your Gentle Ways of Loving Me - Gib Guilbeau, Parsons

12. Hong Kong Hillbilly - Leo LeBlanc

13. Who Cares What Happens - Dennis Payne

14. Just Leave My World Alone

15. I'll Live Today

16. Half as Much

17. Ballad of a Truck Driver's Wife

18. Bakersfield Steed - Larry Daniels

19. What a Relief, It's All Over

20. Half That's Mine

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Live Fast, Love hard, Die Young - Faron Young
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Big Iron - Marty Robbins
Branded Man - Merle Haggard
(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill - Johnny Paycheck
Evil Hearted Me - Dick Curless
Cocaine Blues - Hank Thompson
Downtown Poker Club - Tex Williams
Riot In Cell Block Number Nine - Wanda Jackson
Knoxville Girl - The Louvin Brothers
You Clobbered Me - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Shootout At The Rocket Club - Dusty Chaps
Ain't Life Hell - Hank Cochran & Willie Nelson
Blood On The Saddle - Tex Ritter

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This compilation from the darker strains of classic country provides an antidote to the sanitized, suburbanized fare that Nashville favors today. From Faron Young's "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" credo through Tex Ritter's lethally deranged "Blood on the Saddle," the selections celebrate a musical multitude of sins. The most homicidally serious highlights are Johnny Paycheck's "(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill" and the Louvin Brothers' "Knoxville Girl," which make some of the rest (particularly Spade Cooley's "You Clobbered Me") sound like novelty toss-offs in comparison. Wanda Jackson's deliciously bad-girl cover of "Riot in Cell Block Number Nine" rocks harder than anything by the boys. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Terrific and Bizarre.......2001-04-02

This one is surely not for all tastes, but if you want music from the traditional sounding and bloody-themed side of country, here is the sampler to get. Judging by the stylings and sound, you would think all the cuts date from about the mid- to late-fifties, but some of them are significantly newer. A few are sheer novelty, including Downtown Poker Club, You Clobbered Me (sung by an unidentified female vocalist, but credited to Spade Cooley who, as the CD liner notes and every review -- mine too! -- can't resist noting, later beat his wife to death. Without that life imitating art twist, this tune surely and deservedly would never have been heard again), and Shootout at the Rocket Club. You get the old chestnuts in Folsom Prison Blues -- always worth hearing of course --, Hank Thompson's version of Cocaine Blues and a lesser known Marty Robbins song, Big Iron. Merle Haggard's Branded Man is a flat-out classic, as is wild Wanda's Riot in Cell Block Number Nine. The three songs that give the CD its most chilling edge are Johnny Paycheck's matter-of-fact (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill, in which a guy finishes drinking at a bar and announces to all that he's now going off to shoot his wife and her lover, Tex Ritter's truly bizarre Blood on the Saddle, wherein a cowboy is crushed by his horse, and the Louvin Brothers' Knoxville Girl, the tale of a young man who kills his sweetheart for no apparent reason at all during a Sunday walk, throws her body in the river, and explains away all the blood on his clothes to his mother by saying he "was bleeding from the nose." The version is based on an old English folk song and very strong stuff. One listens in kind of amazement to this sometimes powerful, sometimes mindless CD and wonders how and why Nashville ever let itself become the purveyor of the homogenized pap it spews out today.

Kick ass Country from it's glory days!.......1999-06-20

Killer compilation of old country songs. I'd never heard "Pardon Me I've got Someone to Kill". There's some incredible Merle Haggard and other stuff on here too. This is the real deal from the 50s. These guys were so cool.

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Bakersfield Rebels
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Big Beat UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00028FN4I
Release Date: 2004-07-05

Tracks:

Ain't That a Shame - Kenny Vernon
Buckshot - Larry Daniels
Conscience of You - Dennis Payne
Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
Let's Not Pretend Anymore
There Must Be a Someone (I Can Turn To) - Gosdin Brothers
She's Taken Everything - Jan Paxton
Hugh's Brew
King & Queen of Fools - The Spencers
Bummer
Your Gentle Ways of Loving Me - Gib Guilbeau, Parsons
Hong Kong Hillbilly (Nashville West) - Leo LeBlanc
Who Cares What Happens - Dennis Payne
Just Leave My World Alone
I'll Live Today
Half as Much
Ballad of a Truck Driver's Wife
Bakersfield Steed - Larry Daniels
What a Relief, It's All Over
Half That's Mine - Jan Paxton
I'd Rather Live My Life Alone - Dennis Payne
Tejon Ride
Red Roses (For My Baby)
Night Blooming Jasmine - The LeGarde Twins
Bakersfield

Product Description

1. Ain't That A Shame (2:01) - Ain't That A Shame
2. Buckshot (2:48) - Larry Daniels & the Buckshots
3. The Conscience Of You (2:43) - Dennis Payne
4. Saturday Satan, Sunday Saint (3:41) - Rusty Dean
5. Let's Not Pretend Anymore (3:09) - The Dudes
6. There Must Be A Someone (I Can Turn To) (2:41) - The Gosdin Brothers
7. She's Taken Everything (2:40) - Jan Paxton
8. Hugh's Brew (2:20) - Bakersfield's Big Guitars
9. King And Queen Of Fools (2:53) - The Spencers
10. Bummer (2:50) - Gary Paxton
11. Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me (1:52) - Builbeau & Parsons
12. Hong Kong Hillbilly (2:19) - Leo LeBlanc
13. Who Cares What Happens (4:02) - Dennis Payne
14. Just Leave My World Alone (1:40) - Dee Mize
15. I'll Live Today (2:57) - Gib & The Reasons
16. Half As Much (3:05) - Gary Paxton
17. Ballad Of A Truck Driver's Wife (2:58) - Lorene Mercer
18. Bakersfield Steed (1:30) - Larry Daniels & the Buckshots
19. What A Relief, It's All Over (1:59) - The Dudes
20. The Half That's Mine (2:37) - Jan Paxton
21. I'd Rather Live My Life Alone (2:46) - Dennis Payne
22. El Tejon Ride (1:57) - Bakersfield's Big Guitars
23. Red Roses (For My Baby) (2:30) - The Sanland Brothers
24. Night Blooming Jasmine (2:20) - The LeGarde Twins
25. Bakersfield (3:30) - Gary Paxton

Format: CD

Bakersfield Rebels
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Bakersfield Rebels
Various
Manufacturer: Big Beat/City Hall
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PHW182
Release Date: 2004-07-02

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