Assorted Hillbilly & Country Recordings Vol 114
Black Country Music Vol 01 - Honky Tonk Blues
01. Charley Pride - Honky Tonk Blues
02. Charley Pride - Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town
03. Arthur Alexander - Another Place, Another Time
04. Linda Martell - I Almost Called Your Name
05. Linda Martell - San Francisco Is A Lonely Town
06. Bobby Womack - Arkansas State Prison
07. Ray Charles - Your Cheatin' Heart
08. Ray Charles - Seven Spanish Angels
09. Hank Ballard - Sunday Morning Comin' Down
10. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - I Wonder
11. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Never Ending Song Of Love
12. Johnny Fuller - Haunted House
13. Joe Tex - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
14. Joe Tex - Green Green Grass Of Home
15. Gloria Ann Taylor - Jolene
16. Tina Turner - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
17. Tina Turner - If You Love Me Let Me Know
18. Otis Williams - I Wanna Go Country
19. Al Green - Funny How Time Slips Away
20. Al Green - The Old Rugged Cross
21. The Staple Singers - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
22. O.C. Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp
23. Earl Hooker - Guitar Rag
24. Earl Hooker - Walking The Floor Over You
25. Little Richard - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
What a great Topic for a series!! Thanks for this one Bob. Mike.✌️🤩
ReplyDeleteHi Mike, it was an idea I carried for a long time, then about the middle of last year I put this together, I particularly wanted to put some focus on artists like Earl Hooker who many don't realize today was also very influenced by what the country music artists were doing.
DeleteThanks a lot Bob!! ٩(^ᴗ^)۶
ReplyDeleteSome ideas for Volume 2: Big Al Downing - Mr. Jones, O.B. McClinton, & Charley Crockett ... always said Black Country Singers have a "soul" sound the White Singers don't.... and even Louis Armstrong did a great country album.
ReplyDeleteThanks moze, I will keep all them in mind. I did actually d/l a Charley Crockett album yesterday.
DeleteOne more name to throw out: Howdy Glenn (maybe the greatest Black C&W singer no one ever heard of).
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DeleteVery interesting for me, I am more used to white singers, now more soul for black singers, it doesn't surprise me, the blues is at the origin of all these roots... Thank you Bob!
ReplyDeleteHi Patrick, I find the crossover very interesting, how various artists can be equally at ease in different genres.
DeleteThanks Bob for this insight into black singers doing country. And thanks for the interesting story about Earl Hooker. I never would have guessed Earl doing "hillbilly" music.
ReplyDeleteHi JakeBlues, good to hear you enjoyed this. 😁
DeleteThanks Bob interesting issue and look forward to hearing it. Familiar with a lot of the artists but have no music of most of them.
ReplyDeleteHi Ted, yes this one is a bit different, primarily showing some black artists who picked up country music influences. Hope you enjoy it. 😁
DeleteThank you Bob, some real goodies in this one. I saw Charley Pride in concert years ago, a real good show. Kind of surprised to see Little Richard (#25) in there though, I don't recall ever hearing him sing a country song.
ReplyDeleteHi Wayne, yes the LR track made the final cut as "I'm so lonesome I could cry" is a country music classic, best known through Hank Williams. Glad you enjoyed this collection.
DeleteLooks an interesting collection Bob thanks
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DeleteThis was me Bob, thought i was logged in, but I guess not!!
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