Sheb Wooley White Lightnin' (CD)
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Sheb Wooley: White Lightnin' (CD)
- He starred alongside Gary Cooper in ‘High Noon,’ alongside James Dean in ‘Giant,’ and alongside Clint Eastwood in ‘Rawhide!’
- He wrote the theme tune of the long-running TV show ‘Hee-Haw!’
- He was a country singer... and a cousin of Roger Miller, but his biggest hits, like Purple People Eater, were pop!
- He sang hit pop and country parodies as Ben Colder! q And he was the king of the country boogie!
After the session that launched the record business in Nashville, Wooley didn't return until 1962 when he recorded the rollicking That's My Pa. Incredibly, it was his first-ever charted country hit... and a #1 country hit at that! BEAR FAMILY's 'Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight' just gets better as it goes along, and this long-overdue retrospective of Sheb Wooley's up-tempo sides is the perfect antidote to economic austerity. Good music for bad times!
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Album titlle: White Lightnin' (CD)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
- Preiscode AH
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127168948
- weight in Kg 0.115
Wooley, Sheb - White Lightnin' (CD) CD 1 | ||||
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01 | Hoot Owl Boogie | Sheb Wooley | ||
02 | Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl | Sheb Wooley | ||
03 | Peepin Through The Keyhole (Watching Jole Blon) | Sheb Wooley | ||
04 | Your Papa Ain't Steppin' Anymore | Sheb Wooley | ||
05 | Mule Boogie | Sheb Wooley | ||
06 | I Can't Live Without You | Sheb Wooley | ||
07 | Lazy Mazy | Sheb Wooley | ||
08 | Texas Rose | Sheb Wooley | ||
09 | Wha' Hoppen To Me, Baby | Sheb Wooley | ||
10 | That Mean Feeling | Sheb Wooley | ||
11 | You're The Cats Meow | Sheb Wooley | ||
12 | Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes | Sheb Wooley | ||
13 | Country Kisses | Sheb Wooley | ||
14 | Down In The Toolies | Sheb Wooley | ||
15 | What'cha Gonna Do | Sheb Wooley | ||
16 | White Lightnin' | Sheb Wooley | ||
17 | I Flipped | Sheb Wooley | ||
18 | Rover Scoot Over | Sheb Wooley | ||
19 | Goodbye Texas, Hello Tennessee | Sheb Wooley | ||
20 | Love Is Just Another Merry-Go-Round | Sheb Wooley | ||
21 | Tom, The Boogie Woogie Tom Cat | Sheb Wooley | ||
22 | I Go Outa My Mind | Sheb Wooley | ||
23 | 38-24-35 | Sheb Wooley | ||
24 | You Never Can Tell | Sheb Wooley | ||
25 | Backroom Boogie | Sheb Wooley | ||
26 | Don't Stop Kissing Me Goodnight | Sheb Wooley | ||
27 | Hill Billy Mambo | Sheb Wooley | ||
28 | Humdinger | Sheb Wooley | ||
29 | Roughneck | Sheb Wooley | ||
30 | That's My Pa | Sheb Wooley |
Sheb Wooley
Shelby Wooley was born just outside Erick on April 10, 1921. His father, Bill, was a farmer who sang bass in gospel quartets and played fiddle. By his teens, young Sheb was riding in local rodeos as well as performing there with his Plainview Melody Boys, also working in the oil fields. While cocking an ear to the country sounds that were coming from Nashville, Chicago and points East, Sheb was clearly drawn to the Western swing sounds of Texas and Oklahoma.
By 1945, he'd married Roger Miller's older sister, Melba; spent a while in a California orange packing plant; and, sidelined from military service by an old riding injury, worked in a World War II defense plant.
Moving to Nashville, then developing as a center of the country music industry, he performed for 'exposure' – promoter talk for without pay – on WLAC; performed around the area; and cut for the local Bullet label. Owner Jim Bulleit had formed a troupe that performed through the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, and names Sheb road manager. After an unrewarding year – and money disputes with Bulleit - he moved to Ft. Worth, Texas. Sheb got a radio show sponsored by General Foods' Calumet Baking Powder, whose logo was an American Indian chief. And, he recorded some sides, among them an answer to the current hit Jole Blon, for the local Bluebonnet label.
Los Angeles-based musician and A&R man Cliffie Stone heard Peepin' Through A Keyhole Watchin' Jole Blon, and cut his own hit version, and there was another cover, by Johnny Tyler for RCA Victor.
Looking to negotiate a new contract, General Foods brought Sheb to New York City, where he immediately contacted RCA's Steve Sholes. The man who would later bring Elvis to RCA didn't sign Sheb, but Wooley told Kevin Coffey that it was in the hall outside Sholes' office that he met Jean Aberbach, co-founder of the Hill & Range music publishing company; who (condensing the story a bit) arranged for Sheb to be signed to M-G-M Records, which released a session cut in Texas and financed by the publisher.
Wooley returned to California; ostensibly hoping to find a place in the movie industry, but doubtless aware of the major country music scene developing in the area. "I was raised on a ranch,"Wooley explained to 'Los Angeles Times' writer Don Alpert in 1960, "and I went into town on Saturdays to see the movies. They were all western films, and I think it became indelible in my mind that I could do that, too.
"Actually, I came out to be a singing cowboy, but when I got here in 1950 [sic] they didn't want any singing cowboys, even if you had your own guitar."
A retainer from Hill & Range helped Sheb through his acting lessons with Hollywood coach Jack Kosslyn and time spent on auditions; his first film role was a minor one in the 1950 Errol Flynn western 'Rocky Mountain.'
Several small roles followed, but his first real break came when he appeared in 'High Noon.' The film was a big production: produced by Stanley Kramer's company, written by Carl Forman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges and Grace Kelly. Sheb's was another relatively small part – brother of Frank Miller, leader of the outlaw gang faced down by Cooper - but he didn't go unnoticed, especially back home. Recalls Erick-born songwriter Michael Smotherman"Roger Miller told me that the marquee of the theater in Erick said 'High Noon, Starring Sheb Wooley'."
Sheb's other film credits were many, but particularly notable titles included'Little Big Horn,' 'The Man Without A Star,' 'Giant,' and 'Rio Bravo.' Roger Miller and Sheb remained close through the years, says Smotherman, who for some time played piano in Miller's band."Sheb [who played fiddle as well as guitar] got Roger started on the fiddle. Later, he was going to follow Sheb out to Hollywood to be an actor; but when that didn't work out, Roger came to Nashville and became what he became."
Sheb Wooley White Lightnin'
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