Dick Damron More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD)
* incl. VAT / plus shipping costsDepending on the country of delivery, the VAT at checkout may vary.
Ready to ship today,
delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Dick Damron: More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD)
A comprehensive, complete collection of the early years of 'Canada's Willie Nelson': Dick Damron. The first of two Bear Family multi-disc collections to compile Dick Damron’s career. One of Canada's greatest country music stars, and a member of the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame. Everything Dick Damron recorded between 1959-1976, from his debut rockabilly single Gonna Have A Party to his outlaw country era of the 1970s. Many performances reissued for the first time since their original vinyl release, including the rare '1867-1967: Canadiana Souvenir Album' of Canadian-Centennial celebration. Original versions of
Dick Damron’s biggest hits, including Hitch Hikin’, Mother Love And Country, The Long Green Line, and his career hit Countryfied, which was also a huge hit for George Hamilton IV.
Dick Damron is one of Canada’s musical treasures, with a long career in country music that spans six decades. Best known for his 'outlaw country' era of the 1970s, his friend George Hamilton IV calls
Dick Damron 'Canada's Willie Nelson.' This 3-CD collection rounds up the early years of Dick Damron's career, from his 1959 rockabilly debut single Gonna Have A Party to his hard country recordings made at Starday Studios in Nashville in the 1960s, his biggest career hit Countryfied from 1970, and his 'outlaw' era breakthrough recordings from the 1970s produced by Joe Bob Barnhill. Many of these recordings are reissued on compact disc for the first time, including Dick Damron's 1967 album of 'Canadiana' produced for Canada's Centennial celebration. 86 songs in all, this excellent collection is long overdue for one of Canada’s greatest exports, Dick Damron.
Video von Dick Damron - More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD)
Article properties: Dick Damron: More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD)
-
Interpret: Dick Damron
-
Album titlle: More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD)
-
Genre Country
-
Label Bear Family Records
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
- Preiscode CH
-
Artikelart CD
-
EAN: 4000127163905
- weight in Kg 0.21
Damron, Dick - More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD) CD 1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Gonna Have A Party | Dick Damron |
|
|
02 | Rockin' Baby | Dick Damron |
|
|
03 | That's What I Call Livin' | Dick Damron |
|
|
04 | Julie I Love You So | Dick Damron |
|
|
05 | Black Maria | Dick Damron |
|
|
06 | I Guess That's Life | Dick Damron |
|
|
07 | Little Sandy | Dick Damron |
|
|
08 | Nothin' Else | Dick Damron |
|
|
09 | The Same Old Thing Again | Dick Damron |
|
|
10 | Times Like This | Dick Damron |
|
|
11 | Pretty Moon | Dick Damron |
|
|
12 | Hitch Hikin' | Dick Damron |
|
|
13 | Strangers Again | Dick Damron |
|
|
14 | Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself | Dick Damron |
|
|
15 | Hello Heartaches | Dick Damron |
|
|
16 | Double Trouble | Dick Damron |
|
|
17 | Reflections Of A Fool | Dick Damron |
|
|
18 | Autumn In Her Eyes | Dick Damron |
|
|
19 | The Cumberland | Dick Damron |
|
|
20 | The Night The Dice Grew Cold | Dick Damron |
|
|
21 | A Thing Called Happiness | Dick Damron |
|
|
22 | The Hard Knocks In Life | Dick Damron |
|
|
23 | The Canadian Pioneers | Dick Damron |
|
|
24 | This Big Land | Dick Damron |
|
|
25 | Blood In The Morning Sun | Dick Damron |
|
|
26 | The Little Log Church | Dick Damron |
|
|
27 | The Golden Spike | Dick Damron |
|
|
28 | Canadas Golden West | Dick Damron |
|
|
29 | The Land Of Davis Thompson | Dick Damron |
|
|
30 | Cross Country | Dick Damron |
|
|
31 | The City Of Gold | Dick Damron |
|
|
32 | The Ballad Of Louis Riel | Dick Damron |
|
Damron, Dick - More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD) CD 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | A Whole Lot Different | Dick Damron |
|
|
02 | Walk Out Of My World | Dick Damron |
|
|
03 | My Heart Doesn't Sing | Dick Damron |
|
|
04 | Sentimental Memories | Dick Damron |
|
|
05 | Countryfied | Dick Damron |
|
|
06 | No One Knows It Better Than A Clown | Dick Damron |
|
|
07 | Rise 'n' Shine | Dick Damron |
|
|
08 | When Our Love Was Young | Dick Damron |
|
|
09 | The Long Green Line | Dick Damron |
|
|
10 | Jackson Country | Dick Damron |
|
|
11 | Going Home To The Country | Dick Damron |
|
|
12 | Walk A Country Mile | Dick Damron |
|
|
13 | Jimmy Justice | Dick Damron |
|
|
14 | Somewhere There's A Mountain | Dick Damron |
|
|
15 | Lonesome City | Dick Damron |
|
|
16 | Mirrors Of My Mind | Dick Damron |
|
|
17 | Sweet Dreams Of Yesterday | Dick Damron |
|
|
18 | California Girl | Dick Damron |
|
|
19 | Sharing The Good Life | Dick Damron |
|
|
20 | Rise 'n' Shine | Dick Damron |
|
|
21 | The Final Hour | Dick Damron |
|
|
22 | Cold Grey Winds Of Autum | Dick Damron |
|
|
23 | One More Pretty Girl | Dick Damron |
|
|
24 | The End | Dick Damron |
|
Damron, Dick - More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-CD) CD 3 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Prophet | Dick Damron |
|
|
02 | All That I Was Living For | Dick Damron |
|
|
03 | Bittersweet Songs | Dick Damron |
|
|
04 | Things That Might Have Been | Dick Damron |
|
|
05 | The Cowboy And The Lady | Dick Damron |
|
|
06 | I Remember Love | Dick Damron |
|
|
07 | Knowin' That She's Leavin' | Dick Damron |
|
|
08 | Eastbound Highway | Dick Damron |
|
|
09 | Goin' Home Again | Dick Damron |
|
|
10 | Mama Was A Christian Lady | Dick Damron |
|
|
11 | Mother, Love And Country | Dick Damron |
|
|
12 | Backstage Ladies | Dick Damron |
|
|
13 | On The Road | Dick Damron |
|
|
14 | Half A Jug Of Wine | Dick Damron |
|
|
15 | Good Ole Fashion Memories | Dick Damron |
|
|
16 | Soldier Of Fortune | Dick Damron |
|
|
17 | Freedom And Time | Dick Damron |
|
|
18 | After All | Dick Damron |
|
|
19 | Lady-O | Dick Damron |
|
|
20 | One Night Stand | Dick Damron |
|
|
21 | Waylon's T-Shirt | Dick Damron |
|
|
22 | North Country Blues | Dick Damron |
|
|
23 | Susan Flowers | Dick Damron |
|
|
24 | You Can't Call It Country | Dick Damron |
|
|
25 | Charing Cross Cowboys | Dick Damron |
|
|
26 | Alberta Skyline | Dick Damron |
|
|
27 | Country Wine | Dick Damron |
|
|
28 | Just Another Old Rodeo Song | Dick Damron |
|
|
29 | If You Need Me Lord | Dick Damron |
|
|
30 | One More Day Away | Dick Damron |
|
Dick Damron
More Than Countryfied
The Early Recordings Of Dick Damron, 1959 - 1976
Dick Damron is one of Canada's musical treasures. The pride of Bentley, Alberta has been a driving force in the Canadian country music scene for over 50 years and, even though he is now in his seventies, shows no sign of stopping.
Damron has recorded over 30 albums, written over 500 songs, and has had his songs covered by such artists as Charley Pride and George Hamilton IV. He has been named the BMI Best Canadian Songwriter seven times, and in addition to being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame, has won just about every other music award that Canada has to offer.
Despite the fact that he remains relatively unknown in the United States (he has won five Texas Music Awards, and performed for six years in Las Vegas), Damron has carved out a niché in Canada and Europe, through countless tours. He is also quite well known in his winter home of Mazatlan, Mexico.
This collection is the first time that his early recordings have been properly reissued. It covers the period of 1959 to 1976, from his first rockabilly recording of Gonna Have A Party to his classic 1960s country albums recorded at the Starday studio in Nashville, to his 1970s 'outlaw country' recordings that firmly established the 'Dick Damron sound.' This 3-CD collection is a much-needed retrospective on one of Canada's great honky-tonk heroes.
Dick Damron was born March 22, 1934 in the town of Bentley, Alberta, located almost exactly halfway between Calgary and Edmonton. Like most Canadians, he had an interesting family history with roots from Ireland, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Kentucky, Texas, and Cherokee Indian.
The Damron family wound up in Bentley, a remote town in one of the most remote provinces in Canada, where his father ran a Hereford cattle farm and worked as the principal of the Bentley High School. 'Dickie' Damron, as he was known as a child, was a holy terror that who kept his parents on constant alert through a string of runaway attempts, prairie fires, train trestle shenanigans almost resulting in death, mock hangings during cowboy games, and the like.
Music was always an important part of the family. Like many rural families, the Damrons listened to country music on their battery-powered radio. His grandfather played the banjo, and his father played the fiddle. When his Uncle Bud came over with a guitar that he played in the lap steel manner, Dickie was hooked.
Wilf Carter, also known as 'Montana Slim' and acknowledged as the father of Canadian Country Music, was a huge influence on the young 'Dickie.' The young Damron learned how to sing and play the guitar and began to memorize many of the classic cowboy and yodeling numbers.
Years later, when he returned to Bentley, an elderly woman introduced him at an appearance with a classic quote: "These days there are kids terrorizing the town with motorcycles and cars and trucks with no mufflers. I remember when 'Little Dickie Damron' did it single-handedly on horseback!"
He did indeed ride everywhere on horseback in his formative years, and began riding his horse into local taverns, much to the consternation of the bar owners. Damron's desire was to become a rodeo cowboy, a career path that he pursued for a time.
During his young adulthood, he rode in rodeos and stampedes, making a basic living for himself. The life was rugged and difficult, but thrilling for a young boy living a life he had dreamed about. Living as a vagabond with his fellow riding pals, Damron traveled to such events as the Calgary Stampede, getting to see city life for the first time.
When the rodeo career didn't pan out, he put his energies into music, forming a family band at the age of 15. He wound up marrying the piano player, Martha Ohlson, and in 1955 the couple gave birth to Damron's daughter, Barbara Jean.
After the birth of his daughter, Dick decided to get a 'real job,' and took a very dangerous job as an oil field roughneck for a while. After nearly getting killed and suffering long hours for little pay, he moved the family back to a trailer on the Damron family farm and focused his energies again on music.
When he and his wife Martha were able to assemble enough musicians to get a band together again, they began a popular radio show on CKRD in Red Deer, using the name 'The Musical Round-Up Gang' at first, as they were part of a popular local disc-jockey show called the 'Musical Round-Up.' Later, he would use the name 'Dick Damron and the CKRD Nite-Riders.' The radio show enabled them to get bookings all around the area, and for the next few years, he learned the ropes from the musical school of hard knocks.
As he wrote in his autobiography 'The Legend And The Legacy,' "Somewhere between 1956 and 1964, we made a long, slow transition from being an old-time dance band playing waltzes, polkas and square dances to playing Fifties rock 'n' roll."
As many young musicians discovered around the same time, the music that Elvis Presley ushered in to the public consciousness brought about more money, acclaim, and women, so it was a no-brainer for Damron to make the switch to rock 'n' roll and rockabilly. Unusually, though, he claims it wasn't Elvis so much as it was Carl Perkins that influenced him the most.
In 1959, Damron got the urge to record, and used the tiny studio at CKRD (where his band did their live radio show) to record two numbers, Gonna Have A Party and Rockin' Baby. He and his band subsequently released the two songs on their own Laurel label, named after his brother Howard's then-girlfriend. After they received the records, he and his brothers discovered that in the movie 'Jailhouse Rock' Elvis' character recorded on the ficticious 'Laurel' label. Despite their worries that Elvis' lawyers might sue them, the group never had any legal troubles.
The 45 was pressed by King Plastics in Ohio, a giant operation in Cincinnati that ran their own label, recording studio and record pressing plant, the latter of which catered to custom pressings like Damron's.
Dick Damron More Than Countryfied 1959-76 (3-DigiPac)
Read more at: https://www.bear-family.com/damron-dick-more-than-countryfied-1959-76-3-digipac.html
Copyright © Bear Family Records
Fantastic Canadian Country Music release! I only was familiar with Dick Damron's Rockabilly songs and now heard his Country tunes the first time and really dig it!! In my opinion a must for every serious Country Music collector! 5 stars all the way!
Fantastic Canadian Country Music release! I only was familiar with Dick Damron's Rockabilly songs and now heard his Country tunes the first time and really dig it!! In my opinion a must for every serious Country Music collector! 5 stars all the way!
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Item has to be restocked
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
This article is deleted and can no longer be ordered!
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays
Ready to ship today, delivery time** appr. 1-3 workdays