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Jean Shepard: Country Music Pure And Simple (2-CD)

(Hump Head) 50 tracks - Capitol 1963-1979 - 12 page booklet with notes by Alan Cackett.

Jean Shepard, often referred to as The Grand Lady of the Grand Ole Opry, has enjoyed a highly successful country music career stretching back over more than 60 years. It was back in 1953 that the diminutive teenage singer made her debut on the American country charts with A Dear John Letter, a chart-topping duet with Ferlin Husky. She went on to score a further 45 entries on the country charts, several of which are included on this double-CD collection.

Admired by her peers and emulated by countless up-and-coming female Country Music singers, Jean Shepard continues to be a strong influence in traditional music. In 2015 she celebrated 60 years as an
Opry member and is the longest-living female member of the Opry to date. In 2011, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Though now in her eighties, Jean remains a prominent member
of Nashville's music community, and maintains a busy road performance schedule.

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  • Interpret: Jean Shepard

  • Album titlle: Country Music Pure And Simple (2-CD)

  • Genre Country

  • Label Hump Head Records

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 5060001276168

  • weight in Kg 0.13
Shepard, Jean - Country Music Pure And Simple (2-CD) CD 1
01A Real Good WomanJean Shepard
02A Woman's HandJean Shepard
03With His Hand In MineJean Shepard
04Heart, We Did All That We CouldJean Shepard
05Safe In These Lovin' Arms Of MineJean Shepard
06My Arms Stay Open LateJean Shepard
07The Tip Of My FingersJean Shepard
08I'm Tired Around Your FingerJean Shepard
09Then He Touched MeJean Shepard
10Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)Jean Shepard
11Seven Lonely DaysJean Shepard
12Another Lonely NightJean Shepard
13Just Plain LonelyJean Shepard
14Hardly A Day Goes ByJean Shepard
15Just Like Walkin' In The SunshineJean Shepard
16Many Happy Hangovers To YouJean Shepard
17Everyday's A Happy Day For FoolsJean Shepard
18A Tear Dropped ByJean Shepard
19A Teardrops Were SilverJean Shepard
20Someone's Gotta CryJean Shepard
21I Loved Him Much Longer Than YouJean Shepard
22Just As Soon As I Get Over Loving YouJean Shepard
23It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)Jean Shepard
24Ain't Love GoodJean Shepard
25Mr. Do-It-YourselfJean Shepard
Shepard, Jean - Country Music Pure And Simple (2-CD) CD 2
01Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar)Jean Shepard
02I Want You FreeJean Shepard
03VirginiaJean Shepard
04I'm Giving You DenverJean Shepard
05An Old BridgeJean Shepard
06Your Forevers (Don't Last Very Long)Jean Shepard
07I'll Do Anything It Takes (To Stay With You)Jean Shepard
08I'm Not That Good At GoodbyeJean Shepard
09Possession Is Nine-Tenth Of The LawJean Shepard
10I Don't See How I Can Make ItJean Shepard
11I'd Fight The WorldJean Shepard
12You're Telling Me Sweet Lies AgainJean Shepard
13I'm A Believer (In A Whole Lot Of Lovin')Jean Shepard
14Only Mama That'll Walk The LineJean Shepard
15Another Neon NightJean Shepard
16It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'Jean Shepard
17At The TimeJean Shepard
18Silver Threads And Golden NeedlesJean Shepard
19Poor Sweet BabyJean Shepard
20Come On PhoneJean Shepard
21MercyJean Shepard
22Outstanding In Your FieldJean Shepard
23It's A Man (Every Time, It's A Man)Jean Shepard
24Slippin' AwayJean Shepard
25I'll Take The DogJean Shepard
Jean Shepard As America was pulling out of the Great Depression, the fifth of ten... more
"Jean Shepard"

Jean Shepard

As America was pulling out of the Great Depression, the fifth of ten children was born to Hoit Adrian and Allie Mae (Isaac) Shepard.  Ollie Imogene Shepard was born November 21, 1933, in the town of Paul's Valley, Oklahoma.  The family lived a hardscrabble life trying to eke out an existence as sharecroppers.  Says Jean, "We were farmers.  Loretta Lynn talks about being poor, believe me she can't spell it compared to what were."  She continues, "Her daddy worked for the coal mining company and her daddy could go to the company store and he could get things.  Sharecroppers couldn't do that. We raised everything we ate.  I didn't taste beef until I was about 14 years old.  We ate chicken and pork.  My mother canned everything."

The family moved in 1936 about 350 miles southeast to Hugo, in Choctaw County. There they continued to farm a modest plot of land.  During those very early childhood years in Oklahoma, Jean began to develop her musical ear.  Jean and her nine siblings all sang in church, and according to Bakersfield musician Bill Woods, "all of the kids were good singers, especially her sister Corlew."  She also cut her teeth on the music of the Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills, and Jimmie Rodgers. And like nearly every country singer whose career broke in the 1940s and 1950s, the Grand Ole Opry was also a Saturday night ritual. With few other diversions from the daily grind, the family would gather around a battery-powered radio to listen to the famed broadcast over WSM's 50,000-watt clear-channel station.

Shortly before Jean's 11th birthday and as World War II drew to an end, Hoit and Allie Mae moved their large brood to Visalia, California, about 100 miles north of Bakersfield in Tulare County.  Jean's life there paralleled that of those folks Merle Haggard chronicled in songs such as  Tulare Dust.   Situated in the verdant San Joaquin Valley, a rich agricultural stretch, the family continued to farm.

By her early teens,  Jean's interest in country music had fully blossomed.  "I used to know every song that Jimmie Rodgers sang.  I learned to yodel from Jimmie Rodgers' records.  My daddy would save up his pennies so that he would be able to buy a Jimmie Rodgers record." Jean continues, "I didn't know there was anything but the blue yodel until one day I heard Elton Britt on the radio. He was singing a song called 'Chime Bells´.  I thought   `Oh man, there’s more to yodeling than the blue yodel.´  So I went down to the record shop and I bought this record.  Well, I laid it down in the seat and my brother sat on it and broke it.  So I went back the next week, I had to save my 39 cents, you know, and bought another one.  I put it up in the back of the car and the sun melted it,“  she laughs.  "I then went back the next week and bought another one.  They guy at the record store said, 'Imogene, what are you doing with these records?  Are you eating them?'  I held that third record on my lap all the way home.  But I learned the Swiss yodel." 

Life in California meant a lot of hard work for the Shepard clan.  Jean, though, found time for the normal adolescent activities such as school clubs, horses, and the like. During her sophomore year at Visalia Union High,  Jean joined forces with four other girls to form the Melody Ranch Girls.

"There was a guy named Noble Fosberg and he had a place called Noble's Melody Ranch.  We got our name from that.  Noble kind of took us over and managed us."  The band consisted of sisters Gerry and Wendell Starling on piano and guitar, respectively; steel guitar player Bonnie Cantrell who, according to Jean, "was exceptionally good, she played exactly like Little Roy Wiggins;" and Shirley Vinyard on drums.  Jean rounded out the group on the bass fiddle. Recalls Jean, "Shirley didn't know anything about drumming and I didn't know anything about playing the bass.  But that's what we needed to fill out the band.  We weren't very good, though. We were a novelty.

"We didn't have a lot (of money).  My folks went down to the Seaboard Finance Company and pawned all our furniture, literally.  They put it up for collateral to buy me my bass fiddle.  My bass cost something like four hundred dollars back then.  Forty-five years ago that was a lot of money.  That's how supportive they were of my music."

Soon the Melody Ranch Girls were working steady gigs three nights a week at Pismo Beach near San Luis Obispo and Jean was able to retire her debt for the bass.  Meanwhile she continued to meet her academic obligations at Visalia Union High.  (Steel guitarist and longtime Merle Haggard band member Norm Hamlet and guitarist Gene Breeden, who would later play on some of Jean's LA sessions, also attended Visalia with Jean.)  "We played Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and then we'd jump in the car and drive from Pismo Beach back across the mountain range just in time for me to get home, jump in the shower and catch the school bus.  I did this for about two years.  It was rough but I finally graduated," she says. 

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Tracklist
Shepard, Jean - Country Music Pure And Simple (2-CD) CD 1
01 A Real Good Woman
02 A Woman's Hand
03 With His Hand In Mine
04 Heart, We Did All That We Could
05 Safe In These Lovin' Arms Of Mine
06 My Arms Stay Open Late
07 The Tip Of My Fingers
08 I'm Tired Around Your Finger
09 Then He Touched Me
10 Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)
11 Seven Lonely Days
12 Another Lonely Night
13 Just Plain Lonely
14 Hardly A Day Goes By
15 Just Like Walkin' In The Sunshine
16 Many Happy Hangovers To You
17 Everyday's A Happy Day For Fools
18 A Tear Dropped By
19 A Teardrops Were Silver
20 Someone's Gotta Cry
21 I Loved Him Much Longer Than You
22 Just As Soon As I Get Over Loving You
23 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
24 Ain't Love Good
25 Mr. Do-It-Yourself
Shepard, Jean - Country Music Pure And Simple (2-CD) CD 2
01 Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar)
02 I Want You Free
03 Virginia
04 I'm Giving You Denver
05 An Old Bridge
06 Your Forevers (Don't Last Very Long)
07 I'll Do Anything It Takes (To Stay With You)
08 I'm Not That Good At Goodbye
09 Possession Is Nine-Tenth Of The Law
10 I Don't See How I Can Make It
11 I'd Fight The World
12 You're Telling Me Sweet Lies Again
13 I'm A Believer (In A Whole Lot Of Lovin')
14 Only Mama That'll Walk The Line
15 Another Neon Night
16 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'
17 At The Time
18 Silver Threads And Golden Needles
19 Poor Sweet Baby
20 Come On Phone
21 Mercy
22 Outstanding In Your Field
23 It's A Man (Every Time, It's A Man)
24 Slippin' Away
25 I'll Take The Dog