Red Simpson Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Hot licks, big hits, and truckers' favourites! The very best recordings from a giant of the Bakersfield scene ... a scene that gave us Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, and inspired Dwight Yoakam and many others. Bob Dylan called Red Simpson 'the forgotten man of Bakersfield.' Merle and Buck recorded over 40 of Red Simpson's songs! The set includes 26 previously unissued songs. Nearly all of the other recordings are previously unissued on CD! Most have been unavailable since the '70s and '80s! - Red Simpson made a name for himself in country music with a string of blacktop anthems like Roll Truck Roll,
The Highway Patrol, Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves, Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer, Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin', and Truck Driver's Heaven. He popularized the romanticized image of the trucker as a modern-day cowboy of the open road. But there was much more to Red Simpson... Raised in Bakersfield, California, Red Simpson was at the center of the vibrant honky tonk scene that spawned Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. A multi-instrumentalist who composed hundreds of songs, Red Simpson earned a reputation as one of the West Coast's most respected songwriters. Buck 'n' Merle recorded more than 40 of Red Simpson's songs, including Top 10 hits like Gonna Have Love, Sam's Place und Kansas City Song, Close Up The Honky Tonks, and You Don't Have Very Far To Go.
This set includes all of Red Simpson's recordings from 1957 until the year he retired from touring, 1984. All the songs on his seven Capitol LPs are here, together with his singles for Capitol, Portland, and independent labels. All of his hit singles are here, as are unreleased Capitol masters, 18 previously unissued demo recordings, Red Simpson's own versions of hits he wrote for Buck Owens, and dozens of songs that appear on CD for the first time. This set also contains a hardcover book that features a complete discography, many unseen photos, and a detailed biography by Scott B. Bomar documenting the colorful and sometimes volatile career of the truck music poet.
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Album titlle: Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
- Preiscode EK
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Artikelart Box set
EAN: 4000127169440
- weight in Kg 2.4
Simpson, Red - Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1 | ||||
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01 | Sweet Love | Red Simpson | ||
02 | Dolly Blues | Red Simpson | ||
03 | Big Bank Robbery | Red Simpson | ||
04 | Big Bank Robbery, Part 2 | Red Simpson | ||
05 | One Day With My Baby | Red Simpson | ||
06 | Dippy Daddle Love | Red Simpson | ||
07 | Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac | Red Simpson | ||
08 | George For A Day | Red Simpson | ||
09 | I've Just Lost You | Red Simpson | ||
10 | Ukulele Bailey | Red Simpson | ||
11 | Truck Drivin' Man | Red Simpson | ||
12 | Truck Driver's Blues | Red Simpson | ||
13 | Six Days On The Road | Red Simpson | ||
14 | Give Me Forty Acres | Red Simpson | ||
15 | Nitro Express | Red Simpson | ||
16 | My Baby's Waitin' | Red Simpson | ||
17 | Motivatin' Man | Red Simpson | ||
18 | Highway Man | Red Simpson | ||
19 | Big Mack | Red Simpson | ||
20 | Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver | Red Simpson | ||
21 | Runaway Truck | Red Simpson | ||
22 | Roll Truck Roll | Red Simpson | ||
23 | The Highway Patrol | Red Simpson | ||
24 | The City Police | Red Simpson | ||
25 | Sidewalk Patro | Red Simpson | ||
26 | Rules Of The Road | Red Simpson | ||
27 | Dreams Are Made For Fools | Red Simpson | ||
28 | I Fell In Love With You | Red Simpson | ||
29 | I'm Gonna Write Momma For Money | Red Simpson | ||
30 | I'm Actin' Like My Old Self Again | Red Simpson | ||
31 | I Just Cry A Little | Red Simpson | ||
32 | It's My Last Night In Town | Red Simpson | ||
33 | There Ain't Nothin' Happenin' To Me | Red Simpson | ||
34 | The Big Bank Robbery | Red Simpson |
Simpson, Red - Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2 | ||||
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01 | You're Under Arrest | Red Simpson | ||
02 | County Sheriff | Red Simpson | ||
03 | Workin' For The Highway Patrol | Red Simpson | ||
04 | Johnny Law | Red Simpson | ||
05 | Sheriff Sam | Red Simpson | ||
06 | Bad Man Highway Patrol | Red Simpson | ||
07 | I'm Turnin' In My Star | Red Simpson | ||
08 | 25 Years On Patrol | Red Simpson | ||
09 | Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves | Red Simpson | ||
10 | Black Smoke A-Blowin' Over 18 Wheels (That's | Red Simpson | ||
11 | Truck Daddy | Red Simpson | ||
12 | I'll Be Goin' Home To Momma | Red Simpson | ||
13 | A Tombstone Every Mile | Red Simpson | ||
14 | Piggyback Blues | Red Simpson | ||
15 | Take Me Home | Red Simpson | ||
16 | Born To Be A Trucker | Red Simpson | ||
17 | Jacknife | Red Simpson | ||
18 | Truck Drivin' Fool | Red Simpson | ||
19 | Sleeper, Five-By-Two | Red Simpson | ||
20 | Old Sam | Red Simpson | ||
21 | He Reminds Me A Whole Lot Of Me | Red Simpson | ||
22 | Party Girl | Red Simpson | ||
23 | Mini-Skirt Minnie | Red Simpson | ||
24 | Honky Tonk Women | Red Simpson | ||
25 | The Lonely Old House | Red Simpson | ||
26 | Happy Travelin' Man | Red Simpson | ||
27 | I'm A Truck | Red Simpson | ||
28 | Where Love Used To Be | Red Simpson | ||
29 | Knights Of The Road | Red Simpson | ||
30 | Drugstore Truck Driver | Red Simpson | ||
31 | Road Rhythm | Red Simpson | ||
32 | Motel Joe | Red Simpson |
Simpson, Red - Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3 | ||||
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01 | Good Old Truckin' Girl | Red Simpson | ||
02 | Truckin' Man | Red Simpson | ||
03 | Just Kept On Truckin' | Red Simpson | ||
04 | Gas, Food And Lodging | Red Simpson | ||
05 | Lady Of The Road | Red Simpson | ||
06 | Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer | Red Simpson | ||
07 | You're The First | Red Simpson | ||
08 | Truckin' On Down The Road | Red Simpson | ||
09 | Ole Ben | Red Simpson | ||
10 | Hold On Ma'm (You Got Yourself A Honker) | Red Simpson | ||
11 | Fur Coats And Fancy Clothes | Red Simpson | ||
12 | Certainly | Red Simpson | ||
13 | The Ballad Of Billy Jones | Red Simpson | ||
14 | Those Forgotten Trains | Red Simpson | ||
15 | You're All Over My Mind | Red Simpson | ||
16 | Jericho Jones | Red Simpson | ||
17 | Milesaver Man | Red Simpson | ||
18 | Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin' | Red Simpson | ||
19 | You Still Got A Hold On Me | Red Simpson | ||
20 | Gas, Food And Lodging | Red Simpson | ||
21 | Feelin' Like Tarzan | Red Simpson | ||
22 | Truckin' Trees For Christmas | Red Simpson | ||
23 | Blue Blue Christmas (For This Truck Drivin' M | Red Simpson | ||
24 | Christmas Wheels | Red Simpson | ||
25 | The Old Christmas Truck | Red Simpson | ||
26 | Toys For Tots | Red Simpson | ||
27 | Santa's Comin' In A Big Ol' Truck | Red Simpson | ||
28 | Dad Will Be Home For Christmas | Red Simpson | ||
29 | Little Toy Trucks | Red Simpson | ||
30 | Gone Home For Christmas | Red Simpson | ||
31 | Out On The Road For Christmas | Red Simpson |
Simpson, Red - Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4 | ||||
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01 | Bill Woods From Bakersfield | Red Simpson | ||
02 | Bull-Shippers | Red Simpson | ||
03 | I'm A Pretty Good Man | Red Simpson | ||
04 | Blackboard Of My Heart | Red Simpson | ||
05 | Honky Tonk Ladies Loverman | Red Simpson | ||
06 | Squirmin' | Red Simpson | ||
07 | Yip Yip | Red Simpson | ||
08 | If The World Ran Out Of Diesel | Red Simpson | ||
09 | Gordon's Grocery Store | Red Simpson | ||
10 | Truck Drivin' Man And Wife | Red Simpson | ||
11 | Your Truck Drivin' Man's Comin' Home | Red Simpson | ||
12 | Streakin' The Opryland Park | Red Simpson | ||
13 | Love Has Never Done A Lot For Me | Red Simpson | ||
14 | Bull-Shippers | Red Simpson | ||
15 | Message From Home | Red Simpson | ||
16 | Inflation | Red Simpson | ||
17 | It Ain't Even Halloween | Red Simpson | ||
18 | Truck Driver's Heaven | Red Simpson | ||
19 | The Flying Saucer Man And The Truck Driver | Red Simpson | ||
20 | I Miss You A Little | Red Simpson | ||
21 | Longest Run | Red Simpson | ||
22 | Benny And Me | Red Simpson | ||
23 | Sam's Place | Red Simpson | ||
24 | Take Me Into Your World | Red Simpson | ||
25 | The World Keeps Turning Around | Red Simpson | ||
26 | We're Back To Strangers Again | Red Simpson | ||
27 | Gonna Have Love | Red Simpson | ||
28 | Ain't It Something | Red Simpson | ||
29 | Close All The Honky Tonks | Red Simpson | ||
30 | We Split The Blanket | Red Simpson | ||
31 | I Had A Girl Like Her One Time | Red Simpson | ||
32 | Kansas City Romeo | Red Simpson |
Simpson, Red - Hello, I'm Red Simpson (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5 | ||||
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01 | Just Call Me Texas | Red Simpson | ||
02 | Trophies | Red Simpson | ||
03 | Buffalo Beauty | Red Simpson | ||
04 | Don't Touch My Hat | Red Simpson | ||
05 | Lady Lookin' For Love | Red Simpson | ||
06 | Me And Ole CB | Red Simpson | ||
07 | Looking At The World Through A Windshield | Red Simpson | ||
08 | I'll Have Another Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go | Red Simpson | ||
09 | Movin' On | Red Simpson | ||
10 | 18 Wheels Hummin' Home Sweet Home | Red Simpson | ||
11 | Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun | Red Simpson | ||
12 | Drivin' My Life Away | Red Simpson | ||
13 | Dear Mr. President | Red Simpson | ||
14 | Ronnie, Baby | Red Simpson | ||
15 | Lucky Ole Colorado | Red Simpson | ||
16 | Time Changes Everything | Red Simpson | ||
17 | The Flying Saucer Man And The Truck Driver | Red Simpson | ||
18 | Lady Of The Road | Red Simpson | ||
19 | A Little Bit Of Her (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
20 | You Put My World Back Together (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
21 | Living For You (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
22 | World Full Of Love (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
23 | You're A Better Man Than Me (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
24 | Poco (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
25 | The Lonely G.I. (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
26 | Ship Of Love (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
27 | I Ain't Found Me One (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
28 | Play The Guitar Softly (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
29 | Honky Tonks And Heartaches (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
30 | Walkin' Out Backwards (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
31 | If I Have To Live Without You (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
32 | I'm Gettin' Over A Heartache (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
33 | Here Again, Gone Again (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
34 | I Don't Think I Will (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
35 | Here Today Gone Tomorrow Daddy (demo) | Red Simpson | ||
36 | She Belongs To You (demo) | Red Simpson |
Red Simpson (March 6, 1934 - January 8, 2016)
Bakersfield Sound Pioneer Red Simpson Passes On, But Leaves a Mighty Legacy Behind
by Scott B. Bomar
Red Simpson died in Bakersfield, California on Friday afternoon, January 8th. The singer and songwriter, best known for his trucking-themed Capitol recordings in the 1960s and 70s, had been recuperating at home after a hospitalization due to a heart attack shortly before Christmas. He was 81 years old.
Known as the Bard of Bakersfield, fellow hometown legends Buck Owens and Merle Haggard recorded a combined total of more than 40 Simpson originals, including the Top 10 hits “Gonna Have Love,” “Sam’s Place,” and “Kansas City Song.” Additionally, Red penned perennial standards, such as “Close Up the Honky Tonks” and “You Don’t Have Very Far to Go.” Along the way, he racked up an impressive list of performers who recorded his songs, including Johnny Paycheck, Wanda Jackson, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Dave Dudley, Roy Clark, Roseanne Cash, Steve Wariner, Lucinda Williams, Alan Jackson, Candi Staton, Dwight Yoakam, and many more.
As an artist, Red released a total of seven albums for the Capitol label. He logged seven charting singles on Billboard’s country rankings, including the Top 40 hits “Roll Truck Roll” and “The Highway Patrol.” He is perhaps best known, however, for “I’m a Truck,” which hit the Top 5 in 1972.
Red was born Joseph Cecil Simpson on March 6, 1934 in Higley, Arizona, the youngest of 12 children. The family migrated to California in search of farming work, settling in the Arvin Migrant Camp on the outskirts of Bakersfield in 1937. By 1939 they’d moved to a small house in an area known as “Little Okie.” When he was 13, Red bought his first guitar for six dollars that he’d earned picking cotton.
In early 1952 he enlisted in the Navy and was stationed on the USS Repose, a hospital ship serving in Korean waters. During his three year stint in the service he taught himself to play fiddle and mandolin on cheap instruments he picked up in Japan. Forming his first group, the Repose Ramblers, while on the ship, Simpson found himself hooked on the idea of pursing a music career.
When he returned to Bakersfield in 1955, Red began writing songs with Bill Woods, who is today regarded as the original godfather of the city’s country music scene. Occasionally Woods would call on Red to sub in for him at his nightly gig at Bakersfield’s storied Blackboard Café. Soon, the guitarist and singer in Woods’ band, a young upstart named Buck Owens, began doing the same.
Simpson soon landed a steady weeknight gig at a club called the Wagon Wheel in Lamont, outside of Bakersfield. Shortly thereafter, Fuzzy Owen, who would go on to discover Merle Haggard, hired Red to work with his band at the Clover Club. Simpson would continue to work day jobs on and off to support his passion for music.
As Simpson’s friendship with Owens grew, the two began writing songs together. “The next thing I knew,” Red recalled years later, “Buck said, 'The Farmer Boys are cuttin' your song on Capitol.' I said ‘Capitol?’ That's when I threw my cotton sack away for good."
The duo recorded “Someone to Love” in 1957. Red would record his own debut single that same year on Bakersfield’s small Tally label, which would go on to launch Merle Haggard’s career the following decade. Red recorded a couple more singles for small labels in 1962 and 1963 while working as a regular club musician and writing songs. Buck Owens recorded “Close Up the Honky Tonks” in 1964. It was soon covered by Charlie Walker as “Close All the Honky Tonks,” which became Simpson’s first Top 20 single as a songwriter. Buck then took Red’s “Gonna Have Love” to the Top 10 the following year.
Simpson played guitar on most of Buck Owens’ recording dates in 1965, including the sessions that produced the hits “Buckaroo” and “Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line.” Owens included a Red Simpson song on almost all of the dates, recording 19 of his compositions in that year alone. One of them, “Sam’s Place,” would eventually go on to hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Country Singles chart. It was during this era that Red blossomed as a topical songwriter, contributing six songs to Owens’ first holiday album, Christmas with Buck, and five songs to the Dust on Mother's Bible gospel release.
In late 1965, Capitol’s Country A&R chief, Ken Nelson, decided he wanted to record a theme album of truck driving songs. Nelson maintained for years that Merle Haggard turned the project down, though Haggard has no recollection of it being suggested. Fortunately for him, Red landed the job. The “Roll Truck Roll” single was released in early 1966 with the LP of the same name following shortly after. Simpson opened for Buck Owens at the famed Carnegie Hall concert in March, while his album was making its way up the charts to become a Top 10 success. The liner notes on the back of the LP, credited to Ken Nelson, created a fictional portrait of Simpson, noting, "Ever since he climbed into a trailer cabin and started steering for destinations everywhere, Red has been singing and composing 'songs of the road.'" In reality, Simpaon had never driven a big rig in his life.
Three more albums followed for Capitol, including the law-enforcement-themed Man Behind the Badge, a second trucker album called Truck Drivin’ Fool, and A Bakersfield Dozen. Though the least commercially successful, the latter stands out as Simpson’s finest work beyond the trucker-themed anthems.
In 1968 Red was dropped from the Capitol label. He moved from Bakersfield to the Los Angeles area to concentrate on songwriting. He had titles recorded by Ferlin Husky, Wynn Stewart, and Buck Owens, who made “Kansas City Song” a major hit in 1970. Meanwhile, Red had been opening shows and playing sessions with Merle Haggard, who recorded a couple of Simpson originals on his 1969 album Pride in What I Am. Red also played guitar on Haggard’s classic live LP, Okie From Muskogee.
In 1971 Simpson hooked up with producer Gene Breeden and recorded “I’m a Truck” at Breeden’s studio in Vancouver, Washington. Originally released on his own Portland label, Gene soon leased the recording to Capitol, who re-signed Red to a new deal in the fall of 1972. “I’m a Truck” went to #1 in Record World magazine. Cashbox magazine named him the most promising artist of the year, and the Academy of Country Music nominated him as Most Promising Male Vocalist for that year.
After a couple more releases, including a memorable Christmas-themed trucking album called Truckin’ Trees for Christmas, Red left Capitol again in 1974. He played the Grand Ole Opry a half dozen times between 1972 and 1974, but never considered relocating to Nashville. California was in his blood.
Simpson released several more singles for Portland Records in the mid to late-1970s. One was picked up by Warner Bros., and one was leased to K.E.Y. Records in Nashville. Both hit the singles chart, but Simpson didn’t chart again as an artist after 1979. He did a series of singles for various labels in the early 1980s and also made a handful of mostly forgettable budget albums in that era.
By then, Red was back in Bakersfield. He retired from the road in 1984, but not before writing and recording the fantastic “Lucky Ol’ Colorado,” which was later recorded by Merle Haggard. That same year, he married his third wife, Joyce, with whom he shared the remainder of his life.
Simpson settled into his role as a local legend and elder statesman of the Bakersfield Sound, eventually taking on weekly gigs at Trout’s nightclub and the Rasmussen Senior Center. His life as a local picker was chronicled in Merle Haggard’s 1990 song “A Bar in Bakersfield,” which he wrote about Simpson.
In the 1990s there was a renewed interest in classic trucking songs. In 1993 Curb Records released Junior Brown's Guit With It album, featuring “Highway Patrol.” Brown's recording of the song appeared on the Billboard chart in 1995. A devotee of trucking music and a serious Simpson fan, Brown invited Simpson to Texas where they recorded two duets. “Semi-Crazy” became the title track to Brown's well reviewed 1996 album. Their remake of “Nitro Express” appeared on Rig Rock Deluxe, a newly recorded compilation that helped spark a revival in trucking music by presenting younger admirers like Marty Stuart, Steve Earle, BR5-49, and Son Volt alongside legends such as Red, Kay Adams, Del Reeves, and Buck Owens. Red’s trucking songs continued to appear into the new millennium, including Canadian country superstar Paul Brandt’s 2010 single version of “The Highway Patrol.”
Bob Dylan once called Red Simpson “the forgotten man of the Bakersfield Sound.” That was before Bear Family Records released their definitive 5 CD box set retrospective of Simpson’s career in early 2012, which preserved his recordings and presented the story of his life and career in the accompanying 108 page hardback book. Later that year, Red was at the center of the festivities when Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum launched an elaborate special exhibition, The Bakersfield Sound: Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and California Country. At the time of his death, Simpson had just completed a brand new CD called Soda Pops and Saturdays. Though Red is gone, his contributions to the Bakersfield Sound and country music’s trucking subgenre will not be forgotten. Nor will the “very generous and kind” spirit, as Buck Owens once described it, of the man Merle Haggard lovingly dubbed a “hillbilly hippie.”
Scott B. Bomar January 15, 2016
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Trucker-Highlight. A must have!!!
This phantastic box set comes with a large book with rare photos, all that you need to know about Red Simpson's life and his music career, alongside session details for all of the recordings.
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Hopefully this phantastic set will go some way in gaining Red Simpson the recognition he deserves as a singer as well as a songwriter.
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