Wynn Stewart Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Wynn Stewart: Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Wynn Stewart is generally hailed as one of the greatest pure singers in the history of country music, as well as one of the architects of the classic Fifties West Coast country sound. Those who regard Wynn as among the best and most influential vocalists in country music include Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Harlan Howard (who wrote many of Wynn's greatest hits) and Merle Haggard (who began his career in Wynn's band).
This set includes every Wynn Stewart recording from 1954 to 1985 embracing his complete recordings for Intro, Capitol, Jackpot-Challenge, Copre, Playboy, and several other labels, including Wynn's own Win and Pretty World Records. Altogether, there are more than 70 unissued titles, including a completely unissued album and an unissued session from Rusty York's Cincinnati studio in 1969.
The 281 songs on this exclusive 10-CD set include original versions of such country classics as Keeper Of The Keys (featuring Eddie Cochran), Waltz Of The Angels, Come On, Playboy’ (Dwight Yoakam said, "It's that Bakersfield sound. I love Wynn Stewart's vocal style and his recording of it’), Above And Beyond, Wishful Thinking, One More Memory, Sing A Sad Song (given to Merle Haggard for Merle's first major hit), It's Such A Pretty World Today, and After The Storm. Many of the sessions (1954-1970) feature the classic steel guitar of Ralph Mooney.
The set also includes a 52-page LP-size booklet, featuring the first full-length biography of Wynn Stewart's tragic life, a full discography, and many previously unpublished photos from his career.
Article properties: Wynn Stewart: Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Interpret: Wynn Stewart
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Album titlle: Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set)
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Genre Country
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Label Bear Family Records
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
- Preiscode JI
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Artikelart Box set
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EAN: 4000127158864
- weight in Kg 1.4
Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 1 | ||||
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01 | I've Waited A Lifetime | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | After All | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | Throw A Little Wood On The Fire | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Castaway Heart | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | It's Not The Moon | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | That Makes The Difference | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | You Took Her Off My Hands | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Why Do I Love You So | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | That Just Kills Me | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | The Waltz Of The Angels | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Slowly But Surely | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | The Keeper Of The Key | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | A New Love | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | Hold Back Tomorrow | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Sweethearts In Heaven | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | I Wish I Could Say The Same | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | A Night To Remember | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | No Tomorrow | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | Is Love Out Of Style | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | With This Ring | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | She Just Tears Me Up | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | Come On | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | School Bus Love Affair | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | The Long Black Limousine | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | Hungry Heart | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | I Sold The Farm | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | How The Other Half Lives (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | Yankee Go Home (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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29 | Come On | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 2 | ||||
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01 | Never Out Of My Heart (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Rain, Rain (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | Never Out Of My Heart (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love) | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | Open Up My Heart (basic track) | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Open Up My Heart | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | Wishful Thinking | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Wishful Thinking | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | Uncle Tom Got Caught | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | We'll Never Love Again (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Wrong Company (& JAN HOWARD) | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Heartaches For A Dime | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Playboy | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | Searching For Another You | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Big City | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | If You See My Baby | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | I'd Rather Have America | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | Big, Big Love | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | One More Memory | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | Wall To Wall Heartaches | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | Girl In White | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | Donna On My Mind | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | Falling For You | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | Judy | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | I Don't Feel At Home | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | I Done Done It | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | Loversville | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | Three Cheers For The Loser | Wynn Stewart |
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29 | Judy (w/o overdub) | Wynn Stewart |
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30 | Playboy | Wynn Stewart |
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31 | If You See My Baby | Wynn Stewart |
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32 | I'd Rather Have America | Wynn Stewart |
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33 | If You See My Baby | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 3 | ||||
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01 | Couples Only | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Another Day, Another Dollar | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | One Way To Go | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Don't Look Back | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | I'm Not The Man I Used To Be | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Slightly Used | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | The Happy Part Of Town | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Half Of This, Half Of That | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | Don't Spook Me | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | I Keep Forgettin' That I Forgot About You | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Do Die | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Does He Love You Like I Do | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Sha-Marie | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | You Told Him | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Take It Or Leave It | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | 'cause I Have You | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | Happy Crazy | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | Half Way In Love | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | Sing A Sad Song | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | My Rosalie | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | You Took Her Off My Hands | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | Money Talks | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | Angels Don't Lie | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | You Kiss Me Like You're Waving Goodbye | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | The Tourist | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | Ol' What's Her Name | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | It's Such A Pretty World Today | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | Unfaithful Arms | Wynn Stewart |
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29 | Let's Pretend We're Kids Again | Wynn Stewart |
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30 | The World's Youngest Naughty Old Man | Wynn Stewart |
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31 | You Can Always Give Her Back To Me | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 4 | ||||
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01 | That's The Only Way To Cry | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Out There Is Your World | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | Love's Gonna Happen To Me | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | I Won't Live That Long | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | Spittin' Guitar (instrumental) | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Down Came The World | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | Mama's Gone Home | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | In Love | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | Above And Beyond | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | Big, Big Love (Make Big Love) | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Waltz Of The Angels | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Loversville | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | It's So Cold In Your House And Lonesome In.. | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | Orange Blossom Special (instrumental) | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Daddy's Girl | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | Sing The Same Song | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | You're That Someone Else | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | Fresh Out Of Love | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | Something Pretty | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | She Didn't Color Daddy | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | Good Old Fashioned Love | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | If Tomorrow Could Be Yesterday | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | One More Memory | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | My Own Little World | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | Built-In Love | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | This Cold War With You | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | It's Too Much Like Lonesome | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | Your Stepping Stone | Wynn Stewart |
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29 | Man, Man, Mr. Sandman | Wynn Stewart |
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30 | Ar Arm's Length From You | Wynn Stewart |
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31 | Why Didn't I Write That Song? | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 5 | ||||
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01 | A Thousand Wonders | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Don't Lay Your Head On My Shoulder | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving ... | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Happy Blues | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | A Tough Row To Hoe | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Kiss-A Me, Love-A Me | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | Let The Whole World Sing It With Me | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | You're Everything To Me | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | Strings | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | I'll Die Tryin' | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Living In Sunshine | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Louisiana Blues Harp Man | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Missing You | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | Wishful Thinking | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | The Keeper Of The Key | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | I Was Just Walking Out The Door | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | Back To The Blue Room | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | Run Away | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | Who Are You | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | World Wide Travelin' Man | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | No Time Like The Present | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | I'm Beginning To Believe | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | Since Baby's Gone | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | All Of A Sudden | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | In Your Arms Of Love | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | Let's Invest In A Little Bit Of Love | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | If Houses Had Hearts | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | But You Know I Love You | Wynn Stewart |
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29 | Happy Happy Birthday | Wynn Stewart |
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30 | Games People Play | Wynn Stewart |
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31 | I Bought The Shoes | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 6 | ||||
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01 | Young As Spring | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Come On Home And Song The Blues To Daddy | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | Goin' Steady | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Yours Forever | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | Cry Baby | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | You Don't Care What Happens To Me | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | You Can't Wynn, Stewart | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Today I Started Loving You Again | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | I'd Do The Impossible | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | Care | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Bar Fly | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | It's A Beautiful Day | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Let Me Be The First To Go | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | When We Had Nothing | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Let Me Be The First To Go | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | A Maiden's Prayer | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | Cheatin's In Style | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | It's All In The Game | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | Rainy Night In Georgia | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | Prisoner On The Run | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | Wonder Could I Live There Anymore | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | It's A Small Thing | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | You're No Secret Of Mine | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | Heavenly | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | After Man | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | Do It To Someone You Love | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | Baby It's Yours | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | I Was The First One To Know | Wynn Stewart |
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29 | I Can See Sunshine | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 7 | ||||
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01 | Unforgotten Man | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | High Heaven | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | For The Good Times | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Hello Little Rock | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | You Can't Take It With You | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | How Many Miles Am I Out Of My Mind | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | Paint Me A Rainbow | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Everything Needs A Little Woman's Touch | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | I Know They'll Make Room For You | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | Search Through The Ashes | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Poison Red Berries | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Me And My Jesus Would Know | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Love Ain't Worth A Dime Unless It's Free | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | It's Raining In Seattle | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | If I Were You | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | Knock On Wood | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | (Lord) Take Me With You | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | Riverside Of Memphis | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | It Always Rains On Me | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | The Kid 'n Me | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | To Make Things Better | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | What A Good Time I Didn't Have Last Night | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | That's My Woman | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | Why Don't You Come To Me | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | When | Wynn Stewart |
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26 | Ugg | Wynn Stewart |
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27 | Second Best | Wynn Stewart |
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28 | Vin Rose | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 8 | ||||
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01 | Don't Worry 'Bout That World | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | She's Nearest Thing To Perfect | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | What A Good Time I Didn't Have Last Night | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Guess I'll Never Find Another You | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | Sing That Sad Song Again | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Get All Your Love Together | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | It Always Rains On Me | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Lonely Rain | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | Just Now Thought Of You | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | Seasons Of My Heart | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Don't Monkey With My Widow | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Wishful Thinking | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | I'm Gonna Kill You | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | After The Storm | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Playboy | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | Sing A Sad Song | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | Big, Big Love | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | It's Such A Pretty World Today | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | It's A Beautiful Day | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | Love's Gonna Happen To Me | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | Eyes Big As Dallas | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | Could I Talk You Into Lovin' Me Again | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | I Was Raised Down On The Farm | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | Such A Perfect Day For Making Love | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 9 | ||||
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01 | Nobody's Fool But My Own | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Wait A Minute | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | Inflation Blues | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | Heartbreak Mountain | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | Wait Till I Get My Hands On You | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Wishful Drinkin' | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | The Wild Side Of Life | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | Searching For Another You | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | I Don't Feel Like Singin' Tonight | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | California Time Again | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | I Told You So | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Lovin' Up A Storm | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Would You Want The World To End | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | Breakin' Up Is Breakin' Up My Mind | Wynn Stewart |
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15 | Wait Till I Get My Hands On You | Wynn Stewart |
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16 | Would You Want The World To End | Wynn Stewart |
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17 | The Wild Side Of Life (& JOHNNY PAYCHECK) | Wynn Stewart |
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18 | You're That Someone Else | Wynn Stewart |
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19 | No Time Like The Present | Wynn Stewart |
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20 | Since Baby's Gone | Wynn Stewart |
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21 | Hello Little Rock | Wynn Stewart |
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22 | You Can't Take It With You | Wynn Stewart |
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23 | How Many Miles Am I Out Of My Mind | Wynn Stewart |
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24 | Love Ain't Worth A Dime Unless It's Free | Wynn Stewart |
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25 | When | Wynn Stewart |
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Stewart, Wynn - Wishful Thinking (10-CD Deluxe Box Set) Box set 10 | ||||
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01 | But You Know I Love You | Wynn Stewart |
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02 | Young As Spring | Wynn Stewart |
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03 | The Games People Play | Wynn Stewart |
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04 | It Is No Secret | Wynn Stewart |
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05 | Instrumental | Wynn Stewart |
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06 | Let Me Talk To You | Wynn Stewart |
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07 | Turkey In The Straw | Wynn Stewart |
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08 | But You Know I Love You | Wynn Stewart |
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09 | Young As Spring | Wynn Stewart |
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10 | The Games People Play | Wynn Stewart |
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11 | Wild One (JACKIE BURNS) | Wynn Stewart |
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12 | Breakin' The Rule (& JACKIE BURNS) | Wynn Stewart |
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13 | Pennies From Heaven (JACKIE BURNS) | Wynn Stewart |
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14 | The End Of The World (JACKIE BURNS) | Wynn Stewart |
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Wynn Stewart 1954 - 1985
So why didn't it happen for Wynn Stewart? He was as good a singer as any in country music. A pure singer. His peers constantly told him he was among the best, if not the best. If he had lived, it's tempting to think that his role as an architect of west coast country music would have been recognized and he could have renewed and sustained his career much as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard have done. It's likelier, though, that he would have suffered the fate of many of his contemporaries. Denied airplay, he would be playing occasional stints in Branson, close in fact to where he is now buried. Certainly, Wynn Stewart had his chances and saw some success. He was in and out of the country charts for thirty years, but the hits were fewer and smaller than they should have been, and, when people think of California country music these days, they think of Buck, Merle, and Dwight instead of Tommy Collins, Skeets McDonald... or Wynn Stewart.
It's true that in some ways Wynn was his own worst enemy, but the same can be said of Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, George Jones, and many others. Wynn drank and no-showed to the point that he alienated many of those who would have been inclined to help him. Still, industry people liked him. Fans liked him. They saw his talent, and saw that he was essentially a good --if flawed-- man.
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Winford Lindsey Stewart was, as he was fond of saying, a bigger name than he was. He topped out at 5' 5" in his socks (5' 7" in his platform shoes). He was born near Morrisville, Missouri on June 7, 1934. His father, Cleo Winford Stewart (born August 19, 1911), and his mother, Golden (born February 1, 1912), were from Missouri. Cleo had thirteen siblings, and, as far back as the Thirties, there was a family tradition of heading back and forth to California as economic circumstances dictated. Cleo's father was killed in an automobile accident in Arizona in 1938 on one of those trips. Cleo was a farmer when Wynn was born, and Wynn had two siblings, Patty and Beverly. Cleo took the family out to Vallejo in the San Francisco Bay area to work at the submarine base during the Second World War, came back to Missouri, and then moved to Los Angeles in 1948. His mother had remarried and was settled in the Florence area of greater Los Angeles, and Cleo settled there too, working as a furniture upholsterer.
Even before the Stewarts left Missouri for good, Wynn had appeared on KWTO (Keep Watching the Ozarks) in Springfield, later the host station of the Ozark Jubilee. "Music was part of Wynn from the very beginning," said his sister, Beverly Mullins. "He used to sing with our aunts in church [a 1969 press release says his first public performance was at age five or six when he sang in church with Aunt Leota accompanying him], but his first love was baseball. We had an uncle, Ken Gables, who was a lefthanded pitcher, and I seem to recall that he got into the record books for something. Uncle Ken told Wynn he had to be a little taller to stand on that mound. Then he got something like athlete's foot in his glove hand, and had to have it exposed to the air." So Wynn started playing the clubs, exposing his hand to cigarette smoke and stale beer funk instead.
Wynn had picked up the guitar at age eight, and, according to Beverly, a salesman for Folger's Coffee saw him at a tal
ent show and liked him so much that he bought him a top-of-the-line Gibson. Wynn's first recording, cut privately on an acetate disc, was made on April 5, 1948. It was Eddy Arnold's hit of the hour, Anytime. Wynn attended Edison Park Junior High School and graduated from Huntington Park High School in 1951, and had very few jobs outside music. An article in 'Country & Western Jamboree' (September 1956) mentioned that he was "until recently engaged as a printer." He was under twenty-one when he began playing the joints, so he couldn't go unless his father chaperoned him, and only then if he stayed on the bandstand.
Carl Moore, a dee-jay in Huntington Park who went under the name 'Squeakin' Deacon,' hosted regular talent shows, and Wynn entered as often as he could. At one of them, he met Ralph Mooney, who would become his steel guitarist, although at that point Mooney was playing lead guitar. Mooney was six years older than Wynn, but they discovered that they'd been to the same junior high school, Thomas A. Edison, in the Flore
nce school district. Later in life, Ralph Mooney would say that no matter how many sessions he made with other artists, he thought of himself for fifteen years as Wynn Stewart's steel guitarist. "Wynn and his dad would come in every Sunday to this talent contest that Squeakin' Deacon held at the Compton Ballroom," says Mooney. "He was called Winford then. He won that talent contest every time. People hated to see him come in. You'd win a wristwatch, and he would come in and show off this arm full of wristwatches. We were destined to meet, I think."
Ralph Mooney remembers Wynn making some demo's, and believes he played on them. "My wife and I lived in Vegas for a while," he says. "Then Wynn called and said he wanted to make some demo's. I was playing lead guitar on those." Presumably, one of those demo's landed Wynn his first contract with the short-lived Intro Records country division of R&B giant Aladdin Records. There was one session in February 1954. The note bends and melisma on the first song recorded, I've Waited A Lifetime, were straight out of the Lefty Frizzell style manual, but Wynn (or Win, as he was billed on Intro) was already giving some hint of his awesome vocal power. The identity of the backing group is unclear, although Ralph Mooney believes he was playing the very busy lead guitar.
This is how a comprehensive, career-spanning set is done
It really doesn’t get better than this set. It’s all here, in everything a Wynn Stewart fan could ever hope for, with exceptional audio quality, thorough session notes, and a comprehensive bio piece with great photos, all tastefully packaged. Wynn’s albums are OOP and have never been available on CD as far as I can tell. Bear Family has delivered in kind with this masterpiece; truly emblematic of what an artist’s career-comprehensive box set should look like.
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