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Various: Shotgun Boogie - Rhythm & Blues Goes Country Vol.1 (CD)

1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 29 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.

There has always been a lively exchange between musicians in the USA - regardless of skin color.
With 'Shotgun Boogie', Bear Family Records® documents in text and sound how R&B musicians successfully covered songs from the country music songbook.
Smiley Lewis sings Link Davis' Big Mamou, Joe Liggins Johnnie Lee Wills’ Rag Mop, Sonny Knight sings Hank Williams' country tearjerker Lovesick Blues, the Crows cover Bill Carlisle's No Help Wanted, Guitar Jr. brilliantly interprets Harlan Howard's Pick Me Up On Your Way Down and Cecil Gant grooves through Tennessee Ernie Ford's Shotgun Boogie.
29 carefully remastered recordings from the best sources.
Liner notes by the renowned music expert Bill Dahl with biographical and discographical details.

Even casual music fans recognize the seismic impact rhythm and blues made on country music during the mid-1950s as a new generation of performers embraced rockabilly. Yet a reverse effect could also be evident, dating all the way back to the postwar era.

After all, a great song was a great song, whether Wynonie Harris was belting Louis Innis‘ Good Morning Judge and Hank Penny’s Bloodshot Eyes or The Griffin Brothers, Fat Man Robinson, and Sonny Knight were individually latching on to one Hank Williams classic or another to give them a snazzy R&B spin.

That’s the premise behind Bear Family’s 29-song ‘Shotgun Boogie - Rhythm & Blues Goes Country Vol. 1,‘ as both B.B. King and The Platters give Tennessee Ernie Ford’s immortal smash Sixteen Tons contrasting readings that songwriter Merle Travis could never have envisioned, while the lusty Bull Moose Jackson unfurls his deep-toned pipes on three country classics from his deep catalog at King Records.

Who would have ever expected Scatman Crothers, Smiley Lewis, and Joe Liggins to traffic in hillbilly covers, much less Lonnie ‘Guitar Jr.‘ Brooks or boogie pianist Cecil Gant?

But they’re all here, eloquently illustrating the inexorable connection between R&B and C&W - albeit in the reverse direction from what the history books preach!

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Interpret: Various
Album titlle: Shotgun Boogie - Rhythm & Blues Goes Country Vol.1 (CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AH
Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127177018
weight in Kg 0.115

Various Artists - Shotgun Boogie - Rhythm & Blues Goes Country Vol.1 (CD) CD 1
01	Good Morning Judge	Wynonie Harris
02	Shot Gun Boogie	Cootie Williams (vocal: Eddie Mack)
03	Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me	Bull Moose Jackson
04	No help Wanted	The Crows
05	Don't Fence Me In	Tommy Edwards
06	It'd Surprise You	The Griffin Brothers feat. Margie Day
07	Ghost Riders In The Sky	Scatman Crothers
08	Big Mamou	Smiley Lewis
09	Lovesick Blues	Sonny Knight
10	Chew Tobacco Rag	Lucky Millinder and His orchestra
11	Sixteen Tons	The Platters
12	It makes No Difference Now	Piano Red
13	Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)	Joey Thomas
14	Crying In The Chapel	The Orioles
15	Bloodshot Eyes	Wynonie Harris
16	Rag Mop	Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers
17	If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')	Bull Moose Jackson
18	You Can't Stay Here (Step It Up And Go)	Pear Reeves and The Concords
19	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Cootie Williams (vocal: Eddie Mack)
20	Steel Guitar Rag	Earl Hooker
21	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Fat Man Robinson Quintet
22	Indian Love Call	Hal Singer and his Orchestra
23	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Guitar Jr.
24	Pistol Packin' Mam	The Hurricanes
25	Move It On Over	The Griffin Brothers
26	No Help Wanted	Bob Gaddy and his Alley Cats
27	16 Tons	B.B. King
28	Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)	Moose Jackson
29	Shot Gun Boogie	Cecil Gant

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From: Lambert On:14 Apr 2024

Great compilation!

The interaction between country and rhythm & blues produced many beautiful versions of well-known and lesser-known country songs.

From: Wim Biemans On:6 Mar 2024

Excellent compilation of country done different

Even though I had high hopes I was pleasantly surprised by this CD. It's filled with country done by rhythm and blues artists. There are quite a few surprising versions of well-known songs like Pistol Packin' Mama and It Makes No Difference Now. My personal favorites are a laid back, jazzy, bluesy version of Ghost Riders in the Sky and a very smooth almost jazzy version of Indian Love Call (wonderful sax playing that reminded me of Ben Webster). I only hope that the "Vol. 1" on the packaging means that this is just the start of another wonderful series!

From: Paul On:29 Feb 2024

Long overdue!

Finally!! I was hoping for it since years! This compilation includes the real country songs which were covered by Rhythm & Blues artists and Doo-Wop groups. There are other compilations on the market which completely fail with the know-how and only because a song has the term 'country' in it - that does not mean it's a country song! This is the real deal!

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