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3-CD Digipac with 60-page booklet, 70 tracks, playing time 177 minutes. First CD release of six...more

Porter Wagoner: The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (3-CD)

3-CD Digipac with 60-page booklet, 70 tracks, playing time 177 minutes.

First CD release of six best-selling concept albums that gave the late country music superstar Porter Wagoner a cult following (please see German review for album titles). Features a rogue's gallery of murderers, philanderers, depressives, death-row inmates, unrepentant barflies, panhandling winos and other losers. Includes extensive notes covering these fascinating albums andPorter Wagoner's life and career.
Porter Wagoner died October 26, 2007 after a brief illness. Mainstream audiences best knew the lanky, rhinestone-suited singer as a symbol of 'old Nashville' and a longtime member of The Grand Ole Opry. But a younger audience embraced him for the dark, nightmarish concept albums he made for RCA Victor during the late sixties. With songs penned by such writers as Bill Anderson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Mel Tillis,Porter Wagoner's mind-numbing country noir sagas are filled with as much despair as any low-budget grindhouse movie or cheesy paperback novel. Since their original release, these albums gained a cult following among the psychotronic set, alt-country fans and the Goth subculture. After being out of print for more than two decades, they're available once again in glorious stereo from the original two-track mixdown tapes.

Article properties:Porter Wagoner: The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (3-CD)

  • Interpret: Porter Wagoner

  • Album titlle: The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (3-CD)

  • Genre Country

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
  • Preiscode CH
  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 4000127165374

  • weight in Kg 0.21
Wagoner, Porter - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (3-CD) CD 1
01Men With Broken HeartsPorter Wagoner
02I Just Came To Smell The FlowersPorter Wagoner
03May You Never Be AlonePorter Wagoner
04Skid Row JoePorter Wagoner
05Take Me Back And Try Me One More TimePorter Wagoner
06How Far Can I GoPorter Wagoner
07I'm A Long Way From HomePorter Wagoner
08Confessions Of A Broken ManPorter Wagoner
09My Tears Are OverduePorter Wagoner
10I've Been Down That Road BeforePorter Wagoner
11Thy Burdens Are Greater Than MinePorter Wagoner
12My Last Two TensPorter Wagoner
13Boston JailPorter Wagoner
14The Convict And The RosePorter Wagoner
15I Relived My Life TodayPorter Wagoner
16I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of JailPorter Wagoner
17Let Me InPorter Wagoner
18The Big River TrainPorter Wagoner
19The Snakes Crawl At NightPorter Wagoner
20They're All Going Home But OnePorter Wagoner
21Folsom PrisonPorter Wagoner
22Soul Of A ConvictPorter Wagoner
23Green Green Grass Of HomePorter Wagoner
24(I Heard That) Lonesome WhistlePorter Wagoner
25The First Mrs. JonesPorter Wagoner
26Words And MusicPorter Wagoner
27The Cold, Hard Facts Of LifePorter Wagoner
28SleepPorter Wagoner
29Hundred Dollar FuneralPorter Wagoner
30If I Could Only Start OverPorter Wagoner
31Tragic RomancePorter Wagoner
32Try Being LonelyPorter Wagoner
33I'll Get Ahead Some DayPorter Wagoner
34I Just Can't Let You Say GoodbyePorter Wagoner
35ShopwornPorter Wagoner
36JuliePorter Wagoner
37WinoPorter Wagoner
38Daddy And The WinePorter Wagoner
39Swinging DoorsPorter Wagoner
40The Bottom Of The BottlePorter Wagoner
41In The Shadows Of The WinePorter Wagoner
42She Burnt The Little Roadside Tavern DownPorter Wagoner
43The Bottle Let Me DownPorter Wagoner
44One Dime For The WinePorter Wagoner
45WinePorter Wagoner
46Turn The Juke Box Up LouderPorter Wagoner
47I Threw Away The RosePorter Wagoner
48Bottle, BottlePorter Wagoner
49The World Needs A Washin'Porter Wagoner
50Banks Of The OhioPorter Wagoner
51Sing Me Back HomePorter Wagoner
52Barefoot NelliePorter Wagoner
53Sorrow Overtakes The WinePorter Wagoner
54Black Jack's BarPorter Wagoner
55The Carroll County AccidentPorter Wagoner
56Rocky TopPorter Wagoner
57Your Mother's EyesPorter Wagoner
58King Of The Cannon County HillsPorter Wagoner
59I Lived So Fast And HardPorter Wagoner
60Fallen LeavesPorter Wagoner
61Here's A Toast To MamaPorter Wagoner
62Sidewalks Of ChicagoPorter Wagoner
63The Silent KindPorter Wagoner
64The AlleyPorter Wagoner
65The Town DrunkPorter Wagoner
66MamaPorter Wagoner
67Bottle Of WinePorter Wagoner
68One More DimePorter Wagoner
69I Judged A ManPorter Wagoner
70When I Drink My WinePorter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner Fifty years ago this year, Porter Wagoner left Springfield, Missouri bound... more
"Porter Wagoner"

Porter Wagoner

Fifty years ago this year, Porter Wagoner left Springfield, Missouri bound for Nashville. He'd been offered membership of the Grand Ole Opry, although the offer had come at a troubled moment in the show's long history. The twin threats of rock 'n' roll and television had left the Opry House half-empty some nights. Many of Porter's contemporaries were flirting with rockabilly, trying somehow to stay afloat. The Opry had to decide if it would go pop or stand firm with the music that had made the show and country music almost synonymous. The Opry decided to leave rock 'n' roll to others, and hired several new singers who would reinforce its tradition-based roster. That's why Porter Wagoner was heading for Nashville. He was… and would always be… country to the core.

Porter Wagoner died just four months after his fiftieth anniversary on the Opry. He was admitted to hospital suffering from lung cancer on October 15, 2007 and died on October 28. During the last year of his life, he had seen more success than he'd seen in many years. A new album produced by Marty Stuart for a punk/new wave label, Anti, led to career retrospectives in the 'New York Times,' 'No Depression,'and other magazines, and he opened for the Whites at Madison Square Garden. It was a good last hurrah for one of country music's elder statesmen.

Sixty-five years earlier, in 1942, Porter Wagoner had been in the audience when Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff came to West Plains, Missouri. Later that day, Porter found Acuff in a diner, and told him that he too wanted to be a country star. Acuff heard this several times a day, and was unfailingly supportive, but probably didn't think for one moment that he would ever share a stage with this shy, lanky kid. Wagoner was born in West Plains on August 12, 1927. His career began in the Ozarks, and he moved quickly to the region's powerhouse station, KWTO. In 1953, KWTO's management started the Ozark Jubilee, even hiring the Opry's former star host, Red Foley. Then, in 1955, the Jubilee became the first country music show on network television, so Porter faced a tough decision when the Opry called.

Shortly before the Ozark Jubilee reached network television, Porter Wagoner became an RCA recording artist. The label dropped him, but then did a quick about-face when he showed up with Satisfied Mind. The song became a #1 country hit in 1955, but Porter faced an uphill battle getting his music on the radio during the rock 'n' roll era. Things began to turn around for him when 'The Porter Wagoner Show'made its television debut on September 14, 1961. After several years of near-obscurity, he was back atop the charts. Initially, his show only went to eighteen cities, but it eventually became the second longest-running TV show in country music history (second to 'Hee-Haw').

Country music caught up with Porter Wagoner again, and he minted a string of hits in the 1960s, including the original version of Green, Green Grass Of Home. In 1967, he brought Dolly Parton onto his show, and helped launch her career. He began recording 'concept' albums, like 'Confessions Of A Broken Man' 'Cold Hard Facts Of Life, ' and 'The Carroll County Accident' that have become cult favorites in recent years, and he was primarily responsible for bringing soul music star James Brown to the Opry. There was more controversy when he and Dolly split rancorously. Dolly said that their partnership ended because of "creative differences….I was creative, Porter was different."

In the end, Porter Wagoner could reflect with pride that he hadn't sold out. He was proudly and unapologetically country from first to last. He went in and out of fashion, but came to epitomise the music he loved.

In 1993, Bear Family issued its first Porter Wagoner box, 'The Thin Man From West Plains,' covering his RCA recordings from 1952-1962. 

 

Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts Of Life

When he died on October 28, 2007, Porter Wagoner was still savoring his career resurgence. Once derided as a relic of 'Old Nashville,' the singer unexpectedly discovered an appreciative new audience weaned on his bizarre, slice-of-life concept albums recorded forty years earlier. Critics were hailing his most recent album, as edgy 'alt-country' acts invited him to open their shows at major urban venues.

This acclaim was a long time coming. For decades, Wagoner had been an indelible icon of Nashville kitsch, a pompadoured, rhinestone-suited hero among the aging, uncritical motor coach set that made pilgrimages to Opryland, USA and 'The Grand Ole Opry.' Many still associated him with Dolly Parton, who rose to stardom under his tutelage.

Respected by his peers and always gracious among his fans, Wagoner generally took a high road, both personally and professionally. He seldom drank and usually avoided bookings in places where alcohol was served. He never staked any claims to songs written by others, an unsavory but common industry practice. Instead of paying his sidemen a union minimum per show, he gave them a share of an evening's proceeds.

Professionally, Wagoner was the standard bearer for traditional country music at a time when rock 'n' roll and the Nashville Sound kicked pure honky tonk into the dustbin of history. His television show reached an audience far beyond the American South and Midwest. Musicians as diverse as Marty Stuart and Jerry Garcia cut their country music teeth watching Wagoner's weekly program.

The singer's personal life was hardly exemplary. His romantic entanglement with Norma Jean fueled gossip mills. Besides effectively ending his marriage, it ultimately led to Norma Jean's departure from Wagoner's syndicated television show. Seven years later Parton's decision to leave Wagoner to explore broader, more lucrative opportunities led to acrimony and litigation. Like many other entertainers, Wagoner fell prey to amphetamines, although he never plunged to the depths of his more notorious contemporaries.

Artistically, no one ranked the singer's unadorned baritone delivery alongside such celebrated postwar country stylists as Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Horton and George Jones. But appreciation for Wagoner's sincere, straightforward approach has grown steadily in recent years. Marty Stuart, who produced Wagoner's 2007 valedictory album 'Wagonmaster,'hailed him as an "American master and a cornerstone of our music."

 

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Tracklist
Wagoner, Porter - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life (3-CD) CD 1
01 Men With Broken Hearts
02 I Just Came To Smell The Flowers
03 May You Never Be Alone
04 Skid Row Joe
05 Take Me Back And Try Me One More Time
06 How Far Can I Go
07 I'm A Long Way From Home
08 Confessions Of A Broken Man
09 My Tears Are Overdue
10 I've Been Down That Road Before
11 Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
12 My Last Two Tens
13 Boston Jail
14 The Convict And The Rose
15 I Relived My Life Today
16 I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
17 Let Me In
18 The Big River Train
19 The Snakes Crawl At Night
20 They're All Going Home But One
21 Folsom Prison
22 Soul Of A Convict
23 Green Green Grass Of Home
24 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
25 The First Mrs. Jones
26 Words And Music
27 The Cold, Hard Facts Of Life
28 Sleep
29 Hundred Dollar Funeral
30 If I Could Only Start Over
31 Tragic Romance
32 Try Being Lonely
33 I'll Get Ahead Some Day
34 I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
35 Shopworn
36 Julie
37 Wino
38 Daddy And The Wine
39 Swinging Doors
40 The Bottom Of The Bottle
41 In The Shadows Of The Wine
42 She Burnt The Little Roadside Tavern Down
43 The Bottle Let Me Down
44 One Dime For The Wine
45 Wine
46 Turn The Juke Box Up Louder
47 I Threw Away The Rose
48 Bottle, Bottle
49 The World Needs A Washin'
50 Banks Of The Ohio
51 Sing Me Back Home
52 Barefoot Nellie
53 Sorrow Overtakes The Wine
54 Black Jack's Bar
55 The Carroll County Accident
56 Rocky Top
57 Your Mother's Eyes
58 King Of The Cannon County Hills
59 I Lived So Fast And Hard
60 Fallen Leaves
61 Here's A Toast To Mama
62 Sidewalks Of Chicago
63 The Silent Kind
64 The Alley
65 The Town Drunk
66 Mama
67 Bottle Of Wine
68 One More Dime
69 I Judged A Man
70 When I Drink My Wine