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CD: Doughboys, Playboys
and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
Various
Artists
Label: Proper
Reviewed by Roy
Forbes,
Host of Roy's
Record Room
Listen to samples from Doughboys,
Playboys and Cowboys:
OSAGE STOMP -
Bob Wills & Texas Playboys - 1935
DOWN BY THE O-H-I-O - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
- 1935
TRUCK
DRIVER'S BLUES - Cliff Bruner & His Boys - 1939
If you're curious about the deep roots of rockabilly, rock
and roll and current Western Swing groups like Asleep At The
Wheel, check out this 99 track treasure trove of early Western
Swing - circa 1932 to 1947. As the ad-blurb says, this set
"tells the story of Western Swing - the vibrant music
that blended jazz with stringbands, took in pop music & the
blues and pioneered amplification……contained an authenticity
and continues to appeal and inspire".
You'll hear loads of hot numbers by well known WS trailblazers
like Bob Wills, Milton Brown and Bill Boyd as well as lesser-known
folks like the Modern Mountaineers, Tune Wranglers etc. And,
although the lyrics to a few of these ancient tunes may jar
the modern ear with their sexual and racial stereotyping,
the 'take off solos' on all of these tracks are exuberant
and groundbreaking. Exhilarating stuff and perfect for fans
of Roy's Record Room, the show where we dig through
the past to energize the future.
I'll feature Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys
on the March
15th edition of Roy's Record Room. Tune in then
to find out what the fuss is all about.
Win the CD of the Week!
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Chuck Prophet - ¡Let Freedom Ring!
Bess Rogers - Travel Back EP
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Alex Cuba - Alex Cuba
Various Artists - The Transatlantic Sessions
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The Black Crowes - Before the Frost...Until the Freeze
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Terence Blanchard - Choices
Panzerballett - Hart Genossen Von Abba Bis Zappa
Steve Martin - The Crow
T Nile - The Cabin Song EP
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Psapp - The Camel's Back
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Eddi Reader - Love is the Way
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