Roy Acuff - Columbia Historic Edition

Artist:

Acuff, Roy

UPC:

074643999823

See Also:

The Maddox Brothers & Rose

Description:

Personnel includes: Roy Acuff (vocals, fiddle); Sam "Dynamite" Hatcher (vocals, harmonica); Jess Easterley (guitar, mandolin, bass); Lonnie Wilson (guitar); Pete "Oswald" Kirby, Clell Summey (dobro); Jimmie Riddle (harmonica); Frank "Red" Jones, Velma Williams, Joe Zinkan (bass).
Recorded between 1936 & 1951. Includes liner notes by John Rumble.
Personnel: Roy Acuff (vocals, fiddle, sound effects); Pete "Oswald" Kirby (vocals, guitar, dobro, banjo); Clell Summey (vocals, dobro); Rachel Veach (vocals, banjo); Frank Jones (vocals, strings); Jess Easterday (guitar, mandolin, strings); Lonnie Wilson (guitar, strings); Benny Martin (fiddle); Velma Williams, Joe Zinkan (strings); Jimmy Riddle (harmonica, accordion).
Liner Note Author: John W. Rumble.
Editor: Sally Hinkle.
Illustrator: Leslie Cabarda.
This compilation of early Roy Acuff recordings, from 1938 to the mid-`40s, is interesting because it focuses less on Acuff`s singing than it does on his underappreciated virtues as a fiddle player. In fact, on this version of Acuff`s signature song, "Wabash Cannonball," Acuff only plays the fiddle and blows the train whistle; the vocals are handled by another member of Acuff`s Smoky Mountain Boys, the delightfully-named Dynamite Hatcher. Though Acuff does sing on several tracks, COLUMBIA HISTORIC EDITION places his earliest recordings in their proper historical context, a feat that a surprisingly small number of country music compilations seem to manage. The remastered sound is miles ahead of any earlier reissue of this music, and the music itself is undeniable.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Streamlined Cannon Ball, The
2. Lonesome Old River Blues - (previously unreleased)
3. You`re the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)
4. Wabash Cannonball
5. Drifting Too Far from the Shore
6. Steel Guitar Blues
7. Ida Red
8. I`ll Be Alone - (previously unreleased)
9. Low and Lonely
10. When I Lay My Burden Down
11. Wonder Is All I Do - (previously unreleased)
12. Weary Lonesome Blues - (previously unreleased)
13. New Greenback Dollar
14. Freight Train Blues
15. Heart That Was Broken for Me, The - (previously unreleased)
16. Southbound Train, The - (previously unreleased)

Album Information

Release Date:

07/01/1991

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Honkytonk

Label:

Columbia (USA)

Catalog Number:

CK-39998

Original Release Year:

1985

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

44 : 9

Guest Artist:

Brother Oswald

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