Roy Acuff - The Essential Roy Acuff

Artist:

Acuff, Roy

UPC:

827969090626

See Also:

The Maddox Brothers & Rose

Description:

Personnel: Roy Acuff (vocals, fiddle); Roy Acuff; Jess Easterday (guitar, mandolin, bass instrument); Lonnie "Pap" Wilson, Lonnie Wilson (guitar); Clell Summey, Clell "Cousin Jody" Sumney (steel guitar); Beecher "Pete" "Bashful Brother Oswald" Kirby, Bashful Brother Oswald (dobro, banjo); Red Jones, Velma Williams, Joe Zinkan (bass instrument); Tommy Magness (fiddle); Jimmy Riddle (accordion).
Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle.
Recording information: Chicago, IL (10/20/1936-01/15/1949); Dallas, TX (10/20/1936-01/15/1949); Hollywood, CA (10/20/1936-01/15/1949); New York, NY (10/20/1936-01/15/1949).
Photographer: Les Leverett.
Arranger: Roy Acuff.
After Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff may be the figure most important to the development of early country music. Acuff`s vocal style--an earthy, sincere, sometimes-twangy croon--indelibly influenced everyone from Hank Williams to George Jones, and, as a songwriter, fiddler, performer, and mainstay at the Grand Ole Opry, he embodied the very spirit of country music for more than 60 years. While those interested in a thorough exploration of Acuff`s music may want a more comprehensive compilation, THE ESSENTIAL ROY ACUFF is a powerhouse introduction that boils down the enormity of Acuff`s achievement to 14 must-have tracks.
"Great Speckled Bird," the 1936 single that brought Acuff popular recognition and became one of his signature tunes, leads off the set. Other classics, like his famous versions of "Wabash Cannonball" and "Tennessee Waltz" (which he was one of the first to record), are accounted for, as is his cover of Hank Williams`s "I Saw the Light." Acuff`s cohort and publishing partner Fred Rose wrote many of the tunes here, and Acuff`s reading of the achingly beautiful "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" alone is worth the price of this excellent collection.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Great Speckled Bird
2. Precious Jewel, The
3. Wreck on the Highway
4. Night Train to Memphis
5. Fireball Mail
6. Low and Lonely
7. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
8. Wait for the Light to Shine
9. Wabash Cannonball
10. Freight Train Blues
11. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
12. Tennessee Waltz
13. This World Can`t Stand Long
14. I Saw the Light

Album Information

Release Date:

08/31/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Honkytonk

Label:

Columbia/Legacy

Producer:

Art Satherley; Gregg Geller (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

90906

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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