Guitar Shorty: The 1950's Recordings

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Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Texas bluesman Guitar Shorty has been recording and touring since the 1950s, yet somehow he really didn't have a serious record deal until the mid-1980s.

He did however manage to record 8 tracks in the beginning of his career; 2 in 1957 for Cobra Records (Irma Lee / You Don't Treat Me Right), and 6 for Pull Records in 1959.

Shorty gigged steadily through the late 1950s and 1960s, yet by the 1970s, he was working full-time as a mechanic, playing music at nights and on weekends. He returned to being a full-time musician in 1975, struggling at times to make ends meet. His carreer got something of a bump in 1976, when he made an appearance on Chuck Barris' Gong Show, winning first prize for performing the song "They Call Me Guitar Shorty" while balanced on his head - a trick he performed as part of his regular live act.

Released as singles, these track do not appear to be commerncially available at this time.

• Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty (02:10)
• You Don't Treat Me Right - Guitar Shorty (02:15)
• Hard Life - Guitar Shorty (02:35)
• Ways Of A Man - Guitar Shorty (02:34)
• How Long Will It Last - Guitar Shorty (03:00)
• Love Loves - Guitar Shorty (02:38)
• I Never Thought - Guitar Shorty (02:19)
• Pumpkin Pie - Guitar Shorty (02:56)

Bob Wills AND His Texas Playboys

There seems to be some debate over at MusicBrainz.org whether it is Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys or Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

Archival photos of Bob Wills and his band suggest that the proper usage is to use the 'and'.

Pictures don't lie.

Rare Canadian Country Vol. 1-3 (ca. 1942-69)

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Several factors led to Country Music's increased popularity in North America: the social upheaval of the Depression and of World War II, which brought people of varying backgrounds together and resulted in a mixing and levelling of musical tastes; the rise of Hollywood films starring such 'singing cowboys' as Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, and Roy Rogers, whose styles were tempered purposely to appeal to an urban audience; and the adoption of some superficialities of the country genre by Tin Pan Alley songwriters. Canada reflected these trends, which lasted into the 1950s.

Canadians Wilf Carter, Hank Snow, and Earl Heywood early on reflected a Canadian take on Country Music, and other performers also emerged between the late 1930s and the early 1950s, including the Bunkhouse Boys, the Hillbilly Jewels (with Joe Brown, later patriarch of the Family Brown) and Tex Cochrane in the Maritimes, Sid Plamondor and His Western Pals in Ontario, the Happy Wanderers, Cammie Howard and His Western Five, and Mac Beattie in Ottawa, Jim Magill and the Northern Ramblers in Toronto, Abbe Andrews and His Canadian Ranch Boys in St Catharines, Ont, Bob Boyd and His Red River Playboys in Winnipeg, Sleepy and Swede and the Tumbleweeds in Saskatoon(see the Rhythm Pals), Cactus Mack and His Saddle Tramps and.Vic Siebert and His Sons of the Saddle in Calgary, and King Ganam and His Sons of the West in Edmonton. Singers included Stu Davis, Allen Erwin ('The Calgary Kid'), Bob ('Mr Sunshine') King, Myrna Lorrie, Bev Monro, Jimmy Arthur Ordge, Stu Phillips, Orval Prophet, Keray Regan, Donn Reynolds ('Canada's Singing Yodeller'), Oral Scheer (b Madawaska, Ont 1917, d Ottawa 29 Oct 2004), Scotty Stevenson, Billy Whelan, and The Canadian Sweethearts (Lucille Starr and Bob Regan).

These three volumes are a collection of rare Canadian Country recordings from those early years.

Volume 1

• I'm Not To Blame - Bunkhouse Boys (02:50)
• New Melody Rag - Bunkhouse Boys (02:55)
• Round And Round And Round - Bunkhouse Boys (02:06)
• Stephen's Special - Bunkhouse Boys (02:55)
• Black Mountain Rag - Fiddlin' Red Crawford (02:57)
• Why Have You Left Me The Way I Am - George Cook (02:51)
• I`ll Spend My Life Loving You - Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys (02:33)
• Things That Might Have Been - Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys (02:45)
• Angel Waltz - Hap Lambie & The Country Playboys (02:51)
• Broken Hearted - Hap Lambie & The Country Playboys (02:29)
• Fireman's Dream - Hap Lambie & The Country Playboys (02:34)
• Sadness And Tears - Hap Lambie & The Country Playboys (02:23)
• Stream Liner - Hap Lambie & The Country Playboys (02:36)
• Your Mother - Hap Lambie & The Country Playboys (02:15)
• Bluebird On Your Windowsill - Jack Jensen & The Rhythm Pals (02:27)
• Down In Lily Valley - Jack Jensen & The Rhythm Pals (02:19)
• Back Home On The Caribou Trail - Lloyd & Leta Wade (02:27)
• I'm Riding High (For That Ranch House In The Sky) - Lloyd & Leta Wade (02:20)
• Ellie Mae - Pat Gerow & His Western Gang With Clover Lane (03:08)
• If You Come Home To-night - Pat Gerow & His Western Gang With Clover Lane (02:32)
• Deserted - Stu Davis (02:37)

Volume 2

• Candy Coated Apples - Abbie Andrews (02:36)
• Don't Roll Your Eyes At Me Baby - Abbie Andrews (02:31)
• Driftwood On The River - Art Grant & His Northern Lights (02:58)
• The Meanest Lowest Lowdown Blues - Art Grant & His Northern Lights (02:18)
• No Love For Me - Big Four (03:00)
• Submarine Waltz - Big Four (02:52)
• I'm Scared To Go Home - Boyd Cameron (02:37)
• The Province Of Ontario - Boyd Cameron (02:48)
• Give Me Good Old Canada - Carl Lofstrom (01:59)
• Yodeller's Dream - Carl Lofstrom (02:14)
• If You Don't Care - Joe Alen (02:19)
• Mountains Of Gold - Joe Alen (02:11)
• Bought For A Song - Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) With The Rhythm Pals (02:34)
• I Keep Telling Myself - Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) With The Rhythm Pals (03:08)
• Kylie's Reel - Lloyd Wright & The Radio Rangers (02:15)
• Teenage Boogie - Lloyd Wright & The Radio Rangers (02:22)
• The White Rose - Ron Scott With Bobby Hill & His Rank Band (02:23)
• When The Bees Are In Their Hive - Ron Scott With Bobby Hill & His Rank Band (02:27)
• I Can't Go On Without You - Roy Rudolph With The Rodeo All Stars (02:29)
• The Miracle At Springhill - Roy Rudolph With The Rodeo All Stars (03:56)
• Talkin' Blues - Tex Bloye (03:22)
• Valley Of Peace - Tex Bloye (02:41)
• Dreamy Okanagan Moon - The Rhythm Pals (02:27)
• I Wonder If The Ogopogo's Lonesome - The Rhythm Pals (02:33)

Volume 3

• I Love My Gal - Billy O'Boie & The Country Jewels (02:23)
• Little Rosa - Billy O'Boie & The Country Jewels (03:27)
• Aunt Martha's Washing Tub - Charlie MacKinnon With The Downeasters (02:19)
• The Wreck Of The John Harvey - Charlie MacKinnon With The Downeasters (02:45)
• Jour De Tristesse - Claude Dubois (02:33)
• Look To Me - Del & Stan & The Supreme Dial-o-matic Rhythm Man (01:52)
• My Little Porohy (Para-a-hai) - Del & Stan & The Supreme Dial-o-matic Rhythm Man (02:02)
• Three Red Leaves - Diane Leigh (03:12)
• Ballad Of The Calgary Stampede - Ernie Mcculloch (02:19)
• Brand New Heartache - Gerry Myers With The Country Squires & Gaynor Twins (02:11)
• Two Hearts Are Broken - Gerry Myers With The Country Squires & Gaynor Twins (02:18)
• Klondike Mike - Hal Willis (Leonald Francois Joseph Guy Gauthier) (00:46)
• So Right But So Wrong - Hal Willis (Leonald Francois Joseph Guy Gauthier) (02:20)
• Canada's Song - Scotty Stevenson & The Canadian Nighthawks (02:59)
• The Convict And The Rose - Scotty Stevenson & The Canadian Nighthawks (02:48)
• I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Ted Daigle (02:34)
• Walk On By - Ted Daigle (02:13)
• Bitter Tears - Ted Daigle (02:49)
• Young & Beautiful - Ted Daigle (02:29)
• If You Were Mine - The Matlows (02:18)
• Only You - The Matlows (02:32)

The Philly Soul Of John Bowie

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John Bowie was lead singer for The Philadelphians; a Philly R&B group of the late fifties and sixties. The Philadelphians got their start at The Community Center located at 10th and Thompson Sts. of The Cambria Hgts. projects. The Philadelphians consisted of Big John as lead, Frank Gordon as bass, Sam [unknown] as second tenor, and Eddie [unknown] as first tenor, and an unknown baritone singer. They recorded sides for Campus Records, Cameo-Parkway and Jamie-Guyden with such recordings as Dear, The Love I Lost, I Missed Her, Coming Home To You, The Vow, Church Bells and My Love My Love.

By the late 1960's The Philadelphians had split up and John was doing some production work (Mysterious Clown) and solo work, recording as Little John Bowie on the Merben label, as well as cutting one single in 1967 for the Phil-LA Of Soul label.

John Bowie died from a robbery attempt at a gas station where he worked in 1985.

• The Love I Lost - The Philadelphians (02:11)
• Dear - The Philadelphians (02:00)
• Coming Home To You - The Philadelphians (02:15)
• Church Bells - The Philadelphians (02:02)
• The Vow - The Philadelphians (02:08)
• I Missed Her - The Philadelphians (02:06)
• You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing - Big John Bowie (02:44)
• At The End Of Day - Big John Bowie (02:20)
• Go Go Annie - Little John Bowie (02:38)
• My Love My Love - Little John Bowie (03:08)
• Mysterious Clown - Mysterious Clown (02:55)
• Why Do I Have To Tell Her - Mysterious Clown (02:59)
• A Fool I Would Be - John Bowie (02:28)
• I Never Felt So Lonely - John Bowie (02:57)
• Bad Luck - John Bowie (02:25)
• Your Gonna Miss Me (Female Version) - John Bowie (02:04)
• Help Me Pretty Baby - John Bowie (02:26)
• You're Gonna Miss A Good Thing - Demo - John Bowie (02:59)
• Help Me - Demo - John Bowie (02:37)

Frank Tanner And His Rhythm Kings - The Collected Works Of

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On October 24th, 1936 Frank Tanner and His Rhythm Kings, a San Antonio 'territory band', entered the studio and cut 7 individual tracks for the Bluebird label. Four of the tracks were release back-to-back, while the other three tracks were doubled up with a different Bluebird artist for release (a common practice in those days).

Not much more is known about this orchestra, one of many that entered a recording studio once, and never were heard from again.

• You Don't Love Me (Bluebird 6667)
• Magnolias In The Moonlight (Bluebird 6667)
• Time For One More (Bluebird 6686)
• Wrappin' It Up (Bluebird 6686)
• Sailor Man Rhythm (Bluebird 6690)
    [Backed with the Chicago Rhythm Kings: Boston Tea Party]
• Death In B Flat (Bluebird 6719)
    [Backed with Bennie Moten Kansas City Orchestra: The Count]
• Texas Teaser (Bluebird 6750)
    [Backed with Willie Bryant & His Orchestra: Viper's Moan]

James Leroy & Denim - Live And Rarities

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James Leroy was born in Ottawa, Ontario and spent his childhood and adolescence in Martintown, Ontario before returning to Ottawa. His music career commenced as a folk singer and songwriter for local bands. Local impresario Harvey Glatt agreed to produce and manage Leroy. Glatt produced Leroy's first single, "Touch of Magic", which reached Number 6 on the Canadian Top Singles Chart, published by RPM Magazine. Glatt also arranged for Adam Mitchell to produce the subsequent album, James Leroy and Denim, released by GRT Records in 1973. Denim, Leroy's supporting group, included Gary Comeau, one of the founding members of The Esquires, a nationally recognized Canadian band and Val Tuck. Two further singles from the album, "You Look Good in Denim" and "Make It All Worthwhile" were top 20 Canadian singles.

Leroy dissolved Denim in 1974 and attempted to develop a solo career; two singles were produced by Ian Thomas, but were not successful. An anticipated solo album did not materialize and shortly thereafter at the age of 32, Leroy killed himself in an Ottawa hotel on May 10, 1979.

• Drum Intro - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• You Look Good In Denim - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• Make It All Worthwile - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• Touch Of Magic - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• (Unknown) - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• (Unknown) - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• I'm A Sailor - James Leroy (With The Terry Crawford Band)
• Doctor My Eyes (Dave) - James Leroy
• I Should Have Known (Val) - James Leroy
• Lady Of The Night (Live) - James Leroy
• Reelin' In The Years (Charlie) - James Leroy
• Anniversary Song - James Leroy
• It's All Worthwile - James Leroy
• Lampton County - James Leroy
• Martin Town Diary - James Leroy
• When The War Is Over - James Leroy
• Up On The Roof (Live Queen's U) - James Leroy

The Light Crust Doughboys - The Original Texas Swing 1933-1941

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In 1931, a man who would become a Texas music legend named Bob Wills brought a band soon-to-be-called The Light Crust Doughboys to the Burrus Mill Flour Company. It was the beginning of the great American Jazz age, and the glorious time of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Gene Krupa. Bob Wills and his band, The Light Crust Doughboys, introduced the music genre of Texas Western Swing.

• In The Fall Of 29 - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• I Want Somebody To Cry Over Me - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Beatiful Texas - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Blue Bonnet Waltz - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Texas Breakdown - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Doughboy Rag - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Your Own Sweet Darling Wife - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• The Gangster's Moll - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Saturday Night Rag - The Light Crust Doughboys
• She's Still That Old Sweetheart Of Mine - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Kelley Waltz - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Rochester Schottische - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Put Me In Your Pocket - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Heel And Toe Polka - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Alamo Waltz - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• When We Reach Our Happy Home - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• When It's Round Up Time In Heaven - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Roll Up The Carpet - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Texas Plains - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Ridin' Old Paint - The Light Crust Doughboys
• The Governor's Ball - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• Texas Centenial March - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• There's A Little Grey Mother Dreaming - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Bill Cheatum - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Thirty First Street Blues - Lee O'Daniel and The Light Crust Doughboys
• There's An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight - The Light Crust Doughboys
• El Rancho Grande - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Ragtime Annie - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie - The Light Crust Doughboys
• The Cowboy's Dream - The Light Crust Doughboys
• There's No Disapointment In Heaven - The Light Crust Doughboys
• The Old Rugged Cross - The Light Crust Doughboys
• I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Did You Ever Hear A String Band Swing - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Happy Cowboy - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Little Hillbilly Heart Throb - The Light Crust Doughboys
• When The Moon Shines On - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Blue Guitars - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Avalon - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Roll Along, Jordan - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Dusky Stevedore - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Just Once Too Often - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Waiting For The Robert E Lee - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Birth Of The Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Sitting On Top Of The World - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Knocky, Knocky - The Light Crust Doughboys
• I'll Get Mine - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Slow Down Mr Brown - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Gin Mill Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Dirty Dish Rag Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Thousand Mile Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Gulf Coast Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Weary Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Clarinnet Marmalade - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Tom Cat Rag - The Light Crust Doughboys
• We Must Have Beer - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Mama Won't Let Me - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Mama Gets What She Wants - The Light Crust Doughboys
• I'll Keep On Loving You - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Little Rubber Dolly - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Beer Drinking Mama - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Horsie, Keep Your Tail Up - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Truck Driver's Blues - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts - The Light Crust Doughboys
• In Ole' Oklahoma - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Texas Song Of Pride - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Tea For Two - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Little Rock Get-A-Way - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Alice Blue Gown - The Light Crust Doughboys
• I Want A Feller - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Cripple Creek - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Snow Deer - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Mean Mean Mama - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Good Gracious Gracie - The Light Crust Doughboys
• I Had Someone Else Before I Met You - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Sluefoot On The Levee - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Five Long Years - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Won't You Wait Another Year - The Light Crust Doughboys
• Bear Creek Hop - The Light Crust Doughboys
• I Want A Waitress - The Light Crust Doughboys
• It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do - The Light Crust Doughboys