Tennessee Rock'n Billy 1955
Various Artists
© El Toro Records 2008

8 page booklet with liner notes from Dave Penny.
"It started with the Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy..." according to The Sons Of The Pioneers, and there is no doubt that the exciting Hillbilly Boogie style of the late 1940s and early 1950s had a huge influence on the rockabilly artists who would later record for iconic Memphis
labels like Sun and Meteor. With the overnight success of Elvis in 1954, all over Tennessee (and just over the border in Mississippi) small labels sprang up to accommodate the steady stream of talented young hillbilly boppers that walked through the door with an eye on a chance at the big time...

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1 The Tennessee Rock and Roll - The Sons Of The Pioneers
2 Act Like You Love Me - Hayden Thompson
3 I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Elvis Presley
4 Yakety Yak - Mac & Jake
5 Baby, I'm Ready - The Tunesmiths
6 Talking Off The Wall - Eddie Bond
7 Go Mule Go - Johnny Burnette
8 You Gotta Play Fair - Curley Griffin
9 Gone, Gone, Gone - Carl Perkins
10 Watch That Girl - Lloyd McCullough
11 Sleepy Time Blues - Jess Hooper
12 Hula Bop - Smokey Joe Baugh
13 Oh Stop! - The Tunesmiths
14 A Gal Named Joe - Mac Sales
15 Can't Steal My Way Around - Barney Burcham
16 Get Me On Your Mind - Ernie Chaffin
17 Ring Out Those Bells - Red Hadley's Wranglers
18 Hey Jim - Jack Earls
19 Oh Darling - Lloyd McCullough
20 You're Undecided - Johnny Burnette
21 Nine Have Tried (And Nine Have Died) - The Carlisles
22 So Lovely Baby - Rusty & Doug Kershaw (With Wiley Barkdull)
23 Double Duty Lovin' - Eddie Bond
24 All Messed Up - Jess Hooper
25 Brother, That's All! - Red Hadley
26 Listen To Me - Smokey Joe Baugh
27 I Feel The Blues Comin' On - Hayden Thompson
28 They Can't Keep Me From You - Jack Earls
29 You Can't Make Love To Somebody - Carl Perkins
30 I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone - Elvis Presley
31 I Can't Lose The Blues - Ernie Chaffin
32 Rock 'n' Roll Ruby - Johnny Cash
33 You're My Baby - Johnny Cash

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Hot Rodders Delight
Various Artists
© Rhythm Bomb Records 2008

Brand new volume of this great series for hot rodders. If you drive a car or have at least a driving license you need to buy this CD.

Top US/Aussie/Europe bands sampler with car songs. Ride On !

HOT CARS! HOT MUSIC!

Popular "Hot Rod Music" saw its heyday during the late 1950's and early-mid 1960's. The most well known songs were penned and performed mainly by a small group of young Southern California musicians and part-time hot rodders in '63 - '64. But most of us real rockers know that as soon as the first automobile wheels began rolling off the assembly lines of Detroit, real "hot rod" records began rolling onto jukeboxes and DJ's turntables. "Hot Rod Boogies" waved the starting flag for many a car enthusiast's imagination and sparked the beginning of a musical genre all it's own. Authentic mid 1950's rockabilly music can trace much of it's early inspiration and fast rhythms to a teenager's love of driving fast cars and owning hopped-up rods.

Today's rockabilly musicians are working wonders with the sounds that popular culture has long since forgotten or cast onto the scrap heap. Using the 'spare parts' of vintage 50's sounds, classic instrumentation & some garage honed talent -and then inspired by the "kustom" kings of old, modern rockabilly acts have crafted some truly killer recordings, driving that original spirit blazing back onto the modern hepcat scene. Much like the original hot rodders who were often limited by materials, time and money, these 21st century rockers have fashioned streamlined, stripped down and scorching retro roots rock music with all the same fire, flash and fury as their original 1950's heroes.

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1. I'm The King Of The Road - Flatfoot Shakers
2. Backseat Lover - Ballroom Rockets
3. Coupe Deville - The Blue Suedes
4. Ol' Webb's Bullhorn Pontiac - Gin Palace Jesters
5. Wagon Wheel - Dig Wayne
6. Porto Covo - Desperado 5
7. CDL - Jason Lee Wilson
8. Ask Your Daddy For The Car - Pep Torres
9. Highway 9 - Jason Lee Wilson
10. 100,000 Miles - Mississippi Queen
11. Race Track - Roundup Boys
12. Hot Rod Man - Fireball Stevens
13. Havin' A Good Time - Ike & The Capers
14. Another Night, Another Town
15. Roll On Driver - Pep Torres
16. High Pressure Blues - Cherry Casino
17. Burn It Ernie - Ike & The Capers
18. Pure Horsepower - Jason Lee Wilson
19. My Baby Took The Car - Cherry Casino
20. Hot Rod Rag - Eddie Glendening
21. Engine Trouble - Little Neal & The Blue Flames
22. Eastbound & Down - Blisters & Gray
23. Big Bad City - Rayburn Anthony
24. East Austin Breakdown - The Wailin' Elroys
25. Drivin' Home Boogie - Randy Rich & The Poor Boys

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