CCD 228 The Golden Age Of Texas Jim Robertson = (24 tracks) F

IT TAKES A LONG, LONG TRAIN WITH A RED CABOOSE/REVENGE/I'M SO LOW/I'LL NEVER SLIP AROUND AGAIN/I HEARD THE ANGELS WEEP/THE MINER'S SONG/HEADIN' DOWN THE WRONG HIGHWAY/SUNDOWN IN MY HEART/DON'T LOOK NOW (Your Broken Heart Is Showing)/OUR ANNIVERSARY/TEARS TODAY AND BLUES TOMORROW/IN THE PINES (The Longest Train I Ever Saw)/HOME ON THE RANGE/THE COWBOY'S DREAM/RIDIN' OLD PAINT (And Leadin' Old Dan)/THE TEXAS SONG (A Cowboy Lament)/RED RIVER VALLEY/THE BORDER AFFAIR (Mi Amor, Mi Corazón)/IDA-IDAHO/A HOME OF MY OWN/LAND, SKY AND WATER/SEVEN WOMEN IN ONE/PAL IN PALO ALTO/DON'T MAKE ME SORRY.

The late Jim Robertson had one of the deepest, softest and best voices in country music ever. Although RCA released more than 100 sides on singles on Victor and Bluebird in the 1940s they never released a 12" LP which sounds mysterious. However, this CD album eventually contains nothing but such wonderful recordings of the 1940s, some with Roy Wiggins , Andy Sanella and Vaughn Horton on steel guitar, some with Chet Atkins on electric guitar, and probably Jethro Burns on mandolin and several more sidemen. Jim even gives the often used traditional cowboy songs a very personal character. Hardly anyone like him can sing the old cowboy songs that well. An absolute must for fans of 40s C & W music!