CCD 246 The Heart And Soul Of Johnny Bond (26 tracks) = F
NEW WABASH CANNONBALL/I'M COMIN' HOME/ ROSE OF EL PASO/WHO'LL TAKE MY PLACE/ YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT, BABY/HELP ME LOSE THE BLUES/YOU LET ME DOWN/NOW YOU CARE NO MORE FOR ME/AFTER I'M GONE/A LONG LONESOME ROAD/YOU DON'T CARE/LOVE GONE COLD/TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, BABY/WOMEN MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME/I WISH I HAD A NICKEL/I'M BITING MY FINGERNAILS AND THINKING OF YOU/I OFFER YOU MY SECOND HAND HEART/I'M KICKIN' THE BUCKET OVER YOU/STAR SPANGLED WALTZ/UNDER THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE/I WANNA DO SOMETHING FOR SANTA CLAUS/ JINGLE BELLS BOOGIE/DOWN IN THE DUMPS/ DON'T YOU WEEP ANYMORE DARLIN'/YOU BROUGHT SORROW TO MY HEART/HEART AND SOUL.
Johnny Bond was one of the best country artists ever, but since he worked mainly for Gene Autry he didn't promote his own records on tours, so there haven't been much LP releases of his Columbia material and many songs remained unissued. This CD includes another portion of 10 previously unreleased items and it's hard to believe that nobody ever cared to release them. Johnny Bond does all the vocals and Dick Reinhart helps on 3 tracks. On the 26 tracks from 1941 to 1950 a lot of well-known musicians played on the recording sessions. Here are some of them: Jimmy Wakely <guitar>, Jack Rivers <guitar>, Curly Williams' band, Joaquin Murphy <steel guitar>, Paul Sells <accordion>, Spade Cooley <fiddle>, Jerry Adler <harmonica> etc. More information about Johnny here:
