CCD 256 Dick Thomas and his Nashville Ramblers (1944-1950) (25 tracks) = F

TENNESSEE LOCAL/GIVE ME BACK MY HEART/ ONE MAN'S LOSS IS ANOTHER MAN'S GAIN/THE BEAUT FROM BUTTE/MY DADDY IS ONLY A PICTURE/YOU BETTER STOP TELLIN' LIES ABOUT ME/MEMORIES OF FRANCE/TWO CAR GARAGE/ MY GUITAR IS MY SWEETHEART/ROSES HAVE THORNS (So They Tell Me)/CAN'T YOU TAKE IT BACK AND CHANGE IT FOR A BOY/ ROSALINDA/CHARLOTTE BELLE (CAROLINA WALTZ)/THE SISTER OF SIOUX CITY SUE/ FOOLISH TEARS/SLEEPY OLD TOWN/A COWBOY IN KHAKI/SAN ANTONIO SERENADE/BROKEN HEART/YOU NEVER LOVED ME/THEY'LL NEVER TAKE THE TEXAS OUT OF ME/AS LONG AS I LIVE I WILL LOVE YOU/I DON'T WANT A MILLION SWEETHEARTS/MOANIN' IN THE MORNIN' GRIEVIN' IN THE EVENIN' BLUES/ROSE OF THE ALAMO.

Dick Thomas is hardly known these days. He has co-written "Sioux City Sue" and had a big success in the charts in 1945. Dick started on the National label in 1944 with the Santa Fe Rangers and recorded basically Western songs. When Decca signed him up in 1947, he changed his style tending more to country or honky tonk country sounds. In all his variety, he has always given a sample of his great ability of yodeling. 16 tracks come from the Decca era. Real nice collection of songs that are hard to find these days anywhere else.