CCD 294 PORKY FREEMAN - The Boogie Woogie Boy (with 6 extra tracks by Hal Hart) (27 tracks) = F

BOOGIE WOOGIE ON STRINGS <Inst.>/EVERYBODY LOVES THAT BOOGIE/ELECTRIC GUITAR RAG <Inst.>/OKIE DOKIE OKIE/PICKIN' 8 TO THE BAR <Inst.>/FAT GAL BLUES/SPANISH BELLS <Inst.>/I HAD LITTLE WIFE/SLICK CHICK BOOGIE (# 2) <Inst.>/THE NEW LOOK/TIGER RAG <Inst.>/ ROLLIN' SOUTH <Inst.>/BOOGIE WOOGIE BOY <voc. Merle Travis>/SLOW TRAIN BOOGIE <Inst.>/I LEFT MY HEART IN MISSISSIPPI <voc. Jesse Ashlock>/ SLICK CHICK BOOGIE (# 1) <Inst.>/THAT BABY'S CHANGED <voc. Jesse Ashlock>/PECOS POLKA <Inst.>/INDIAN LOVE CALL <Inst.>/ ELECTRIC GUITAR BLUES <Inst.>/STRUMMING UP A BOOGIE <Inst.>/Now 6 bonus vocal tracks by HAL HART featuring Porky on electric guitar: SOMETHING OLD, NEW; BORROWED AND BLUE/ OKLAHOMA/ TIE A LITTLE STRING AROUND YOUR FINGER/ THAN SUFFER JEALOUSY/DID I EVER TELL YOU (How Much I Love You)/I MISS YOUR LOVIN'.

This album has been available on LP before with 21 tracks. Now tonal quality has been improved and 6 tracks were added by Hal Hart where Freeman does the electric guitar backing. All items have been previously released on the ARA and Four Star labels from 1944 to 1949 and include Porky's original million seller "Boogie Woogie On Strings" and is similar performed as Arthur Smith's famous "Guitar Boogie". Porky does the vocals except where noted otherwise. The Porky Freeman Trio consisted of Al Barker, Red Murrell and, of course, Porky, but also other remarkable musicians like Merle Travis, Jimmy Pruett and Slumber Nichols were used on the recording session. Certainly a great album for fans of this type of music from the 1940s.