CCD 311 THE HI-FLYERS - WESTERN SWING IN ITS PRIME DAYS <1937 – 1941> (28 tracks) = F

(Pin A Bluebonnet On Your New Bonnet) BLUEBONNET/THERE'S A LITTLE GREEN MILL (By A Little Green Hill)/ANSWER TO IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW/LONESOME MAMA BLUES/YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME/MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN/HONKY TONK MAMA/UNLOCK THIS DOGHOUSE DOOR/LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT IN HAWAII/THAT'S WHY I SIGH AND CRY/DARK BEDROOM BLUES/YOU'LL NEVER ADMIT YOU'RE SORRY/BARN YARD ROMP/SLEEPY WALTZ/ THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WAITING/OUR LAST GOODNIGHT/YOU'VE BROKEN MY HEART DEAR/BEER PARLOR JIVE/THE DAY YOU LEFT ME/ ALAMO POLKA/RENO STREET BLUES/LOW BLUES/THE WISE AND THE OWL/BLONDE- HEADED WOMAN/HI-FLYER STOMP/UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE/THE FIVE-PIECE BAND/JOE TURNER BLUES.

The Hi-Flyers was one of the most popular Western Swing bands of the 1930s. They started as a string band in 1929 and disbanded as a western swing formation in 1942. Some of the musicians they employed and can be heard on this disc are Sheldon Bennett <fiddle & electric guitar>, Billy Briggs <steel guitar>, Buster Ferguson <guitar>, Dick Reinhart <bass>, Andrew Schroder <steel guitar>. Great sound!