CCD 314 THE GOLDEN AGE OF COUNTRY MUSIC - JOHNNY HICKS (7), NEAL BURRIS (4), BILLY BROWN (8) & others (8) <1950-1954> (27 tracks) = F

JOHNNY HICKS: I GOT A RING FOR HER FINGER/HONKY TONK HEART/I NEED A GOOD WOMAN BAD/ARE YOU SORRY (That You Love Me?)/BRUSH THE DUST OFF YOUR BIBLE/YOU ALL COME/SIPPIN' CIDER. THE COUNTRY CHOIR: (managed by Johnny Hicks): WHO AT MY DOOR IS STANDING?/GOD BE WITH YOU/ROCK OF AGES/NOW THE DAY IS OVER. NEAL BURRIS: START THE MUSIC/WHY LIVE IF LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING/PUT A LITTLE SWEETNIN' (In Your Love)/BONITA CHIQUITA. SHENANDOAH VALLEY TRIO: WHILE I'M READING YOUR LETTER/CABIN OF LOVE/LITTLE SUNSHINE GIRL/LET ME REST (At The End Of My Journey). BILLY BROWN: I NEVER KNEW I'D MISS YOU/TRUSTING HEART/I HOPE I DON'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO LOSE YOU/JEALOUS STARS/TIGHT WAD/I'M SENDING BACK EVERYTHING BUT MEMORIES/RICH IN LOVE/DON'T HOLD BACK.

Johnny Hicks who created the name "Big 'D' Jamboree" provides some great honky tonk type country songs here with steel guitar and fiddle. A simular instrumental backing one can expect from Neal Burris' and Billy Brown's country love ballads. The Country Choir of 18 members furnish 4 sacred numbers and The Shenandoal Valley Trio used to be Bill Monroe's group in the early 50s. Super harmony voices and great instrumentation (steel, fiddle) which is very exciting.