CCD 317 RILEY CRABTREE - WHEN HANK WILLIAMS MET JIMMIE RODGERS" JAMBOREE <1949-1955> (28 tracks) = F

BLUE YODEL NO. 5/WAITING FOR A TRAIN/BLUE YODEL NO.1/IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW/MULESKINNER BLUES (A Blue Yodel)/AWAY OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN/T FOR TEXAS/T. B. BLUES/SHACKLES AND CHAINS/YOU HAD TO STRAY/IF I COULD BUY YOUR LOVE/A LIFETIME TO REGRET/LONELY WORLD/FLOWERS ON MY MOTHER'S GRAVE/ OZARK WALTZ/IF MY TEARS WERE GOLD/FREE FROM SHACKLES AND CHAINS/BROKEN HEART - FALLING TEARS/GET AWAY FROM IT ALL/ SHACKLES AND CHAINS (2nd version)/ BETWEEN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE/INFORMATION PLEASE/AN ORCHID IN MY BOUQUET/ TONIGHT/ WHEN HANK WILLIAMS MET JIMMIE RODGERS/I'LL MAKE YOU WANT ME/DON'T TURN AWAY FROM ME/MEET ME AT JOE'S.

The title of the CD tells you that Riley was a fan of both Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. His first two sessions constisted of Jimmie Rodgers songs with beautiful yodeling, later he seemed to be more impressed with Hank's style. He didn't copy any of the two. He soon developed his own country blues voice with such much feeling that the Grand Ole Opry wanted him as a regular in the early 50s. If he hadn't turned down that offer and not decided to stay near his home in the Dallas area to become a regular at the Big "D" Jamboree he might have been a 2nd Hank Williams. Great steel guitar, fiddle, piano work on most of the TNT, (Star) Talent and Columbia recordings. Now first time on an album. Highly recommended to all Hank Williams fans.