CCD 320 COUNTRY & WESTERN SOUVENIRS BY THE TEXAS TOP HANDS <1946-1954> (24 tracks) = F

WISHIN' I WAS KISSIN' YOU/WHISKEY RIVER/YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO/YOU'RE KILLIN' ME/CAUSE THE ONE I LOVE IS YOU/ YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT/SALLY JOHNSON/ THAT'S THE ONLY WAY/I'M GONNA SHOO THE BLUES AWAY/ACE IN THE HOLE/WHEN I'M WITH YOU/LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET/TEXAS GUITAR BOOGIE/I WON'T CARE (100 Years From Now)/A SINNER'S PRAYER/BANDERA WALTZ/WAS IT WRONG, TO TAKE SO LONG, TO TELL IRENE GOOD NIGHT/FIESTA IN OLD SAN ANTONE/WHY SHOULD YOU, WHY SHOULD I/LOVIN' UP A STORM/I HAD SOMEONE ELSE BEFORE I HAD YOU (And I'll Have Someone After You're Gone)/ COTTON EYED JOE JR./CAUSE I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU/LITTLE BAND OF GOLD.

This band was formed in the early 1940s and has still been active in the 21st century, so it must be considered as one of the longest-lived C & W bands in history. Their music has always been independent and local, no big hits except their member Easy Adams' original "Bandera Waltz." They perform Hillbilly, Hillbilly Boogie & Western Swing. The Texas Top Hands backed up Red River Dave on several of his studio sessions and they had a variety of other fine solo vocalists such as "Knee-Hi" Holley, Easy Adams, Del Dunbar, Art Rodgers, Rusty Locke, Walter Kleypas, Leon Merritt, Curley Williams and Patsy Clay. Their instrumentation consist of basically guitar, steel guitar, fiddle and accordion. There is something for every fan of that era on this CD.