CCD 323 JOE CANNONBALL LEWIS - YOU'VE BEEN HONKY TONKIN' <1952-1954> (20 tracks) = F

YOU'VE BEEN HONKY TONKIN'/COLD AND LONELY HEART/I'M GONNA TEAR YOUR PLAYHOUSE DOWN/BEFORE I MET YOU/I WONDER IF I CAN LOSE THE BLUES THIS WAY/ RAILROAD ENGINEER/I'D BE SWEET TALKIN' YOU/ ONLY IN DREAMS/MISSING IN ACTION/STILL AROUND/YOURS TO CLAIM/CALLING OUT MY NAME/TRAIN WHISTLE NIGHTMARE/TRUST ME AGAIN/TRUCK DRIVERS NIGHT RUN BLUES/ WHATEVER HAS BECOME OF YOU/WHAT'S THE USE/(Down The) ROAD TO LOVE/I'M MIGHTY HARD TO BEAT/TAKE ME BACK FOR OL' TIMES SAKE.

Joe was inspired by Jimmie Rodgers and was a highly underrated artist in the 1950s. He had a preference for railroad songs and that is why producer Fred Rose gave him the nickname "Cannonball". Lewis recorded these sessions with musicians like Chet Atkins <electric guitar>, Joe Talbott <steel guitar>, Gordon Terry <fiddle>, Coy Farmer <rhytm guitar>, Shorty Whittaker <mandolin>, Ray Brandenburg <banjo> and other unidentified musicians. Ray Brandenburg also sings harmony on "Missing In Action".