CCD 329 R. D. HENDON & HIS WESTERN JAMBOREE COWBOYS (31 tracks) (1951 - 1956) = F

THOSE TEARS IN YOUR EYES/NO SHOES BOOGIE/OH MR PRESIDENT/DON'T SAY NO/THE WANDERING BLUES/MARKING TIME/THIS MOON WON'T LAST FOREVER (# 1)/I CAN'T RUN AWAY/ THIS MOON WON'T LAST FOREVER (# 2)/I'D STILL WANT YOU/MUSIC MAKING MAMA FROM MEMPHIS/PLEASE MR POSTMAN/THERE'S A PLACE IN MY HEART/I'M GOING TO SEE MY BABY/ NERVOUS BREAKDOWN <Inst.>/HIT AND RUN DRIVER/BLUES BOOGIE <Inst.>/I AIN'T GOT A LICK OF SENSE/LITTLE WHITE COTTAGE/STEP BY STEP/YOU CRAZY MIXED UP KID/TALKING TO MYSELF/TRADEMARK/SPANISH FIREBALL/FOR NOW AND ALWAYS/YOU TRAVELED TOO FAR/ RETURN MY BROKEN HEART/WE SMILED/DON'T PUSH ME (Let Me Fall)/THE WALTZ OF TEXAS/ LONELY NIGHTS.

The late R. D. Hendon - he committed suicide in 1956 - was not much of musician or singer himself. He bascially acted as a band leader and employed a variety of good singers and musicians in Texas including Charlie Harris, Eddie Noack, Harold Sharp, Gig Sparks, Jack Rodgers, Bill Taylor and several others. The typical instruments used for this honky tonk and country boogie sound were fiddle, steel guitar, guitar, drums. A trumpet and a clarinet were only used on one track each. They recorded for Freedom, Four Star, Shamrock, Blue Ribbon and Starday. This CD also includes two previously unissued acetates from 1953. You will certainly like the diversified-hood and the quantity of 31 tracks.