LP 88 Rome Johnson with His Saddle Pals-Down In My Neck Of The Woods

DOWN IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS/RIO GRANDE VALLEY/THE WALTZ OF THE WIND/SOMEDAY YOU'LL THANK ME/LOOK AT THE SEA/IT'S FUNNY NOW (But It Wasn't Funny Then)/NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW/YOU HAVE CHANGED/FOOLISH ME FOR LOVING YOU/MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK/FOREVER AND A DAY/IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU/THE WILLOW AND ME/I GUESS I'VE BEEN ASLEEP (For All Those Years)/INDIANA WALTZ.

Long before Rome Johnson joined the famous Sons of the Pioneers, he started a career on his own in 1947. The first years of his career are preserved on this first LP that has ever been released. Rome has a wonderful voice and some of the finest musicians of that time, as Jerry Byrd (steelguitar), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), or Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys were hired for the recording sessions. Fred Rose discovered Rome's talent and he also wrote most of the songs on this LP, so it has to be a great album.