Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals

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A must-have for fans of hillbilly jazz! Features some of the hottest picking by the coolest country band in the world, Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours. Especially selected from the Troubadours 1960s and '70s LPs for maximum listenability. Includes unreleased recordings. Fans of hot guitar and steel guitar instrumentals are probably well aware of the 1960s Texas Troubadours recordings - an amazing sideline to their main career supporting Ernest Tubb on the endless highway. Now for the first time all the Texas Troubadours instrumentals on one collection, tracks that were previously available only on vinyl or within the third and fourth Ernest Tubb box sets! There are several steel guitar instrumentals by the phenomenal Buddy Emmons, and then features an amazing array of musical pyrotechnics from the great team of Leon Rhodes and Buddy Charleton. If you're a fan of Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, these recordings are the neutronic 1960s version of Speedy and Jimmy's 1940s atomic power! 36 tracks with a 44 page booklet.

Title Tracks for Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals

1. Rose City Chimes [Instrumental]
2. Danny Boy
3. Tuxedo Junction
4. Almost to Tulsa
5. Leon's Guitar Boogie [115 459 Alt]
6. C-Jam Blues
7. Cool It
8. The Waltz You Saved for Me
9. Rhodes-Bug Boogie
10. Walking the Floor Over You
11. Honey Fingers
12. Steel Guitar Rag
13. Lover's Waltz
14. Panhandle Rag
15. Gardenia Waltz
16. Redskin Rag
17. Texas Troubadour Stomp
18. E.T. Blues
19. Nashville Shuffle
20. Jamming with C and C
21. Cain's Corner
22. Big Beaver
23. 12th Street Rag
24. Ridgetop Stomp
25. Cocoanut Grove
26. Red Top
27. Take That
28. Twilight Over Texas
29. Leon's Guitar Boogie [115 481]
30. Buddie's Boogie
31. This Ain't the Blues
32. Four Wheel Drive
33. Blue Wind
34. Highland Swing
35. Greensleeves
36. Leon's Guitar Boogie [115 459]

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Cover typo, September 11, 2011

steelycal - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals (Audio CD)

On the cover it says "Featuring Buddy Emmons". The steel guitar player on most of the cuts on this album is actually Buddy Charleton, who wrote "Almost To Tulsa" and who came on the Texas Troubadours after Emmons.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Almost to Tulsa: Instrumentals, the Texas Troubadours, February 27, 2011

G. Crowder "GC 37" (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews

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This is a super CD of instrumentals played by musicians at the top of their game. All of the old favorites (like Steel Guitar Rag)are here along with some new tunes (like Almost to Tulsa) written by members of the group in the 60s and early 70s. It is highly recommended to anyone who likes the older instrumental playing of steel and lead guitar, with superb backup.

steel guitar enthusiast/player, May 15, 2011

ken baker - See all my reviews

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Texas instrumental album is truly a collector's item, a surprise & a shear joy to recieve. Good on you Amozon. Lloyd Greene album got me started o PEDALS many years ago. Had lot of trouble finding this album. VERY happy Amozon.