The Guys of the Big "D" Jamboree

Product Review

This collection of rare and unreleased recordings is a companion piece to last year’s The Gals of the Big “D” Jamboree, and completes the “various artists” releases scheduled for this historic project. It features outstanding studio and live recordings by some of the southwest’s most talented and overlooked performers, including two very early unreleased tracks from singing legend Lefty Frizzell. Other standout cuts include Riley Crabtree’s Go Cat Go (live), Jimmy Fields’ Your Picture On The Wall, blind performer Leroy Jenkins’ Hard Luck Hard Time Blues (which sounds like a track that’s straight out of the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?), and Orville Couch’s Wait’s What Broke The Wagon Down, just to name a few. Packaged with a fabulous 36-page booklet that includes artist biographies, a discography, and loads of unreleased photos; this is a must-have CD for all country enthusiasts, collectors, and anyone with a taste for real Texas honky tonk.

Title Tracks for The Guys of the Big "D" Jamboree

1. Douglas Bragg - Barbed Wire Love
2. Douglas Bragg - Tiger Lily
3. Jimmy Collie - My Heart And I
4. Jimmy Fields - Your Picture On The Wall
5. Riley Crabtree - Something Tells Me
6. Riley Crabtree - She Loves Me Better
7. Riley Crabtree - Go Cat Go (live)
8. Riley Crabtree - Someone Reminds Me Of You
9. Joe Price - DonÂ’t Knock It
10. Sid King & The Five Strings - YouÂ’re Always Breaking Hearts
11. Clay Allen - I CanÂ’t Keep Smiling
12. Joe Bill DÂ’Angelo - Everybody Knows I Tried
13. Gene OÂ’Quin - The Hard Way (live)
14. Gene OÂ’Quin - Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday
15. Leroy Jenkins - Hard Luck Hard Time Blues
16. Leroy Jenkins - Why DonÂ’t You Get On The Woo Wagon With Me?
17. Buddy Walker - Red Roses
18. Buddy Griffin - Just Wait And See
19. Orville Couch - WaitÂ’s What Broke The Wagon Down
20. Orville Couch & Eddie McDuff - Be Bop Crazy
21. Country Johnny Mathis & Les Chambers - Everybody Else Does
22. Lefty Frizzell - Stepping Out
23. Lefty Frizzell - Always In Love
24. The Texas Stompers - Pineapple Push
25. Frankie Miller - Black Land Farmer (live)
26. Frankie Miller - Impersonations of Johnny Cash and Lefty Frizzell (live)
27. Tony Douglas - Seasons Of My Heart (live)
28. Billy Jack Hale - I Take My Hat Off To The Blues
29. Mitchell Torok - A Few More Memories
30. Mitchell Torok - Mr. D.J.

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

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Let's hear it for The Guys of the Big "D"!, March 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Guys of the Big "D" Jamboree (Audio CD)

Another outstanding release in the Legends of the Big "D" Jamboree series. Like last year's "Gals" disc, this one mostly features studio cuts alongside just a sprinking of live recordings, but it also emulates that release with its fine mix of artists, ranging from a couple of rare recordings by the legendary Lefty Frizzell to outstanding cuts from guys like Riley Crabtree, Jimmy Fields, Leroy Jenkins and Orville Couch. A personal favorite, Gene O'Quin (the guy Wayne Hancock got his sound from), also is represented with two cuts. This disc is more country and lighter on the rockabilly than previous releases, but it's still essential stuff. - Roots & Rhtyhm