Bob Wills - Ida Red Likes The Boogie: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

EU compilation of classic Country, Rock and Rockabilly. Sage & Sand Records operated from an upstairs office on Hollywood Boulevard near Capitol Records, but only scored one hit in the 15 years it was in existence. Sage & Sand recorded an eclectic mix of Hillbilly, Western, and Rockabilly, and the best of the uptempo Country recordings are here. Includes alternative country stars like Whitey Pullen, Jenks InchTex Carman, the Georgia Crackers, Lonnie Barron, and many more. Plus the guitar wizardry of Roy Lanham. 34 songs with many on CD for the first time. Bear Family.

Import. CD includes booklet. Henry InchHankInch William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was a country music entertainer whose career spanned seven decades. He sold over 60 million records worldwide. Thompson's musical style, characterized as Honky Tonk Swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, gravelly baritone vocals. Hank Thompson was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. Bear Family Records. Germany. 2008.

Another exciting title in Bear Family Records®' popular 'Gonna Shake This Shack' series.Billy Jack Wills was the youngest brother in the Texas Wills Western Swing dynasty.He wrote the lyrics to Faded Love, the huge 1950 hit for his big brother Bob!At the time, Billy Jack was running the Wills Point club in Sacramento for his brother Bob and formed a house band - one of the hippest Western swing bands of the 1940s and early '50s - that accompanied him on these recordings.Trademark the hardest backbeat in country music at the time.Jazzy rockin' versions of Good Rockin' Tonight, Crazy Man Crazy, All She Wants to Do Is Rock alongside (Western) Swing classics like Air Mail Special, C-Jam Blues and Cadillac in Model' A' - great Rhythm & Western in it's purest form!31 songs, described in detail in the extensive illustrated booklet with liner notes by Roland Heinrich Rumtreiber.Here is yet another exciting title in Bear Family's popular series 'Gonna Shake This Shack'. Billy Jack Wills was the youngest brother of the Wills western swing dynasty. Born February 26, 1926, in Memphis, Hall County, TX, Billy Jack joined the family business as Johnnie Lee Wills' bass player in his late teens. However, mighty Bob Wills ordered him to California to join the Texas Playboys as bass player and drummer. He was also occasionally featured as a vocalist, and he proved his worth by writing the lyrics to Faded Love, Will's massive hit of 1950.In the late 1940s, Billy Jack Wills took over management of Wills Point, Bob's club in Sacramento. While Bob and the Texas Playboys went on tour again, Billy Jack formed the house band that accompanied him on these recordings. Legendary Playboy Tiny Moore did not want to get back on the road with Bob and became the featured star and co-vocalist in Billy Jack's Western Swing Band.