Tex Ritter - The Greatest Hits - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tex really could do it all! The prolific singer and actor is a Country Music Hall of Famer and was a household name for the full duration of his musical career, which spanned almost 3 decades. Celebrate that career with this definitive greatest-hits collection.

The first solo album from guitarist Jimmy Herring, known for his amazing guitar work with the Allman Brothers, the Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Project Z, Frog wings, Jazz is Dead and currently holding down the lead guitar chair for Widespread Panic. With LIFEBOAT, Jimmy Herring is poised to move from sideman to the center stage with foot stomping southern-flavored rockers; to modern bop and fusion; to a cover of the Wayne Shorter composition InchLostInch. LIFEBOAT is a wide-ranging work that encompasses various musical genres rock, jam, jazz and blues.

Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor who was extremely popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. As the first artist signed to Capitol Records, Ritter became one of Country music's top grossing acts. Presented here is a collection of some of his most memorable tunes including InchI Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven,Inch InchGreen Grows the LilacsInch and InchThese Hands.Inch All selections newly remastered.