At Kwkh [Live]

Johnny & Jack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B33
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #621,822 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Raining on the Mountain/Intro

2. Orange Blossom Special

3. White Dove

4. The Singing Waterfall

5. Sweeping Through the Gate

6. Wake Up, Susan

7. Heard My Mother Weeping

8. My Bucket's Gotta Hold in It

9. This World Can't Stand

10. Cheatham County Breakdown

11. Death of Little Kathy Fiscus

12. No Letter in the Mail

13. I Saw the Light

14. Mississippi Sawyer

15. Cotton-Eyed Joe

16. Little Cabin Home on the Hill

17. Love or Hate

18. He Will Set Your Fields on Fire

19. It's Raining on the Mountain

Editorial Reviews

Here's a priceless document of early country radio. Johnnie & Jack (plus Johnnie's wife, Kitty Wells), went to KWKH, Shreveport, in 1948. Part of their income came from 15-minute sponsored radio shows and a few were recorded onto acetate. Miraculously, they've survived, and they're complete here. Songs include Orange Blossom Special, Singing Waterfall, My Bucket's Got A Hole In It, Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus, I Saw The Light and He Will Set Your Fields On Fire. The shows on KWKH radio featured Jack Anglin - gtr, Johnnie Wright - bs, Kitty Wells - voc, Paul Warren - fiddle, & Ray 'Duck' Atkins - dobro. CD contains 19 tracks & 20-page booklet. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Live Recordings from Country's "Golden Age", December 24, 1998

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This review is from: At Kwkh (Audio CD)

Johnnie & Jack, joined here by Johnnie's wife, Kitty Wells," were one of Country Music's most popular acts from the late 1940's through the `50s. Their national popularity started with their nearly three years on the famed `Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH radio in Shreveport, LA and magnified when they joined The Grand Ole Opry afterwards.

The music here is from a collection of radio transcriptions from 1949 (and possibly early 1950). Johnnie Wright did most of the lead singing and played string bass; Jack Anglin sang the high leads and tenor and played rhythm guitar. They had a wonderful vocal harmony and few others could match the trio singing when Kitty Wells, the 'Queen of Country Music,' joined them. Supporting members of 'The Tennessee Mountain Boys,' were instrumental luminaries Paul Warren (fiddle)and Ray 'Duck' Atkins (dobro).

Johnnie and Jack are best known for songs such as "Poison Love" and "Ashes of Love." They are not here. "Love Or Hate," sung here as a trio, is a real treat. In the main, however, we are wonderfully treated to covers of other artists' songs. The demands of doing radio shows each week meant needing a trove of material to draw on - an impossible task unless a group used songs outside its own commercial catalog. Examples: "White Dove" (The Stanley Brothers); "The Singing Waterfall" (first by Molly O'Day and then by writer Hank Williams Sr); "This World Can't Stand Long" (Roy Acuff), written by Jack's brother, Jim Anglin; and "Little Cabin Home On The Hill," (Bill Monroe) sung here in 5-part harmony!

What is also interesting about the music here is that it largely predates Johnnie & Jack's "sound" that they popularized in the 1950's - country with a noticeable calypso beat to the rhythm.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great country bluegrass, September 14, 2011

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This review is from: At KWKH (Audio CD)

This is some of the greatest country bluegrass music that you will ever hear. They just don't make good music today like they did then. You will not be disappointed.