Boogie My Blues Away

Merrill Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 5, 1994)
• Label: Bear Family (Ger)
• ASIN: B000001AWW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #524,197 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Rock Rock Ola

2. House Of Blue Lights

3. Big Bug Boogie

4. Saddle Boogie

5. Corrina Corrina

6. Red Light

7. Bartender Blues

8. Hard Top Race

9. Nola Boogie

10. Bell Bottom Boogie

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Rock Island Line

2. King Porter Stomp

3. Cooing to the Wrong Pigeon

4. She's Gone

5. Down the Road a Piece

6. Gotta Gimme What'cha Got

7. Nursery Rhyme Blues

8. Buttermilk Baby

9. Barrel House Bessie

10. Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Rock 'n' roll fans loved this one-of-a-kind piano man, who mixed boogie-woogie, country, Western swing and pop into a sound all his own. He could often be found hanging around the hillbilly bars of Southern California; he could also be found on the Capitol roster from 1952-58, and this 2-CD comp collects every track he made for the label, many unreleased! A 20-page booklet joins Big Bug Boogie; I Think I Love You Too; Red Light; Yes Indeed; One Way Door; Fly Right Boogie; Sweet Jenny Lee; She's Gone; Barrel House Bessie; Cow Cow Boogie; Moore Blues; Nobody's Sweetheart , and 29 more. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Barrelhouse/Boogie Woogie/Texas Swing, December 23, 1999

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Timothy Born (Maputo, Mozambiqeu) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boogie My Blues Away (Audio CD)

Bought on a whim, this turns out to be my cd purchase of the decade. Sent a copy to my brother for Christmas. His reaction:

Beautiful low down, gut bucket, honky tonk, juke joint, barrelhouse, bluesabilly thang; I love it!

Add Texas swing to the list and you've got it. This is a gem.

5.0 out of 5 stars From the wild & wooly plains of northern Iowa..., June 3, 2010

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James D. Morrow "Hey Now!" (Omaha,NE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boogie My Blues Away (Audio CD)

...comes the boogie-woogie country boy, Merrill Moore. While you can sure hear the roots in Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis etc., Moore isn't strictly boogie-woogie, rockabilly, country swing, or country, but there's no question that all of those styles are right at home with him. What's more, he's been at this since 1950, predating most rockabilly artists. But again, he's a mixer that isn't easily pegged down. If you're a fan of Bob Wills, Moon Mullican, boogie-woogie piano, country style rockabilly, newer artists like Wayne Hancock, Dale Watson etc. and you'd like to go to the well, this is the ticket. Merrill believes in speed, so don't expect something cool and jazzy-think hillbilly boogie and you'll be on the right track. His version of "House of Blue Lights" is one of the best ever recorded. Moore never had a real hit, not because the material wasn't there, but in the early 50's Capitol just didn't know what to do with him. You might think of him as something like Jerry Lee Lewis without the baggage. Same ability to cross genres without losing credibility but not quite as unhinged as the Killer can get. If you like any of this style of music you really can't go wrong with this set. Merrill played well into the nineties, and for all we know he's still pounding the keys somewhere tonight. God bless him!