Hickory's Cajun Hillbilly [Import]

Al Terry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B000QEKHUI
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,529 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good Deal, Lucille (Version 1)

2. Say A Prayer For Me

3. Goodbye Mr. Sunshine (Hello Mr. Rain)

4. Promise Made, Promise Broken

5. Shoot Me A Line

6. Show Me That You Love Me

7. Let's Postpone Our Wedding

8. Hey, Whatta Ya Say

9. House Of Glass

10. No Shrimp Today

11. Gone Again

12. If I Win, I Win

13. Dear God (I Love Her So)

14. Follow Me

15. No No John

16. Then You're Living Just Like Me

17. The Wall Around Your Heart

18. Hate Me Not

19. Without You (Version 2)

20. Roughneck Blues

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

A much-loved and collected 1950s hillbilly hero finally makes his legal CD debut, with a handsome collection of his Hickory recordings and a few nice bonuses besides.

Like Rusty and Doug Kershaw and Wiley Barkdull (already anthologised by Ace UK), Cajun Louisianan Al Terry was an early signing to Hickory. His 'career song', 'Good Deal Lucille' was the label's first hit and enough of a success for Hickory and Terry to remake the song just three years later. Both versions are included here.

Between 1955 and 1958, Terry recorded exemplary hillbilly and country, and even flirted with rockabilly, with uniformly excellent results. Besides 'Lucille', he's also remembered for gems like 'Watch Dog' and the Johnny Cash-like 'Roughneck Blue', both of which can be heard here in premium sound quality.

Also hear here are musicians of the calibre of the Kershaw brothers, Barkdull, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, Floyd Cramer, Tommy Jackson and Al's steel guitar-playing brother Bob, who also composed many of the featured tracks under his real name of Charles Theriot.

There hasn't been an Al Terry anthology since Bear Family's vinyl album, released almost 25 years ago. We're delighted to put that right and to welcome yet another important hillbilly voice into the Ace fold.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Way Ahead of His Time!, November 3, 2007

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This review is from: Hickory's Cajun Hillbilly (Audio CD)

It has been a long time coming for a CD from this influential Cajun singer/songwriter who was way ahead of his time. ACE has done a great job of honoring Al Terry.