Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B001H7G32E
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,458 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. RED FOLEY - Tennessee Saturday Night

2. LEON PAYNE - Lost Highway

3. ROY ACUFF - Waltz Of The Wind

4. THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE - New Muleskinner Blues

5. EDDIE HILL - Someday You'll Call My Name

6. JOHNNY BOND - Bartender's Blues

7. EDDY ARNOLD Anytime

8. BILL MONROE - Little Cabin Home On The Hill

9. COWBOY COPAS Breeze

10. BILL CARLISLE - Wedding Bells

11. HAWKSHAW HAWKINS - Dog House Boogie

12. PEE WEE KING - Tennessee Waltz

13. DOYE O'DELL - Dear Oakie

14. MOON MULLICAN - Sweeter Than The Flowers

15. WAYNE RANEY - Lost John Boogie

16. JIMMIE SKINNER - Doin' My Time

17. BILL MONROE - I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

18. STANLEY BROTHERS - Molly And Tenbrook

19. HANK WILLIAMS - A Mansion On The Hill

20. JIMMY WORK - Tennessee Border

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For many years, we've been getting requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our R&B/Soul series, Blowin' The Fuse (now Sweet Soul Music) that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. Now the first six volumes are complete, taking us from 1945-1950. The country series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Yes, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that weren't necessarily big hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. Definitive? You bet!

1948 features all the big hits by Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Eddy Arnold etc., but also includes Leon Payne's original version of Lost Highway, Bill Carlisle's original Wedding Bells, Jimmie Skinner's original Doin' My Time, T. Texas Tyler's original Deck Of Cards, and Pee Wee King's original Tennessee Waltz!