Sugarfoot Rag - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight [Import]

Red Foley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000E6UKS2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #468,167 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Crazy Little Guitar Man

2. Freight Train Boogie

3. Rockin' Chair Money

4. Tennessee Saturday Night

5. A Wonderful Time Up There

6. Tennessee Border

7. Sugarfoot Rag

8. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy

9. Birmingham Bounce

10. Old Kentucky Fox Chase

11. Hillbilly Fever #2

12. Hobo Boogie

13. Crawdad Song

14. Paging Mister Jackson

15. Hot Rod Race

16. Giles Country, Pulaski Post Office

17. Real Chicken Reel

18. Night Train To Memphis

19. Alabama Jubilee

20. Salty Dog Rag

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Bear Family's edition of Foley's "Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight" offers 30 songs worth of the wild side of Red. From singing raw hillbilly on the WLS National Barn Dance he broadened into gospel, western swing, pop and gospel during his quarter century on Decca, years he rode high on the Grand Ole Opry then hosted TV's "Ozark Jubilee". Beyond his classic weeper "Old Shep" or even his definitive performance of "Peace In The Valley", Foley was an energetic force whose recorded repertoire also encompassed straight-ahead country, boogies, blues, rockers and his biggest country (and pop) smash: 1950s "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy". Starting with his powerful 1947 cover of the Delmore Brothers' "Freight Train Boogie", ending with the 1958's intense "Crazy Little Guitar Man". ,

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too cool, too cool, too cool!, June 27, 2007

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James K. Power (North Bergen, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugarfoot Rag - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight (Audio CD)

Why is this guy not a household name?! I can think of no other artist except Louis Jordan who could combine everything from jump, to gospel, to country, to R&B, to pop, to ballads, and make it all seem so cohesive, effortless and natural! Your foot will be constantly tapping with this CD!

Red Foley had one of the most endearing voices I've ever heard. He was considered the "Bing Crosby of Country" - and that was only one of his many gifts!

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Go And Buy It While You Can, May 29, 2009

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Ivan J. Goldberg "Audio Engineer" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugarfoot Rag - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight (Audio CD)

This disc was mastered and released by Bear Family in Germany. It covers the most important of Red Foley's work including "Salty Dog Rag" and the sound is FLAWLESS"! This CD will not be in print for long I can tell you that so if you want Country Swing at it's very finest this is your chance.