Western Swing: Texas 1928–1944

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶CD 1
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Twin Guitar Special
bass:
Son Lansford (on 1941-02-24)
fiddle:
Louis Tierney (on 1941-02-24) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-02-24)
guitar:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1941-02-24)
membranophone:
Gene Tomlins (on 1941-02-24)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1941-02-24)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1941-02-24)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1941-02-24)
recording of:
Twin Guitar Special (on 1941-02-25)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
composer:
Leon McAuliffe and Eldon Shamblin
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys2:44
2Lonesome Road Blues
W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys2:40
3Try It Once Again
Shelly Lee Alley & The Alley Cats2:33
4Pussy Pussy Pussy
The Light Crust Doughboys2:25
5Oh! Swing It
Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys2:42
6Chill Tonic
Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys2:50
7Truck Driver’s Blues
recording of:
Truck Driver's Blues (on 1939-08-26)
writer:
Ted Daffan
Cliff Bruner and His Boys2:56
8Brown Eyed Sweet
Adolph Hofner and His Texans2:23
9Settle Down Blues
Buddy Jones3:10
10Pipeliner’s Blues
The Modern Mountaineers2:56
11Blue Steel Blues
recording of:
Blue Steel Blues (on 1940-04-25)
composer:
Gary Lambert
Ted Daffan’s Texans2:40
12Watcha Gonna Do
The Hi-Flyers2:42
13Juke Box Jump
The Hi-Flyers2:39
14Sally’s Got a Wooden Leg
Sons of the West2:47
15Panhandle Shuffle
Sons of the West2:27
16Draft Board Blues
Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers2:38
17Little Liza Jane
recording of:
Little Liza Jane (Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan version) (on 1941-07-24)
publisher:
Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-10-14)
lyricist:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
version of:
Li’l Liza Jane (1916 original)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys2:40
18Shame on You
fiddle:
Spade Cooley
recording of:
Shame on You (on 1944-12-04)
lyricist and composer:
Spade Cooley
writer:
Donnell Clyde Cooley, Jr.
Spade Cooley32:51