Cecil Campbell - Greatest Hawaiian Instrumentals

 Today is the coldest day we have had here at home so far this fall, so I thought some Hawaiian music would warm me up. This truly does have some of the greatest Hawaiian tunes on it. Cecil Campbell was one of the greatest country lap steel players. He was sort of like Bashful Brother Oswald on the dobro in that his style sort of bridged the gap between country and Hawaiian music. As we know, steel guitar dominated country sound from the mid 1940`s on through the 1960`s, and especially in the 1950`s with the piercing tone in most country bands. The lap steel was the very first electric instrument invented and here is a good record as a sample of that early sound----Enjoy!

 

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Roy Harper - Hear Them Again

 Here is the last LP I have of Roy Harper with Blake Bynum. I have already posted two other LP`s by them a long time ago. I know of one more all gospel LP they had out, but when I see it for sale the price is WAY out of my range. It usually brings between $200 and $300! So if anyone out there has one laying around and wants to get rid of it cheap, let me know!

 

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Roy Harper & Blake Bynum - Very Countrified

 Here is one of my favorite LP`s. It`s not that I`m a huge Roy Harper fan as much as I love the style and sound of Blake Bynum`s finger picked guitar and his Dobro style (which he actually played on a National Tri-Cone guitar). I`m a big fan of the Hawaiian cuts for sure. Happy downloading!

 

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Why Is Roy Acuff

 Here is the next installment of the Roy Acuff Hickory material. This two LP set has many of Roy`s very early, most popular recordings. Thus the title... Why Is Roy Acuff, these early hits are why Roy Acuff got to be a star (just like any star, you have to have a hit to start you). Enjoy!

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More repaired download links

I have had some more download links go bad. I have fixed all of them that I know of now.
the bad links that are now fixed are for---
Bradley Kincaid on the Blue Bonnet label, Vols.1&2
Bradley Kincaid - American Ballads & Folk Songs
Arthur Tanner - Paramount etc. sides
Hank Williams Radio Show
That`s My Rabbit-My Dog Caught It
Anytime you all get a bad link let me know, I`ll get it fixed in a couple of days.

Good Old Mountain Dew - Banjo Songs Of The Southern Mountains

I`ve not posted this type of old-time LP in a while now, so here`s a good `un! There`s some great old-time banjo stuff here. One neat thing about it... the last track is by Samantha Bumgarner. She was the first woman, along with her music partner Eva Davis, to make a country music record, way back in April 1924. Hope you like this one!

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Repaired download link

I was just told the link to download 15 Country Greats By 8 Great Artists - Country Music At It`s Country Best had been deleted. It was on Rapid Share and they have gone crazy deleting things lately. I have fixed the link with another file service, Zippy Share. Happy Downloading!

Roy Acuff - A Living Legend

Here is the next installment of the Roy Acuff Hickory material. This is a neat LP I think because it is re-recordings of earlier material he recorded for Columbia mostly. It`s kind of interesting to compare the two different versions of the songs, the difference in the sound of the band mostly. Enjoy!

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Two new (at least to me) blogs I found that I like

I just recently added two other blogs to my list.
www.westernswing78.blogspot.com      This has, as you could see by the name, early western swing.
The other is...      www.tamtammelodie.blogspot.com         This is a little different from what you might expect me to like. I`d say at least half of the posts are Hawaiian music, which is what I like about it.
Check them out!

Tommy Jackson - Popular Square Dance Music

Here is some mighty fine fiddlin`! Tommy Jackson perhaps had the most popular fiddling records at the time this was released, although fiddle instrumental records were falling out of fashion at the time and has never been mainstream since. When was the last time a fiddle instrumental made the charts?!
There were some great fiddlers recording at the time this was recorded, such as Howdy Forrester, Benny Martin, etc. This was the latest country country fiddling styles at the time. Not old-time, bluegrass or western swing in style, but a new-ish niche in country fiddling that could be describes as sort of a jazz or blues influence due to inprovisition, but still not as modern as such fiddlers as Vassar Clements or Johnny Gimble.
I wonder what ever happened to Tommy Jackson. I have never heard of him since he was a star fiddler in the 1950`s and early 1960`s. Give this a listen and enjoy!

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