LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Regional and cultural variants have long been a distinctive feature of American folk culture and its musical scene. During the 1930s in the vast region of the American Southwest, particularly in Texas and Oklahoma, a younger generation, exposed to different musical heritages and contamination coming from different ethnic backgrounds, gave birth to a new form of popular dance music. In the hard years of depression, both rural enthusiasts who played by ear, and others who had basic notions of written music joined together and participated in the development of the so-called western swing. The elements which flow into this music are easily detectable on recordings by Western Swing groups, melting white and black swing across the country (Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, etc.), together with blues, fiddle music and ragtime, which was particularly strong in the regional heritage of Texas.

Track listing:

1. ADOLPH HOFNER Alamo Rag
2. BOB WILLIS Take Me Back To Tulsa
3. BOB WILLIS Bob Willis Stomp
4. BOB WILLIS Beaumont Rag
5. BOB WILLIS Sugar Blues
6. BOBBY SKYLES SKYROCKETS The Rhythm King Bluebird
7. CODY FOX YELLOW JACKETS Tiger Rag
8. JIMMIE REVARD Ride 'Em Cowboy
9. LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS Tom Cat Rag
10. LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS Clarinet Marmalade
11. RICE BROTHERS GANG Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
12. RICE BROTHERS BAND Oh Susannah
13. ROY NEWMAN Kentucky Sure As You're Born
14. SALTY HOLMES Put An Old Pair Of Boots
15. SWEET VIOLET BOYS I Haven't Got A Pot To Cook In
16. SWEET VIOLET BOYS Hurry Johnny Hurry
17. TED DAFFAN Bluest Blues
18. THE HI-FLIERS Bluebonnet