VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Country Music On The Gold Star Label' BACM-326
Gold Star was one of the regional labels that sprung up right after World War II -- based in Houston, Texas, it featured not only local country music, but Blues, Polka , Tex-Mex and Cajun music as well. This 28-song anthology has one or two cuts each by mostly obscure regional country artists. Some may recognize a few of the names such as Eddie Noack, Hank Locklin, Aubrey Gass and of course the well-known Cajun fiddler & singer Harry Choates. There's also a rare surprise track by Ray & Ina Patterson (SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE), a fine husband & wife duet in the Blue Sky Boys style who later recorded 3 wonderful LPs for the County label. Though there are no real gems here (apart from the Ray & Ina and Harry Choates cuts), the album is a good survey of typical country sounds from the Southwest in the late 1940s, and the notes by Phillip Tricker give some good background to the artists & tunes. $ 15.00
TRACK LISTING
- JOLE BLON
- BLUE EYES
- DRINKING MY LIFE AWAY
- KILROY'S BEEN HERE
- DELIVERY MAN BLUES
- WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
- MILLION DOLLAR POLKA
- I'LL BE GALD WHEN I'M FREE
- IF YOU WANT A BROKEN HEART
- BARUSKA
- FA-DE-DO STOMP
- TALK OF THE TOWN
- FORGIVE ME
- HAWAIIAN TWO-STEP
- IT'S A NATURAL THING
- I'M AFRAID OF HORSES
- YOU'VE BEEN TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP
- GOING BACK HOME
- TONIGHT I WONDER
- OLD COW BLUES
- SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
- HUNGRY BUT HAPPY
- HOW LONG
- HOPELESS LOVE
- STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN
- FOOLISH HEART
- I'LL LEARN YA, DERN YA
- WON'T COME BACK
- I'LL TAKE YOU BACK
ARTISTS
- HARRY CHOATES
- TEX LOONEY
- LEON JENKINS
- AUBREY GLASS
- WOODY VERNON
- AL TERRY
- DAVID GRAY
- PHIL MARX
- BRYD & BINGO
- HANK LOCKLIN
- TENNESSEE VAN
- BUDDY DUHON
- RAY & INA PATTERSON
- EDDIE NOACK
- COTTON THOMPSON
- GENE JONES
- JOHNNY NELM
- WINK LEWIS & MARTHA LYNN