Re: old C&W

on 7/7/03 7:21 AM, Ken Waxman at mingusaum@yahoo.ca wrote:

We'd be remiss if we didn't mention Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours and Webb Pierce.

Very true. ET's Texas Troubadours could play great jazz, too (see "Honey ingers"). And you're right about these Webb Pierce oversights. He is amazing.

And going the completely other way, Charlie Rich -- on RCA Victor and Sun -- was trying for a rockabilly/jazz mix far superior to his later Silver Fox phase.

Big problem tho -- he's never been anthologized effectively. See of you have his version of "I've Got You Under My Skin" -- that is indeed Charlie Rich playing piano on that (holy shit). Also, there is the magnificent "There's Another Place That I Can't Go" on Sun. sh