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Sandy Nelson|Country Style

Country Style

Sandy Nelson

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With Imperial churning out Sandy Nelson LPs at a breakneck pace, the drummer began to explore genres some distance outside of his trademark proto-surf bailiwick. With Country Style, he tackles Nashville hits of the past and present, and if classics like Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life," Jim Reeves' "Four Walls," and Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" seem like odd choices for a drummer of Nelson's energy and abandon, you're right. His primal style proves painfully ill suited to these barroom ballads and honky tonk in general, which relies on the kinds of nuanced, consistent backbeats that are anathema to the Nelson aesthetic; if anything, this is Bizarro country, elevating drums to the foreground while relegating guitar and fiddle to the shadows, and the formula falls flat.

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1
North Wind
00:02:07

Rod Morris, ComposerLyricist - Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

2
Wolverton Mountain
00:02:29

MERLE KILGORE, ComposerLyricist - Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Claude King, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

3
The Battle Of New Orleans
00:02:17

JIMMIE DRIFTWOOD, ComposerLyricist - Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

4
Geisha Girl
00:02:32

Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawton Williams, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

5
On A Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
00:02:13

Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tex Atchison, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Hazelwood, ComposerLyricist - Scott Harrell, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

6
Bimbo
00:01:58

Rod Morris, Composer - Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

7
Waterloo
00:02:14

Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marijohn Wilkin, ComposerLyricist - John Loudermilk, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

8
The Wild Side Of Life
00:02:22

Arlie Carter, ComposerLyricist - William Warren, ComposerLyricist - Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

9
The Tijuana Jail
00:02:27

Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Denny Thompson, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

10
Fraulein
00:02:36

Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lawton Williams, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

11
Four Walls
00:02:07

George Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marvin Moore, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

12
Chew Tobacco Rag
00:01:38

Sandy Nelson, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Briggs, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC

Album review

With Imperial churning out Sandy Nelson LPs at a breakneck pace, the drummer began to explore genres some distance outside of his trademark proto-surf bailiwick. With Country Style, he tackles Nashville hits of the past and present, and if classics like Hank Thompson's "The Wild Side of Life," Jim Reeves' "Four Walls," and Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" seem like odd choices for a drummer of Nelson's energy and abandon, you're right. His primal style proves painfully ill suited to these barroom ballads and honky tonk in general, which relies on the kinds of nuanced, consistent backbeats that are anathema to the Nelson aesthetic; if anything, this is Bizarro country, elevating drums to the foreground while relegating guitar and fiddle to the shadows, and the formula falls flat.

© Jason Ankeny /TiVo

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