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The title must be taken with a grain of salt, since this CD is devoted toTex Williams' two major periods with Shasta Records, from 1959 through 1962 and the late '70s, not his classic Capitol material. And besides, any compilation claiming to be the "very best of" Tex Williams but doesn't contain "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" is kidding someone. On the other hand, Williams' country baritone was in superb shape for these sessions, and it is a very good album, regardless of its unfortunate title. Williams' remake of "Shame on You," from his days with Spade Cooley, starts things off extremely well, in lively, vibrant fashion. These sessions weren't exercises in nostalgia -- rather, Williams cut his own versions of such then-current hits as "Big Bad John" and "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me," doing them as fresh recordings in his own style, and they come off very well four decades on, with a lot of energy and Williams fully engaged as a singer in his prime. His voice is not in quite as good condition for the handful of 1970s tracks featured here, but Williams still puts a lot into his rendition of Merle Travis' "Bummin' Around" and gets a lot out of it. Among the previously unissued cuts featured here, "Giddy-Up-Go" would belong on any real "very best of" Williams' music, but "Shakespeare Cha-Cha" is little more than a silly early-'60s novelty tune.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Tex Williams, MainArtist - Spade Cooley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - JIMMY DRIFTWOOD, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist - Harry M. Woods, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tommy Dilbeck, ComposerLyricist - Hal Horton, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist - Eddy Arnold, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Jimmy Dean, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Mills / Jennings, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Rome Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Harold Hensley, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist - Hal Blair, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Tom T. Hall, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Hank Nobel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Harlan Howard, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Jimmy Wakely, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Unknown, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tommy Hill, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist - Red Sovine, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Merle Travis, ComposerLyricist - Tex Williams, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Tex Williams, MainArtist - Pete Graves, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
Album review
The title must be taken with a grain of salt, since this CD is devoted toTex Williams' two major periods with Shasta Records, from 1959 through 1962 and the late '70s, not his classic Capitol material. And besides, any compilation claiming to be the "very best of" Tex Williams but doesn't contain "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" is kidding someone. On the other hand, Williams' country baritone was in superb shape for these sessions, and it is a very good album, regardless of its unfortunate title. Williams' remake of "Shame on You," from his days with Spade Cooley, starts things off extremely well, in lively, vibrant fashion. These sessions weren't exercises in nostalgia -- rather, Williams cut his own versions of such then-current hits as "Big Bad John" and "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me," doing them as fresh recordings in his own style, and they come off very well four decades on, with a lot of energy and Williams fully engaged as a singer in his prime. His voice is not in quite as good condition for the handful of 1970s tracks featured here, but Williams still puts a lot into his rendition of Merle Travis' "Bummin' Around" and gets a lot out of it. Among the previously unissued cuts featured here, "Giddy-Up-Go" would belong on any real "very best of" Williams' music, but "Shakespeare Cha-Cha" is little more than a silly early-'60s novelty tune.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:37
- Main artists: Tex Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Varese Sarabande
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2000 Varese Sarabande Records This Compilation ℗ 2000 Varese Sarabande Records
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