Ernest Tubb: Tommy's Doll

(audio only, in all its glory!)



Thanks, T.Tex

High Again!

Glen Glenn

Last night we had the opportunity to see Rockabilly legend Glen Glenn perform at a free concert at Heritage Park in La Verne, CA. Glen only sang a couple songs near the end of the show, but he was a lot of fun! When he said he had free photos of his smiling face for the young girls in the audience, my wife ran down and got one and he signed it for her.

We also picked up a really cool book about Elvis that guitarist Alan Clark was selling. Lots of rare photos and news clippings. Alan runs The Alan Clark Archives and has other collectible books for sale. Fun story about Carl Perkins in his biography. Check it out if you get a chance or maybe pick up a book or two. More info about Glen Glenn can be found here.

Pages from the book "Elvis Presley The New SInging Rage!!!" by Alan Clark ©2002 by The Alan Clark Archives.

Here's an original Glen Glenn recording from 1958. Not bad for a high school dropout.

One Cup Of Coffee (And A Cigarette) - 1958

Here's what Glen looked like when we saw him. He's 76 years old.
One Cup Of Coffee and A Cigarette - 2007

Poupee d'Amour

With a voice comme un ange, it's country music the way it's meant to be sung, in French, by Canadians sporting eyebrows John Waters would love, it's Marie King.

Kings of the Steel Guitar

"Kings of the Steel Guitar" features: Pete Wade, Leon McAuliff, Herb Remington, and Jenks Carmen on the bargain Design label. Not all C&W numbers here: a weird rockin' Oriental flavored number, a Sleepwalk styled track (or two), and a tune entitled, "Hillbilly Hula" which falls in the, "this I've got to see" category.


























































Herb Remington - A Light Touch


Download it here.

Speedy West's Guitar Spectacular, plus some Speedy T.V. appearances...

Over @ Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic.

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"On The Alamo"

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"The Yodeling Boogie"

Funny Bone Tickle-ation

Too hip for Homer & Jethro? I thought not.

Wanda Jackson - My Big Iron Skillet

I never knew Wanda did straight-up country, but this is worthy of Loretta herself.

Color Him Kids!

Buck could be very colorful ... kids!

(Via bostworld.tumblr.com)

Truck Drivers Queen

Truck Drivers Queen is available thanks to the handsome and generous - but greasy - truck drivin daddy, Red Neckerson.


Jimmy Logsdon - Gear Jammer

Hey Grandpa — what's available for downloadin'?

Lonesome Lefty's Scratchy Attic has 19 tracks from longtime Opry and Hee Haw regular Grandpa Jones from the 1950s. My favorite tracks are "I'm No Communist," "TV Blues" and a duet with Minnie Pearl on "Papa Loves Mambo."
In 1973 Jones discovered the bodies of fellow banjoist and TV scarecrow David "Stringbean" Akeman and Akeman's wife who had been murdered in a robbery at their home in Tennessee (more about that here).

From The Eugene Register-Guard June 9, 1984:


If all that didn't sate your thirst for Grandpa Jones's brand of old-timey country humor, there are a few songs at the Internet Archive.

New River Train

T Tommy Cutrer & Hillous Butram - New River Train
Thanks to RockinGator

Hee Haw

If you have the RFD Channel, you can catch reruns not only of the amazing Porter Wagoner show (with the little lady, Dolly Parton) but its newest addition, Hee Haw. A country version of "Laugh-In," Hee-Haw began as a summer CBS replacement and ran in various incarnations through 1992. Longtime host Buck Owens left in 1986.

Here's the 1978 Cast:



Here's some Buck, Roy Clark, and Grandpa Jones:

check the other parts of this ep for Jerry Lee and Conway Twitty!

Jambalaya and Kookamunga

I want to live inside this video featuring Homer and Jethro--the color palette is gorgeous.



found at twindowlicker, along with a lot of classic C & W 78s.