Ferlin Husky aka Simon Crum
DOMINIQUE ANDRE VERGNES | Dieppe, Normandy, FRANCE | 11/27/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A wonderful CD if you like parodies, comic tracks and others, all in country style ! Just so Crazy and funny !"
Hillbilly schtick from the 'Fifties
Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 05/10/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
""Simon Crum" was the nom-de-shellac that country crooner Ferlin Husky used to record various rockabilly parodies, hard country thumpers and comedy numbers that wouldn't have fit in on his regular, softcore Capitol releases. Since this stuff has been pretty hard to find for many years, I looked forward to this release, a comprehensive set that includes all his Capitol Crum sides from the 1950s... but I was sorely disappointed. The material is very strained, and Husky's hillbilly affectations are repetitive and genuinely irritating. It's not that it's "gimmicky" (duh, of course it is...) but just that it's not very imaginitive or interesting. Homer & Jethro this is not. A few good tunes, but those are mostly the ones where he plays it relatively straight. I did get a kick out of the Webb Pierce parody, "Cuzz Yore So Sweet," though."