There'll Be Some Changes Made - Higgins, Billy [Dru
I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants in My Pants) - Gaines, Lee
The Lady in Red - Dixon, Mort
Round and Round - Yas Yas Yas
Mary Lou - Lyman, Abe
Try It Once Again - Alley
Getting That Lowdown Swing - Woods
Woodchip Blue - Woods
There's Evil in You Chilun
Oh Monah - Washburn, Humphrey
Up Jumped the Devil - Traditional
Tiger Rag - LaRocca
Hot Mama Stomp
Underneath the Sun - Cuttitte, John M.
It's Best to Behave
Sh'es Doggin' Me - Boyd, William
Track Listings (25) - Disc #2
Dan the Banana Man - Nettles, Bill
There'll Come a Time - Dexter, Al
Honey Don't Turn Me Brown - Davis, Jimmie
I'm Going Back to Sadie - Davis, Jimmie
Hey Toots - Reinhart, Dick
Wooly Booger - Reinhart, Dick
Tulsa Twist - Ray
I Wonder What I'm Going to Do
Alice Blue Gown - McCarthy, Joseph Sr
Bear Creek Hop - Montgomery, Marvin
Jeep's Blues - Ellington
Mississippi Delta Blues - Neville, J.
She's a Rounder - Harbert
Worried Mind - Daffan, Ted
Because - Daffan, Ted
Rackin' It Back - Mullican
Sundown Blues - Mullican
Darling It's All Over Now - Dexter
Drink the Barrell Dry - Montgomery, Marvin
What'cha Know Joe - Young, Oliver James
Red Wagon - Jones, R.J.
Mean Mama Blues - Mitchell, Charles [
Rooky Toody - Reinhart, Dick
Reno Street Blues - Shroder
Milk Cow Blues - Arnold, Kokomo
Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
Who's Gonna Love You When I'm Gone - Dexter
Panhandle Shuffle
Bob Wills Boogie - Barnard
The Devil Ain't Lazy - Rose, Fred
Rattle Snakin' Daddy - Carlisle
Honey There Ain't No Pleasin' You
Georgie Boogie - Pope
That's My Linda Lou - Hensley
It Ain't Far to the Bar - Merrill, Bob [Songw
Shut Up and Drink Your Beer - Newman, Bob
Drinkin' and A-Thinkin' - Jones, Ann
Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight - Burt
Great Long Pistol - Irby
Never Trust a Woman - Carson, Jenny Lou
Air Mail Special on the Fly
What It Means to Be Blue - Rogers
I'm All Through Trusting You - Fisher
High Voltage Gal - Whitson, Don
That's What I Like - Bergdahl, Edith
Comin' Down the Pecos - Nix, Ben
Deep Down Inside - Daffan, Ted
Behind the Eight Ball - Carson, Jenny Lou
My Sweet Papa - Clauser
I Can't Help the Way You Feel - Williams, Tex
Darling Why Are You So Mean to Me - Nix, Hoyle
Track Listings (25) - Disc #4
Hi-De-Ho Boogie on a Saturday Night - Dexter, Al
Clean Town Blues
Dip Snuff Stomp
B. Bowman Hop - Bowman, Bill
That's My Weakness Now - Green, Bud
Mule Boogie - Boyd, Bill
Joaquin Special - Murphey, Joaquin
Catch Me Cheatin' - Strange, Matthew
Wild Card - Ebsen, Buddy
I Was a Gambler in Texas - Burnett, Ruth
Hot Foot Shuffle - Dexter, Al
Amarillo Rose
Hubbin' It - Walker, Cindy
Blue Guitar Stomp - Smith, Cal
You Got the Right Number
Saturday Night Rag - Harris, Clyde
Tomato Can - Duncan
Snatchin' and Grabbin' - Rose, Fred
The Spider and the Fly
It's All Your Fault - Walker, Cindy
I'm a Lover Not a Fighter - McCoy
This Side of Town - Fair
Roped and Tied - Wills
You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes - Ager
Nancy Jane - Brown, Milton
Western Swing was the Most Eclectic Form of Country Music and in Its Free-wheeling Diversity, it Set the Stage for Rock and Roll. Based in Traditional String Band Music, Western Swing also Incorporated Traditional Pop Melo... more »dies, Jazz Improvisation, Blues and Folk, Creating a Wildly Entertaining and Eclectic Form of American Music. Bob Wills and Milton Brown Popularized the Genre in the '30s, and Wills Became Known as the Father of the Genre, Since He Remained Popular for Several Decades, During which He Had a Remarkable String of Hit Singles.« less
Western Swing was the Most Eclectic Form of Country Music and in Its Free-wheeling Diversity, it Set the Stage for Rock and Roll. Based in Traditional String Band Music, Western Swing also Incorporated Traditional Pop Melodies, Jazz Improvisation, Blues and Folk, Creating a Wildly Entertaining and Eclectic Form of American Music. Bob Wills and Milton Brown Popularized the Genre in the '30s, and Wills Became Known as the Father of the Genre, Since He Remained Popular for Several Decades, During which He Had a Remarkable String of Hit Singles.
"Not what I expected. I was hoping for lots of Western swing here but many of these songs do not qualify for that category - there is no way that some of these songs could be considered Western swing. Lots of filler. But then you come upon Wade Ray's "It's all your fault!" What a find! This is one GREAT song. Sheer perfection: great lyrics, great music, a perfect vocal, wonderful guitar and fiddle. I uploaded that one in my ipod and have been listening to it ever since. If my ipod was a jukebox, I would have spent the equivalent of this set's price in quarters for all the times I have played that song. If you love Western swing, get the Bob Wills box set. He was the king of Western swing and his band was red hot."
Great Set Of Western Swing
HardyBoys.us | Long Island USA | 11/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers" takes up where Proper's last Western Swing set, "Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys", left off.
Plenty of great toe-tapping music from the famous and not-so-famous performers of the era.
The songs are the original versions and the sound quality is just fine.
Also included is an informative booklet with facts about the songs and the artists.
As with every other box set I own from Proper, this is a tremendous value.
"
The Best Deal in Town
Douglas McKinnon Jr. | Tijeras, NM | 03/30/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Over 100 western swing masterpieces, most not available elsewhere, are here for your dancing and listening enjoyment! Most of them are up-tempo and have jazzy and jivey themes with hot solos and impassioned vocals - nothing called "country" music today compares to this. If you have the previous set in the series (Cowboys, Doughboys and Playboys), you'll know how good the Proper label sets are, and this one is at least as good. There's also an informative booklet included, with pictures, which will teach you all you need to know about the music and the artists. If you have ever heard of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Buck Owens or Asleep at the Wheel and appreciate this kind of music you simply can't go wrong here."
Bottom of the barrel
John Carr | Swampscott, MA | 05/01/2008
(2 out of 5 stars)
"I found this box set a considerable disappointment. Big step down from Proper's previous superb Western Swing anthology: Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: the Golden Age of Western Swing. A few good pieces but for most part both songs and playing are undistinguished. They might be hard to find, but perhaps there is an obvious reason for this obscurity. Also, as a previous reviewer has noted, many of songs are Western Swing only by broadest possible definition of term.
This is the fourth 4 CD set of Western Swing music Proper has put out (besides Doughboys, etc. the other two showcase Bob Wills and Milton Brown). Could be by now bottom of barrel is being scraped. In any case, the result here is ordinary music. Don't invest your money in this box set; buy Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys instead. You won't be sorry.