VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music 1946 torrent

1946 was a stellar year for all forms of country music as this volume attests. It kicks off with the original version of Atomic Power by the Buchanan Brothers that walks a fine line between Western swing, hillbilly boogie, and proto-bluegrass vocal harmonies. Of course, Bob Wills was still at the pinnacle of his mighty run and is represented here by New Spanish Two Step and Stay a Little Longer. Eddy Arnold's classic charting That's How Much I Love You is in this mix, as is Bill Monroe's Kentucky Waltz, with entries by Merle Travis, Gene Autry, the Delmore Brothers, Al Dexter with his groovy Wine, Women and Song, and Cowboy Copas' Tragic Romance. Some of the true standouts, though, are reserved for Hank Penny's Steel Guitar Stomp, Spade Cooley's Three Way Boogie, and Grandpa Jones' Eight More Miles to Louisville. The sound quality is not to be beat, making this an essential collection if there ever was one.
(Thom Jurek)

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VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music 1946
(Bear Family Records 2008)

1. Atomic Power - The Buchanan Brothers
2. Rainbow At Midnight - Ernest Tubb
3. That's How Much I Love You - Eddy Arnold
4. Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas
5. Wine, Women, and Song - Al Dexter
6. New Spanish Two Step - Bob Wills
7. Someday - Elton Britt
8. No Vacancy - Merle Travis
9. No One Will Ever Know - Roy Acuff
10. Zeb's Mountain Boogie - Brad Brady
11. I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine - Gene Autry
12. Tragic Romance - Cowboy Copas
13. Hillbilly Boogie - The Delmore Brothers
14. As Long As I Live - The Bailes Brothers
15. Rocky Road Blues - Bill Monroe
16. Eight More Miles To Louisville - Grandpa Jones
17. Dark As a Dungeon - Merle Travis
18. Salty Dog Blues - The Morris Brothers
19. Jole Blon (Pretty Blond) - Harry Choates
20. Ruby - Cousin Emmy
21. Kentucky Waltz - Bill Monroe
22. Midnite Special - The Delmore Brothers
23. Some Other World - Floyd Tillman
24. Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
25. Black Jack David - T. Texas Tyler
26. You Will Have To Pay - Tex Ritter
27. Stay a Little Longer - Bob Wills
28. Three Way Boogie - Spade Cooley