Hardrock Gunter with real 'down-home' Fifties Rockabilly and Hillbilly, flooded with 'slap-back' echo. 24 page booklet.
1.Boogie woogie on a Saturday Night 2.I’ve done gone hog wild 3.I believe that mountain music is here to stay 4.Honky tonk blues 5.Sixty minute man 6.Hesitation boogie 7.Dixieland boogie 8.Silver and gold 9.The Senator from Tennessee 10.You played on my piano 11.Perfect woman 12.Honky tonk baby 13.Where have you been 14.Like lovers do 15.Naptown, Ind. 16.First last and always game of love 17.I’ll give ‘em rhythm 18.Turn the other cheek 19.I put my britches on just like everyone else 20.It may be silly 21.A little bit ain’t gonna help us much 22.Pins and needles 23.A white sports coat 24.Half as much 25.Singing the blues 26.Columbus stockade blues 27.Hillbilly twist 28.Rebel music music 29.Rebel guitar picker
Hardrock Gunter
"Hardrock Gunter was a key figure in the development of rockabilly, and is best remembered as the composer of standards like 'Baby let's play house', 'Birmingham bounce' and 'Jukebox help me find my baby'. He was born Sidney Louis Gunter, Jr. in Birmingham, AL, and earned his nickname 'Hardrock' when a car hood fell on his head and left him without a scratch. As a youth, Gunter was influenced by Hank Penny and had his first band, the Hoot Owl Ramblers, as a teen. Later he joined Happy Wilson's popular Golden River Boys, and in time came to manage the band. In 1949, Gunter began appearing on a local television show, and later in the year made his recording debut. One of his earliest hits was 'Dad gave my hog away', a spoof of the T. Texas Tyler story 'Dad gave my dog away'. He also recorded 'Birmingham bounce', but it didn't become a major hit until Red Foley recorded it for Decca, with whom Gunter signed in 1951 and began singing boogie-style country. That year he and Roberta Lee teamed to become one of the first country acts to record an R&B hit, 'Sixty Minute Man'. After serving in the army, Hardrock Gunter returned to record on Sun and MGM, but had no chart success on either label. During the early '50s, he spent time as a deejay at WJLD Birmingham and at WWVA Wheeling, West Virginia on the Wheeling Jamboree. In 1955, he recorded his own version of 'Jukebox help me find my baby'; it seemed to have all the makings of a hit, but Sam Phillips leased it for Sun and re-edited it, and the song went nowhere. Hardrock Gunter continued recording on different labels through 1964 without success. He soon quit music to run his own insurance agency." Sandra Brennan, All Music Guide
Hardrock Gunter with real 'down-home' Fifties Rockabilly and Hillbilly, flooded with 'slap-back' echo. 24 page booklet.