Bennie Hess is real 'roots' fifties rockabilly.
1.Bennie Hess Boogie (Opera) 2.You just won't do 3.Drink drink drink 4.Jungle land rock 5.Wild hog boogie (Spade) 6.You ain't cheating on me now 7.I'm so in love with you 8.Boppin' the rock 9.You called me honey 10.Life's meditation 11.Novelty yodel 1 12.Wild hog hop (Major) 13.Your kind ain't hard to get 14.Bennie Hess boogie (Showland) 15.Bennie's Texas blues 16.Novelty yodel 1/2 century blues 17.Tennessee mama blues 18.Truck driving man 19.Country styled boogie 20.Look once more before you go 21.Blue Monday night 22.Teenager bop 23.Gone mama blues 24.Elvis Presley boogie 25.Travellin' blues 26.Wild hog hop (Musicode) 27.I'm a one woman man 28.Two potatoes and one onion 29.Truckers blues 30.Troy Hess boogie
Bennie Hess
There have been many colourful characters in the record business and Bennie Hess is way up there on the list. Some, but not all, of his traits were as a hillbilly singer and guitarist, fanatical follower of (country) Jimmie Rodgers, an avid Ernest Tubb stylist, a persistent eccentric record man for over 30 years, a born optimist, a natural hustler and a raconteur of tall stories - this and much more was Bennie Hess. His story telling, imagination for promotion (including 3-D recording) and productions are legendary. Whilst Hess probably had a bit of the 'carny' in him much as Colonel Tom Parker or Major Bill Smith, his schemes and ideas were generally in the name of promotion and like the legendary circus man H. B. Barnum, were on the fun side of show business.