Hot Rockin' Music from Tennessee
The Jaxon Recording Company story - fifties Rockabilly.
1. Jackson dog - Larry Brinkley
2. Treat me right - Kenny Parchman
3. Gonna rock'n'roll tonight - Carl Mann & The Kool Kats
4. Rock the bop - Jimmie Martin Combo featuring Ramsey Kearney
5. I'm just a cry baby - Robert & Gladys Luter & The KY Pals
6. Little darlin' - Eddie Bush & The Jaxon Playboys
7. Satellite No.2 - Carl Mann
8. Gonna see my boy - Larry Brinkley
9. Red bobby sox - Jimmie Martin Combo featuring Ramsey Kearney
10. Don't you know - Kenny Parchman
11. Old lonesome time - Carl Mann
12. That old moon brings teardrops to my eyes - Robert & Gladys Luter & The KY Pals
13. Confused about you - Eddie Bush & The Jaxon Playboys
14. Rockin' love - Carl Mann & The Kool Kats
15. Red bobby sox (alt. take no.2) - Jimmie Martin Combo featuring Ramsey Kearney
16. Farther along - Jimmie Martin
17. Old lonesome love - Larry Brinkley
18. Don't bother to tell me goodbye - Carl Mann
19. Farther than my eyes can see - Eddie Starr
20. Have you ever been lonely - Larry Brinkley
21. Long black veil - Eddie Starr
22. Mona Lisa - Carl Mann
23. The lost chord - Carl Mann
24. Will the circle be unbroken - Eddie Starr
25. Why did you go - Carl Mann
26. I'll always love you darlin' - Carl Mann
27. Red bobby sox (alt. take no.3) - Jimmie Martin Combo featuring Ramsey Kearney
Hot Rockin' Music from Tennessee
This is a compilation of Fifties Rockabilly and Hillbilly telling the story of the small Jaxon label. The standout track here is obviously Carl Mann's 'Gonna rock'n'roll tonight'.
Jimmy Martin was a local musician and had a good ear for the current sounds. He started Jaxon Records as a launch pad for his Jimmy Martin Combo plus its various musicians and issued Ramsey Kearney's first record but under his name. Ramsey suffered similar circumstances to Kenny Parchman in that he was another artist who, after recording two songs for Sun, saw no resulting record release by Sam Phillips. The Jaxon label was also the first step to an illustrious career for another young guy from Jackson, Tennessee by the name of Carl Mann. Carl scored big with his rocked up version of 'Mona Lisa' for Phillips International, a subsidiary of Sun Records. One intriguing aspect to all this was that Jimmy Martin used Sun's Hi-Lo publishing firm for his own releases. Possibly he hoped to get better business deals that way with Sun. It is also possible that some or many of the Jaxon recordings were actually made at the Sun Studio whose facilities were available for hire. This would certainly explain why Kenny Parchman was a frequent visitor there during 1957. Kenny Parchman was more than happy to record for Jimmy Martin and so 'Treat Me Right/Don't You Know' was released on JAXON 504. The duet partner on 'Don't You Know' is reputedly Kenny's brother Ronnie.