1. Jimmy Hufton - Cool cats 2. The Sundowners - Snake eyed woman 3. Bill Rice - Red hair and green eyes 4. Thomas Wayne - Girl next door 5. Ace Cannon - Big shot 6. O'Henry - Wanna Jean 7. Glenn Honeycutt - Right gal, right place, right time 8. Lyn Vernon - Moon rocket 9. Thomas Wayne - Tragedy 10. Bill Rice - It's all your fault 11. Joe Lee and his sextet - Ethel Mae 12. The Psychos - Mack The Knife 13. Eddie Carroll - Golden Door night club 14. Thomas Wayne - Gonna be waiting 15. The Tarantulas - Tarantula 16. Bill Reeder - Where were you last night 17. Eddie Carroll - Arkansas twist 18. Glenn Honeycutt - Campus love 19. The Tarantulas - Like spellbound 20. Thomas Wayne - This time 21. Bill Rice - Let the four winds blow 22. Johnny Brazil - Twisted Sue 23. Ace Cannon - Hoe down rock 24. Eddie Carroll - I've got it made 25. Bill Rice - All alone 26. Joe Lee and his sextet - Jo's mix 27. Jerry Foster - Let's never mention old times again 28. Ace Cannon - .38 special 29. Bill Rice - I'll run and hide 30. The Tarantulas - Black widow 31. Tiny Fuller - Shock 32. Thomas Wayne - Saturday date 33. Glenn Honeycutt - Tombigee queen 34. Dewey Phillips - It had to be you 35. The Tarantulas - Kaw-liga
Brilliant obscure Southern Rock'n'roll. See also 'Fernwood Rockabilly'.
Fernwood Rock'n'roll
"In 1955, Memphis was buzzing with the fresh and exciting sounds emanating from Sam Phillips' Sun Record Company.... In those days, Memphis was a music centre that generated those great rarities - excitement, feeling and excellence - and there were plenty of other entrepreneurs standing in the wings hoping to pick up a piece of Sam Phillips' action. One of those entrepeneurs was Ronald 'Slim' Wallace, truck driver and musician, who ran Slim Wallace's Dixie Ramblers, a hot western swing outfit, based in Memphis and resident at Slim's club, 90 miles outside Memphis in Arkansas. Around this time, the highly talented Billy Lee Riley moved from Arkansas to Memphis and became a vocalist in Slim's band at almost the same time as when Jack Clement left the Boston area to return home, also joining Slim's band as vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Whitehaven, Memphis on April 5th 1931, Jack's musical pedigree first reared its head after he had been discharged from the marines in 1952, when he joined up with Buzz Busby as Buzz and Jack - The Bayou Boys, playing bluegrass around the Boston area. Jack was featured playing acoustic guitar. mandolin and steel. Jack returned to Memphis, joined Slim's band and. having observed the success of Sun records, formed a partnership with Slim to create Fernwood Records...." From the extensive cd booklet.
1. Jimmy Hufton - Cool cats