early October 2009 fortnight
Not enough time to have long comments this time; Just the music, various styles… Darby & Tarlton open the sequence with « SWEET SARAH BLUES » from the Hillbilly early days; WILD dobro. Then onto...
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early September 2010 fortnight
Howdy folks. Maybe you’re still on Holydays? Bopping (and the editor) didn’t take any spare day to rest, and kept busy all Summer long, and were preparing a new hot slice of Hillbilly goodies. This...
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late September 2010 fortnight
Howdy, folks! I didn’t have a particular « theme » chosing the selections this time (as I did sometimes in the past): just a few songs I like at the moment. Early September I posted something about the...
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early October 2010 fortnight
Hank Garland Howdy, folks! We start this fortnight with a stalwart version of the classic Honky Tonk « I’m Moving On » (Decca) by the great HANK « Sugarfoot » GARLAND (1930-2004). He appeared at 19 on...
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early November 2010 fortnight’s favorites
Howdy folks! The new batch of stomping Honky tonks and Hillbilly bop tunes for this early November 2010 fortnight. Billboard, 11/15/1947 First, from Nashville, JIMMIE SELPH. He seems to have had a long...
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late November 2010 fortnight’s favourites
Howdy, folks. Sometimes it is easy to assemble a « fortnight » feature, sometimes not. This time it has not been that easy, I don’t know why. I tried to vary tempos, origin, labels, and I am not sure I...
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late September 2012 fortnight’s favourites
Hello, folks! This is the latest batch of Hillbilly bops/rockabillies I’d like to help you discover. Only unknown names, and microscopic record labels! The exception being a 1951 Mercury recording by...
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early November 2012 fortnight’s favourites
Howdy folks, welcome to newcomers. The aim of this feature is to spread my favorites around… Let’s begin with a recently covered CLIFF DAVIS, without doubt a Southerner (« & his Kentucky Play Boys...
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late November 2012 fortnight’s favourites
Howdy, folks. Here is the usual batch of bi-monthly hillbilly boppers. This time completely unknown artists, even (but one case) location of recording. Jay T. Starr must have been a West coaster, since...
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