American Music:hightone Records Story (2006)

Product Summary Label: Hightone Records UPC: 00012928819527 Release Date: 9/12/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202919033 Item#: M354L4 Format:  CD Song Listing   Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Phone Booth ~ Robert Cray Band ------ 2. Tore Up ~ Otis Rush ------ 3. I'll Get To Heaven On My Own ~ Joe Louis Walker ------ 4. Going Down South ~ R.L. Burnside ------ 5. American Music ~ The Blasters ------ 6. Lord Of The Highway ~ Joe Ely ------ 7. Lickin' Stick ~ The Loved Ones ------ 8. Lonely Guy ~ Big Sandy ------ 9. Fourth of July ~ Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men ------ 10. Eve of Destruction ~ P.F. Sloan/Buddy Miller ------ 11. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll ~ Lonesome Strangers ------ 12. I'm Pretending ~ Buddy Miller ------ 13. Corpus Christi Bay ~ Johnny Rodriguez ------ 14. Wine Don't Lie ~ Dale Watson ------ 15. It Stops With Me ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown ------ 16. Louise ~ Ramblin' Jack Elliott/Tom Waits ------ 17. Wild Ox Moan, The ~ Geoff Muldaur ------ 18. No Love Today ~ Chris Smither ------ 19. All My Tears ~ Julie Miller ------ 20. Tonight We Ride ~ Tom Russell ------ Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. American Music ~ The Blasters ------ 2. Lord Of The Highway ~ Joe Ely ------ 3. Flattop Joint ~ Sonny Burgess ------ 4. Blue Collar Blues ~ Billy Lee Riley ------ 5. Lickin' Stick ~ The Loved Ones ------ 6. California Sun ~ Dick Dale ------ 7. Sparkling City ~ Ted Roddy ------ 8. I Ain't Lyin' ~ The Skeletons ------ 9. Lonely Guy ~ Big Sandy ------ 10. Telewacker ~ Redd Volkaert ------ 11. Bullet From A Gun ~ Teddy Morgan & The Pistolas ------ 12. Open The Door To Your Heart ~ Little Willie G. ------ 13. Honky Tonk Wine, The ~ Carl Sonny Leyland ------ 14. Saturday Jump ~ Kim Lenz ------ 15. Hot Rodder's Lament ~ Deke Dickerson ------ 16. Rockabilly Funeral ~ The Twangbangers ------ 17. Fourth Of July ~ Dave Alvin ------ 18. Hollywood Bed ~ The Blasters ------ 19. LIttle Bitty Kiss ~ Buddy Miller ------ 20. Jug Hustler Blues ~ Seth Kauffman ------ 21. Eve Of Destruction ~ PF Sloan/Frank Black ------ Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Let's Start A Rumor Today ~ Bobby Durham ------ 2. Rainin' Rainin' Rainin' ~ Gary Stewart ------ 3. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll ~ Lonesome Strangers ------ 4. Garage Sale, The ~ Buddy Miller ------ 5. Stay Out Of My Arms ~ Heather Myles ------ 6. Room 309 ~ Rev. Billy C. Wirtz ------ 7. Honky Tonk Queen ~ Big Sandy & His Fly ------ 8. Ramblin' Fever ~ Billy Joe Shaver ------ 9. I'm Pretending ~ Buddy Miller ------ 10. Corpus Christi Bay ~ Johnny Rodriguez ------ 11. Wine Don't Lie ~ Dale Watson ------ 12. Greatest Story Ever Told, The ~ Big Sandy & His Fly ------ 13. Comin' On Thru ~ Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys ------ 14. Little Ole You ~ The Hollisters ------ 15. Sting In This Old Bee ~ Hank Thompson ------ 16. Here I Am In Dallas ~ Dallas Wayne ------ 17. Truck Drivin' Man ~ The Twangbangers ------ 18. It Stops With Me ~ The Hot Club Of Cowtown ------ 19. Dark End Of The Hallway ~ Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ------ 20. Walk Away If You Want To ~ The Domino Kings ------ 21. Birth Of The Blues ~ Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan ------ Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Dallas ~ Jimmie Dale Gilmore ------ 2. Blue Blvd. ~ Dave Alvin ------ 3. West Texas Plains ~ Rosie Flores ------ 4. Link Of Chain ~ Chris Smither ------ 5. Gallo De Cielo ~ Tom Russell ------ 6. By Way Of Sorrow ~ Julie Miller ------ 7. Louise ~ Ramblin' Jack Elliott/Tom Waits ------ 8. Wild Ox Moan, The ~ Geoff Muldaur ------ 9. No Love Today ~ Chris Smither ------ 10. Walls Of Red Wing ~ Ramblin' Jack Elliott/John Prine ------ 11. Beyond The Blues ~ Tom Russell/Jimmie Dale Gilmore ------ 12. All My Tears ~ Julie Miller ------ 13. Padre Prays For Rain ~ Aztex ------ 14. Midnight And Lonesome ~ Buddy Miller ------ 15. Gone In Pawn (Shake Sugaree) ~ Po Girl ------ 16. Since You Went Away ~ Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum ------ 17. En La Central De Colima ~ Los Reales Del Rancho ------ 18. Tonight We Ride ~ Tom Russell ------   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Since its creation in 1983, HighTone Records has been home to a wide variety of American roots-music performers, from country artists like Buddy Miller to rockers like Dave Alvin. This comprehensive, five-CD box set--divided into country, singer-songwriter, rock, and blues genres-- features contributions from throughout the label's roster, including contemporary blues guitarist Robert Cray, the juke-joint blues artist R.L. Burnside, surf guitarist Dick Dale, and country singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Videos from performers including Joe Ely, Dave Alvin, and Rosie Flores are also featured. Few if any other record labels have been as steadfastly dedicated to the propagation of American roots music as HighTone, the Oakland, CA based company launched in 1983 by Bruce Bromberg and Larry Sloven. Emerging during a period when MTV was just taking hold, and when radio and clubs concentrated on flashy, synthetic, post-punk and dance music, HighTone's founders shrugged, ignored the trends, and went about signing up one great Americana artist after another. The label couldn't have gotten off to a better start: Robert Cray's Bad Influence was a colossal achievement that almost single-handedly served notice that the blues was back in town (not that it had ever left), only under new management. Following its success, HighTone subsequently diversified, unleashing not only superb albums of modern blues but also no-nonsense folk, rock, country, and numerous subgenres thereof -- all of it, essentially, non-trendy, organic music created by both established and young upstarts. This four-CD/one-DVD collection is HighTone's well-deserved pat on its own back. The audio portion is sectioned into the four umbrellas of blues, rock, country and singer/songwriter/folk, under which a wildly diverse array of artists is showcased. Not all of the names here boast star quality while others do, but what they all share is a naturalness and directness -- not to mention honest-to-goodness songwriting, playing, and singing talent -- not often reflected in the sales charts or mainstream media. Rockabilly hero Billy Lee Riley, legendary folkie Ramblin' Jack Elliott (heard here with Tom Waits singing "Louise"), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (rightly placed in the country section) and Joe Louis Walker may not, on the surface, seem to have much in common. Nor would Rosie Flores, surf god Dick Dale, Dave Alvin, or Buddy Miller (who is represented on the rock, country and singer/songwriter discs). But they do: they've all recorded for HighTone. The DVD gathers up music videos from the likes of Joe Ely, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, and several others. ~ Jeff Tamarkin   Technical Info Release Date : 09/12/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 8195 Label : Hightone Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00012928819527    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray