Swing (2002)

Product Summary Label: Compadre UPC: 00616892527923 Release Date: 5/4/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60603479 Item#: MLLYSS Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Stayin' Out Late - Cory Morrow ~ Various Artists 2. One Bud Wiser - John Rich (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 3. Sangria Wine - Jerry Jeff Walker (live) ~ Various Artists 4. Juke Joint Jumpin' - Wayne Hancock ~ Various Artists 5. Ballad Of The Devil's Backbone Tavern - Todd Snider ~ Various Artists 6. Drink Your Whiskey Down - Reckless Kelly ~ Various Artists 7. Horseshoe Lounge - Slaid Cleaves ~ Various Artists 8. Forget Thinkin' - Beaver Nelson ~ Various Artists 9. Turns To Tears - Chris Wall ~ Various Artists 10. Whiskey Bent & Hell Bound - Cooder Graw (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 11. Raise Hell Drink Beer - Eleven Hundred Springs ~ Various Artists 12. Whiskey River - Cross Canadian Ragweed (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 13. Everclear Song, The - Roger Creager ~ Various Artists 14. Honky-Tonk Life I Lead, The - John Evans (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 15. 50 Dollars & A Flask Of Crown - Bleu Edmondson/Matt Powell ~ Various Artists 16. Una Mas Cerveza - Tommy Alverson ~ Various Artists 17. Ol' Milwaukee's Best - Adam Carroll ~ Various Artists 18. Quervo's Gold - Rusty Weir ~ Various Artists 19. Barroom Lament - Hayes Carll (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 20. I Think I'll Just Stay Here & Drink - Kevin Fowler/Jason Boland/Clay Barker/Seth James (previously unreleased, bonus track) ~ Various Artists (P) 2002 Compadre Records Under Exclusive License To Fontana (C) 2002 Compadre Records Under Exclusive License To Fontana   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info All tracks have been digitally remastered. Ever since the day some nameless string band got the idea of playing in a beer joint, drinking has been one of the most enduring themes of country music, and Brewed in Texas is a compilation from Houston-based indie label Compadre Records that features 20 acts from the Lone Star State weighing in on the pros and cons of getting drunk. For the most part, this is top-drawer honky tonk stuff, and while a few well-known names are on board -- most notably Jerry Jeff Walker, Wayne Hancock, Todd Snider, and John Rich, formerly of the group Lonestar -- many of the lesser-known acts shine just as bright, particularly Slaid Cleaves on "Horseshoe Lounge," Beaver Nelson's "Forget Thinkin'," Roger Creager's inspired story-song "The Everclear Song," and Tommy Alverson's "Un Mas Cerveza." Brewed in Texas also gives something close to equal time to songs celebrating the joys of getting plastered (such as Adam Carroll's "Ol' Milwaukee's Best") and others that concern themselves with getting loaded to drown out the sorrows of life and love gone wrong (most notably Chris Wall's "Turns to Tears"). Brewed in Texas is a super-sized portion of high-octane hard country the way they used to cut it back in the 1950s and '60s, and nearly every cut satisfies (and even the weakest cuts beat out the work of the hat-wearing lames Nashville coughs up like hairballs these days). If this disc isn't on the juke at your favorite watering hole, then they just don't know what's good for business. ~ Mark Deming   Technical Info Release Date : 03/26/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 925 279 Label : Music World Entertainment Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00616892527923    Product Image