Honky Tonkin [Import]

honky tonkin [import]

Track Listings
1. Sons Of The Golden West
2. Honky Tonkin
3. Anyone Else But You
4. When I Was A Cowboy
5. Down At The Palomino
6. Pull This
7. Genuine Healer
8. Honky Tonk Blues
9. Area 11
10. Wheel Of Love
11. Up On Sycamore
12. Pinoneer Zephyr Train
13. Locked Away
14. Wheel Of Love

Honky Tonkin,Flying Burrito Bros,Stree,Rock

Honky Tonkin [Import]
Greatest Hits 2
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Toby Keith's Greatest Hits 2
  • Keep them coming...Keith
  • Toby Keith-Greatest Hits 2 CD
  • this man can sing his butt off.
  • Now, I do like you good!!!
 Greatest Hits 2
Toby Keith
Manufacturer: Dreamworks Nashville
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ASIN: B00063F8CG
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

  1. How Do You Like Me Now?!
  2. Country Comes To Town
  3. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
  4. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
  5. I Wanna Talk About Me
  6. My List
  7. Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)
  8. Who's Your Daddy?
  9. Beer For My Horses
  10. Stays In Mexico
  11. Mockingbird
  12. Go With Her
  13. You Ain't Much Fun (Live)
  14. Should've Been A Cowboy (Live)

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At his best, as exemplified by his 1999 megahit "How Do You Like Me Now?!" Keith is simple and direct in the tradition of Hank Williams Jr.--aware of his limitations, able to thrive within them. "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" struck a chord, though it differed little from the fist-shaking morale-boosters of previous wars. On the downside, Keith's formulaic tendencies can become tiresome, as it did on "My List," a generic celebration of life's mundane treasures. Sales notwithstanding, "Beer for My Horses" was no artistic landmark for Keith or duet partner Willie Nelson. By contrast, he and daughter Krystal have fun with the 1963 Inez and Charlie Foxx R&B hit "Mockingbird" (first revived by James Taylor and Carly Simon). "Go With Her" injects a different spin into the time-honored breakup song, wittiness absent on the gimmicky "Stays in Mexico." Raucous live performances of "You Ain't Much Fun" and his debut hit, "Should've Been a Cowboy," reflect his ability to rouse the faithful into the obligatory singalong. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Toby Keith's Greatest Hits 2.......2007-05-07

This one is my favorite Toby Keith CD. I like the others as well but I find I play Greatest Hits 2 more often.

5 out of 5 stars Keep them coming...Keith.......2007-04-16

I bought this Greatest Hits 2 because it has a lot of my favorite songs on it. My favorites are: "How Do You Like Me Now"; "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight"; "I Wanna Talk About Me"; "Beer For My Horses" duet with Willie Nelson; "Mockingbird" duet with Krystal; "You Ain't Much Fun"; and "Should've Been a Cowboy". I also like "Stays in Mexico". I had to buy another CD to get my very favorite "Big Blue Note". All in all this CD was well worth the money. By the way, I am a 67 year old grandma that loves country western music.

5 out of 5 stars Toby Keith-Greatest Hits 2 CD.......2007-03-26

Received CD in new, perfect condition. Received item before expected! Thank you so much!

5 out of 5 stars this man can sing his butt off........2007-03-08

with him mellow voice all the songs Toby sings; gives this woman the chrills; he is very nice looking. I think he is an easy going type guy; with the most wonderful voice...

5 out of 5 stars Now, I do like you good!!!.......2007-02-24

Smashing. A top-notch selection of up-to-date hits (How do you like me now?, Who's your daddy?), a memory trip with "Should've been a cowboy", some food for thought (My List), duets with Krystal and Willie Nelson (real duets and not just them singing in the back) and plain good old country pieces where Toby Keith gets to display his wry humor, raising that knowing smile that echoes better than a guffaw. In sum, if you were considering to get it, don't hesitate any longer. Do it! You will definitely not regret it. There are no weak spots in this CD.
These Days
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • These Days ~ Vince Gill
  • Inspired by negative reviews
  • These Days by Vince Gill
  • Vince Gill - These Days
  • Simply awesome !!!
 These Days
Vince Gill
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ASIN: B000HKDEN8
Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

  1. Workin On A Big Chill
  2. Loves Standin
  3. Cowboy Up (featuring Gretchen Wilson)
  4. Sweet Thing
  5. Bet It All On You
  6. Nothin For A Broken Heart (Duet w/Rodney Crowell)
  7. Son Of A Ramblin Man (featuring Del McCoury)
  8. Smilin Song (featuring Michael McDonald)
  9. The Rhythm Of The Pourin Rain (featuring Bekka Bramlett)
  10. Nothin Left To Say

Tracks:

  1. All Prayed Up
  2. Cold Gray Light Of Gone (featuring The Del McCoury Band)
  3. A River Like You (featuring Jenny Gill)
  4. Ace Up Your Pretty Sleeve
  5. Molly Brown
  6. Girl (Guest Vocalist: Rebecca Lynn Howard)
  7. Give Me The Highway (featuring The Del McCoury Band)
  8. Sweet Augusta Darlin
  9. Little Brother
  10. Almost Home (Duet w/Guy Clark)

Tracks:

  1. This New Heartache
  2. The Only Love
  3. Out Of My Mind (featuring Patty Loveless)
  4. The Sight Of Me Without You
  5. I Cant Let Go (featuring Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski)
  6. Dont Pretend With Me
  7. Some Things Never Get Old (featuring Emmylou Harris)
  8. Sweet Little Corrina (featuring Phil Everly)
  9. If I Can Make Mississippi (featuring Lee Ann Womack)
  10. Take This Country Back (Duet w/John Anderson)

Tracks:

  1. What You Don't Say (featuring LeAnn Rimes)
  2. The Reason Why (featuring Alison Krauss)
  3. The Rock Of Your Love (featuring Bonnie Raitt)
  4. What You Give Away (featuring Sheryl Crow)
  5. Faint Of Heart (Duet w/Diana Krall)
  6. Time To Carry On (featuring Jenny Gill)
  7. No Easy Way
  8. This Memory Of You (featuring Trisha Yearwood)
  9. How Lonely Looks
  10. Tell Me One More Time About Jesus (featuring Amy Grant)
  11. Everything And Nothing (featuring Katrina Elam)
  12. Which Way Will You Go
  13. These Days

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These new recordings of mostly recent Gill compositions are the culmination of a project aimed at recording four distinct albums: rock, romance, vintage honky-tonk, and acoustic. The Rockin' Record, virtually perfect from start to finish, begins with "Workin' on a Big Chill," its swampy groove straight out of John Fogerty and a showcase for Gill's guitar virtuosity--a groove he resumes on "Cowboy Up," with cameo harmonies from Gretchen Wilson. "Sweet Thing" and a duet with Rodney Crowell on "Nothin' for a Broken Heart" pulsate with Chuck Berry intensity that contrasts with the solid, '60s Memphis groove of "Bet It All on You." The Reason Why showcases Gill's legendary ease with ballads, several of them enhanced by creative string arrangements by David Campbell (Beck's father), including "What You Don't Say" with LeAnn Rimes and "The Memory of You" with Trisha Yearwood. The stunning "Faint of Heart," a remarkably sultry jazz duet with Diana Krall, could become a standard. Some Things Never Get Old revisits classic fiddle-steel honky-tonk, music Gill has long reverenced and referenced. "This New Heartache" is straight out of Ray Price. Gill and Patty Loveless tear up "Out of My Mind" and Allison Krauss and Dan Tyminski join in for the waltz "I Can't Let Go." "Don't Pretend with Me" honors Ernest Tubb's honky-tonk primitivism. Little Brother, all-acoustic and often bluegrass-flavored, shines from beginning to end. Along with "Molly Brown," a stark cautionary about racial violence, Gill sings both "Cold Gray Light of Dawn" and "Give Me the Highway" with the Del McCoury Band. He and Guy Clark close it out with "Almost Home." Despite outstanding past efforts, Gill--one of the top hitmakers of the '90s--hasn't had a Top Ten single since 2000. No matter. His talents and the heart he puts into his writing, singing, and picking remain at their peak. This stellar collection proves it--four times over. --Rich Kienzle

Album Description

In an unmatched outpouring of virtuosity and energy, Vince Gill has created a 4-CD set of 43 new and original songs that MCA Records will release Oct. 17 under the title These Days. The collection is an artistic tour de force that displays Gill's mastery of lyrics and musical styles, ranging from traditional country and bluegrass to jazz and rock.

"I started looking at all these songs I had," the amiable superstar explains, "and going, `Shoot, I want to record that song, and I want to record that song.' I just kept checking with the other musicians to see if they were available. I had no deadlines, no rules or anything like that. So I just kept trying songs."

To accompany him on this ambitious undertaking, Gill turned both to artists he knew and had worked with before and to those whose music he admired at a distance. "I never try to fill up my records with famous people," Gill says. "I try to fill them up with the most talented people I can find on the face of the earth." By the time the project was completed, that group included Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Diana Krall, Rodney Crowell, Phil Everly, the Del McCoury Band, Emmylou Harris, John Anderson, Lee Ann Womack, Jenny Gill, Amy Grant, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Guy Clark, Trisha Yearwood, Bekka Bramlett, Michael McDonald, steel-guitar master Buddy Emmons and many other musical standouts.

Initially, Gill planned to pare down the songs he'd recorded to a single album. Then, in one of the studios he used, he spotted some Beatles memorabilia and recalled that the Fab Four had routinely released multiple albums within the same year.

Gill took the idea to Luke Lewis, Universal Music Group Nashville Co-Chairman, who totally supported his notion of multiple releases. In fact, Lewis came up with an even more radical strategy: he told Vince to go and record more songs that explore his passion for acoustic sounds and release a 4-CD set. And that's exactly what happened.

Gill co-produced These Days with famed keyboardist John Hobbs and sound engineering whiz Justin Niebank.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars These Days ~ Vince Gill.......2007-07-07

A lot of the songs are vintage Vince Gill. His guitar playing is nothing short of spectacular. The duets are wonderful. His guest singers blend well with Vince's, oh so sweet, tenor. I love the album, but give it only four stars because so many of the songs are featured on albums I already own.

5 out of 5 stars Inspired by negative reviews.......2007-05-21

Before ordering this CD set, I read most of the reviews on Amazon. A couple of them were very negative. However, I just couldn't believe in a "bad" recording session from Vince Gill. Especially with the great stars who collaborated as guests on many of the cuts.

Well, the good news is the negative reports were just wrong. I like these CD's, there are four in the box set, more every time I listen to them. An excellent product and a great addition to any music collection that loves ballads, country, bluegrass, and yes: Vince!!

5 out of 5 stars These Days by Vince Gill.......2007-05-13

This item is a must buy for all Vince Gill fans. We purchased it after seeing in Vince in concert. The concert was great, but you can't have that all the time. His range as a musician is evident throughout this 4 CD set. Plus, the musicians he surrounds himself with make this a must buy.

5 out of 5 stars Vince Gill - These Days.......2007-05-13

I'm a long time fan of Vince Gill but this album is his best. A must have for any Vince Gill fan!!

5 out of 5 stars Simply awesome !!!.......2007-05-12

This CD set is well worth the money. Actually, it's priced very reasonable. There are alot of new songs. All 4 CD's are excellant.
Again, Vince Gill delivers !!
"Toby Keith - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1"
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Toby Keith
  • It made me a fan
  • Awesome
  • This one is actually worth owning!
  • Toby at his best
 "Toby Keith - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1"
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ASIN: B00000DBYI
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

  1. Getcha Some
  2. If A Man Answers
  3. Should've Been A Cowboy
  4. Dream Walkin'
  5. A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action
  6. Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
  7. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
  8. We Were In Love
  9. You Ain't Much Fun
  10. Who's That Man
  11. Wish I Didn't Know Now
  12. Big Ol' Truck
  13. Me Too
  14. He Ain't Worth Missing

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As a survey of Toby Keith's first four recordings (not including the seasonal Christmas to Christmas), this set turns in some strong singles, making the case for the Okie singer-songwriter as one of the more traditionally minded of the '90s hat acts. Keith rarely devastates as a singer, but he never overreaches, and there's more than a bit of grit in his delivery of "Should've Been a Cowboy" and "He Ain't Worth Missing." His emotional triumph remains the obsessive "Who's That Man," in which Keith sees another man living the life he threw away. Keith also includes two songs not available elsewhere, complementing an appealing mainstream country set. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Toby Keith.......2007-05-13

it's a TOBY KEITH greatest hits; no reason but that to buy it; we love Toby

5 out of 5 stars It made me a fan.......2006-08-08

I puchased this Toby Keith album because I was given tickets to see him in concert and didn't know even one of his songs. I became a fan of Toby's soon after listening to this CD. Although he talks through a lot of "Getcha Some", it's become of my favorites out of the fourteen tracks. "You Ain't Much Fun" is an awesome song, even if the message isn't very considerate. This album is a great collection of country!

5 out of 5 stars Awesome.......2006-07-14

I not a HUGE country fan but I like some of it. Toby Keith's greatest hits volume one is AWESOME!!! There isn't one song on the cd that I don't love to listen to over and over again! My autistic son who hates almost ALL music LOVES #10 LOL. We put it on repeat in the car!!!

4 out of 5 stars This one is actually worth owning!.......2006-05-28

WOW...more than ONE song on here makes it worth owning!!! I sooo wish Toby would go back to this type of music. The last couple years his music has gone downhill BIG time!

5 out of 5 stars Toby at his best.......2006-03-14

This is just a small sample of what he is capable of. There are a lot of great hits on this including "Dream Walkin" and "Should have been a cowboy". My favorite is "A little less talk and a lot more action". Definitely put this in your collection. It's worth it.
Johnny Horton - Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • Awesome!
  • beautiful song.......
  • Great GIft
  • Is ok.
 Johnny Horton - Greatest Hits
Johnny Horton
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ASIN: B0000026AG
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. North to Alaska
  2. Whispering Pines
  3. Johnny Reb
  4. The Mansion You Stole
  5. I'm Ready If You're Willing
  6. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
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  9. All For The Love Of A Girl
  10. Sink The Bismarck
  11. Comanche (The Brave Horse)
  12. Jim Bridger
  13. Johhny Freedom

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While Louisiana Hayride star Johnny Horton's 1956 Top 10 debut "Honky Tonk Man" strode the line between rockabilly and honky-tonk minimalism, he found his niche in 1959 with a short-lived phenomenon known as the saga song: newly penned tunes, based on or inspired by historical events. The song that rendered Horton immortal? A rousing rendition of folksinger Jimmie Driftwood's War of 1812 number "The Battle of New Orleans," which topped both the country and pop charts for weeks. Riding a winner, Horton kept the momentum going with the Civil War-themed "Johnny Reb," and "Sink the Bismarck," based on a World War II naval battle. He died in a Texas car crash in early November 1960, days before his next single, "North to Alaska" (from the John Wayne film of the same name), hit the charts. While saga tunes understandably dominate this collection, it also includes "Honky Tonk Man" and the ballads "Whispering Pines" and "The Mansion You Stole." There's no better introduction to Horton's seminal recordings. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars LIberal Democrat the Loves Real Country.......2007-05-21

The current generation probably doesn't realize that real country was anti-establishment. I loved Johnny Horton and Jimmey Dean (Remember his song PT-109 about "commie-pinko" Jack Kennedy, who acutally FOUGHT in a war?) when I was a kid. Songs about people with gumption-- not mindless clones whose goal in life is to be a religious/corporate lackeys. You have no idea what it is to be an American... although you think you do.

5 out of 5 stars Awesome!.......2007-01-18

When I was younger, my father had a cassette with all of these songs on them, but my mother sold it in a garage sale. Of course I was upset when I looked for it years later, and I was so excited to find this CD! I remembered all the songs and still listen to it frequently. I couldn't be more satisfied.

5 out of 5 stars beautiful song....... .......2007-01-12

I had decided to purchased this cd when I heard some of Johnny's song in the radio.Its a wonderful song and good for easy listening..........

5 out of 5 stars Great GIft.......2007-01-10

Great gift for someone who loves Johnny Horton, It has all of the best and most loved hits.

3 out of 5 stars Is ok........2007-01-06

Buy it for "Battle of NEw Orleans" and "sink the bismark." Enjoy it for "whispering pines" and "north to alaska."
Last Man Standing - The Duets
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Man, that just blew my mind!
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  • Wonderful CD
 Last Man Standing - The Duets
Jerry Lee Lewis
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ASIN: B000GRUQYW
Release Date: 2006-09-26

Tracks:

  1. Rock And Roll
  2. Before The Night Is Over
  3. Pink Cadillac
  4. Evening Gown
  5. You Don't Have To
  6. Twilight
  7. Travelin' Band
  8. That Kind Of Fool
  9. Sweet Little 16
  10. Just A Bummin' Around
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  12. What's Made Milwakuee Famous
  13. Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
  14. A Couple More Years
  15. Old Glory
  16. Trouble In Mind
  17. I Saw Her Standing There
  18. Lost Highway
  19. Hadacohl Boogie
  20. The Irish Heart Beat
  21. The Pilgrim Ch.33

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How do you drum up interest in a Jerry Lee Lewis record, since the Ferriday Fireball is 71 and hasn't put out an album since 1996? First, you pair him with 22 of the biggest stars of rock (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards), country (Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard), and blues (Buddy Guy, B.B. King), to show how he put his stamp on nearly every genre. Then, you hire the dean of music chroniclers, Peter Guralnick, to give the liner notes heft. And--oh, yes, you also make sure the piano-pounding pioneer displays the best finger form he's shown in 25 years. Throughout, the Killer crows, struts, and self-mythologizes with the brio of youth, and who could resist him? At times, one may question the wisdom of turning an obvious guitar tune (Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll") into a piano-dominated performance, just as it seems odd to not make the best use of such guests as Toby Keith or Delaney Bramlett. But Lewis never yields the throne for a second, even surrounded by the likes of Robbie Robertson, Neil Young, and Eric Clapton. For that reason, most of these aren't true duets--the star instrumentalists take their solos, and the harmonies of some of the most legendary vocalists (Don Henley, Little Richard) stay too far in the background. But when things really work--as they do with Bruce Springsteen (the rave-up "Pink Cadillac"), Neil Young (a crackling rendition of "You Don't Have To Go"), Kid Rock (an even blacker "Honky Tonk Woman"), George Jones (the novelty-framed "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age"), and Kris Kristofferson (an especially poignant take on "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33"), the rock of ages cleaves for thee and me. Last Man Standing refers to the famous cover of Million Dollar Quartet, on which he's pictured with fellow Sun artists Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, all now jamming in the great beyond. Yet in a spoken-word reprise at the end of the Kristofferson song--"From the rocking of the cradle / To the rolling of the hearse / The going up was worth the coming down"--the Last Man seems to suggest his own fine epitaph. It's hard to argue with a hellraiser extraordinaire. --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Twenty-two rock and country legends duet with Jerry Lee Lewis on this incredible package, celebrating The Killer's impact on American music. Among the luminaries igniting these all-new recordings of seminal rock 'n' roll are Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, and more.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Man, that just blew my mind!.......2007-07-01

About 50 years ago, Sun Records was at the forefront of the beginning of rock and roll, with performers like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. The title of this CD refers to the fact that Jerry Lee Lewis is "the last man standing" among these Sun Records legends, which is pretty amazing when you consider that he probably led the wildest life of all of them. For this album, the 70something year old Killer performs duets with a bunch of other record stars. "Duets" is not quite an accurate description, though, since some guests just perform instruments and some guests sing what amounts to background vocals. But the real star here is of course Jerry Lee himself, who proves that he can still sing and pump the piano better than just about anybody. He handles rock, country and blues songs equally well. The duet partners were probably added to make the album more commercial, but they do manage to add something to the mix, since it gives the album more variety. I suspect that their presence also pushed Jerry Lee to do his best, since he wouldn't want to be outshined on his own album. The Killer can frequently be heard joking around with them, which adds to the fun of the album. This is probably the greatest rock and roll album every recorded by a senior citizen, and it puts to rest the lie that rock music is strictly for young people.

5 out of 5 stars It's about time!.......2007-05-28

Jerry Lee is one of the last surviving rock and roll pioneers and it is about time he rec'd some quality attention. I've seen him live, and man, oh, man, is he for real. The production on this project is good, the performances are good, the packaging is good, the song selection is good; this will definitely be a project that will add to his legacy. As with all of us, Father Time is catching up with the Killer, and my personal wish is that whoever was responsible for this project would have done it 10-15 years ago. It seems so many of the early rock and roll pioneers die without really having quality documentation (there is a good special featuring Carl Perkins, which shamefully had to be made in England because he was apparently appreciated more there, and of course Chuck Berry's "Hail, Hail, Rock and Rock" should be in every music lover's home). Now if we could only get new projects from Chuck Berry, or Little Richard, or Fats Domino!

5 out of 5 stars never quit.......2007-05-17

This guy is an immortal. Some people are great forever. He is one.

4 out of 5 stars Age is Showing.......2007-05-15

It is painfully obvious that Jerry Lee isn't the "Killer" anymore, but I am still happy I have added this latest work to my collection.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD.......2007-05-06

This is a great CD if you like the boogie woogie style paino. So many wonderful voices have paired up with Jerry for this one, you can't help but like some of the songs, and fortunately I liked them all. Perhaps my favorite is he with B.B. King--a wonderful piece. This is not a perfectly orchestrated CD, and the "soul" comes through.
Shock'n Y'all
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • this is right message in music .
  • If you like Toby Keith then you'll love this!
  • Toby's rock'n y'all!
  • Toby Rocks
  • Shock'n Y'all
 Shock'n Y'all
Toby Keith
Manufacturer: Dreamworks
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C9ZK6
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

  1. I Love This Bar
  2. Whiskey Girl
  3. American Soldier
  4. If I Was Jesus
  5. Time For Me To Ride
  6. Sweet
  7. Don't Leave, I Think I Love You
  8. Nights I Can't Remember, Friends I'll Never Forget
  9. Baddest Boots
  10. The Critic
  11. The Taliban Song
  12. Weed With Willie

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A former oil field worker, Toby Keith has always known how to capture the passions of blue-collar men and women, desperate to blow off steam at the end of the day. As such, he's stocked his latest album with themes designed to push all the right emotional buttons--patriotism, Jesus, buddy love, fast women, and reality altering substances. "I Love This Bar," the first single, offers a kinder, gentler Keith than the boot-shoving redneck of "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)." But as he segues to "American Soldier," a song so gung-ho and puffed up that it could be a musical recruitment poster, you know he's gearing up for a scud missile of a payoff. Sure enough. By the time he gets to "The Taliban Song," a comedic and cartoonish skewering of The Enemy, recorded in concert, it's hard to remember that he once wrote well-crafted ballads of romantic infatuation. Now it's all grandstanding, baby, even the best-written song, a jazzy, talking blues which fillets his critics. If he's not exactly "Shock'n Y'All" as the title suggests, he's certainly putting his "Baddest Boots" forward. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars this is right message in music . .......2007-06-25

MR toby kieth got it right again . He brings accross a good voice and a message that is right on . And it is a breath of fresh air to hear an artist think before he opens up in voice . HIS views are so right .Not as on target and red white and blue . THAT should have been number one song of the yr. But very good .

4 out of 5 stars If you like Toby Keith then you'll love this!.......2007-05-30

If people don't like this genre then why bother reviewing? If you want fruit for breakfast don't go for the eggs and bacon then complain it's too heavy. This is simply great hard edged country from a man who says what he feels. America would be safer if more people like Toby spoke out. Only slight criticism, please do more ballads Toby!

5 out of 5 stars Toby's rock'n y'all!.......2007-03-26

Yes,former oil field worker Toby Keith is rock'n y'all with SHOCK'N Y'ALL! Like many other concerts of all genres,this one indeed kicks major rear! My favorite track from this album is WEED WITH WILLIE. Awesome lyrics,especially "I'll never smoke weed with Willie(Nelson) again."! The oher tracks are awesome!

5 out of 5 stars Toby Rocks.......2007-02-03

I love Toby Keith and this cd is good. He has never made a bad cd. He rocks!!!!!

5 out of 5 stars Shock'n Y'all.......2007-01-03

Consider me crazy but I purchased a second copy of this CD as a backup because I wanted to be sure I had another copy if I wore out the first. It's one of Toby's best....very upbeat!!!!!
Here for the Party
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not Bad for a Bartender
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  • gritty tomboy garbage
  • For the herd of us Redneck Women
  • Here for the Party
 Here for the Party
Gretchen Wilson
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00022FWPE
Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

  1. Here For The Party
  2. Redneck Woman
  3. When I Think About Cheatin'
  4. Homewrecker
  5. Holdin' You
  6. Chariot
  7. What Happened
  8. When It Rains
  9. The Bed
  10. Pocahontas Proud

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Her mother was 16 when she had her, and her father moved on when she was two. By the age of 15, with a double-barrel shotgun always at the ready, she was managing a kicker bar in rural Illinois where the corn fields meet the pig farms. That gave Gretchen Wilson something to sing about, with attitude in spades. "You might think I'm trashy, a little too hardcore," she admits on the smash single "Redneck Woman," "but in my neck of the woods I'm just the girl next door." Wilson, already the toast of Nashville before this full-length debut hit the shelves, isn't just putting the trailer park back into country music--she's the antidote to Shania and Faith. Nothing here sounds manufactured or studied, and the best songs are those she wrote. If most of those spotlight the fightin' side that has made "Redneck Woman" an anthem with blue-collar babes, she lets her vulnerability show on her choice of covers, particularly Leslie Satcher's gospel-rap of "Chariot" and the marital weeper "The Bed." Whatever you think of Wilson, who packs a hint of Sammi Smith and Allison Moorer--and even Janis Joplin--into her double-fisted delivery, you won't forget her. Move over, Loretta. Make way, Tanya. Here's another good ol' honky-tonk girl. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not Bad for a Bartender.......2007-07-10

Even though this is her first it is well worth it she sings well and has old traditional country music not like ms.twain who went for the pop country Gretchen keeps her music downhome and I like it and you need to listen to the whole thing to see her influences not just the title cuts there is more to be heard from her and I'll buy that

5 out of 5 stars Great CD .......2007-05-30

I love this Gretchen Wilson CD. Actually the whole family loves it.It's a great get !!

1 out of 5 stars gritty tomboy garbage.......2007-05-13

Horrible music, even makes country look bad and thats bad!!! Like nails on a chalkboard

5 out of 5 stars For the herd of us Redneck Women.......2007-03-11

I don't listen to country very often, but Gretchen Wilson speaks to the country girl in me, and I love it. It takes me back to my childhood, and all of the wonderful people that I grew up with in the Midwest that cultured folk would call rednecks. I've got to say that Victoria's Secret buying high class broads are dull. The whole CD takes me back and her voice is beautiful too.

3 out of 5 stars Here for the Party.......2007-02-04

Gretchen Wilson burst onto the scene with her hit "Redneck Woman" and hasn't stopped yet. If her debut CD "Here for the Party" is any indication, Gretchen is here to have us all party for a long time to come.

As you read her bio after listening to her album, you can see where "Redneck Woman" came from, straight from her life and heart. It's gets your toes to tapping and you can't help but sing along when she wants all the other Redneck women to say Hell Yeah! (You should see the looks I get listening to this song in my truck and start singing along.)

"Here for the Party", the title track and the second single released from Gretchen's debut album is another toe tapper that will have you singing along. It's just a good old, have fun kind of song.

One of my favorite songs on the CD is "Pocahontas Proud." It's about living her dreams and making her hometown proud of her. Not to mention showing the people on music row that said she didn't have it that they were wrong.

There are a few ballads on the CD that show her vocals off and give you an idea that Gretchen is here to stay and make her mark on country music whether they like it or not.
All Time Greatest Hits: Roger Miller
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • All Time Greatest Hits: Roger Miller
  • Great Songs, Just As You Remember Them!
  • Roger Miller
  • Big River
  • Truly a classic!
 All Time Greatest Hits: Roger Miller
Roger Miller
Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville
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ASIN: B00008WI8H
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

  1. Dang Me
  2. Chug-A-Lug
  3. Do Wacka Do
  4. In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)
  5. King Of The Road
  6. You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
  7. Engine Engine #9
  8. One Dyin' And A Buryin'
  9. Last Word In Lonesome Is Me
  10. Kansas City Star
  11. England Swings
  12. Husbands And Wives
  13. I've Been A Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone)
  14. Walkin' In The Sunshine
  15. Little Green Apples
  16. Me And Bobby McGee
  17. Where Have All The Average People Gone
  18. South
  19. Tomorrow Night In Baltimore
  20. River In The Rain

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars All Time Greatest Hits: Roger Miller.......2007-06-11

Music preview helped sell the product, fast delivery and condition just as described. Great doing business A++

5 out of 5 stars Great Songs, Just As You Remember Them!.......2007-05-30

I remember my father listening to Roger Miller when I was 6 or 7 years old. He had a small reel to reel tape that we took to the beach with us. It was the kind where you had to feed the tape onto the empty reel, and then rewind it when it was done. I know, dinosaur technology, but I have fond memories of those days.

This album of Roger Miller's best songs sound as great today as they did back in the 1960s. I've had "King of the Road" stuck in my head for days, thanks to this album. I also love the aw-shucks sound of "Dang Me", "Chug A Lug" and "Do Wacka Do". My kids loved listening to "You Can't Roller Skate In a Buffalo Herd" until I actually refused to play it again.

Not all Miller's songs are funny or nonsensical, though. He sings about heartbreak and true love in "In the Summertime" and "Little Green Apples". He also does an impressive version of "Me and Bobby McGee".

In all, there are 20 classic Roger Miller songs on this album. There's also a great CD insert telling about Miller's life and his untimely death from throat cancer. I was surprised to read that Miller wrote most of his own songs, and that he was a gifted fiddle player and guitarist. So take a walk down memory lane - anyone who grew up in the 60s will remember these songs! And it's great that his albums can entertain another generation.

5 out of 5 stars Roger Miller.......2007-05-19

This album is better than I remembered. I was not a country western fan in the late 70s and 80s, but I did have a Roger Miller album than used to get into the mix now and then. I remember liking it more than I expected so I ordered a new copy recently and was surprised at how much more I enjoy it now.

5 out of 5 stars Big River.......2007-05-07

Great selection and finally River In The Rain from Big River again available.

5 out of 5 stars Truly a classic!.......2007-01-17

Roger Miller was a talented artist and this CD is a joy to listen to. Yes, a fond trip down memory lane each and every time we hear it. The songs possess a sense of humor and a sensitiviy for the human condition.
We highly recommend this collection of superb timeless music.
20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Hank made a lot of great music!
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 20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits
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ASIN: B000001EWA
Release Date: 1990-10-17

Tracks:

  1. Your Cheatin' Heart
  2. Move It On Over
  3. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  4. Ramblin' Man
  5. My Heart Would Know
  6. Kaw-Liga
  7. Cold, Cold Heart
  8. Lovesick Blues
  9. Honky Tonk Blues
  10. Honky Tonkin'
  11. There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight
  12. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  13. Hey Good Lookin'
  14. Window Shopping
  15. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
  16. Half As Much
  17. Why nDon't You Love Me
  18. You Win Again
  19. Baby, We're Really In Love
  20. Take These Chains From My Heart

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Hank 101. Country 101. After 27 years in print as 24 Greatest Hits, Mercury kindly reduced it to 20 Greatest Hits. It's still excellent value, and it's still sobering to realize that Hank recorded just 66 songs during his lifetime, almost all of them essential. Here are those that serve as a working definition of country music, and as an admonition to artists who try to get too wordy or try to lose themselves in minor keys. "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Honky-Tonk Blues," "Cold, Cold Heart," "Lovesick Blues," "You Win Again," "I Can't Help It," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and the rest. Fifty years later, they still have the power to move, and the power to shape modern country music. --Colin Escott

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Hank made a lot of great music!.......2006-11-10

Listening to this CD brought back a lot of memories of some great songs. I had forgotten how many songs Hank wrote. The quality of the recording is pretty decent, considering that some of the music was originally recorded a long time ago. There's quite a number of songs that have been recorded by others later, but Hank was the guy who wrote them...

5 out of 5 stars HANK TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.......2006-08-29

I remember Hank. He could not write a bad song if he tried. The majority of his songs were about life, love and living. Often I saw myself in his songs.

To me, this collection is the best-of-the-best of Hank. If you like a good love song that tells a story, you will love this CD -- all 20 songs.
Dorothy W. Rossa
Chicago, Illinois

5 out of 5 stars Classic.......2006-08-21

Anybody who likes Hank Williams will love this album. Classic Hank (tear jerker songs) Wonderful country poetry lyrics. This album has been remastered beautifully. Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars Never grows old.......2006-03-16

Hank Williams layed the foundation for all the kids that came after Him to Build.

5 out of 5 stars The Best Cd Ever.......2006-03-09

I am 31 - but grew up on country music. I love all music - but especially older country music. I love Hank senior Johnny Cash etc. This CD is one of my very best purchases ever. I have a large music collection. If you enjoy his music -this is a must buy. Don't think twice. The best music is a souls essence released in song.
The Definitive Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Killer's Best
  • Great collection
  • Worthy Of "The Killer's" Achievement
  • Does Jerry's career the justice it deserves
  • A genuine 'Best Of' ... almost
 The Definitive Collection
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ASIN: B0008GISK0
Release Date: 2006-05-08

Tracks:

  1. Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On
  2. Great Balls Of Fire
  3. You Win Again
  4. Breathless
  5. High School Confidential
  6. What'd I Say
  7. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
  8. Another Place Another Time
  9. She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left Of Me)
  10. To Make Love Sweeter For You
  11. Don't Let Me Cross Over
  12. One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
  13. She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
  14. Once More With Feeling
  15. There Must Be More To Love Than This
  16. Me And Bobby McGee
  17. Would You Take Another Chance On Me
  18. Chantilly Lace
  19. Sometimes A Memory Ain't Enough
  20. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee
  21. He Can't Fill My Shoes
  22. Middle Age Crazy
  23. Over The Rainbow
  24. Thirty-Nine And Holding

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Killer's Best.......2007-06-08

Part rock, part country and all good. This is the best of Lewis' career. He may go on but this is when he was in his "sleazy" prime. Love it.

5 out of 5 stars Great collection.......2007-01-14

If you are a fan of the Killer, you will surely enjoy this collection.

4 out of 5 stars Worthy Of "The Killer's" Achievement.......2006-11-10

Good selection of tunes spanning Jerry Lee's entire career until very recently. Remastering done well.

5 out of 5 stars Does Jerry's career the justice it deserves.......2006-05-13

Jerry Lee Lewis compilations have often been lackluster affairs. The bulk of them focus on his years at Sun, while others are cheap and messy overviews of his country material. Seldom do these compilations justice to the performer Jerry Lee Lewis really was. In essence Jerry was a Southern man, a true country star. His songs are honest and raw tales about the ups and downs on the wild side, they don't call him the Killer for nothing.

Jerry started his career with some immensely successful rockabilly sides. He was the only true competitor to one Elvis Presley. Lewis could have gone in to history as the King of Rock & Roll if it weren't for his highly controversial marriage to 13 year old kin. Because R&R was marketed to kids radio stations refused to play his music once the scandal got out. This chain of events turned out to be a curse and a blessing at the same time. Although it slowed down his career it did push Jerry into country recordings. As it turned out this is were his true strength lied.

This taken into account the decision to include only a hand full of his Sun material is completely justified. It highlights only his biggest hits for the label before moving on to his Mercury of the sixties and seventies. The first of these selections "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out Of Me)" immediately illustrates this is a much more edgy and mature Lewis. Gone are the dance crazes of "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" and gone is the teen romance of "High School Confidential", only to be replaced by tales of a man struggling to get through his life. These are songs of a man who realizes life isn't as clear cut as it seems in High School. Titles as "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left Of Me)" and "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" speak for itself on that matter.

One could argue that a single disc could never cover the essential Jerry Lee Lewis. Too much highlights of his career are missing. Yet for a single disc, with an insightful 16 page booklet, and Rhino's "All Killer No Filler" now out of print, this is the only compilation around that gives you an introduction to the man that does him justice. It's a Killer!

3 out of 5 stars A genuine 'Best Of' ... almost.......2006-05-03

The Music? Five stars without a doubt...marvellous, fantastic, prime-Killer cuts, the absolute top man....

But...Universal (zero stars, hence the average rating) have been at it again.... following on from the consistent (and unwelcome) party trick played by UK Spectrum in featuring 'wrong tracks' on their JLL collections, most recently in respect of the '1963-77' Mercury set "Many Sides Of JLL", which includes a 1989 (movie-soundtrack) recording of 'Crazy Arms', their US colleagues have shown that they are equally adept at screwing things up...

Hard on the heels of "Many Sides" comes, on Universal's US imprint Hip-O Records, a fine looking collection called "The Defintive Jerry Lee Lewis", featuring, as a sticky label proclaims, "His 24 Greatest Hits 1957-81", taking us through from 'Whole Lotta Shakin' (plus five other Sun tracks) and concluding with a couple of Elektra masters, sandwiching sixteen of Jerry Lee's biggest Mercury hits.

A good looking, 16 page booklet, fronted, mercifully, by a highly suitable circa 1970 photo, with extensive, well-written (if predictable, in terms of content), liner notes. So far so good, although strange that the chronological order of the recordings is compromised by 'inverting' "What's Made Milwaukee Famous" and "Another Place Another Time" - be that as it may, a minor blemish on what appears to be, indeed, a 'Definitive' collection; the sort of thing you'd happily pass on to a friend as an 'introduction' to JLL, to convey something of the scope and depth of his career to those who haven't got beyond 1958...

And then, just when you thought they'd cracked it..

You get to 1973 and, sandwiched between "Sometimes A Memory Ain't Enough" and "He Can't Fill My Shoes", is a 'boisterous' "Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee o'dee" (okay, again messing slightly with the chronology, but perhaps forgivable), originally released, as the booklet tells us, on
Mercury single 73374 and a #20 country, #41 pop hit. Well, sort of. What you actually get is a 1963 recording originally outed on the 1966 album 'Memphis Beat'.

Fantastic music; Jerry Lee in his prime, marred only by the serial-spoilers at Universal. One is always left with the impression that the attitude is 'just get it out; make a buck; why should we care?'

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  1. In Concert [Import]
  2. It Looks Like She's Going on a Trip
  3. Jaye P. Morgan Lately!
  4. Kingtinued:The Lost Recordings
  5. Live 1974 [Import]
  6. Live at the Fillmore [Import]
  7. Live in Concert [Live]
  8. Live in Tokyo [Live] [Import]
  9. Love Is a Cult [CD-single] [Import]
  10. Meet the Beatles [Import]

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