VA - Rhythm & Western Vol. 01-10 [2022] (10 x CDs)

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VA - Rhythm & Western Vol. 01-10 [2022] (10 x CDs)

The Rhythm & Western series is a fascinating dive into genre fusion. The series is an exploration of the intersection between rhythm & blues and country music, showcasing how African American artists reinterpreted country classics with their own unique style. This collection, spanning ten volumes, offers a deep dive into the rich history of musical crossover, where blues, soul, and rock & roll meet the storytelling traditions of country.

One of the most compelling aspects of this series is its ability to highlight rare and lesser-known recordings that might have otherwise been overlooked. These tracks reveal the depth of artistry and innovation that went into transforming country songs into rhythm & blues masterpieces. The reinterpretations often bring a new emotional intensity, rhythmic complexity, and vocal power that distinguish them from their original versions.

Among the rarities featured in this collection, Scatman Crothers - Ghost Riders In The Sky stands out as a striking example of how an artist can take a well-known country tune and infuse it with a completely different energy. Similarly, King Curtis - Home On The Range showcases the ability of a blues and jazz musician to reinterpret a traditional song with a fresh perspective. Another standout is Charlie McCoy & Bo Chatman - Corrine Corrina, which brings a raw and authentic blues feel to a song deeply rooted in country tradition.

The series also includes Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song, a track that bridges the gap between folk storytelling and rhythm & blues, demonstrating how these genres share common themes and influences. Esther Phillips - Release Me is another rare gem, transforming a country ballad into a soulful, emotionally charged performance.

Overall, Rhythm & Western is a testament to the fluidity of musical genres and the creative brilliance of artists who dared to reinterpret and redefine established traditions. It serves as a reminder that music is a constantly evolving art form, shaped by cultural exchanges and artistic innovation. (B)

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Track lists

Vol. 01

01 Hurricanes - Pistol Packin Mama 2:27

02 Long John Hunter - Ole Rattler 2:26

03 Titus Turner - A Knockin at My Babys Door 2:29

04 Bumble Bee Slim - Ida Red 2:14

05 Stewart Brothers - Sleep on The Porch 2:18

06 Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song 2:37

07 Andre Williams - Rosa Lee (Stay Off That Bell) 2:29

08 Bobettes - Billy 2:00

09 Koko Taylor - Honky Tonky 2:05

10 Bob Gaddy - Could I 2:33

11 Chuck Willis - Thunder and Lightning 2:37

12 Ivory Joe Hunter - I Just Want to Love You 2:22

13 Ray-O-Vacs - Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle 2:57

14 King Curtis - Home on The Range 2:15

15 Damita Jo - When Two Worlds Collide 2:30

16 Guitar Jr - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down 2:28

17 Chuck Berry - Maybelline 2:20

18 Smokey Hogg & His Guitar - Crawdad 2:21

19 Wade Flemons - Woops Now 2:21

20 Fats Domino - Your Cheatin Heart 2:09

21 Coasters - Sorry But Im Gonna Have to Pass 2:10

22 Mercy Dee - Oh Oh Please 2:04

23 Nappy Brown - Oh You Dont Know 2:08

24 Scatman Crothers - Ghost Riders in The Sky 2:41

25 Esther Phillips - Release Me 3:18

26 Solomon Burke - Keep The Magic Working 2:06

27 Crowns - Kiss & Make Up 2:15

28 Charlie McCoy & Bo Chatman  - Corrine Corrina 3:17

Vol. 02

01 Clyde McPhatter - Im Movin On 1:54

02 Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers - Whiskey, Women & Loaded Dice 2:45

03 Damita Jo - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 2:09

04 Ike & Tina Turners Kings of Rhythm - Going Home 2:38

05 Bobby Hebb - Night Train to Memphis 1:50

06 Lou Rawls - If He Holds Your Hand 3:24

07 Mabel Scott - Catch Em Young, Treat Em Rough, Tell Em Nothin 2:50

08 Cecil Gant - Goodnight Irene 2:58

09 Billy Bland - Uncle Bud 2:01

10 Little Mack - Let Hootenanny Blues (Out of Jail) 2:02

11 Brook Benton - Got You on My Mind 3:14

12 Ray Charles - It Makes No Difference Now 3:31

13 Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind 3:12

14 Lovers - I Wanna Be Loved 1:55

15 Richard Berry and The Pharaohs - You Are My Sunshine 2:37

16 Lazy Lester - I Hear You Knockin 2:12

17 Esther Phillips - Am I That Easy to Forget 2:46

18 Arthur Alexander - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 2:38

19 Eartha Kitt - Long Gone 3:45

20 King Curtis - Your Cheatin Heart 2:22

21 Jimmy Beasley - Dont Break This Heart of Mine 1:59

22 Willy & Ruth - Farewell 2:43

23 Soul Stirrers - Wade in The Water 3:06

24 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Excuse Me (Ive Got A Heartache) 2:07

25 Little Esther Phillips - Why Should We Try Anymore 2:08

26 Elton Anderson - Humpty Dumpty Heart 2:20

27 Ruth Brown - I Burned Your Letter 2:47

28 Big Three Trio - Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild Wild Women 3:01

Vol. 03

01 Lucky Millender - Chew Tobacco Rag 2:40

02 Jimmy Ricks - Do You Promise 2:20

03 Dinah Washington - Cold Cold Heart 3:21

04 Andre Williams - You Are My Sunshine 2:39

05 Chips - As You Can See 2:17

06 G-Clefs - The Big Rain 2:26

07 Clyde McPhatter - Lets Forget About The Past 2:31

08 Donna Hightower - Dog Gone It 2:59

09 Lonnie Johnson - Blues Stay Away From Me 2:51

10 King Curtis - Tumbling Tumbleweeds 2:01

11 Jimmy Elledge - Funny How Time Slips Away 2:50

12 Marvellettes - Love Letters 2:29

13 Rudy Ray Moore - Ballad of A Boy and A Girl 2:26

14 Platters - Only You (And You Alone) 2:45

15 Pilgrim Jubilee Singers - A City 2:26

16 Big Bill Broonzy - Nancy Jane 3:01

17 Brook Benton - Its Just A Matter of Time 2:28

18 Joe Hinton - Lovesick Blues 2:24

19 Ted Taylor - Ill Release You 3:22

20 Albert Ammons - Swanee River Boogie 2:35

21 Esther Phillips - After Loving You 3:09

22 Cab Calloway - Gamblers Guitar 2:36

23 Adam Wade - As If I Didnt Know 3:00

24 Fats Domino - Dont Come Knockin 1:56

25 Huey & Jerry - I Think Youre Jiving Me 2:26

26 Little Junior Parker - My Dolly Bee 2:33

27 Thin Man Watts - Walking The Floor Over You 2:20

28 Blind Boy Fuller - Step it Up & Go 2:56

Vol. 04

01 Varetta Dillard - A Little Bitty Tear 2:07

02 Little Willie John - Sleep 2:54

03 Adam Wade - The Writing on The Wall 2:24

04 Marigolds - Love You-Love You-Love You 2:56

05 Nite Riders Present Melvin Smith - Ugly George 2:20

06 Nappy Brown - Love Locks 2:48

07 Jimmy Wilson - Yanky Danky Doodle 2:11

08 Lula Reed - Rock Love 2:10

09 Big Al Downing - Just Around The Corner 2:50

10 Shields - Thats The Way Its Gonna Be 2:03

11 King Curtis - Beautiful Brown Eyes 2:06

12 Sarah Vaughan - True Believer 2:32

13 Ernestine Anderson - Come On, Baby Lets Go 2:10

14 Arthur Alexander - I Hang My Head and Cry 2:35

15 Bobby Day - Aint Gonna Cry No More 2:13

16 Angel Face - I Cant Look Back 2:19

17 Mickey & Sylvia - To The Valley 2:01

18 Joe Gaines - I Wanna Go Back Home 2:09

19 Oscar Woods (Lone Wolf) - Dont Sell it - Dont Give it Away 2:35

20 Piney Brown - Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf in Me 2:20

21 Travis Ricks - No Need to Cry 2:23

22 Jimmie Rodgers With Louis Armstrong & Lil Hardin - Blue Yodel No 9 2:41

23 Little Willie John - Big Blue Diamonds 2:49

24 Buster Brown - Gonna Love My Baby 3:11

25 Fats Domino - Ida Jane 2:15

26 Big Maybelle - Cold Cold Heart 3:14

27 Brook Benton - Hotel Happiness 2:44

28 Blind Willie McTell - Hillbilly Willies Blues 2:43

Vol. 05

01 Solomon Burke - How Many Times 2:20

02 Damito Jo - Crazy Arms 2:16

03 Arthur Alexander - Youre The Reason 2:30

04 Fats Domino - Jambalaya 2:27

05 King Curtis - Im Movin On 2:26

06 Little Richard - Do Lord, Remember Me 2:37

07 Sonny Boy Williamson - Wake Up Baby 3:00

08 Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded 2:29

09 Ella Fitzgerald - Solid as A Rock 3:05

10 Twilighters - Hootenanny Stomp 2:34

11 Sharps - Look at Me 2:18

12 Ruth Brown - Jack O Diamonds 2:33

13 Magic Sam - Square Dance Rock Part 1 2:23

14 Ted Taylor - Keep Walking On 2:13

15 Pee Wee Crayton - Little Bitty Things 1:51

16 Bobby Day - Undecided 2:11

17 Fats Domino - Bo Weevil 2:08

18 Otis Williams & The Charms - Hearts of Stone 2:33

19 Johnny Nash - Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild Wild Women 2:59

20 Smokey Hogg - Late Prowling Girl 2:44

21 Ketty Lester - Love Letters 2:43

22 Dinah Washington - I Dont Hurt Anymore 3:15

23 Nat King Cole - Cold Cold Heart 3:47

24 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - On My Way 4:08

25 Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers - Where Shall I Be 2:30

26 Ben E King - My Heart Cries for You 2:22

27 Rochell & The Candles - When My Baby is Gone 2:07

28 Casey Bill Weldon - You Just as Well Let Her Go 3:08

Vol. 06

01 Mickey & Sylvia - I'm So Glad 2:41

02 Big Al Downing - When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 2:08

03 King Curtis - Steel Guitar Rag 2:34

04 Little Willie John - She Thinks I Still Care 2:56

05 Johnny Fuller - Haunted House 2:33

06 Cecil Gant - Shotgun Boogie 2:50

07 Joe Henderson - Snap Your Fingers 2:59

08 Lil' Son Jackson - No Money 2:03

09 Little Richard - Joy, Joy, Joy (Down in My Heart) 2:22

10 Bubber Johnson - Keep A Light in The Window for Me 2:57

11 Lazy Lester - If You Think I've Lost You 2:18

12 Joe Jones - McDonald's Daughter 2:05

13 Richard Berry - What Good is A Heart 2:45

14 Johnny Nash - I´m Movin´On 2:22

15 Clyde McPhatter - Let's Forget About The Past 2:34

16 Larry Williams - You Bug Me Baby 1:55

17 Lloyd Price - Pistol Packing Mama 2:27

18 Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes 2:44

19 Dee Dee Sharp - You Are My Sunshine 2:43

20 Brook Benton - The Same One 2:32

21 Ivory Joe Hunter - A Tear Fell 2:57

22 Wade Flemons - I Hope, I Think, I Wish 2:12

23 Platters - Blue Christmas 2:00

24 Sam Cooke - Along The Navajo Trail 3:06

25 Eugene Church - Light of The Moon 2:23

26 Arthur Alexander - I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 2:40

27 Lavern Baker - Humpty Dumpty Heart 2:37

28 Blind Willie McTell - Pal of Mine 2:41

Vol. 07

01 Nat King Cole - Wolverton Mountain 3:05

02 Screaming Jay Hawkins - Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle 2:44

03 Amos Milburn - Square Dance Boogie 2:51

04 Baby Washington - Deep Down Love 2:10

05 Bobby Blue Bland - Close to You 2:07

06 Titus Turner - Jambalaya 2:00

07 Johnny Thunder - Don't Be Ashamed 2:48

08 Rosco Gordon - Sally Jo 2:06

09 Little Willie John - A Little Bit of Loving 2:16

10 Young Jesse - Do You Love Me 2:46

11 Washboard Sam - Crazy About Nancy Jane 3:34

12 Piano Red - Big Rock Joe From Kokomo 2:13

13 Maxwell Davis - Hey, Good Lookin' 2:19

14 Ray Sharpe - The Bus Song 2:22

15 Solomon Burke - I Almost Lost My Mind 2:23

16 Lou Rawls - Love, Love, Love 2:27

17 Joe Seneca - Rick-A-Chick 2:21

18 Sam & Dave - Keep A Walkin' 1:55

19 Big Maybelle - Tell Me Who 2:14

20 Mickey & Sylvia - There'll Be No Backin' Out 2:27

21 Rev Gatemouth Brown & His Gospel Singers - Glory, Glory 3:16

22 Joe Tex - Wicked Woman 2:39

23 Progressives - Along Came Jones 3:00

24 Platters - Sixteen Tons 2:37

25 Brook Benton - Crazy in Love With You 2:33

26 Little Arthur Mathews - Hot Diggety Dog 2:15

27 Buster Brown - Raise A Ruckus Tonight 2:48

28 Percy Marshall - Leaving Town 3:37

Vol. 08

01 Bullmoose Jackson - Cherokee Boogie 2:46

02 Chuck Willis - My Baby 1:55

03 Jimmy Jones - Ready for Love 2:34

04 Dinah Washington - I Dont Hurt Anymore 3:14

05 Sonny and Jaycee - Mister Froggie 2:24

06 Lead Belly - Irene Goodnight 2:56

07 Chuck Berry - Thirty Days 2:26

08 Jimmy Parker - We Gonna 2:22

09 Chris Kenner - Will You Be Mine 2:04

10 Rose Marie McCoy - Down Here 2:43

11 Ruth McFadden - My Babys Coming Home 2:24

12 Willy & Ruth - Come A Little Bit Closer 2:53

13 Olympics - Dooley 2:11

14 Ernie Freeman - Half as Much 2:26

15 Casey Bill Weldon - You Just as Well Let Her Go 3:10

16 Joe Seneca - Forty Days & Forty Nights 2:06

17 Baby Washington - Careless Hands 2:34

18 Swanee Quintet - Im A Pilgrim 2:20

19 Cookie & His Cupcakes - Got You on My Mind 2:36

20 Ray Scott & His Combo - We Need Love 2:23

21 Bo Diddley - Put The Shoes on Willie 2:38

22 Waylon Jennings with King Curtis - Jole Blon 1:57

23 Jimmy Sweeney - Whatcha Gonna Do About Me 2:29

24 Eddie Ware - Lima Beans 2:37

25 Amos Milburn - Square Dance Boogie 2:53

26 Fats Domino - Lil' Liza Jane 1:55

27 Anisteen Allen - Mine All Mine 2:43

28 Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Rag 3:00

Vol. 09

01 Pee Wee Crayton - Hillbilly Blues 2:38

02 Piano Red - Hey Good Lookin' 2:21

03 Little Willie John - Don´t Be Ashamed to Call My Name 2:46

04 Gingersnaps - Bald Headed Papa 1:50

05 Jesse Thomas - I Can't Stay Here 2:27

06 Damita Jo - I Walked Away from the Wreck 2:41

07 Speedo with The Pearls - Naggity Nag 1:52

08 Bill Lacey - Cowboy Santa Claus 2:45

09 Lonnie Russ - My Wife Can't Cook 2:34

10 Ursala Reed - You Hurt My Pride 2:40

11 Robins - [Now and Then There's] A Fool Such as I 3:02

12 Big Boy Myles - Hickory Dickory Dock 1:51

13 Richard Berry - It's All Right 2:35

14 King Curtis - Tennessee Waltz 2:38

15 Solomon Burke - Just Out of Reach 2:45

16 Eddie Lang - She's Mine All Mine 2:01

17 Travis Ricks - No Need to Cry 2:22

18 Clarence (Junior) Lewis - Half a Heart 2:04

19 Brook Benton - Come On, Be Nice 2:32

20 Original Gospel Harmonettes - Everyday Will Be Sunday (By and By) 2:32

21 Fats Domino - You Win Again 2:14

22 Ivory Joe Hunter - She's Gone 2:39

23 Nat King Cole - Your Cheatin' Heart 2:26

24 Lee Dorsey - You Are My Sunshine 2:43

25 Jackie Wilson - Why Can't You Be Mine 2:03

26 Mickey & Sylvia - What Would I Do 2:35

27 Wade Flemons - Slow Motion 2:12

28 Black Hillbillies - Kunjine Baby 3:07

Vol. 10

01 King Curtis - Beatnik Hoedown 1:49

02 Pearl Galloway - Think it Over Baby 2:01

03 Beulah Swan - Don't Steal My Heart 1:51

04 Bull Moose Jackson - If You Ain't Lovin' You Aint Livin 2:26

05 Eunice & Eddie - Tell Me to My Face 2:30

06 Screamin Jay Hawkins - You Made Me Love You 2:01

07 Gloria Gunter - Move on Out 2:00

08 Big Bob Kornegay - What Am I 2:23

09 The Shirelles - Big John 2:19

10 Washboard Sam - Bucket's Got A Hole in It 2:45

11 Esther Phillips - After Loving You 3:10

12 Slim Gaillard - The Hip Cowboy 2:44

13 Lowell Fulson - Can She 1:46

14 Johnny Guitar Watson - Cold, Cold Heart 2:29

15 Clyde McPhatter & Ruth Brown - I Gotta Have You 2:17

16 Damita Jo - Room Full of Roses 2:20

17 Little Willie John - Dinner Date 2:07

18 Cecil Gant Trio W Baby Ruth - Coming Round The Mountain 2:03

19 Hal Page & The Whalers - Sugar Babe 1:53

20 Lou Rawls - Nine Pound Hammer 2:15

21 The Emersons - Hokey Pokey 2:33

22 Piano Red - It Makes No Difference Now 2:27

23 Barbara Lewis - Snap Your Fingers 2:49

24 Mickey & Sylvia - I've Got A Feeling 2:13

25 Brook Benton - It's My Lazy Day 2:34

26 Edna McGriff - The Fool 2:34

27 Lloyd Price - Tennessee Waltz 2:30

28 The Mississippi Sheiks - Still I'm Traveling On 3:03

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