MERL LINDSAY & His Oklahoma Night Riders Vol. 1. BACM CD 541

For Western Swing collectors - 27 recordings, non previously released commercially, by one of the best of the great western swing bands, led by fiddler, guitarist and singer Merl Lindsay. They began performing and recording in the early 1940s but our collection focuses mainly on the 1950s, a mix of radio transcriptions, unreleased demos and some excerpts from a live radio show in 1958. Track 12 features future superstar Wanda Jackson, singing Jimmy C. Newman’s Cry, Cry Darling.

Price: GBP £13.00

Genres: Western Swing/Country Jazz | Eras: 1940s, EARLY TO MID 1950s, Late 1950s to early 60s

Track listing:

- Water Baby Blues
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- The Hucklebuck
- Worried Mind
- Tennessee Saturday Night
- Twin Guitar Special
- Ida Red
- Slow Poke
- Silver Lake Blues
- Sleepy Eyed John
- Woodchoppers Ball
- Cry Cry Darlin
- It Had To Be You
- Brown Boy Blues
- Cinammon Sinner
- Ill Go On Alone
- In The Mood
- Marie
- Meanwhile
- Hard Hearted Woman
- Its Better To Leave Well Enough Alone
- Steel Guitar Rag
- Chiggero
- Johnston Rag
- Cotton Pickin Boogie
- Little Brown Jug
- Shes The One For Me
- Under The Double Eagle

 

Price: GBP £13.00

How to buy

Listen to sample tracks:

01-Water-Baby-Blues-instr-Radio-transcription (late 1940s)

27-She's-The-One-For-Me (instr. Unissued-alt-take, early 1960s)