Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Boot Heel Drag - The MGM Years

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Boot Heel Drag - The MGM Years
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Wills' peak is usually reckoned as the late '30s to the mid-'40s. His slightly later recordings, dating from the time his popularity began to slip, have received comparatively little attention. However, you really can't detect much of a drop in quality, on record anyway, on this double-CD compilation of 50 tracks he did for MGM from 1947-1954. This was not a total dry spell for him hit-wise, and all five of his Top Ten country charters (all from 1948-1950) during that span are here: "Ida Red Likes the Boogie," "Thorn in My Heart," "Keeper of My Heart," "Bubbles in My Beer," and "Faded Love." True, it was not a time of great stability for the Texas Playboys. No less than nine different lineups are heard on the record, and their most famous vocalist, Tommy Duncan, left in 1948 (and appears on only about a third of the songs on this compilation). Still, overall they still ground out top-notch western swing on disc, the commendably diverse repertoire drawing on blues, boogie, jazz, pop, and novelty humor. The material and production get a little slicker than his earlier recordings occasionally, but there's plenty of exuberant vocal and instrumental interplay.

Track Listing - Disc 1
Title/Composer Performer Time
1
I'll Have Somebody Else
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:43
2
Sally Goodin'
Tommy Duncan / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:18
3
Blues for Dixie
O.W. Mayo
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:54
4
Warm Red Wine
Cindy Walker
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:55
5
Playboy Chimes
Herb Remington / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:28
6
Ida Red Likes to Boogie
Dean McKinney Moore / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:42
7
Dog House Blues
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:33
8
Papa's Jumpin'
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:40
9
Keeper of My Heart
Jerry Irby / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:43
10
Texas Drummer Boy
Johnny Cuviello / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:32
11
Pastime Blues
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:53
12
Still Water Runs the Deepest
Jesse Ashlock
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:52
13
Thorn in My Heart
Sam Martin / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:23
14
Three Little Kittens
Traditional
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:34
15
Silver Lake Blues
Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:42
16
Cotton Patch Blues
Tiny Moore / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:50 Spotify
17
I Ain't Got Nobody
Roger Graham / Dave Peyton / Spencer Williams
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:33
18
Betcha My Heart
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:18
19
Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues
Louis Tierney / Billy Jack Wills / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:55
20
Bob Wills Square Dance No. 2
Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:57
21
Trouble, Trouble Blues
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
3:12
22
I Married the Rose of San Antone
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:31
23
Boot Heel Drag
Herb Remington / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:45
24
The End of the Line
Johnny Gimble / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:36
25
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Traditional
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:19
Track Listing - Disc 2
Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Texas Blues
Helen G. Phillips
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:25
2
Cadillac and a Model "A"
Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:04
3
Sitting on Top of the World
Lonnie Chatmon / Walter Vinson
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
3:07
4
My Little Rock Candy Baby
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:41
5
Bob Wills Square Dance No. 1
Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:56
6
I'm Tired of Living This Lie
Laura Lee McBride
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:32
7
B. Bowman Hop
Billy Bowman
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:22
8
Bubbles in My Beer
Tommy Duncan / Cindy Walker / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:19
9
Mean Woman With Green Eyes
Sheb Wooley
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:51
10
I'm Human, Same as You
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
3:12
11
Nothing But Trouble
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:35
12
Go Home with the Girls in the Mornin'
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:44
13
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
Cindy Walker / Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:29
14
Faded Love
Bob Wills / Johnnie Lee Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:54
15
Tater Pie
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:55
16
Bottle Baby Boogie
Evelyn McKinney
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:42
17
Hop, Skip and Jump Over Texas
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:30
18
Nothin' But the Best for My Baby
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:35
19
(Me and My Baby) Doin' the Bunny Hop
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:58
20
A Maiden's Prayer
Bob Wills
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:54
21
I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You
Jimmie Widener
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:30
22
Snatchin' and Grabbin'
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:38
23
I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:29
24
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
3:24
25
Hubbin' It
Cindy Walker
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Bob Wills
2:25