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Tennessee Ernie Ford
6000 Sunset Boulevard
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Full Time Job
2. It's My Lazy Day
3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)
4. Everybody's Got a Girl But Me
5. Sweet Mama, Treetop Tall
6. In a Little Red Barn/Back Home Again in Indiana
7. Lover
8. She's Funny That Way
9. Million Dollar Baby
10. Paper Doll
11. I'm Sitting on Top of the World
12. Sophisticated Swing
13. Up a Lazy River
14. Nobody
15. Hot Toddy
16. Steam Heat
17. Try a Little Tenderness
18. Blue Skies
19. Little Red Wagon
20. Georgia on My Mind
21. I Can't Get Started
22. There'll Be Some Changes Made
23. Side by Side

CD Details

All Artists: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Title: 6000 Sunset Boulevard
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 2/24/2009
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Outlaw Country, Classic Country, Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090771120427

Synopsis

Album Description

Years before bottomless baritone Tennessee Ernie Ford delivered his signature 1955 smash "Sixteen Tons" he was already hard at work on laying the tracks for the coming country-pop crossover waves--tracks that would later be traveled by Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, and other immortals. Part of this joyous trailblazing involved Ford's syndicated The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show radio program, which found him backed by the Billy Liebert Band, a stellar outfit that included pedal steel man extraordinaire Speedy West, singer-guitarist Billy Strange, and bassist-trombonist George Bruns. With Ford crooning away out front, the band madly romped through not only country and western swing material but also jazz, pop, and classics of the Great American Songbook. Mastered directly from the show's 1953 aircheck transcriptions, the gorgeous-sounding 6000 Sunset Boulevard features swinging renditions of gems like "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter)," "Paper Doll," and "Up a Lazy River"; revealing between-song studio banter and announcements; and exhaustive liner notes by country music authority Rich Kienzle.

CD Reviews

The Real Deal

J. R. Stewart | Portland, OR United States | 01/31/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album was put together before Ernie Ford was a big star. It was a bunch of guys, all great musicians, put together in a studio, with high hopes that something good would happen. Well, something good really did happen. The guys had a great time and Ernie sang his heart out. It's the real deal, a great look at the cool music of the day. The songs and performances have withstood the test of time and are still relevant, even in context today. There is some really honest emotion captured on this record and it is obvious that everyone had a good time making the music. Great stuff."

A must-have for all musical tastes

Bubba's Mom | Nashville, TN, US | 01/30/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Such an entertaining, listenable CD. A wonderful mix of yesteryear and today, both nostalgic and very NOW. But that's the definition of "classic," isn't it? Classic, too, because it crosses genres, ages, age groups, you name it. Don't be surprised if you find yourself a little wistful listening to a bunch of damn good musicians having fun together. You'll wish you were in the studio with them. I know I did."