The Delmore Brothers - Freight Train Boogie

Title: Freight Train Boogie Artist: The Delmore Brothers Release Date: 1993 Re-Released On: 9/15/1993 Label: Ace Records Duration: 2:28 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 029667145527 Genre: Country Styles: Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Honky Tonk, Country Boogie, Close Harmony Moods: Confident, Earthy, Playful, Rollicking, Boisterous, Energetic, Fun, Raucous, Happy, Joyous, Earnest Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Blues Stay Away from Me
2. Freight Train Boogie
3. Trouble Ain't Nothin' but the Blues
4. Boogie Woogie Baby
5. Rounder's Blues
6. Mobile Boogie
7. Used Car Boogie
8. Pan American Boogie
9. Field Hand Man
10. Brown's Ferry Blues
11. Peach Tree Street Boogie
12. Blues You Never Lose
13. Steamboat Bill Boogie
14. Muddy Water
15. San Mountain Blues
16. Hillbilly Boogie
17. You Can't Do Wrong and Get By
18. Kentucky Mountain
19. Weary Day
20. Take It to the Captain

Year Type Label Catalog # 1993 CD Ace Records 455

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It's kind of a toss-up as to whether this or the German When They Let the Hammer Fall is the best compilation of the Delmore Brothers work from the late '40s and early '50s. When They Let the Hammer Fall is more raucous and up-tempo; the 20-track Freight Train Boogie, though, has more variety. Freight Train Boogie is much easier to locate in the U.S. than When They Let the Hammer Fall. In addition, there's a fair amount of duplication between the anthologies, though each includes several noteworthy songs not on the other. In any case, you won't be disappointed by Freight Train Boogie, whether it's your first exposure to the Delmore Brothers or not. Featuring King material from 1946-1951, it has plenty of high-spirited country boogies, balanced by more traditionally folk-oriented material ("Sand Mountain Blues," "Weary Day") and bluesy, slower numbers, including their biggest hit (and one of their best), "Blues Stay Away from Me." These sides were not only some of the finest country music of the era, but important building blocks of rockabilly and early rock & roll. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Myers Guitar, Guitar (Electric) Al Strickland Pedal Steel, Guitar (Steel) Alton Delmore Guitar, Vocals Jethro Burns Mandolin, Guitar (Electric) Jon Broven Archive Research Lonnie Glosson Harmonica Louis Innis Guitar Martin Brown Package Design Merle Travis Guitar Rabon Delmore Guitar (Tenor), Guitar (Electric Tenor), Vocals Ralph Gunter Bass Ray Topping Archive Research, Compilation Roy Lanham Guitar (Electric), Guitar Roy Starkey Bass Wayne Raney Harmonica Zeke Turner Guitar (Electric), Guitar