Name: Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 3
Brand: City Hall Records
SKU: 1051899
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Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 3

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Album: Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 3
#	Song Title	Time
1)	There'll Be Some Changes Made
2)	Turn Your Lights Down Now
3)	Why Shouldn't I?
4)	How Come?
5)	Black and Blues
6)	Ain't Nobody Truck Like You
7)	What's the Matter?
8)	Just Blues
9)	Long Ago
10)	Same Thing All the Time
11)	One of Us Was Wrong
12)	To My House
13)	Wabash Blues
14)	Please Sing For Me
15)	Bass Man Jive - (instrumental)
16)	Darling Little Memories
17)	Jitterbug Katy
18)	You've Got Me There
19)	Nickel in the Kitty
20)	You Are My Sunshine
21)	Twin Guitar Polka - (instrumental)
22)	O.P.A. Blues
23)	Cowtown Boogie - (instrumental)
24)	Nobody Cares

Album: Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 3
#	Song Title	Time
1)	There'll Be Some Changes Made
2)	Turn Your Lights Down Now
3)	Why Shouldn't I?
4)	How Come?
5)	Black and Blues
6)	Ain't Nobody Truck Like You
7)	What's the Matter?
8)	Just Blues
9)	Long Ago
10)	Same Thing All the Time
11)	One of Us Was Wrong
12)	To My House
13)	Wabash Blues
14)	Please Sing For Me
15)	Bass Man Jive - (instrumental)
16)	Darling Little Memories
17)	Jitterbug Katy
18)	You've Got Me There
19)	Nickel in the Kitty
20)	You Are My Sunshine
21)	Twin Guitar Polka - (instrumental)
22)	O.P.A. Blues
23)	Cowtown Boogie - (instrumental)
24)	Nobody Cares

Performer Notes

Recorded between 1937 and 1946.
Contains 24 tracks.
Ocie Stockard: Jessie York, Burt Buchanan, J.B. Brinkely (vocals); Buster Ferguson (guitar); Wilson 'Lefty' Perkins, Cecil Mullins, J.B. Brinkley (electric guitar); Andy Schroder (steel guitar); Buck Buchanan, Joe Holley, Ocie Stockard, Cecil Brower (fiddle); Johnny Borowski (clarinet); Harry Palmer (trumpet); Frank Reneau, George Bell, Jack Hinson (piano); Wanna Coffman (bass guitar); Curly Hallmark, Homer Kinnaird (drums).
Ocie Stockard was the banjoist with Milton Brown's Brownies, a pioneering Western swing band. After Brown died in a car accident, the remains of his band fell apart. Some of the members regrouped under Stockard's leadership, and in 1937 they had a marathon recording session that resulted in 14 titles. The music was quite jazz and swing-oriented, without neglecting its country roots. A part-time trumpeter, Harry Palmer, who worked normally as a grocer at the time, is one of the solo stars on what would be his only recording date. Also quite prominent are the fiddles of Johnny Borowski and Buck Buchanan. While Stockard takes the majority of the vocals, four other musicians also have their chances to sing. The tunes, which include "There'll Be Some Changes Made," "How Come You Do Me Like You Do," "Just Blues," and "Bring It On Down to My House" among the high points, are joyful and swinging, with the fiddles sometimes purposely taking ideas from Joe Venuti. Also on this definitive CD are Stockard's two other sessions as a leader: six titles from 1941 and four from 1946. These are more country-oriented (the trumpet is gone) but still strongly influenced by swing. The lengthy and informative liner notes by producer Cary Ginell add to the value of this perfectly conceived reissue. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow