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Echo and the bunny

“Class Guitar”  Chet Atkins  RCA Victor (Japan)

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Never leave Cash on the table!

“Ring of Fire”  The Best of Johnny Cash  Columbia Records (1963) A collection of the big man’s Columbia singles released between 1959 and 1963.   Here’s the first LP release of “Ring of Fire,” one of Cash’s most famous tracks and the first #1 album when Billboard debuted their Country Album Chart on Jan. 11, 1964.   And the players:  Luther Perkins, Jack Clement and Norman Blake on Guitar!  Marshall Grant on Bass!  Morri Palmer and W.S. Holland on Drums!  Bill Pursell on Piano!  Billy Lathum on Banjo! Karl Garvin and Bill McElhiney on Trumpet! And, Ms. Maybelle Carter on Autoharp!!

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A Nutter country record

Mayf Nutter   “Goin’ Skinny Dippin'”   GNP Crescendo   (1976)   For more Mayf!   (Thanks to Fred for the contribution)     Makes me think of this one:

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Favorite omelet #7

Houston Wells and the Marksmen   “…Western Style”   Parlaphone Records (Uk)

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Back on the chain gang

“Country Hits”   Vocal by Reb Allen

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“Come and listen to my story…

“Grannys Mini-Skirt”   Irene Ryan (of the top-rated CBS TV Show “The Beverly Hillbillies” I always loved the Beverly Hillbillies and especially Granny who was always fixin’ up some strange vittles and shooing Jed and Jethro and other varmints out of the kitchen.

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Cowgirls in the band

Ann Jones and her American Sweethearts   Audio Lab Records

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Barns and no bull

“Goodies Out Behind the Barn”   By Justy and the Keybenders

Shephard of the Hills featuring the “Ballad of Jim Lane”

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It’s that roadside dining, day after day

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lsp-4746-img551Bud Brewer sings “Big Bertha, The Truck Driving Queen”   RCA Victor   DynaFlex   1972

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Cool collie

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Dave West “The Sheppard of the West and His Big Country Guitar”

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