So, there is no Ernest Tubb thread on ILM. This seems like an oversight. One of the most prolific and popular performers of his era. A pioneer, if you'll let me continue to alliterate. Been listening to a lot to his LP on Vocalion, just titled "With The Texas Troubadours." The songs are so simple but so catchy, and the steel guitar so nice. Also listening to a few LPs of duets with Loretta Lynn, but not as heavily as this one LP.
So what else do I search? Did he ever get 'bad'? Given what I like, the stuff I want to look into is the early and mid 60s LPs on Decca. Any favorites? Any other duet LPs I should be aware of?
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Thursday, 9 December 2010 02:53 (fourteen years ago)
sometimes ILM disappoints me.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Thursday, 9 December 2010 04:09 (fourteen years ago)
My dad has a ton of his lps tucked away
― Bjorn Cyborg (van smack), Thursday, 9 December 2010 04:12 (fourteen years ago)
i've got a couple tubb records though i think they're in a box at my parent's place & i can't remember date/titles. i think one is a comp of earlier singles and that was the better of the two
― flopson, Thursday, 9 December 2010 04:21 (fourteen years ago)
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― not everything is a campfire (ian), Thursday, 9 December 2010 19:49 (fourteen years ago)
since starting this thread i've gotten three more Tubb records... none disappointing. I wish I had a handy guide to essential listens though, since there are a lot of comps with a lot of overlap.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 May 2011 03:51 (fourteen years ago)
Ernest Tubb is an absolute classic. While I already knew some of his material, the first album I heard was the one from the 70's where his classics where posthumously "duetted" by the likes of Johnny Paycheck, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, George Jones, etc ("Legend and the Legacy" -- it's a boat-load of fun). Given that the Bear Family hold the rights to the majority of his catalog (and given the huge expense of those beautiful Bear boxes) i must admit that I've subsequently obtained (through questionable means) MP3 copies of all the Bear releases. This encompasses everything he released from 1936-1975 and is covered on 30-discs through 5 separate box sets. I'm just starting to work my way through it but random scans though the catalog reveal consistently high quality Honky Tonk. Fidelity of the pre-WWII is iffy, and he was still shaking his affinity for Jimmie Rodgers. I tend to find his older records more pleasing as his baritone deepened and his and his overall pacing became more relaxed.
― suspecterrain, Monday, 9 May 2011 04:40 (fourteen years ago)
this 2-LP set is GREAT even tho much of it is earlier hits re-recorded in the 50s
http://991.com/newGallery/Ernest-Tubb-The-Ernest-Tubb-S-523945.jpg
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Monday, 9 May 2011 09:44 (fourteen years ago)
I can't find my copy of John Morthland's book Best of Country Music but it contains the handy guide to Tubb's recordings Ian is searching. the best guide to country IMO.
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Monday, 9 May 2011 09:46 (fourteen years ago)
mmmm maybe i can find one on amazon
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:57 (fourteen years ago)
...just nabbed the Morthland paperback for $6
― suspecterrain, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:03 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdlzxVW_BQU
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 8 December 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago)