Dig it: this may be the first single-disc Webb Pierce retrospective that really gets it. There are 28 cuts here, recorded in the 1940s and '50s, that chart Pierce's development from a country boogie proto-rockabilly wildman to being one of the greatest honky tonk blues and country ballad singers ever. The selections range from his classic "High Geared Daddy," which literally stomps and swaggers, to his deep hillbilly reading of "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," his signature reading of Jimmie Rodgers' "In the Jailhouse Now ...
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Dig it: this may be the first single-disc Webb Pierce retrospective that really gets it. There are 28 cuts here, recorded in the 1940s and '50s, that chart Pierce's development from a country boogie proto-rockabilly wildman to being one of the greatest honky tonk blues and country ballad singers ever. The selections range from his classic "High Geared Daddy," which literally stomps and swaggers, to his deep hillbilly reading of "I'm Sittin' on Top of the World," his signature reading of Jimmie Rodgers' "In the Jailhouse Now," the weeping beer hall anthem "Back Street Affair," and the revelatory closer, "There Stands the Glass. Pierce was one of the most expressive singers ever to front a country band. This collection is most of what everyone interested needs. And the Proper price is right to boot. Just get it. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi
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