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Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor by Jess Willard (CD, Dec-2000, Bear Family Germany) 
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor by Jess Willard (CD, Dec-2000, Bear Family Germany)

 
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor by Jess Willard (CD, Dec-2000, Bear Family Germany)

Artist: Jess Willard
Release Date: Dec 2000
Format: CD
Record Label: Bear Family (Germany)
Genre: Country, Honkytonk
UPC: 790051625627
Product ID: EPID43925087
Description: Personnel includes: Jess Willard (vocals); Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, Noel Boggs, Bill Woods, Tex Atchison. Recorded between 1950 and 1952. Jess Willard's Capitol recordings comprise one of the best obscure catalogs Bear Family has relea...
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Track Listing
1. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
2. Truck Driver's Boogie
3. Java Junction
4. Oil the Hinges on Your Door
5. Honky Tonkin' All the Time
6. Boogie Woogie Preachin' Man
7. Honky Tonk Boogie

Details
Contributing Artists:Jimmy Bryant, Noel Boggs, Speedy West
Distributor:E1 Distribution (USA)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Mono
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Personnel includes: Jess Willard (vocals); Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, Noel Boggs, Bill Woods, Tex Atchison.
Recorded between 1950 and 1952.
Jess Willard's Capitol recordings comprise one of the best obscure catalogs Bear Family has released. He was blessed to have an excellent assortment of material to sing -- these songs sparkle both musically and lyrically -- and Willard's irresistible, untrained delivery is a true delight. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor covers his complete sessions from 1950-1952, as well as a pair of songs from the California Hayride shows with the Cochran Brothers in 1955. As great stuff unfolds and continues to unfold, it becomes clear that Willard was a genuine talent, and even though many of these songs bear the strong influence of Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell, there are some excellent country boogies and proto-rockabilly numbers ("Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor" became a minor rockabilly standard). "Turn That Gun Around," in particular, is a hoot, full of dark humor and lucid imagery, and "My Mail Order Mama" and "Slippin' Around With Jole Blon" are terrific. There's a loose, cheerful sway to everything here, so much so that it's hard to believe how uncelebrated Willard has been to the community at large. That's the standard response from Bear Family aficionados, but let's face it, even their best finds don't always yield a whole album's worth of strong material. That's happily not the case here, and this is a disc that can be recommended unreservedly. ~ Jim Smith

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