Eddie Bond - Memphis Rockabilly King (2007)
Artist: Eddie Bond
Title: Memphis Rockabilly King
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Stomper Time Records
Genre: Country, Rockabilly
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:17:17
Total Size: 245/355 Mb (covers)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Memphis Rockabilly King
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: Stomper Time Records
Genre: Country, Rockabilly
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:17:17
Total Size: 245/355 Mb (covers)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Slip, Slip Slippin' In
02. Boppin' Bonnie
03. Rockin' Daddy
04. Here Comes That Train
05. Flip Flop Mama
06. Big Boss Man
07. I've Got A Woman
08. Talking To The Wall
09. Baby Baby Baby (What Am I Gonna Do)
10. The Monkey & The Baboon
11. Juke Joint Johnnie
12. Double Duty Lovin'
13. Can't Win For Losing
14. Boo Bop Da Caa Caa
15. Love Makes A Fool (Every Day)
16. Look Like A Monkey
17. You Nearly Lose Your Mind
18. This Old Heart Of Mine
19. Country Shindig
20. When The Juke Box Plays (alt)
21. One Way Ticket
22. Blue Blue Day
23. Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight
24. Monkey Business
25. Hey Joe
26. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
27. Winner's Circle
28. Standing In Your Window
29. Stomping At The Ranch
30. Someday I'll Sober Up
31. Your Eyes
32. Memphis Tennessee (feat. Cousin Bo-Jack)
33. I'm Satisfied
34. Tank Town Boogie
35. Tore Up
36. Don't Tear Me Up
37. Candy Kisses
38. The Cliff Finch Train
39. Watch Old Cliff Finch
40. A Mid South Motor
There was probably no worse city in America to be a second-string rockabilly artist than Memphis, TN -- with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Charlie Feathers, Billy Lee Riley and the rest of the Sun Records roster in town, you could have a lot of talent and still look like a piker in comparison. Eddie Bond was one of the dozens of rockabilly singers who bubbled under on the Memphis music scene in the '50s, cutting a few rare singles for Mercury before starting his own label and later enjoying some local success as a country artist, but this CD collection of 40 (!) sides Bond recorded between 1955 and 1984 proves he was more interesting than the majority of lesser-known first-era rockabillies. Bond's early Mercury andEkko sides (such as "Slip Slip Slippin' In," "Boppin' Bonnie" and "Flip Flop Mama") were frantic stuff indeed, dominated by Bond's strong but acrobatic vocals and locomotive guitar work, and if a major hit never came his way, he also never gave up on the music, still cutting solid rockabilly sides like "Juke Joint Johnny" and "Look Like a Monkey" well into the late '60s. While Bond was also recording country songs in the '60s, the tunes presented here are tough honky tonk stuff that show the man still hadn't given up the ghost, and given how much music has been crammed onto this disc, the batting average is admirably high, with nary a dog in sight. Eddie Bond was hardly the Rockabilly King of Memphis, despite what the title of this disc would lead you to believe, but he was one of the better exponents of the form and this collection captures him in solid form; vintage rockabilly obsessives will certainly want to give this a spin.