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Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Proper Box UK
Category: Music
List Price: $25.98
Buy New: $14.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 55296
Format: Box Set, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.9 x 2
UPC: 604988990621
EAN: 0766485554024
ASIN: B00005EQQE
Release Date: December 14, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Sunbonnet Sue - Brown, Lew | | • | Nancy Jane - Brown, Lew | | • | Oh You Pretty Woman | | • | Brownie's Stomp - Brown, Milton | | • | Osage Stomp - Wills, Bob | | • | Who Walks in When I Walk Out - Hoffman, Al | | • | Boyd's Blue - Boyd, Bill | | • | I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Montana, Patsy | | • | Sadie Greee (The Vamp of New Orleans) - Wells | | • | Who's Sorry Now - Snyder | | • | Down by the O-H-I-O - Olman | | • | Barn Dance Rag - Boyd, Bill | | • | Never No More Blues - McWilliams, Elsie | | • | Too Busy - Cohn, Chester | | • | Rambler's Stomp | | • | The Eyes of Texas - Sinclair | | • | The Yellow Rose of Texas - George | | • | Red's Tight Like That - McKinney | | • | Buster's Crawdad Song - Traditional | | • | Big Daddy Blues | | • | Feather Your Nest | | • | Dirty Dog - Miller | | • | My Galveston Gal - Harris | | • | El Rancho Grande - Traditional | | • | Texas Sand - Coward, Buster |
Disc 2
| • | Women Women Women - Alley, Shelly Lee | | • | Mean Old Lonesome Blues - Jones, Buster | | • | Bring It on Down to My House | | • | Corrine, Corrina - Williams, J. Mayo | | • | One Sweet Letter From You - Brown, Lew | | • | Fort Worth Stomp - Deason | | • | The Women ('Bout to Make a Wreck Out of Me) - Jones, Buster | | • | Streamlined Mama - Jones, Buster | | • | Blue Guitars - Campbell, M. | | • | Dirty Dog Blues - Wood | | • | Mississippi Sandman - Fritsch, Babe | | • | Hot Tamale Pete | | • | Married Man Blues - Holiday | | • | There'll Be Some Changes Made - Higgins, Billy [2] | | • | Dirty Hangover Blues - Huff | | • | Lose Your Blues and Laugh at Life | | • | Range Rider Stomp - Barnes | | • | Hold That Critter Down - Nolan, Bob | | • | Chicken Reel Stomp | | • | Playboy Stomp - Wills, Bob | | • | Moonlight in Oklahoma - Wood | | • | Keep on Truckin' - Wood | | • | I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Neiburg, Al J. | | • | Just Once Too Often - Campbell | | • | Loudmouth - Wood |
Disc 3
| • | Kangaroo Blues - Shepard | | • | Pine State Honky Tonk | | • | Better Quit It Now - Hofner | | • | Pussy, Pussy, Pussy - Dorsey, T. | | • | I'll Keep My Old Guitar | | • | Cowboy's Swing | | • | Lonesome Road Blues - Traditional | | • | Liza Pull Down the Shades - Wills, Bob | | • | Truck Driver's Blues - Daffan | | • | My Untrue Cowgirl - Cortes | | • | San Antonio Rose - Wills, Bob | | • | Gonna Get Tight - Harbert | | • | Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts - Ahlefeld, Fred | | • | Mississippi Muddle - Barris, Harry | | • | Billy Boy - Traditional | | • | Good Gracious Gracie - Montgomery & Lytle | | • | Mean Mean Mama (From Meana) - Parker, Knocky | | • | Jones Stomp - Jones, Buster | | • | Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Jones, Buster | | • | Blue Steel Blues - Daffan, Ted | | • | New San Antonio Rose - Wills, Bob | | • | Bob Wills Special - Wills, Bob & His Te | | • | Pussywillow - Jones, Buster | | • | Tobacco State Swing - Wills, Bob & His Te |
Disc 4
| • | Draftboard Blues - Bruner, Cliff | | • | Whatcha Gonna Do - Ferguson | | • | Cotton Eyed Joe - Wills, Bob & His Te | | • | Sally's Got a Wooden Leg - Meek | | • | What's the Matter With Deep Elem - Harbert, Slim | | • | Li'l Liza Jane - Traditional | | • | Pistol Packin' Mama - Dexter, Al | | • | Forgive Me One More Time - Rogers | | • | Shame on You - Cooley, Spade | | • | Steel Guitar Stomp - Boggs | | • | Boogie Woogie Boy - Freeman, Porky | | • | That's What I Like About the South - Razaf, Andy | | • | Stay a Little Longer - Wills, Bob | | • | Oklahoma Blues - Clements | | • | Oklahoma Stomp - Cooley, Spade | | • | Nails in My Coffin - Irby | | • | Bob Wills Two Step - Wills, Bob & His Te | | • | I Got Texas in My Soul - Tubb, Ernest | | • | Wildcat Mama | | • | Betty Ann - Ashlock, Jesse | | • | One Year Ago Tonight | | • | Oakie Boogie - Tyler | | • | Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Travis, Merle | | • | Square Dance Boogie - Price | | • | Humpty Dumpty Heart - Thompson, Hank |
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Album Description
Budget-priced four disc set with 99 tracks from the golden years of Western Swing, including cuts by Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Tex Williams, Adolph Hofner, Hank Thompson and Cliff Bruners Texas Wanderers. Tracks include 'Pussy, Pussy, Pussy', 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke'. 'Humpty Dumpty Heart' and 'Kangaroo Blues'. The tracks tell the story of this vibrant musical form that blended jazz with string bands, took in pop music & the blues, and pioneered amplification. Beautifully packaged, each disc also includes an illustrated booklet with a discography, photos and extensive liner notes. Each disc comes in a separate standard jewel case & together they are coralled up in a colorful & sturdy CD-sized slipcase box. 1999 release.
Album Details
4CD 99 track collection that covers the history of classic Western Swing. Includes extensive liner notes. A must for true fans of this artform!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 GREAT 4 CD BOX SET OF MUSICAL HISTORY October 20, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
IF SOMEBODY PUT TOGETHER THIS COMPILATION OF SONGS FOR A MASTER'S THESIS ON THE HISTORY OF WESTERN SWING MUSIC, THEY COULDN'T HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB THAN THIS. THIS IS A FOUR CD BOX SET WITH INFORMATIVE BOOKLETS IN EACH CD WITH LOTS OF PICTURES AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFO. ADMITTEDEDLY, THE EARLIEST STUFF DOESN'T QUITE "SWING" AS MUCH AS THE LATER RECORDINGS, BUT THE MUSIC IS STILL GREAT AND IT IS INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW THE MUSIC EVOLVES OVER TIME. A BARGAIN PRICE, I HAVE A FEW BOX SETS IN THIS SERIES (THE PROPPER LABEL) AND THEY ARE ALL FANTASTIC PRODUCTIONS AND VALUES. WHAT OFTEN GETS OVERLOOKED AS THAT WESTERN SWING IN MANY WAYS WAS A PRECURSOR TO ROCK AND ROLL, ALONG WITH R&B "JUMP BLUES" (AT LEAST TO MY EARS, ANYWAY).
The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun! July 7, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Western swing fans will be dancing in the streets over this brilliant box set. It features 99 cuts dating from 1932 through the late 40's. They run chronologically and features all the great architects of western swing: Milton Brown & his musical Brownies, Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Light Crust Doughboys etc. Even if you're not a fan of country music, you may enjoy this one. It is genuine feel-good, stomping music with honkytonk pianos, fiddles, drums, guitars and even saxes. This is without a doubt the best buy for any fan of this genre. It is timeless fun! Crank it all the way up, pop open a cold one and all of sudden it's 1938 and you're in a Dallas honky tonk. By the way, the liner notes in the booklet are outstanding with dates, pixs, stories. Most interesting was that the Crystal Springs Ramblers from Ft. Worth were a favorite of Bonnie and Clyde's at a popular dance hall down there. Great job by Proper Records!
Good Luck in trying to find something better ! June 21, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read some of the other reviews and I can apperciate a lot what other folks are saying. I really agree with the one who said that todays Country Music makes them sick. What in the name of God does a naked Faith Hill rolling around a bed under the sheets singing some half baked so called Modern Country have to do with the music that I was raised on and grown to love. As the Great Bill Monroe stated "That junk ain't part of nothing",(I saw that on a FH video that was being played on cabel TV). What a moral let down, instead of appearing as one of our Country Stars she looks a lot more like a B-girl- that's where we are today. I said all that to say this: If you love WesternSwing like I do then you will love this set - it really has a lot of good stuff and takes you back to the days of Bob, Milton,Tommy,Leon, Spade and many other outstanding Western Swing artists. This set was a real welcome to my Swing Collection.
Keep in mind that this music ain't for everybody.If you like spending time listening to the likes of a feuding Toby with the Dixie Chicks then this real Roots Music ain't for you. But if you would be willing to sell your top coon hound to get the money to get tickets to see "Asleep at the Wheel" then you might be a fan that can apperciate what was started by Bob & Milton way down in Texas back in the early 30's.
While I type this review I'm listening to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys perform "Faded Love" on my computer so I'll cut it short. Buy this set - at this price you can't afford not too. While you are at it do what I did and get the "Proper Records - Bob Wills/Take Me Back To Tulsa" also - you will be Blessed !
"ENJOY" Joe Kopeck / Parkville,MD.
A Great Overview Of Western Swing June 16, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This 4 volume box set by Proper is a fantastic overview of that great American musical art form Western Swing.
It's not country, it's not cowboy, it's not swing, it's just great toe-tapping fun music!
The songs in this album are presented in chronological order thus allowing the listener to experience the growth and progression of this great music.
The songs are remastered originals and the sound quality is first rate.
There's also a booklet containing liner notes about all the artists and a discography.
I own several box sets by Proper and every single one is a bargain, well worth far more than the asking price.
Musical history that is alive and well today September 13, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
My first exposure to Western swing was the first Asleep At The Wheel Bob Wills tribute CD, and I have been hooked ever since. However, up until I bought this collection, I have only heard Bob Wills. I was pleased to buy this in a local branch of Half Price Books. In addition to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, it also has selections from Milton Brown, Patsy Montana, the Light Crust Doughboys, Spade Cooley - just to name a few. This vibrant blend of cowboy/fiddle music and black blues/swing has yet to wander far from my CD player!
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