(Norton 314) This exciting package collects rockabilly radio broadcasts from the Dixieland Jamboree in Corinth, Mississippi. This local stage show was originally patterned after the Grand Ol' Opry, but by the mid-fifties the Jamboree was jumping to a brand new beat, featuring rockabilly performers like Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette and Charlie Feathers at the earliest stages of their careers. The 1958-59 recordings presented on WILDCAT JAMBOREE feature live workouts from Lloyd Arnold, Curtis Hobock, Billy Wayne and others, complete with plugs for used cars, used records and girls high school basketball score updates! The jumbo CD booklet includes many rare photos (Johnny Burnette live on the Jamboree stage!) plus an interview with the show's kingpin Charles Bolton and liner notes by Jamboree regulars Hayden Thompson and Eddie Bond! This unique audio snapshot is not to be missed! Over 78 minutes!
Dixieland Jamboree Intro / LLOYD ARNOLD & THE ROCKIN' DRIFTERS Johnny B. Goode / Nobody But You / Pepsi-Cola ad / LLOYD ARNOLD & THE ROCKIN' DRIFTERS Lotta Lovin' / JOHNNY JUMPER & THE RHYTHM DRIFTERS Half A Mind / Smith Furniture ad / LEON BASS & THE RHYTHM DRIFTERS Fools Like Me / BILLY RAY WATTS & THE RHYTHM DRIFTERS I Ain't Never / CURTIS HOBOCK & THE STARDUSTERS Tom Dooley Rock & Roll / W.W. Johnson Auto Sales ad / CURTIS HOBOCK & THE STARDUSTERS Mona Lisa / W.W. Johnson Auto Sales ad #2 / CURTIS HOBOCK & THE STARDUSTERS Sea Of Love / W.W. Johnson Auto Sales ad #2 / CURTIS HOBOCK & THE STARDUSTERS Bop It Rock / Bus Station Newsstand ad / LLOYD ARNOLD & THE ROCKINí DRIFTERS Hang Out / Little Queenie / Rodin Furniture ad / BILLY WAYNE & THE ROCKIN' BANDITS High School Confidential / Sinclair Gasoline ad / BILLY WAYNE & THE ROCKIN' BANDITS Matchbox / Hot Rod / Sinclair Gasoline ad / BILLY WAYNE & THE ROCKINí BANDITS This Should Go On Forever / Eddie Bond Lemon Oil Furniture Polish ad / WAYNE PRATT & THE ROCKERS Rovin' Rambler / I'll Sail My Ship Alone / Call Me Shorty / ANDREW VANCELL & THE ROCKERS Wildcat Tamer / WAYNE PRATT & THE ROCKERS I Wish I Had Someone To Love / W.W. Johnson Auto Sales ad #3 / BOBBY PRATT & THE ROCKERS Stagger Lee / ANDREW VANCELL & THE ROCKERS Baby Let's Play House / BOBBY PRATT & THE ROCKERS Reeliní And Rockin' / W.W. Johnson Auto Sales ad #4 / WAYNE PRATT & THE ROCKERS Rovin' Rambler / BOBBY WOOD & THE ROULETTES I'm Ready / LEON STARR When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / JIMMY HILL WITH HIS STEAM HEATED STEEL GUITAR Dribble
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Deep Fried Rockabilly
The "Rockabilly Moment" may have been short lived, but it was electrifying and "Wildcat Jamboree!" captures what that music sounded like in the small Southern communities where it originated. This is an important recording, that gives the listener a sense of what was happening outside of the urban media centers where rockabilly was first commercialized. Memphis, which has long been heralded as the birthplace of rockabilly music, gets all the press, but the cats who made music in rural MS and TN had it going on long before anyone ever hard of Sun or Sam Phillips. You'll get a good taste of that on this release.
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What a gem! Announcements and ads for local businesses make this a terrific time capsule of the period. Lesser known rockabilly artists are well-served from first track to last. Sound quality and energy of performances are great.
Nothing short of a miracle that these broadcasts have been preserved across eight decades.