Shame On You: The Western Swing Dance Gang

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Total Tracks: 25   Total Length: 53:19

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BigD-Bluez

I don't have this album (yet) but this is one swinging ensemble. Everything else I have by them has been excellent - the western swing cats were mean musicians.

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Shame On You collects 25 previously unreleased radio transcriptions recorded in 1944-1945, nine of which feature Tex Williams on vocals. The title track is a version of Cooley’s number one hit from 1945, and the other material runs the gamut from polkas (“Cowbell Polka,” “Yodeling Polka”) and hillbilly hoe-downs (“Down Home Rag”) to tunes that have become instrumental standards (“Steel Guitar Rag,” “Silver Bell.”) The sound quality is excellent, and Shame on You is a fine companion piece to Spadella!, Columbia’s collection of Cooley’s classic OKeh sides. – Greg Adams