“For several generations of country music fans it’s hard to imagine a world without Porter Wagoner. His death from lung cancer on October 28th, however, leaves us with no choice. So the least we can do is take advantage of this opportunity to salute a few highlights from the brilliant body of work he created over the course of a recording and performing career that spanned six decades.
Porter’s friendly persona and countrified mannerisms, along with his bright blond pompadour and spectacularly flashy rhinestone-studded stage wear, pretty much embodied the stereotypical image of a hillbilly singer in the 1950′s and 1960′s. For the lack of a better description, the bulk of the material he recorded would probably be regarded as “normal and straightforward” country music. And while it would be difficult to overstate the excellence of that work, many fans probably best remember him for a long string of extremely lurid and graphic songs about murder, incarceration, infidelity, tragic deaths, and skid row winos.”
(http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/porter-wagoner-.html)
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wagoner_porter/bio.jhtml
Posto o disco The Bluegrass Story, do Porter Wagoner. Mistura interessante de bluegrass e honky tonk 60′s. Buck Trent, dos maiores e mais importantes banjoístas da música country, une-se a Porter Wagoner em 1962, ano em que também inventa o banjo elétrico (em 1976, Buck grava o disco Bionic Banjo, que será postado aqui em outra ocasião) e permanece em sua banda até 1973. Buck Trent é, portanto, banjoísta no The Bluegrass Story, 1964.
Porter Wagoner – The Bluegrass Story (1964)
Porter Wagoner – vocals, guitar
Benny Martin – fiddle
Tut Taylor – dobro
Buck Trent – banjo
Ray Edenton – guitar
01 – Country Music Has Gone To Town
02 – Blue Moon Of Kentucky
03 – Will You Be Loving Another Man
04 – Little Cabin Home On The Hill
05 – Uncle Pen
06 – I’ll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning
07 – Howdy Neighbor Howdy
08 – Before I Met You
09 – Cotton Fields
10 – I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home
11 – Head Over Heels In Love With You
12 – A Gathering In The Sky
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