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I was in the mood to listen to some Guy "Cotton" Thompson a few weeks back and after spending about an hour trying to remember which songs he actually sang on I decided then and there to put together a compilation of his vocal works. Cotton Thompson is one of my all-time favorite western swing singers. He's right up there with Leon Huff, Leon McAuliffe and Tommy Duncan. It's a shame he didn't record more than he did. He was first and foremost a fiddle player, and a great one at that! But I find it sad that the Wills brothers in particular didn't take advantage of his singing talent. Here's a mix of what I could find with three songs from a couple movies he was in with Bob Wills. I believe there are at least another 3 or 4 songs with Cotton on vocals out there somewhere. If anyone knows of any please let me know. 10 of these songs were originally posted in the Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys download.
Track Listing
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1. A Maidens Player (Moon Mullican) (2:46)
2. Baby You're As Sweet As Honey To Me (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (2:50)
3. Bring It On Down To My House (Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters) (2:45)
4. Devil's Blues (Johnnie Lee Wills) (2:51)
5. Do I Really Deserve It From You (Johnnie Lee Wills) (2:38)
6. Done Sold My Soul To The Devil (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (3:03)
7. Down In Arkansas (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (2:39)
8. Down In Jungle Town (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (2:48)
9. Four or Five Times (Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters) (2:38)
10. How Long Must I Wait (Cotton Thompson & His Village Boys) (2:15)
11. Hubbin' It (from movie) (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (1:15)
12. Hula Lou (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (2:29)
13. I Can't Love You (Moon Mullican) (2:53)
14. I Hear You Talkin' (from movie) (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (2:32)
15. I Wonder What I'm Goin' To Do (Johnnie Lee Wills) (2:37)
16. I'm Ridin' On Down (from movie) (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (2:34)
17. I'm Sorry That We Said Goddbye (Johnnie Lee Wills) (2:33)
18. Jelly Roll Blues (Cotton Thompson & His Village Boys) (2:14)
19. Jig Time (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (3:02)
20. Milk Cow Blues (Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys) (2:53)
21. Minnie The Moocher (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (3:08)
22. Missouri Waltz (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (3:12)
23. New Milk Cow Blues (Moon Mullican) (2:55)
24. Oh By Jingo (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (2:52)
25. Oo Oooh Daddy (Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys) (2:32)
26. Sailing On The Robert E Lee (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (3:07)
27. Sweet Moments (Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters) (2:47)
28. Those Gone And Left Me Blues (Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters) (2:36)
29. Together Forever (Johnnie Lee Wills) (3:04)
30. Too Long (Johnnie Lee Wills) (2:42)
31. What'cha Know Joe (Johnnie Lee Wills) (2:41)
32. You're No Good Anymore (Dave Edwards & His Alabama Boys) (2:55)
UPDATE... the songs in the original download were misnumbered. This download has been corrected.
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16 comments:
You do the best work! This is great fun -- thanks! I wasn't familiar with him by name.
Glad you mentioned Leon Huff, too. I've been compiling his lead vocals from the Lightcrust Doughboys, O'Daniel's Hillbilly Boys, Bob Wills, and Johnny Lee Wills -- amazing how much his voice changed over the years. Think it was hard living??
David
Kansas City
Yes, Huff's voice did deepen quite a bit didn't it. I'm partial to his earlier voice but he still had a great voice in the Johnny Lee days. Don't forget to get his songs from the Hillbilly Boys transcriptions. I've got quite a few that I cut from the radio shows when I originally transferred the whole shows to disc. I never finished the project though. Got about 1/4 through it before I got sidetracked. I not sure but he might be on some of the Light Crust Doughboys transcriptions as well.
Stunning!superb!!!
Thanks.
"The Rockin'Gipsy"
Thanks RG, that means a lot coming from you. You are the master. :-)
Awesome stuff, thank you VERY much.
Cheers!
Johnny One-Note
Nice post -- Cotton was amazing, so steeped in the blues. Curley Lewis said he felt that Cotton was the first white rock and roll singer and it's not hard to hear what he meant. But Cotton could sing anything. I have a few more tracks not on this download. I'll try to locate them and post them to the site.
That would be great, thanks Kevin! Hey, where you able to use those Texas Jim photos I sent you?
Very nice blog. Keep it up!
I liked blog. It's nice posting!
Wow fantastic in this blog!
Howdyyyyyyyyy! Thanks for that great stuff!!!
Howdy!!!
Thanks for all that great stuff ´round here...
I´m lookin´ for Johnny Lee Wills music ev´rywhere...
Thanks HighFalutin-Newton! Great stuff fo-sho!
Say how about ripping some more tunes from those Bob Wills movies? Has anyone ever compiled all those tracks from his films? I bet that would make an interesting disc.
Toodles & Thanks!
SwingB
The Cotton Thompson stuff was indeed marvelous - can you get some more from this great, great singer and maybe a bio.
Keep swingin´,
LeeSwing
I think there might be 2 more songs out there somewhere. I'm still looking for them. I would like to put together a short biography of Thompson. Hopefully when I get some extra time, which is rare these days. Thanks Lee
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