Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Mama Don't Like No Music - Bill Boyd
2. Mean Mama Blues - Bob Wills
3. Rosetta - Bob Wills
4. Crafton Blues - Jimmie Revard
5. Triflin' Gal - Jimmie Revard
6. I'm a Do Right Papa - Leon Chappelear
7. White River Stomp - Leon Chappelear
8. Little Hillbilly Heart Throb - The Light Crust Doughboys
9. Oh, Susannah - The Light Crust Doughboys
10. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Ocie Stockard
11. I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants in My Pants) - Roy Newman
12. Lady in Red - The Prairie Ramblers,
13. Round and Round - Sweet Violet Boys
14. Mary Lou - Roy Newman
15. Try It Once Again - Shelly Lee Alley
16. Getting That Lowdown Swing - Modern Mountaineers
17. Woodchip Blue - Smokey Wood
18. There's Evil in You Chilun - The Sons of the West
19. Oh Monah - The Sons of the West
20. Up Jumped the Devil - The Tune Wranglers
21. Tiger Rag - The Wanderers
22. Hot Mama Stomp - Universal Cowboys
23. Underneath the Sun - Bar X Cowboys
24. It's Best to Behave - Adolph Hofner
25. Sh'es Doggin' Me - Bill Boyd

Disc 2:

1. Dan the Banana Man - The Nettles Brothers String Band
2. There'll Come a Time - Al Dexter
3. Honey Don't Turn Me Brown - Buddy Jones
4. I'm Going Back to Sadie - Buddy Jones
5. Hey Toots - Dick Reinhart
6. Wooly Booger - Dick Reinhart
7. Tulsa Twist - Dickie McBride, Village Boys
8. I Wonder What I'm Going to Do - Johnnie Lee Wills
9. Alice Blue Gown - The Light Crust Doughboys
10. Bear Creek Hop - The Light Crust Doughboys
11. Jeep's Blues - Port Arthur Jubileers
12. Mississippi Delta Blues - Bob Wills
13. She's a Rounder - Sunshine Boys
14. Worried Mind - Ted Daffan's Texans
15. Because - Ted Daffan's Texans
16. Rackin' It Back - Texas Wanderers
17. Sundown Blues - Texas Wanderers
18. Darling It's All Over Now - Al Dexter
19. Drink the Barrell Dry - Bill Boyd
20. What'cha Know Joe - Johnnie Lee Wills
21. Red Wagon - Johnnie Lee Wills
22. Mean Mama Blues - Charles Mitchell
23. Rooky Toody - Dick Reinhart
24. Reno Street Blues - The Hi-Flyers,
25. Milk Cow Blues - Johnnie Lee Wills

Disc 3:

1. Who's Gonna Love You When I'm Gone - Al Dexter
2. Panhandle Shuffle - Billy Briggs,
3. Bob Wills Boogie - Bob Wills
4. Devil Ain't Lazy - Bob Wills
5. Rattle Snakin' Daddy - Boots Woodall
6. Honey There Ain't No Pleasin' You - Bud Hobbs
7. Georgie Boogie - Curley Williams
8. That's My Linda Lou - Jimmie Widener
9. It Ain't Far to the Bar - Johnny Tyler
10. Shut Up and Drink Your Beer - Luke Wills,
11. Drinkin' and A-Thinkin' - Smokey Rogers
12. Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight - Bob Wills
13. Great Long Pistol - Jerry Irby,
14. Never Trust a Woman - Tex Williams
15. Air Mail Special on the Fly - Leon Rusk
16. What It Means to Be Blue - Tex Russell
17. I'm All Through Trusting You - Jimmie Widener
18. High Voltage Gal - Luke Wills,
19. That's What I Like - Tex Williams
20. Comin' Down the Pecos - Hoyle Nix
21. Deep Down Inside - Ted Daffan's Texans,
22. Behind the Eight Ball - Johnny Tyler
23. My Sweet Papa - Al Clauser
24. I Can't Help the Way You Feel - Smokey Rogers
25. Darling Why Are You So Mean to Me - Hoyle Nix

Disc 4:

1. Hi-De-Ho Boogie on a Saturday Night - Al Dexter
2. Clean Town Blues - Benny Leaders,
3. Dip Snuff Stomp - Billy Briggs
4. B. Bowman Hop - Bob Wills
5. That's My Weakness Now - J.P. Morgan, Hank Penny
6. Mule Boogie - Jimmy Boyd, Jim Boyd
7. Joaquin Special - Jesse James & All the Boys
8. Catch Me Cheatin' - Smokey Rogers
9. Wild Card - Tex Williams
10. I Was a Gambler in Texas - Cliff Bruner & The Texas Wanderers, , Texas Wanderers
11. Hot Foot Shuffle - Al Dexter
12. Amarillo Rose - Billy Briggs
13. Hubbin' It - Bob Wills
14. Blue Guitar Stomp - Leon McAuliffe
15. You Got the Right Number - Rusty McDonald
16. Saturday Night Rag - Curley Williams
17. Tomato Can - Tommy Duncan
18. Snatchin' and Grabbin' - Bob Wills
19. Spider and the Fly - Jimmy Thomason
20. It's All Your Fault - Wade Ray
21. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter - Walt McCoy,
22. This Side of Town - Leon McAuliffe
23. Roped and Tied - Billy Jack Wills
24. You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes - Hank Penny
25. Nancy Jane - Tommy Duncan

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46786 in Music
• Released on: 2005-01-31
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Details
Western Swing was the Most Eclectic Form of Country Music and in Its Free-wheeling Diversity, it Set the Stage for Rock and Roll. Based in Traditional String Band Music, Western Swing also Incorporated Traditional Pop Melodies, Jazz Improvisation, Blues and Folk, Creating a Wildly Entertaining and Eclectic Form of American Music. Bob Wills and Milton Brown Popularized the Genre in the '30s, and Wills Became Known as the Father of the Genre, Since He Remained Popular for Several Decades, During which He Had a Remarkable String of Hit Singles.

Customer Reviews

Great Set Of Western Swing
"Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers" takes up where Proper's last Western Swing set, "Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys", left off.
Plenty of great toe-tapping music from the famous and not-so-famous performers of the era.
The songs are the original versions and the sound quality is just fine.
Also included is an informative booklet with facts about the songs and the artists.
As with every other box set I own from Proper, this is a tremendous value.

Uneven but worth the price for one GREAT song
Not what I expected. I was hoping for lots of Western swing here but many of these songs do not qualify for that category - there is no way that some of these songs could be considered Western swing. Lots of filler. But then you come upon Wade Ray's "It's all your fault!" What a find! This is one GREAT song. Sheer perfection: great lyrics, great music, a perfect vocal, wonderful guitar and fiddle. I uploaded that one in my ipod and have been listening to it ever since. If my ipod was a jukebox, I would have spent the equivalent of this set's price in quarters for all the times I have played that song. If you love Western swing, get the Bob Wills box set. He was the king of Western swing and his band was red hot.

The Best Deal in Town
Over 100 western swing masterpieces, most not available elsewhere, are here for your dancing and listening enjoyment! Most of them are up-tempo and have jazzy and jivey themes with hot solos and impassioned vocals - nothing called "country" music today compares to this. If you have the previous set in the series (Cowboys, Doughboys and Playboys), you'll know how good the Proper label sets are, and this one is at least as good. There's also an informative booklet included, with pictures, which will teach you all you need to know about the music and the artists. If you have ever heard of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Buck Owens or Asleep at the Wheel and appreciate this kind of music you simply can't go wrong here.