Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Slidin' on the Frets - Andy Sannella
2. Iniki Malie - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet
3. Wai O Minnehaha - Kalama's Quartet
4. Black Boy Blues - Four Hawaiian Guitars
5. Farewell Blues - Sam Ku West
6. Memphis Blues - Sam Ku West
7. St Louis Blues - Sam Ku West
8. Honolulu Stomp - H.M. Barnes' Blue Ridge Ramblers
9. Hawaiian Capers - King Nawahi Hawaiians,
10. My Best Girl - Waikiki Hawaiian Trio
11. Wela-Ka-Hao - Segis Luvaun
12. Ua Like No a Iike - Kanui & Lula
13. Blues of the Guitar - Andy Sannella
14. Honolulu March - Palakiko & Paaluhi
15. Hawaiian Melody - Hawaiian Beach Combers,
16. Kalima Waltz - Roy Smeck
17. Saint Louis Blues - The Genial Hawaiians, Jim and Bob
18. By the Waters of Minnetonka - The Genial Hawaiians, Jim and Bob
19. Orange Grove in California - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet
20. Oh Lady Be Good - Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet
21. Guitarese - Roy Smeck & His Hawaiian Serenaders
22. Slippery Fingers - Roy Smeck & His Hawaiian Serenaders
23. Limehouse Blues - Roy Smeck & His Hawaiian Serenaders
24. Hula Blues - Tau Moe & His Original Hawaiians,
25. Rhythm of the Island - Tau Moe & His Original Hawaiians,

Disc 2:

1. Takin' Off - Milton Brown & His Brownies
2. I Found a New Baby - Bill Mounce
3. Takin' Off - Modern Mountaineers
4. Stompin' at the Honky Tonk - Bob Dunn's Vagabonds
5. Kelly Swing - Cliff Bruner
6. Jitterbug Jive - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers
7. Don't Ever Go Wrong - Sons of Dixie
8. Dust off That Old Piano - Roy Newman
9. Stay a Little Longer - Bob Wills
10. Texas Playboy Rag - Bob Wills
11. Bogg's Boogie - Spade Cooley
12. Daughter of Jole Blon' - Johnny Bond
13. Spadella - Spade Cooley
14. Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
15. Steel Guitar Stomp - Bob Wills
16. Steel Guitar Rag - Bob Wills
17. Steel Guitar Rag - Leon McAuliffe
18. Twin Guitar Boogie - Leon McAuliffe
19. Take It Away, Leon! - Leon McAuliffe
20. Train Whistle Blues - Shelly Lee Alley
21. I've Got the Blues #2 - Shelly Lee Alley
22. Down at the Roadside Inn - Al Dexter
23. Blue Steel Blues - Ted Daffan
24. Weary Steel Blues - Ted Daffan
25. Car Hop's Blues - Ted Daffan

Disc 3:

1. Mean Mama Blues - Charles Mitchell
2. Panhandle Shuffle - The Sons of the West
3. Sally's Got a Wooden Leg - The Sons of the West
4. Juke Box Jump - The Hi-Flyers,
5. Steeling the Blues - Leodie Jackson
6. Double Crossin' Mama - Leodie Jackson
7. Steel Guitar Rag - Spade Cooley
8. Texas Steel Guitar - Spade Cooley
9. John's Other Wife - Johnny Bond
10. I Won't Stand in Your Way - Johnny Bond
11. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed - Ernest Tubb
12. Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) - Ernest Tubb
13. Masters Dessau Waltz - Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters
14. Down in New Orleans - Billy Briggs, Xit Boys
15. Pretty Baby Boogie - Billy Briggs, Xit Boys
16. Steel Guitar Bounce - Lone Star Cowboys,
17. Steel Guitar Hop - Cecil Campbell
18. Campbell's Steel Guitar Special - Cecil Campbell
19. This Is Southland - Les Anderson
20. And I Shook - Les Anderson
21. Steel Guitar Boogie - Tommy Sargent
22. Safety Pin Rag - Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Nite Riders
23. Slidin' Steel - Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Nite Riders
24. Hot Steel - Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys
25. I've Just Got to See You Once More - Little Jimmy Dickens

Disc 4:

1. Herbie's Steel Guitar Polka - Buster Martin's Bronco Busters
2. Remington Ride - Hank Penny
3. I Need You Like a Hole in the Head - Shot Jackson
4. Steeling the Mood - Shot Jackson
5. I Don't Care Anymore - Floyd Tillman
6. Be Sure You Know - George Morgan
7. Mexican Joe - Billy Walker
8. Speedin' West - Speedy West
9. Stratosphere Boogie - Speedy West
10. Settin' the Woods on Fire - Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
11. Fire on the Strings - Joe Maphis
12. Peepin' Eyes - Charlie Feathers
13. I've Been Deceived - Charlie Feathers
14. Where Do We Go from Here? - Marvin Rainwater
15. Uncertain Love - Slim Rhodes
16. Gonna Rom and Stomp - Slim Rhodes
17. Booger Gonna Getcha - Onie Wheeler
18. Beggar for Your Love - Onie Wheeler
19. Shame on You - Faron Young
20. I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die - Faron Young
21. Looky There, Over There - Rose Maddox
22. That's the Way the Big Ball Bounces - Terry Fell
23. Wham! Bam! Hot, Ziggity, Zam - Terry Fell
24. I Ain't Gettin' Nowhere with You - Melvin Endsley
25. Is It True What They Say About Dixie? - Bill Haley & His Comets

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107588 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-22
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: .50 pounds

Customer Reviews

An odd collection with plenty of discoveries
A long overdue Steel Guitar box collection beginning with an entire CD devoted to pretty early Hawaiian and Hawaiian style performances including an example of Sol Hoopii's pre-jazz/pop playing. As a steel guitar player myself I find very little of this NOT interesting! There is definitely a mix of instrumentals vs. vocal performances demonstratiing what the steel
can do as a a dynamic blending element, a mood under-liner and the center of the melody. One fascinating blunder is the graphic on the cover has a PICTURE of BUD ISAACS in the circle all the way to right on the cover and the name above the picture is BUDDY EMMONS when neither of these HIGHLY influential performers are credited or from what I have noticed even INCLUDED in this box anywhere!! Both Buds are exceptional and original players from somewhat overlapping periods that probably deserve to be in this anthology somewhere for sure. Not really a problem though just because this collection is quirky and interesting anyway and fun to listen to.

great stuff
Most of the recordings are pre-1960....so the sound quality is going to be an issue, especially the stuff recorded in the 1930's. That having been said, the Bob Wills, Milton Brown, and Speedy West stuff is the primest of the prime. Top drawer stuff. If you like western swing and honky tonk, this is a great place to start.

Steel Guitar Legends
Great collection of some classic recordings not heard in many years. Some recordings are obscure, others are remembered fondly. It's so nice that someone has taken the time and effort to rescure these old recordings so that a new generation of listeners can hear what real music sounds like in a world of mostly noisy racket we are constantly subjected to in today's world. Steel guitar remains the mystic instrument with a haunting sound unequaled by any instrument, and is sadly absent from today's music scene. A top-notch collection of some really great old songs and sounds!