Western Swing: October 2008 Archives

WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Twistin' The Country Classics (MP3s)

A 1963 recording by a Liberty Records studio band featuring legendary guitarist Tommy Allsup: "The album, released at the peak of the nation's raging case of twist fever, combined familiar standards with more contemporary country tunes and re-interpreted them as hard-driving twist tempo instrumentals." Includes Wabash Cannonball, Ida Red, and San Antonio Rose.