Title: Early Years Part 1: Too Busy Cryin' The Blues 1955-1957 Artist: Jerry Reed Label: Jasmine Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 604988380422 Genre: Country Release Date: 2023-05-19 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
One of Country Music's truly great guitarists and songwriters, Jerry Reed had been around for many years before he finally achieved crossover mainstream success in the 1970s and 80s. But among those in the know he'd been revered for his picking skills since the mid-1950s, having played on countless sessions, while he'd also cut plenty of Hillbilly, Rockabilly, and Country records under his own steam. The first of two compilations in a brief "mini-series" anthologising Jerry's early career, chronologically, this set features twenty-two of his own sides, two of him moonlighting with an instro combo and eight as a session guitarist. Many of these early 45s are highly-prized collectors' artefacts, and a lot of Jerry's fans consider these to be among his finest work. This is the first time that this body of work has been thus assembled, and several of these tracks are hard to find elsewhere on CD.
Tracks: 1.1 Here I Am 1.2 If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise 1.3 I'm Tired of Playing Cupid 1.4 I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter 1.5 Honey Chile 1.6 How Can I Go on This Way 1.7 When I Found You 1.8 Mister Whiz 1.9 I've Had Enough 1.10 This Great Big Empty Room 1.11 Just a Romeo 1.12 Too Busy Cryin' the Blues 1.13 You're Braggin', Boy 1.14 Everywhere 1.15 Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones - Young Love 1.16 Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones - Oooh-Eee 1.17 It's High Time 1.18 Forever 1.19 I'm Stuck 1.20 I Can't Find the Words 1.21 Ric Cartey - Heart Throb 1.22 Ric Cartey - I Wancha to Know 1.23 Ric Cartey - Let Me Tell You About Love 1.24 Ric Cartey - Born to Love One Woman 1.25 Rockin' in Baghdad 1.26 Oh! Lonely Heart 1.27 The Rockateers - Rock Bottom (Part 1) 1.28 The Rockateers - Rock Bottom (Part 2) 1.29 Ric Cartey - My Babe 1.30 Ric Cartey - Mellow Down Easy 1.31 In My Own Backyard 1.32 Ba-Bee
