Come On

by Wynn Stewart

Overview

Although he's hardly a name that most contemporary country fans know, Wynn Stewart had a solid career that began in the mid-'50s and stretched into the 1980s, and his prototypical L.A.-based Bakersfield sound paved the way for Buck Owens, Merle Haggard (Stewart gave Haggard his first professional break by hiring him as a bass player in 1962), and later, Dwight Yoakam to refresh and reshape it all the way to the top of the country charts. That traditional California country sound is everywhere in evidence on this wonderful set from Bear Family Records, which collects Stewart's more upbeat tracks, a fun mix of rockabilly, honky tonk, and country boogie sides like the racing "Come On" (there are two versions here, the master and an alternate take), the easy-flowing shuffle of "Donna on My Mind," the clever and infectious "Man, Man, Mr. Sandman," and the drifter anthem "Another Day, Another Dollar," which has ironically re-emerged in the 21st century as the soundtrack to a Volkswagen commercial. This fine playlist doesn't tell the whole story, of course, with signature Stewart songs like 1956's "Waltz of the Angels" and 1967's "It's Such a Pretty World Today" absent, but it does do a really good job at showing the rocking side of this innovative, influential, and too often unsung country treasure. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2011
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127172525
Rank:	59863

Tracks

1. Come On
2. After All
3. It's Not the Moon That Makes the Difference
4. Slowly But Surely
5. That Just Kills Me
6. Why Do I Love You So
7. I Wish I Could Say the Same
8. She Just Tears Me Up
9. School Bus Love Affair
10. Donna on My Mind
11. I Keep Forgettin' That I Forgot About You
12. We'll Never Love Again
13. I Done Done It
14. Rain, Rain
15. Big, Big Love
16. Playboy
17. Hold Back Tomorrow
18. Wrong Company
19. Three Cheers for the Loser
20. Wishful Thinking
21. You're That Someone Else
22. Heartaches for a Dime
23. Man, Man, Mr. Sandman
24. Slightly Used
25. Open Up My Heart [Basic Track]
26. Wall to Wall Heartaches
27. Another Day, Another Dollar
28. Take It or Leave It
29. Uncle Tom Got Caught
30. Don't Spook Me
31. Come On [Master]
32. Jackie Burns: Wild One

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wynn Stewart   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Eddie Cochran   Primary Artist
Jan Howard   Primary Artist,Vocals
Skeets McDonald   Bass
Bobby Austin   Bass,Guitar
Ivy J. "Jimmy" Bryant   Guitar
Cut-Ups   Vocals
Jackie Burns   Vocals
Clarence White   Guitar
Joe Maphis   Fiddle,Guitar
Ralph Mooney   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Phil Baugh   Guitar
Roy Nichols   Guitar
Merle Haggard   Guitar
Jim Pierce   Piano
Merrill Moore   Piano
Tommy Collins   Guitar
Roy Harte   Drums
Glen Campbell   Guitar
Gordon Terry   Fiddle,Guitar
Lewis Augustus Talley   Guitar
Carl West   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Jelly Sanders   Fiddle
Clarence "Bud" Dooley   Bass
Sam White   Vocals
Beverly Stewart   Vocals (Background)
Ronald E. "Rollie" Bundock   Bass
David William Allen   Drums
Robert "Bob" Bain   Guitar
Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams   Drums
Dennis Hromek   Bass
Helen "Peaches" Price   Drums
George French, Jr.   Piano
Donald P. Duffy   Bass
Anthony Amico   Drums
Joe Grant   Vocals
Cecil R. Bays   Guitar
Charles Edward "Eddie" Drake   Guitar
Eddie Seals   Vocals
Allan Dale Norris   Guitar
Shirley Roy "Pete" Ash   Piano
Edward Ray Cochran   Guitar
Roy Jefferson Staggs   Guitar
Bob Morris   Bass,Guitar
Jimmy Collins   Guitar (Steel)
Buck Owens   Guitar

Technical Credits

Skeets McDonald   Leader
Ken Nelson   Producer
Bobby Bare   Composer
Billy Barton   Composer
Bobby George   Composer
Jiles Perry Richardson   Composer
Joe Johnson   Producer
Jackie Burns   Producer
Lance Guynes   Composer
Laurence Zwisohn   Discography
Cliff Crofford   Composer
Carl Belew   Composer
Dub Dickerson   Composer
Joel Whitburn   Source Material
Tommy Collins   Composer
Dave Sax   Discography
Hal Bynum   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Wynn Stewart   Leader,Composer,Producer
George Jones   Composer
Stefan Kohne   Reissue Producer
Curtis Leach   Composer
Russ Wapensky   Discography
Beverly Stewart   Composer
Dusty Rose   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Robert "Bob" Bain   Leader
Leon Tassin   Composer
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Paul Kingsbury   Source Material
James Watson   Composer
Christian Zwarg   Mastering
Barry McCloud   Source Material
Frank Miller, Jr.   Composer
Tom Cross   Composer
Eddy Pierce   Composer
Joe Hulsey   Composer
Gene Ky   Composer
Mel Bolt   Composer
Willie B. Carpenter   Composer
Elizabeth Greenbaum Kasson   Source Material
Este   Photo Restoration
Bob Morris   Composer
Colin Escott   Source Material
Liz Anderson   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography
Todd Everett   Liner Notes