Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1969

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Overview

The first song on the 1969 volume of Bear Family's Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music is "Kay," a song that explicitly references the ongoing conflict in Vietnam, while the second, Buck Owens' "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?," splits the difference between a harpsichord and a fuzz guitar. In other words, the '60s in all their paisley splendor had arrived to the mainstream of country music but the upheaval is apparent in other places, yet in ways that aren't quite so splashy. Bobby Bare's mournful, symphonic cheating anthem "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn," is a Tom T. Hall tune, filled with telling details that capture not just a place, but a time. Hall's particular gift is naturally apparent on his own hit "Homecoming, " -- an oddly melancholy tale of an oblivious, absent country singer visiting his old, ailing father -- but such modern narratives are also evident on Roger Miller's version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee" and Johnny Cash's riotous take on Shel Silverstein's "A Boy Named Sue." These are balanced by hard honky tonk via Jerry Lee Lewis, Bare's jingoistic "God Bless America Again," Charlie Rich's soulful "Life's Little Ups and Downs," Glen Campbell's achingly symphonic country-pop, Merle Haggard's dogged, determined Bakersfield country, and the singles of Kenny Rogers & the First Edition, which attempt to polish and shoehorn all these trends into something pop and palatable. Looking back just a few years prior, it'd be hard to believe that country music would encompass so many sounds and sensibilities and that's why Dim Lights 1969 is such a thrilling compilation: the adventure is palpable in nearly every track. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/2013
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	5397102172649
Rank:	174216

Tracks

1. Kay  - Hank Mills  - George Richey  - John Wesley Ryles  - Don Tweedy
2. Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass?  - Earl Poole Ball  - Albert "Al Bruno" Bruneau  - Doyle Floyd Hendricks  - Robert D. "Bob" Morris  - Ken Nelson  - Buck Owens  - Don Rich  - Jerry Wiggins
3. (Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn  - William Paul Ackerman  - Chester B. Atkins  - Bobby Bare  - Robert L. Becker  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Larry Butler  - Howard Carpenter  - Harold E. Jr. Cruthirds  - Ray Edenton  - Tom T. Hall  - Hoyt Hawkins  - Millie Kirkham  - Neal Jr. Matthews  - Bob Moore  - Wayne Moss  - Akira Nagai  - Jo Lennon Parker  - Hugh Gordon Stoker  - Don Tweedy  - David Vanderkooi  - Carol Walker  - Raymond C. Jr. Walker  - Stephanie Woolf
4. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man  - Earl Ball  -  Byrds  - Lloyd Green  - Bob Johnston  - Roger McGuinn  - Gene Parsons  - Gram Parsons  - Clarence White  - John York
5. Workin' Man Blues  - Chuck Berghofer  - James Burton  - James Beck Gordon  - Merle Haggard  - Norman D. Hamlett  - Glen D. Hardin  - Ken Nelson  - Roy Nichols  - Willard Price  - Lewis Talley
6. Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Floyd Cramer  - Ray Edenton  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Sharon Higgins  - Roy Jr. Huskey  -  Jordanaires  - Loretta Lynn  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Harald Rugg
7. All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)  - Jerry Carrigan  - Jack Clement  - Dallas Frazier  - Billy Grammer  - Lloyd Green  - Hoyt Hawkins  - Bill Irwin  - Millie Kirkham  - Billy Linneman  - Neal Jr. Matthews  - A.L. "Doodle" Owens  - Charley Pride  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - Billy Sanford  - Hugh Gordon Stoker  - Herman Bland "Pete" Wade  - Bill Walker  - Raymond C. Walker
8. Galveston  - Glen Campbell  - Al DeLory  - Jimmy Webb
9. To Make Love Sweeter for You  - Kenneth Buttery  - Lloyd Green  - Jerry Kennedy  - Jerry Glenn Kennedy  - Jerry Lee Lewis  - Kenneth Lovelace  - Bob Moore  - Jerry Shook  - Jerry "Chip Young" Stembridge  - Glen Sutton
10. A Boy Named Sue  - Johnny Cash  - Marshall Grant  - W.S. Holland  - Bob Johnston  - Carl Perkins  - Shel Silverstein  - Bob Wooton
11. Rings of Gold  - Chester B. Atkins  - Chet Atkins  - Jerry Carrigan  - Danny Davis  - Don Gibson  - Jerry Reed Hubbard  - Roy Jr. Huskey  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - Gene Thomas  - Bill West  - Dottie West
12. Statue of a Fool  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Jan Crutchfield  - Pete Rodis Drake  - Ray Edenton  - Jack Greene  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  -  Jordanaires  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bob Moore  - William Whitney Pursell
13. Me and Bobbie McGee  - Fred Foster  - Jerry Kennedy  - Kris Kristofferson  - Roger Miller
14. Sin City  - Chris Ehtridge  -  Flying Burrito Brothers  - Chris Hillman  - Eddie Hoh  - Sneaky Pete Kleinow  - Henry Lewy  - Larry Marks  - Gram Parsons
15. Homecoming  - Tom T. Hall  - Jerry Glenn Kennedy
16. I'll Share My World with You  - Harold W. "Pappy" Daily  - George Jones  - Bob Moore  - Ben Wilson  - Tammy Wynette
17. God Bless America Again  - William Paul Ackerman  - Byron Bach  - Brenton Bolden Banks  - Bobby Bare  - Jean Bare  - George III Binkley  - Stephen Clapp  - Jack Clement  - Jay Dawson  - James J. Doster  - Jack Eubanks  - Rita Figlio  - William Fitzpatrick  - Dennis Good  - Billy Grammer  - Boyce Hawkins  - Jerr Haynie  - Glenn Huggins  - Lillian Vann Hunt  - Hank Levine  - Laverna Moore  - Richard Morris  - Gene Mullins  - Henry Strzelecki  - David Vanderkooi  - Duane West  - Stephanie Woolf
18. Wine Me Up  - Eddie Crandall  - Jerry Glenn Kennedy  - Faron Young
19. You Gave Me a Mountain  - Johnny Bush  - Pete Drake  - Tommy Hill  - Marty Robbins
20. Just Someone I Used to Know  - Glenn Baxter  - Jerry Carrigan  - Jack Clement  - Dolores Edgin  - Bob Ferguson  - Lloyd Green  - Roy Jr. Huskey  - Mack Magaha  - George W. McCormick  - William McElhiney  - Wayne Moss  - June Evelyn Page  - Dolly Parton  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - Jerry "Chip Young" Stembridge  - Charles W. Trent  - Porter Wagoner  - Hurshel Wayne Wiginton
21. Try a Little Kindness  - Bobby Austin  - Glen Campbell  - Al DeLory  - Curt Sapaugh
22. She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye  - Byron Bach  - Brenton Bolden Banks  - George III Binkley  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Marvin Chantry  - Ned Gail Davis  - Ray Edenton  - Solie Isaac Fott  - Doug Gilmore  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Lillian Vann Hunt  - Martin Katahn  - Jerry Kennedy  - Jerry Glenn Kennedy  - Sheldon Kurland  - Jerry Lee Lewis  - Kenneth Lovelace  - Bob Moore  - Mickey Newbury  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - Jerry Shook  - Jerry "Chip Young" Stembridge  - Mort Thomasson  - D. Bergen White
23. Okie from Muskogee  - Chuck Berghofer  - Eddie Burris  - James Burton  - Merle Haggard  - Norman D. Hamlett  - Glen D. Hardin  - Jerry Reed Hubbard  - Ken Nelson  - Roy Nichols  - Ronald Tutt
24. To See My Angel Cry  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Larry Butler  - Ray Edenton  - Carlton Haney  - John Hughey  -  Jordanaires  - Joe E. Lewis  - Tommy Markhan  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bob Moore  - Conway Twitty  - L.E. White
25. Bloody Merry Morning  - Jimmy Day  - Billy English  - Charles Felton Jarvis  - Willie Nelson  - Dave Zettner
26. Life's Little Up and Downs  - Charlie Rich  - Margaret Ann Rich  - Billy Sherrill
27. Ruben James  - Jimmy Bowen  -  First Edition  - Glen D. Hardin  - Alex Harvey  - Mike Post  - Kenny Rogers  -  Rogers  - Mike Settle  - Terry Williams
28. Kay  - Sammy Creason  - James Luther Dickinson  - Charlie Freeman  - Tommy McClure  - Hank Mills  - Billy Lee Riley

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Conway Twitty   Primary Artist,Vocals
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jerry Lee Lewis   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition   Primary Artist
Billy Lee Riley   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Charley Pride   Primary Artist,Vocals
Dolly Parton   Primary Artist,Vocals
Charlie Rich   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Don Gibson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Dottie West   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Flying Burrito Brothers   Primary Artist
Loretta Lynn   Primary Artist,Vocals
Johnny Bush   Primary Artist,Vocals
Porter Wagoner   Primary Artist,Vocals
Merle Haggard   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bobby Bare   Primary Artist,Vocals
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
The Byrds   Primary Artist
Glen Campbell   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
John Wesley Ryles   Primary Artist,Vocals
Faron Young   Primary Artist,Vocals
Roger Miller   Primary Artist,Vocals
Buck Owens   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
George Jones   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tom T. Hall   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jack Greene   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bill West   Guitar (Steel)
Billy Grammer   Guitar
Larry Butler   Piano
Jerry Carrigan   Drums
Chet Atkins   Guitar
Chris Hillman   Vocals,Mandolin
Jack Eubanks   Guitar (Electric)
James Luther Dickinson   Keyboards
Chuck Berghofer   Bass
James Burton   Guitar
The Jordanaires   Choir/Chorus
Billy Linneman   Bass
John Hughey   Guitar (Steel)
Wayne Moss   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Lewis Talley   Guitar
Mack Magaha   Fiddle
Dave Zettner   Guitar
Lloyd Green   Guitar (Steel)
Jimmy Day   Bass
Chris Ehtridge   Vocals,Bass,Piano
The First Edition   Vocals
Stephanie Woolf   Violin
Hugh Gordon Stoker   Choir/Chorus
Solie Isaac Fott   Violin
Roy Huskey Jr.   Bass
Roy Nichols   Guitar (Electric)
Ray Edenton   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Harald Rugg   Guitar (Steel)
Sheldon Kurland   Violin
Sneaky Pete Kleinow   Pedal Steel
Byron Bach   Cello
Tommy McClure   Bass
Kenny Rogers   Vocals
Jerry Shook   Guitar
Al DeLory   Conductor
Jay Dawson   French Horn
Charlie Freeman   Guitar
Glen D. Hardin   Piano
Marvin Chantry   Viola
Marshall Grant   Bass
Billy Sanford   Guitar (Electric)
Ronald Tutt   Drums
Hurshel Wayne Wiginton   Choir/Chorus
Jo Lennon Parker   Violin
Raymond C. Walker   Choir/Chorus
James J. Doster   Trombone
Robert D. "Bob" Morris   Bass
Glenn Huggins   Choir/Chorus
Carl Perkins   Guitar (Electric)
Earl Ball   Piano
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Gene Parsons   Banjo,Drums,Vocals,Harmonica
John York   Vocals,Bass (Electric)
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Organ,Piano
Clarence White   Guitar,Vocals
Tammy Wynette   Vocal Harmony
William Fitzpatrick   Violin
Mike Settle   Vocals
Dennis Good   Trombone
W.S. Holland   Drums
Laverna Moore   Choir/Chorus
George W. McCormick   Guitar (Rhythm)
Henry Strzelecki   Bass
Martin Katahn   Violin
Gram Parsons   Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Howard Carpenter   Viola
Brenton Bolden Banks   Violin
William McElhiney   Trumpet
Joe E. Lewis   Choir/Chorus
Gene Mullins   Trombone
Bill Walker   Organ,Vibraphone
Kenneth Buttery   Drums
David Vanderkooi   Cello
Stephen Clapp   Violin
Bob Moore   Bass
Akira Nagai   Violin
Kenneth Lovelace   Fiddle
Earl Poole Ball   Electric Harpsichord
Dolores Edgin   Choir/Chorus
George Binkley III   Violin
Lillian Vann Hunt   Violin
Hoyt Hawkins   Choir/Chorus
Sammy Creason   Drums
James Beck Gordon   Drums
Bob Wooton   Guitar (Electric)
Jerr Haynie   French Horn
Albert "Al Bruno" Bruneau   Guitar
Doyle Floyd Hendricks   Guitar
Pete Rodis Drake   Guitar (Steel)
Ned Gail Davis   Guitar (Steel)
Willard Price   Bass
Norman D. Hamlett   Guitar (Steel)
Rita Figlio   Choir/Chorus
Jerry Glenn Kennedy   Guitar
Jerry "Chip Young" Stembridge   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
June Evelyn Page   Choir/Chorus
Robert L. Becker   Viola
Duane West   Choir/Chorus
Thomas Grady Martin   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Harold Ray Bradley   Guitar,6-String Bass
Carol Walker   Violin
Herman Bland "Pete" Wade   Guitar (Electric)
Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr.   Drums
Richard Morris   Percussion
Raymond C. Walker Jr.   Choir/Chorus
Eddie Hoh   Drums
Billy English   Drums
Jean Bare   Choir/Chorus
Tommy Markhan   Drums,Percussion
Charles W. Trent   Electric Banjo
Terry Williams   Vocals
Roger McGuinn   Guitar,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Jerry Reed Hubbard   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Jerry Wiggins   Drums
Millie Kirkham   Choir/Chorus
Neal Matthews, Jr.   Choir/Chorus
Glenn Baxter   Trumpet
Don Tweedy   Conductor
William Paul Ackerman   Drums
William Whitney Pursell   Piano
Harold E. Cruthirds, Jr.   Cello

Technical Credits

Bobby Austin   Composer
Billy Grammer   Leader
Colin Escott   Reissue Producer,Liner Notes,Photography,Illustrations
Conway Twitty   Composer
Larry Marks   Producer
Chris Hillman   Composer
Boyce Hawkins   Composer
L.E. White   Composer
Jack Clement   Composer,Producer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Pete Drake   Producer
Jerry Lee Lewis   Leader
Jerry Kennedy   Composer,Producer
Dottie West   Leader
The Flying Burrito Brothers   Producer
Wayne Moss   Leader
Jan Crutchfield   Composer
Lloyd Green   Leader
Mort Thomasson   Engineer
Russ Wapensky   Discography
Jimmy Bowen   Producer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Owen Bradley   Producer
A. L. "Doodle" Owens   Composer
Mike Post   Arranger
Shel Silverstein   Composer
Bob Johnston   Producer
Ken Nelson   Producer
Bobby Bare   Leader,Composer
Billy Sherrill   Producer
Willie Nelson   Leader,Composer
Al DeLory   Producer,Orchestral Arrangements
Glen Sutton   Composer
Glen D. Hardin   Arranger
Hank Levine   Contractor
Margaret Ann Rich   Composer
D. Bergen White   Arranger
Sharon Higgins   Composer
Bob Ferguson   Producer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Ben Wilson   Composer
Carlton Haney   Composer
James Burton   Leader
Faron Young   Composer
Fred Foster   Composer
Eddie Crandall   Composer
Doug Gilmore   Composer
Buck Owens   Leader,Composer
Dallas Frazier   Composer
Henry Lewy   Producer
Gram Parsons   Composer
Curt Sapaugh   Composer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering
Chester B. Atkins   Producer
Otto Kitsinger   Discography
Alex Harvey   Composer
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Gene Thomas   Composer
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Eddie Burris   Composer
Tom T. Hall   Composer
Tommy Hill   Producer
Mickey Newbury   Composer
George Richey   Producer
Hank Mills   Composer
Harold W. "Pappy" Daily   Producer
Jerry Glenn Kennedy   Leader,Producer
Thomas Grady Martin   Leader
Richard Morris   Assistant
Brenda Collins   Photography,Illustrations
Charles Felton Jarvis   Producer
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography
Marty Robbins   Composer
Danny Davis   Producer
Les Leverett   Photography,Illustrations
Don Tweedy   Arranger,Contractor
Christian Zwarg   Transfers
Bill Irwin   Assistant