Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight

by Sid King, Sid King & the Five Strings

Overview

Sid King and the Five Strings were one of the weirdest and most enjoyable of the pre-rock & roll hillbilly country bands. Not only did King and the Five Strings play country boogie and nervy honky tonk, they tore their way through R&B and blues, performing all their songs with a wild, backwoods humor. Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight contains all 29 songs the group recorded between 1953 and 1959. Primarily, this is music for collectors -- though there is a lot of really weird, wonderful proto-rock & roll here, you have to have a taste for the obscure to truly appreciate it. For those that have a taste for the obscure, the music on Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight is a true treasure. ~ Thom Owens

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/1994
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127155351
Rank:	92873

Tracks

1. I Like It
2. Crazy Little Heart
3. Put Something in the Pot Boy
4. Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
5. But I Don't Care
6. Mama, I Want You
7. Purr, Kitty, Purr
8. Sag, Drag, and Fall
9. Blue Suede Shoes
10. Let 'Er Roll
11. Booger Red
12. Ooby Dooby
13. When My Baby Left Me
14. Good Rockin' Baby
15. Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
16. It's True, I'm Blue
17. I've Got the Blues
18. Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love)
19. What Have Ya Got to Lose
20. Twenty One
21. I Cried
22. Oh What You Do to Me
23. Hello There Rockin' Chair
24. Once upon a Time
25. Who Put the Turtle in Myrtle's Girdle
26. If Tears Could Cry
27. How Easy Was It Dear
28. When My Baby Left Me
29. Good Rockin' Baby

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sid King & the Five Strings   Primary Artist
Sid King   Primary Artist
Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams   Drums
Jimmy Rollins   Guitar
Paul Buskirk   Guitar,Mandolin
Bill Simmons   Piano
Jimmy Pruett   Piano
Louis Butterman   Bass
David L. White   Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Bill Erwin   Guitar
Cecil Brower   Fiddle
Melvin Robinson   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Buddy Brady   Fiddle
Sidney Erwin   Guitar,Vocals
William F. Pecchi   Drums
Dewey Meadows   Piano
Scott Clinton   Saxophone
Dave White   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Kenneth David Massey   Bass
William Simmons   Piano

Technical Credits

Alvin Hankerson   Composer
Sid King   Composer,Producer,Photography,Illustrations
Sid King & the Five Strings   Performer
Five Strings   Producer
David L. White   Leader
Blackie Crawford   Composer
J. Mayo Williams   Composer
Ben Weisman   Composer
Fred Wise   Composer
Don Law   Producer
Mack David   Composer
M. Robinson   Composer
Dick Penner   Composer
Mark Wilder   Disc Dub,Overdubs
Aaron Schroeder   Composer
Bob Jones   Mastering
Billy King   Composer
Colin Escott   Liner Notes
Carl Perkins   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography,Reissue Producer
Sticks McGhee   Composer
Sidney Erwin   Leader
Edward Thomas   Composer
Hoffmann Nienburg   Artwork,Art Direction
Wade Moore   Composer