Steppin' Out: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight

by Lefty Frizzell

Overview

There's no questioning Lefty Frizzell's status as one of the two or three top honky tonk singers of all time, but curiously, the Bear Family compilation Steppin' Out: Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight -- part of an artist series that focuses specifically on honky tonk -- doesn't work as well as the best Lefty Frizzell compilations available. Certainly one of the most promising volumes in the series, it includes an abundance of Lefty's signature tracks: "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues," "Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)," "Run 'Em Off," "She's Gone, Gone, Gone," and "Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)." Songs like these are part of what made Lefty Frizzell a legend to honky tonk fans -- light and carefree songs that established the "livin' high while I can" persona, making him at least the second most imitated honky tonk singer of all time (Hank Williams being the only contender for the crown). But an equal part of Lefty's influence was his tender balladry, including nostalgic material like "Mom and Dad's Waltz," "Forever (And Always)," "I Love You a Thousand Ways," "I Want to Be with You Always," and "Look What Thoughts Will Do." Anthologizing one important side of Lefty Frizzell's career is a beautiful thing, however, and there are plenty of rare songs here, including one track ("Steppin' Out") that is unreleased in any form, and several that were only available on Bear Family's massive box set Life's Like Poetry ("Sunday Down in Tennessee," "When Payday Comes Around," "My Blues Will Pass"). ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	08/05/2008
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127168023
Rank:	87283

Tracks

1. Steppin' Out
2. Intro (If You've Got the Money)
3. Sunday Down in Tennessee
4. Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
5. Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)
6. When Payday Comes Around
7. My Baby's Just Like Money
8. You Want Everything But Me
9. Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
10. If You Can Spare the Time (I Won't Miss the Money)
11. I Won't Be Good for Nothin'
12. I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)
13. You Can Always Count on Me
14. Run 'Em Off
15. Mama!
16. Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)
17. From an Angel to a Devil
18. Sick, Sober and Sorry
19. No One to Talk To (But the Blues)
20. Time Out for the Blues
21. You Win Again
22. Cigarettes and Coffee Blues/Intro
23. Desert Blues
24. Intro/Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer
25. Somebody's Pushing
26. Mona Lisa
27. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
28. You're Humbuggin' Me
29. If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
30. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
31. Farther Than My Eyes Can See
32. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
33. My Blues Will Pass
34. So What! Let It Rain
35. Heaven's Plan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lefty Frizzell   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
David Frizzell   Primary Artist
Ray Edenton   Guitar (Bass)
Artie Glenn   Guitar (Bass)
Harold Bradley   Guitar
Bobby Williamson   Guitar (Bass)
Buddy Harman   Drums
Hank Garland   Guitar
Dale Potter   Fiddle
Don Helms   Guitar (Steel)
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Grady Martin   Guitar
Johnny Gimble   Fiddle
Grundy Herbert   Guitar (Bass)
William A. Wardle   Piano
Thomas Eugene ONeal   Guitar (Steel)
Madge Suttee   Piano
Pete Drake   Guitar (Steel)
Joe Maphis   Guitar
Johnny Bond   Vocals
Eddie Duncan   Guitar (Bass)
Farris Coursey   Drums
Joe Zinkan   Guitar (Bass)
Leon Rhodes   Guitar
Wayne Raney   Vocals,Harmonica
Jerry Rivers   Fiddle
Jack Shook   Guitar
Thomas Lee Jackson Jr.   Fiddle
Walter Lenk   Drums
Jimmie Curtis   Guitar (Steel)
Sam Pruett   Guitar
John Kelleher   Guitar (Bass)
George McCoy   Guitar (Steel)
Buddy Griffin & His Orchestra   Guitar (Rhythm)
Joe Knight   Guitar (Rhythm)
Jimmy Kelly   Guitar (Steel)
Pee Wee Stewart   Fiddle
M.C. Berry   Drums
Bill Callahan   Guitar (Bass)
Lightnin' Chance   Guitar (Bass)
Harold Carmack   Piano
Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams   Drums
Marvin H. Hughes   Piano
William Whitney Pursell   Piano
Jimmy Rollins   Guitar
Norman Stevens   Guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Husky   Guitar (Bass)
Eddie Caldwell   Fiddle
Johnny Sibert   Guitar (Steel)
Kenneth Baker   Guitar
C.B. White   Guitar (Steel)
Don West   Piano
Shirley Caddell   Vocals
Vernon Crank   Drums
Jack Gregory   Saxophone
Abe Mulkay   Vocal Harmony
Marianne Hall   Guitar (Steel)
Paul Blunt   Guitar (Steel)
Skeets McDonald   Guitar (Bass)
Bobby Bruce   Fiddle
Jack Youngblood   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Jesse Ashlock   Composer
Ray Price   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Aubrey Freeman   Composer
Freddie Hart   Composer
Jim Beck   Composer
Bob Jones   Disc Transfers
Frank Jones   Producer
Eddie Hazelwood   Composer
Don Law   Producer
Lefty Frizzell   Composer
Deke Dickerson   Liner Notes,Biographical Notes
Wayne Walker   Composer
Richard Weize   Tape Research,Discographical Annotation
Marty Robbins   Composer
Onie Wheeler   Composer
Art Satherley   Producer
Stefan Kohne   Reissue Producer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering
Jimmy Beck   Composer
Erich Huelsenbeck   Photo Scanning
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Tony Lee   Composer
Tex Atchison   Composer
Blackie Crawford   Composer