Roger Miller - A Man Like Me (2:28)
Here's a stellar Decca honky-tonker that Roger recorded in late 1958, featuring the great Johnny Paycheck on harmony vocals. The rest of the guys on the session were from Nashville's fabled A-team.
Roger Miller - Vocal
Owen Bradley - Leader
Hank Garland - Guitar
Donald Eugene Lytle (Johnny Paycheck) - Guitar, harmony vocals
Jack Evins - Steel guitar
Joe Zinkans - Bass
Buddy Harman - Drums
Tommy Jackson - Fiddle
Floyd Cramer - Piano
This track, the photo above and all the session details were borrowed from Bear Family's excellent A Man Like Me CD that compiles all of Miller's recordings from 1957 - 1960 and features Deke Dickerson's liner notes that provide insight into Miller's many talents.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Roger Miller - A Man Like Me
Take It All Off
"Take It Off" mp3
by Groundhog, 1969.
more where this came from at the Boogie Woogie Flu
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Mack The Knife
Generally speaking, I'm a firm believer in staying far, far away from square dance records. There are, however, a few exceptions. Joe Maphis, for instance, released a few square dance instrumentals that are worth hearing for Maphis completists.
Another exception is this oddly captivating version of Mack The Knife, by The Squarenaders, which is almost certainly one of the greatest band names in all the world.
Squarenaders - Mack The Knife (3:47!)
Roger Miller Month: Roy Clark - The Green Green Grass of Home
We posted a couple of different versions of this song by Joe Tex last month, so I thought it only appropriate that we post this Homer and Jethro-esque rewrite of "Green Green Grass of Home", written by Roger & Roy, and performed on the only really good Roy Clark album I know about, Roy Clark Live! on Dot, ca. 1972.
"That's Roger's. I got it from him. I added a few lines to it but the whole premise of the song was his." Roy Clark
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