Back in the Day, 1959
George Barnes And His Quartet
Country Jazz: The Amazing Guitar of George Barnes and his Quartet
(Sparton / Colortone / Brigade)
Searching for superlatives fleet-digited George would not merit would be a fool's pursuit. Indeed, 'casual listeners' defy imagination; his graceful exercises in soundly Country jaunts entrance. Rapt attentions are drawn to (and maintained by) exquisite manueverings beyond most axe-sters, and which weave together far-traveling imagination and amiable posturings that savor the back-country from whence they rambled. Class with mud on its boot heels.
Country Jazz was reissued by Modern Harmonic in 2017
Per Bandcamp: "It’s been said that one Barnes fan, the terrific guitarist Danny Gatton, learned [Country Jazz] note-for-note–and that it inspired Jimmy Bryant to record his Country Cabin Jazz in 1960. Young guitarists who hadn’t yet been born when George died in 1977 are as enthralled by Country Jazz as rock guitarists are of anything from Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton, who referenced George in his autobiography."
Recommended: "Jolly Joe Clark (Old Joe Clark)," "Turkey Cobbler (Turkey in the Straw)," "Banjo Hop," "Old Kentucky Ramble (My Old Kentucky Home)," "Rockabilly Boogie," "In the Gloaming," "Hot Guitar Rag," "Strollin' Slow," "Rockin' the Weasel (Pop Goes the Weasel)," "Chicken in the Rough (Chicken Reel)," "Bass Guitar Blues," "Dan's Plumb Tuckered (Old Dan Tucker)," "Arky Travels Again (Arkansas Traveler)," "Bluetail Buzz (Bluetail Fly)," "Hot Shortnin' Bread (Shortnin' Bread)," "Old Joe's Boogie (Old Black Joe)"
Videos: short film promo "Rockabilly Boogie" "Chicken in the Rough (Chicken Reel)"
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