They were pioneers of the western swing genre, and this is a hugely entertaining set.

The Light Crust Doughboys occupied a very unusual niche in popular music. They were a western swing band from Texas, created and organised in the early 1930s by the Burrus Mill and Elevator Company in Saginaw, Texas, in order to promote the company's brand of Light Crust Flour on radio and link that to advertising. The company's president Lee O'Daniel, a natural showman, was at the heart of the strategy and often travelled to perform and record with the group. They became major stars and their recording career in their original incarnation lasted for around a decade. They recorded prolifically, and this 54-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from their releases on Vocalion and Okeh from this era. It features western swing version of classic country, folk, blues, jazz and pop songs like 'Waiting For The Robert E. Lee', 'Washington And Lee Swing, 'El Rancho Grande', 'Sittin' On Top Of The World', 'Chinatown My Chinatown', 'Birth Of The Blues', 'It Makes No Difference Now', 'My Blue Heaven' and many more. It features ace western swing musicians Jim Boyd, John Parker, Cecil Brower, Kenneth Pitts, Dick Reinhart, Marvin Montgomery and others. They were pioneers of the western swing genre, and this is a hugely entertaining set.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Beautiful Texas
• Bill Cheatham
• Prairie Lullaby
• El Rancho Grande
• Waltz You Saved For Me
• Rural Rhythm
• In A Little Gypsy Tea Room
• My Melancholy Baby
• My Blue Heaven
• I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bone
• I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
• Uncle Zeke
• Happy Cowboy
• When The Moon Shines On The Mississippi Valley
• Blue Guitars
• Roll Along Jordan
• Dusky Stevedore
• Just Once Too Often
• Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
• The Birth Of The Blues
• Sitting On Top Of The World
• Stumbling
• Slow Down, Mr Brown
• It Makes No Difference Now
• Pussy, Pussy, Pussy
• Baby, Give Me Some Of That
• Dirt Dish Rag Blues

Disc 2:

• Blue Eyed Sally
• Gulf Coast Blues
• Weary Blues
• Mama Won't Let Me
• We Must Have Beer
• Thinking Of You
• Mama Gets What She Wants
• We Found Her Little Pussy Cat
• You Got What I Want
• I'll Keep On Loving You
• Beer Drinking Mama
• Horsie Keep Your Tail Up
• Careless
• In Ole Oklahoma
• Texas Song Of Pride
• Jazzbo Joe
• Cattle Call
• Alice Blue Gown
• South
• Cripple Creek
• If You'll Come Back
• Mean Mean Mama
• Good Gracious Gracie
• Don't Lie To An Innocent Maiden
• Five Long Years
• Bear Creek Hop
• Sweet Sally

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Country

Language: English

Run Time: 141 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/06/26

UPC: 824046358723