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An authoritative & entertaining 100-track history of the steel guitar in its various guises, from its Hawaiian origins to its prominent role in American Western Swing. Disc 1: Slidin On The Frets Andy Sanella - Slidin` On The Frets / Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Four - Iniki Malie / Kalama`s Quartet - Wai O Minnehaha / Four Hawaiian Guitars - Black Boy Blues / Sam Ku West - Farewell Blues / Sam Ku West - The Memphis Blues / Sam Ku West - St Louis Blues / H.M.Barnes And His Blue Ridge Ramblers - Honolulu Stomp / King Nawahi`s Hawaiians - Hawaiian Capers / Waikiki Hawaiian Trio - My Best Girl / Segis Luvaun - Wela-Ka-Hao / Kanui & Lula - Ua Like No A like / Andy Sanella - Blues Of The Guitar / Palakiko & Paaluhi - Honolulu March / Hawaiian Beachcombers - Breezy Hawaiian Melody / Roy Smeck Hawaiian Orch - Kalima Waltz / Jim & Bob & The Genial Hawaiians - Saint Louis Blues / Jim & Bob & The Genial Hawaiians - By The Waters Of Minnietonka / Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet - An Orange Grove In California / Sol Hoopii & His Novelty Quartet - Oh Lady Be Good / Roy Smeck`s Serenaders - Guitarese / Roy Smeck`s Serenaders - Slippery Fingers / Roy Smeck`s Serenaders - Limehouse Blues / Tau Moe & The Original Hawaiians - Hula Blues / Tau Moe & The Original Hawaiians - Rhythm Of The Islands Disc 2: Steel Guitar Stomp (Bob Dunn steel guitar tracks 1-8) Milton Brown & Brownies - Takin` Off / Bill Mounce - I Found A New Baby / Modern Mountaineers -Taking Off / Bob Dunn`s Vagabonds - Stompin` At The Honky Tonk / Cliff Bruner & His Boys - Kelly Swing / Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers - Jitterbug Jive / Sons Of Dixie - Don`t Ever Go Wrong / Roy Newman - Dust Off That Old Piano (Noel Boggs steel guitar 9-14) - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys - Stay A Little Longer / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Texas Playboy Rag / Spade Cooley - Boggs Boogie / Johnny Bond- The Daughter Of Jole Blon / Spade Cooley -Spadella / Hank Penny - Steel Guitar Stomp (Leon McAuliffe steel guitar tracks 15-19) Bob Wills - Steel Guitar Stomp / Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Steel Guitar Rag / Leon McAuliffe - Steel Guitar Rag / Leon McAuliffe -Twin Guitar Boogie / Leon Mcauliffe - Take It Away Leon (Ted Daffan steel guitar tracks 20-25) - Shelly Lee Alley - Train Whistle Blues / Shelly Lee Alley - I`ve Got the Blues #2 / Al Dexter - Down At The Roadside Inn / Ted Daffan`s Texans - Blue Steel Blues / Ted Daffan - Weary Steel Blues / Ted Daffan - Car Hop`s Blues Disc 3: Steeling The Blues Charles Mitchell - Mean Mama Blues / Sons Of The West -Panhandle Rag / Sons Of The West -Sally`s Got A Wooden Leg / Hi-Flyers - Juke Box Jump / Leodie Jackson - Steeling The Blues / Leodie Jackson - Double Crossin` Mama / Spade Cooley - Steel Guitar Rag / Spade Cooley - Texas Steel Guitar / Johnny Bond - John`s Other Wife / Johnny Bond - I Won`t Stand In Your Way / Ernest Tubb - So Round So Firm So Fully Packed / Ernest Tubb - Don`t Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) / Jimmy Heap & The Melody Masters - Dessau Waltz / Billy Briggs - Down In New Orleans / Billy Briggs - Pretty Baby Boogie / Lone Star Cowboys - Steel Guitar Bounce / Cecil Campbell & The Tennessee Ramblers - Steel Guitar Hop / Cecil Campbell & The Tennessee Ramblers - Campbell`s Steel Guitar Special / Les Anderson - This Is Southland / Les Anderson - And I Shook / Tommy Sargent - Steel Guitar Boogie / Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Nite Riders - Safety Pin Rag / Merl Lindsay & His Oklahoma Nite Riders- Slidin` Steel / Tiny Murphy & His Bar 69 Boys - Hot Steel / Little Jimmy Dickens - I`ve Just Got To See You Once More Disc 4: Steeling The Mood Buster Martin - Herbie`s Steel Guitar Polka / Hank Penny - Remington Ride / Webb Pierce - I Need You Like A Hole In The Head / Shot Jackson - Steeling The Mood / Floyd Tillman - I Don`t Care Anymore / George Morgan - Be Sure You Know / Billy Walker - Mexican Joe / Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Speedin` West / Speedy West - Stratosphere Boogie / Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys - Settin` The Woods On Fire / Joe Maphis - Fire On The Strings / Charlie Feathers - Peepin` Eyes / Charlie Feathers - I`ve Been Deceived / Marvin Rainwater - Where Do We Go From Here / Slim Rhodes - Uncertain Love / Slim Rhodes - Gonna Romp And Stomp Tonight / Onie Wheeler - A Booger Gonna Getcha / Onie Wheeler - A Beggar For Your Love / Faron Young - Shame On You / Faron Young - I`m Gonna Live Some Before I Die / Rose Maddox - Looky There Over There / Terry Fell - That`s The Way The Big Ball Bounces / Terry Fell - Wham Bam Hot Ziggity Zam / Melvin Endsley - I Ain`t Getting` Nowhere With You / Bill Haley & The Comets - Is It True What They Say About Dixie (Proper)
