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Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: White Lightnin'
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Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: White Lightnin'
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's 2012 set
is part of their
line, a series that concentrates on the rocking & rolling and boogie-woogie sides of country and rockabilly singers.
is rarely seen as a rockabilly cat and there's a reason for that. He was a cowboy, and a Hollywood one at that, so he never really tore loose the way a rowdy redneck would, but the 30 cuts on
-- the earliest dating from 1945, the latest from 1961, but most coming from the '50s -- have a serious swing to them, showcasing that
could get wild and woolly when the occasion called for it. This disc contains almost all of those occasions, most leaning toward a hard-swinging country boogie that
performed ably and amiably. He was capable of doing more -- something
makes clear in his fine liner notes, and his sentiment is borne out by other
sets -- but it's easy to overlook how rowdy he could be, and
showcases this wild streak to an entertaining effect. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine