Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies- Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 1
Milton Brown's Brownies not only invented Western Swing, but even anticipated rock 'n' roll by 20 years with Wanna Coffman's slapping bass and Bob Dunn's amplified steel guitar (and that Cliff Bruner was one fiery fiddler, too)! This hard-to-find number includes two dozen prime, mid-'30s tracks plus a 1932 Fort Worth Doughboys track (Nancy Jane) with Brown and Bob Wills!
Tracklist:
- Nancy Jane
- Brownie's Stomp
- Beale Street Mama
- St. Louis Blues
- Yes Sir!
- Taking Off
- Avalon
- Memphis BLues
- Easy Ridin' Papa
- You're Tired Of Me
- Copenhagen
- Beautiful Texas
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing
- This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
- An Old Water Mill By A Waterfall
- Going Up Brushy Fork
- In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Some Of These Days
- Sweet Jennie Lee
- My Precious Sonny Boy
- 'IDA' Sweet As Apple Cider
- Washington & Lee Swing
- Right Or Wrong
- A Thousand Good Nights
Milton Brown's Brownies not only invented Western Swing, but even anticipated rock 'n' roll by 20 years with Wanna Coffman's slapping bass and Bob Dunn's amplified steel guitar (and that Cliff Bruner was one fiery fiddler, too)! This hard-to-find number includes two dozen prime, mid-'30s tracks plus a 1932 Fort Worth Doughboys track (Nancy Jane) with Brown and Bob Wills!
Tracklist:
- Nancy Jane
- Brownie's Stomp
- Beale Street Mama
- St. Louis Blues
- Yes Sir!
- Taking Off
- Avalon
- Memphis BLues
- Easy Ridin' Papa
- You're Tired Of Me
- Copenhagen
- Beautiful Texas
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing
- This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
- An Old Water Mill By A Waterfall
- Going Up Brushy Fork
- In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Some Of These Days
- Sweet Jennie Lee
- My Precious Sonny Boy
- 'IDA' Sweet As Apple Cider
- Washington & Lee Swing
- Right Or Wrong
- A Thousand Good Nights