Looking for music recommendations

[traynor_garnet]

I've been listening to Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant (my god!!!), Hank Williams Sr, Biller and Wakefield, and have been totally digging country swing.

I'm looking for similar artists that have that blend of jazz and country. Rockabilly is cool too, but I don't like anything headed towards "surf guitar."

Anyone else into this stuff?

TG

[Paul]

Two words: Junior Brown

[Lester B. Flat]

Two words: Junior Brown
+1 on Junior Brown!

[traynor_garnet]

Thanks for the recommendations guys but Junior Brown doesn't do it for me. I hear country there, I hear 1950s rock, but I am looking more for a pre-rock sound: think 30s and 40s jazz meets country.

Thanks nonetheless,
TG

[Lester B. Flat]

Thanks for the recommendations guys but Junior Brown doesn't do it for me. I hear country there, I hear 1950s rock, but I am looking more for a pre-rock sound: think 30s and 40s jazz meets country.

Thanks nonetheless,
TG

Asleep At The Wheel might be what you're looking for? The "Kings of Texas Swing".

[Paul]

Thanks for the recommendations guys but Junior Brown doesn't do it for me. I hear country there, I hear 1950s rock, but I am looking more for a pre-rock sound: think 30s and 40s jazz meets country.

Thanks nonetheless,
TG

Two more words:

Never Mind......

That's a tough request to fill. 30's and 40's jazz encompasses a huge range of styles within the jazz world, from dixieland to the early stages of be-bop. This isn't quite what you are looking for, but I am a huge fan of Louis Jordan and his Tympani 5. He's been described as the last man to swing and the first man to rock. There ain't a lot of country, if any, in his music, but there is a huge cultural influence from The South.

Let us know what you discover, I'm now curious too.

[Sneaky]

I've been listening to Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant (my god!!!), Hank Williams Sr, Biller and Wakefield, and have been totally digging country swing.

I'm looking for similar artists that have that blend of jazz and country. Rockabilly is cool too, but I don't like anything headed towards "surf guitar."

Anyone else into this stuff?

TG


Danny Gatton did some good stuff in a jazzy vein... eg. "Relentless" with Joey Defrancesco (B3 player), or a Various Artists one called "New York Stories".

Asleep at the Wheel in their many incarnations are always good too.

edit: and don't forget Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks.

-Pete