Honky Tonk Country: Country Heartache

Honky Tonk Country: Country Heartache

Honky Tonk Country: Country Heartache

ASIN: B000003AV7

Track Listings
 
1. I Fell in Love - Carlene Carter
2. Don't Tell Me What to Do - Pam Tillis
3. I'm That Kind of Girl - Patty Loveless
4. Time Passes By - Kathy Mattea
5. All You Really Want to Do - Michelle Wright
6. Heart Full of Love - Holly Dunn
7. Oh What It Did to Me - Tanya Tucker
8. Black Coffee - Lacy J. Dalton
9. Men - The Forester Sisters

Honky Tonk Country: Country Heartache,Various Artists,Priority Records,50's,60's,Contemporary Country,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Neo-Traditionalist Country
The Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin' Years
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Greatest Country Album of all Time
  • Pure Honky Tonk Classic
  • Simply awesome
  • Fiendishly inspired country music
  • Honky Tonk doesn't get any better than this!
 The Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin' Years
Johnny Paycheck
Manufacturer: Country Music Found.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000QJA
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

  1. Don't Start Countin' On Me
  2. The Girl They Talk About
  3. A-11
  4. The Real Mr. Heartache
  5. I'm Barely Hangin' On To Me
  6. The Lovin' Machine
  7. He's In A Hurry (To Get Home To My Wife)
  8. The Ballad Of Frisco Bay
  9. Wherever You Are
  10. Big Town Baby
  11. Hang On Sally
  12. (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill
  13. (It's A Mighty Thin Line) Between Love And Hate
  14. Apartment #9
  15. The Late And Great Me
  16. Motel Time Again
  17. Jukebox Charlie
  18. Touch My Heart
  19. My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore
  20. The Cave
  21. Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey
  22. (Like Me) You'll Recover In Time
  23. It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You)
  24. If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might As Well Go To...)

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The years have been unkind to the former Donald Eugene Lytle, who seems destined to be remembered for his legendary travails with drugs, liquor, and the law rather than his vital musical contributions. By the time the first of these 24 songs was cut for Hilltop in 1964, Johnny Paycheck had already: run away from home at 15; hopped endless freight trains to sing in dive bars across the country; received a court martial from the navy for fracturing an officer's skull; escaped twice from military prison; toured alongside George Jones, Ray Price, Porter Wagoner, and Faron Young; and been fired by all of them for excessive drinking and a hot temper. Impressive credentials indeed for a honky-tonk singer. He formed the Little Darlin' label with producer Aubrey Mayhew in 1966 and created some of the world's most impudent, painfully genuine honky-tonk, distinguished by Lloyd Green's pedal-steel pyrotechnics and his own agony-ridden vocals. His emotive pronunciations will immediately call to mind George Jones, who he toured with on and off for six years (and who, according to the liner notes, actually copped his inimitable vocal style from Paycheck). Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of Paycheck's talent is his songwriting, which shows a knack for turning a classic country phrase. He reprises hits he wrote for Tammy Wynette ("Apartment #9") and Ray Price ("Touch My Heart") and offers such startling titles as "(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill," "It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be Hating You)," and "If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might as Well Go to the Bottom)." Play this at your next dinner party. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest Country Album of all Time .......2006-02-18

This album is the best album of all time in country and it was made in new york city and sung by a yankee from Ohio!! that's hysterical. Why Paychecks name isnt mentioned among the all time greats is a pure tragedy. From what Ive read about him he was a tortured man with a boat load of demons and not a nice guy. And it really is a shame hes known only by the masses for singing Take this Job and Shove it, in my opinion a mediocre forgettable song. Also Lloyd Greens steel playing just burns up the songs. Particularly My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore transports me back to Texas circa 1965 and Im back in Honky Tonk heaven again. And not this repressive politically correct insane world of 2006. Not a glory time for yours truly a hardcore Texas redneck. If your idea of Tim McGraws lyrics of "a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt as being really edgy or the sweet sounds of she-daisy as sweet country dont bother with this album with out getting written permission from your mama it could cause brain damage to you lol. Johnny you were a true master and your genius has not gone unrecognized by yours truly.

5 out of 5 stars Pure Honky Tonk Classic.......2005-12-28

It is one of the best Country albums bar none. It's Gonzo country that you just can't find.....Truly Eerie songs like "Pardon me, I've got someone to kill" and "the cave" make it worth the purchase alone. And who can forget A-11 that song is impossible to get out of your head. Most know Johnny for the "Take this job and shove it" song.........it's sad really because his little Darlin days are legendary and these songs on this album are the cream of the crop. Theit's not one bad one in the bunch.

Do yourself a favor, buy this album, a bottle of Jack, sit by the fireplace and you'll be grinning from one side of your face to the other.

A top 10 desert Island CD (and I have over 3000 cd's) It's that freaking good!)

5 out of 5 stars Simply awesome.......2004-07-30

Wow. I was (and still am) blown away by this CD. Someone had recommended it to me for Lloyd Green's steel playing, and that part is great, but it is so much more.

I didn't know a whole lot about Johnny Paycheck before I purchased this CD. I am a big fan of Jones, Owens, Haggard etc. But the few "newer" tunes I had heard by Paycheck didn't do a lot for me, so I was skeptical. Boy, was I wrong.

This collection of mostly mid-60's honky tonk tunes is what great Country and Western is all about. And JP adds something more....his lyrics are bold and haunting....the CD almost takes on a "Seargent Pepper" quality as one song flows into the next. And Paycheck can do it all, from upbeat and humorous dittys such as "Don't Monkey with another Monkey's Monkey", to the depressing and poignant "Like Me You'll Recover In Time" to the timeless shuffle of "A-11" and finally the eerie, almost pop-crossover tune entitled "It's A Mighty Thin Line Between Love and Hate".

My Country collection is quite large. If I were banned to a desert island with a boom-box and 3 CD's, this would be one of them. It's that good.

5 out of 5 stars Fiendishly inspired country music.......2002-12-01

It is very gratifying to see an artist of Johnny Paycheck's stature slowly but surely receive his due over the past few years. Along with this indispensable collection there have been two other recent releases that do a fine job of showcasing his best work following the Little Darlin' years; She's All I Got, his "comeback" album produced by Billy Sherrill that put him back on the map as well as The Soul & The Edge which compiles some of his best work from the 70's up to the early 80's. Both are highly recommended but it is his work with Aubrey Mayhew at their own renegade label that will remain the high water mark of this great country star's career.

The Real Mr. Heartache begins with a handful of tracks from the tiny Hilltop label that are more traditional fare than the later, insane Little Darlin' singles but no less thrilling. The Girl They Talk About and Paycheck's cover of the Buck Owens' hit A-11 especially are as exciting as anything to come out of that era's country music. It's a shame that Hilltop (an offshoot of a quickie repackage label that Mayhew worked for at the time) was unable to put the money and promotion behind these records that they deserved. They should have been smash hits.

Things quickly get weirder when Mayhew & Paycheck set up Little Darlin' as a vehicle for Paycheck's singles and albums. He's In A Hurry (To Get Home To My Wife) and The Ballad of Friso Bay announce that things are going to be a little different than what the listener is used to with 60's honky tonk. The Ballad of Frisco Bay is a haunting story that is delivered in such a propulsive manner that it can divert your attention away from the morbid fate of the narrarator. A prisoner tries to escape prison by jumping into the icy, shark-infested waters below and reach his wife and newborn child. Almost immediately after hitting the water he is overmatched by the cold and the powerful current and as he is drowning he thinks about how he took the blame for a crime his wife committed for the sake of their then-unborn child. This is as far away from mainstream country as it gets.

The most famous song from the Little Darlin' years is undoubtedly (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill. The emphasis placed on this excellent murder ballad has stolen focus away from even stronger and more unconventional tracks from this period. Of course this is not to say that Paycheck's best known song from his 60's artistic pinnacle isn't deserving of tremendous praise. It is one of the bleakest and most compelling contributions to the overcrowded field of country songs about killing your cheating lover. It even goes further by having the jilted lover not only kill his partner and the man she's having an affair with, he kills himself too and leaves a note for the cops explaining everything. What seems to get lost however is that killing two-timing lovers is a common occurence in country songs. In fact, it is quite possibly the most popular genre in country music. Just ask Johnny Cash to show you the sales receipts of his Murder disc from the Love, God & Murder collection if you doubt that.

If you are truly seeking the most insane music to come out of these sessions, look no further than later tracks such as The Cave, Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey and (Like Me) You'll Recover In Time. The Cave plays out like a gothic short story. A young boy heads into a strange cave to look around and gets lost. Terrified, he tries to find his way out only to get lost further and further into the cave. He resigns himself to die when a bright light serves as beacon to help him find his way back to the top and out of the cave. Turns out that the light was from a nuclear explosion and now everything the boy has ever known has been wiped out by The Bomb.

What is most baffling about Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey is that this demented novelty didn't wind up as the #1 country single of 1968. This is probably a good thing because Paycheck somehow avoided it becoming the same sort of albatross as Take This Job And Shove It. Still, this song is like Louie Louie, Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 and George Jones' I'm A People rolled into one. Absolutely nuts.

(Like Me) You'll Recover In Time is the most discomforting track to make its way onto this collection. Paycheck's vocal as a man fantasizing that the woman who drove him to the padded room were next to him and in the same shape is so far gone into dementia that it transcends novelty. This is really happening! And Lloyd Green's unforgettable steel guitar work emerges as the true star of this song, slicing your brain into ribbons and making you play it over and over so he can do it again.

If anything, Lloyd Green deserves equal billing with Johnny Paycheck and Aubrey Mayhew for the artistry of the Little Darlin' material. It is impossible to imagine anyone else contributing what this man does to each and every song, making the good ones great and the great ones deserving of the same praise we regularly give the best work of Haggard, Jones, Nelson, Cash and Hank Williams, Sr.

Not all of the Little Darlin' material is gonzo, however. Apartment #9, Motel Time Again, Jukebox Charlie and Touch My Heart are four sterling tracks that fall almost completely in line with popular country music standards and not only hold up remarkably well but could easily be hits today if country music radio would play country music songs.

If you only know Johnny Paycheck from his outlaw days as a second-tier Waylon Jennings then you owe it to yourself to dig deeper and discover a great, and too long unheralded talent. These recordings stand as a wild landmark in the history of true country music.

5 out of 5 stars Honky Tonk doesn't get any better than this!.......2000-09-20

This CD is absolutely essential for any Honky Tonk fan! There are many top notch Honky Tonk songs reissued here which have been undeservedly obscure up until now. These songs have a swingy hard-driving honky tonk sound that is truly addictive, and a weird edge that only Johnny can deliver. Johnny's performance is brilliant and the instrumentals are perfect, it is hard to believe many of them were done in one take! There is some excellent songwriting here by Johnny, Joe Poovey and others, where else can you find lyrics like "bring another drink bartender, troubles boy I got 'em and if I'm gonna sink, I might as well go to the bottom"?

The liner notes are very well done with lots of cool pictures, insights into Johnny's life at the time and background for some of the songs. I can only hope that The Country Music Foundation will release more of these '60s tracks on the Hilltop and Little Darlin' labels. This fabulous Honky Tonk deserves to be better known.
Honky Tonk, Vol. 1: Country Heartache
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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 Honky Tonk, Vol. 1: Country Heartache

Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003AV7
Release Date: 1992-12-09

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Track Titles.......2007-04-02

1 I Fell In Love 3:41 Carlene Carter
2 Don't Tell Me What To Do 3:14 Pam Tillis
3 I'm That Kind Of Girl 3:04 Patty Loveless
4 Time Passes By 2:49 Kathy Mattea
5 All You Really Want To Do 3:18 Michelle Wright
6 Heart Full Of Love 3:24 Holly Dunn
7 Oh What It Did To Me 3:31 Tanya Tucker
8 Black Coffee 3:36 Lacy J. Dalton
9 Men 3:21 The Forester Sisters
Heartache
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • "the female Elvis of Rock-A-Billy ~ Wanda Jackson"
  • Surprising country and rockabilly set plucked from 1982
  • A great rockabilly and western cd!
 Heartache
Wanda Jackson
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00017LVNM
Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

  1. Rave On
  2. I Fall to Pieces
  3. Is It Wrong (For Loving You)
  4. In the Middle of a Heartache
  5. Crazy
  6. Breathless
  7. Raining in My Heart
  8. Let's Have a Party
  9. It's Only Make Believe
  10. Right or Wrong
  11. Walkin' After Midnight
  12. Fancy Satin Pillows
  13. Oh, Boy!
  14. What in the World's Come Over You?
  15. Woman Lives for Love
  16. Sweet Dreams (Of You)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars "the female Elvis of Rock-A-Billy ~ Wanda Jackson".......2004-10-17

Varese Records presents an album enough to give you goose bumps with every track inclusive ~ "Heartache", featuring Wanda Jackson and a collection popular songs of the '60s and '70s...with Jack Jackson & His Band...Dennis Burnside [piano], Jerry Kroon [drums], Larry Sasser [steel guitar]. Paul Worley [guitar] and The Sheldon Kurland Strings...certainly brings it all together for a pumped up performance, a style of her own and a powerhouse voice to match.

Stand outs of her own "FANCY SATIN PILLOW", "LET'S HAVE A PARTY" and "RIGHT OR WRONG", Jackson's signature is clearly stamped on these classic tunes..."CRAZY", "I FALL TO PIECES" and "WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT", belts out a memorable tribute to the late Patsy Cline and it works ~ Wanda delivers one after another, every tracks a real gem...she's certainly the one and only...being a country gal, Wanda's performed many different genres, became a Rock-A-Billy with some success...but there's no denying, she's one of the most talented artists ever in the recording business!
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Total Time: 38:22 on 16 Tracks ~ Varese Records 66540 ~ [2/10/2004]

4 out of 5 stars Surprising country and rockabilly set plucked from 1982.......2004-05-30

This appears to be an unreleased set of fine country and rockabilly tracks that Jackson recorded in 1982, oddly capping the run of Christian albums she waxed throughout the '70s. What's truly astounding is how smoothly she picks up where she left off a decade earlier. Produced by bassist Jack Jackson at Nashville's Audio Media Recorders, Jackson is backed by a small combo of Nashville sessioneers, and though they occasionally sound a bit slick (in an Elvis'-band-in-Vegas sort of way), they can't detract from Jackson's spunky rockabilly and country vocals.

The song list features classic tracks from Jackson's own catalog ("Let's Have a Party" "Right or Wrong" "Fancy Satin Pillow") and reanimates classics from both country and rock. Her trademark growl is the perfect compliment to the hiccupping vocal of Buddy Holly's "Rave On," and a trio of Patsy Cline tunes ("I Fall to Pieces" "Crazy" "Walkin' After Midnight") show how effortlessly Jackson can straddle country and pop. Other highlights include torchy readings of Charlie Rich's "It's Only Make Believe" and Don Gibson's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)."

Jackson was only just starting to catch her second wind here - one that would carry her through European tours in the '80s and drop her on the doorstep of a third revival in the mid-90s. These tracks stand tall all on their own, and all the more so considering her decade-long hiatus from secular performing.

4 out of 5 stars A great rockabilly and western cd!.......2004-05-11

I am NOT a fan of country music, however I do like genere crossers like Patsy Cline, who is considered country but was versitile enough to add swing in her performances. In any case the country part of this 1982 album is mostly Patsy Cline songs, and they are GREAT covers of I Fall To Pieces, Crazy, Sweet Dreams Of You, and Walkin' After Midnight. the rockabilly stuff is real killer diller, including a difinitive remake of her classic hit Let's Have A Party, and cover of other rockabilly artists liek Buddy Holly's Oh Boy and Jerry Lee Lewis' Breathless. And the rest of the album is more or less honky tonk ballads, with forgettable back up singers, but overall thsi is a rockin' fun album, with lot's of great Patsy Cline covers, many of them as good as Clines' original version, fun vintage sounding music(it sounds more liek it was recorded in 1955 then 1981!). Wanda was in prime voice, and this is as good as any of her comeback albums(although her latest "Heart Trouble" shoudl not be overlooked).
Country Heartache
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    		Country Heartache
    Various Artists
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    ASIN: B00005RDDN
    Release Date: 2001-10-30

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    1. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Roy Drusky
    2. On Her Way to Being a Woman
    3. Almost Persuaded - Freddy Fender
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    6. Little Miss Heartache - Carl Belew
    7. You Gonna' See Mama - Tennessee Ernie Ford
    8. Legend in My Time - Don Gibson
    9. Mexicali Rose - Jerry Lee Lewis
    10. Just Because - Freddy Fender
    Honky Tonk Heartache Blues
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      		Honky Tonk Heartache Blues

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      ASIN: B000GIWCX4
      Release Date: 2006-06-13
      Country Songs to Help You Through Heartache
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • These are live recordings!
      		 Country Songs to Help You Through Heartache
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000J7IN
      Release Date: 1999-06-08

      Tracks:

      1. For The Good Times - Faron Young
      2. Prisoner Of Hope - Johnny Lee
      3. You Once Lived Here - Johnny Paycheck
      4. Detroit City - Bobby Bare
      5. She Left Love All Over Me - Razzy Bailey
      6. I'm Gonna Make My Home A Million Miles From Here - Ernest Tubb
      7. Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
      8. Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
      9. Crazy Arms - Jerry Lee Lewis
      10. I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore - Carl Perkins
      11. You Don't Know Me - Mickey Gilley
      12. For All The Wrong Reasons - Bellamy Brothers

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars These are live recordings!.......2005-04-09

      I ordered this CD for Mickey Gilley's "You Don't Know Me." The description of the CD does not include the fact that these songs were recorded live at Gilley's so it is a little misleading. I enjoyed the CD immensely as it does have a nice mix of late 70's early 80's country. Faves include Bobby Bare's "Detroit City" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Crazy Arms"
      Hang Of The Heartache
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        		Hang Of The Heartache

        Manufacturer: Quality Music
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B0002YE4EC

        Product Description

        Excellent Contemporary Honky Tonk from the Desert Dolphins.
        Country Heartache
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          		Country Heartache
          Various Artists
          Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B0000DEQQG
          Release Date: 2001-02-06

          Tracks:

          1. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Roy Drusky
          2. On Her Way to Being a Woman
          3. Almost Persuaded - Freddy Fender
          4. All the Time - Johnny Paycheck
          5. Georgia Courtroom - Carl Perkins
          6. Little Miss Heartache - Carl Belew
          7. You Gonna' See Mama - Tennessee Ernie Ford
          8. Legend in My Time - Don Gibson
          9. Mexicali Rose - Jerry Lee Lewis
          10. Just Because - Freddy Fender

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