Ernest Tubb New Years Eve Live 1979 [Live]

Ernest Tubb New Years Eve Live 1979 [Live]

Ernest Tubb New Years Eve Live 1979 [Live]

ASIN: B00000JMBY

Track Listings
 
1. Thanks A Lot
2. Half A Mind
3. In the Jailhouse Now
4. Waltz Across Texas
5. Sometimes I Do
6. Rainbow At Midnight
7. Filipino Baby
8. Answer the Phone
9. I Love You Because
10. There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas
11. Fraulein
12. Walkin' the Floor Over You (Partial); Midnight Countdown
13. Auld Lang Syne
14. Hostages in Iran (News Release)
15. Walkin' the Floor Over You

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Tubb began his career as an imitator of Jimmie Rodgers, but stormed the country music scene in the 1940s with a new honky-tonk sound and a string of hits that included "Walking the Floor Over You." His innovations marked an important transition in country music to a style and lyric in tune with modern American working people, one that offered the real-life themes of hard drinking, divorce, tough times, and ruined lives - changes that helped define the music we recognize as "country." A member of the Grand Ole Opry until 1982, Tubb hosted a live radio broadcast from the Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville for years and became one of the first country music stars to host his own television show in the mid-1960s. Always popular and on the road much of the time even after his prime hit-making years had ended, he was well-known for promoting the careers of many new performers on the rise.

From Ernest Tubb the Texas Troubadour by Ronnie Pugh, Duke University Press 1996

Product Description
Recorded in 1979 at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas this CD captures Ernest and his Texas Troubadours performing and celebrating New Years Eve in Dewey Groom's celebrated dance hall. Ernest was always at his best in front of an audience and this CD captures him enjoying the night with a warm Texas audience filled with fans and friends. He performs his hits and as was typical of Ernest answered requests and dedicated songs to special fans. This CD is a special piece of country music history.

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Ernest Tubb New Years Eve Live 1979
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Past his prime
  • ET the way it used to be
Ernest Tubb New Years Eve Live 1979
Ernest Tubb
Manufacturer: Lost Gold Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JMBY
Release Date: 1999-09-12

Tracks:

  1. Thanks A Lot
  2. Half A Mind
  3. In the Jailhouse Now
  4. Waltz Across Texas
  5. Sometimes I Do
  6. Rainbow At Midnight
  7. Filipino Baby
  8. Answer the Phone
  9. I Love You Because
  10. There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas
  11. Fraulein
  12. Walkin' the Floor Over You (Partial); Midnight Countdown
  13. Auld Lang Syne
  14. Hostages in Iran (News Release)
  15. Walkin' the Floor Over You

Album Description

Recorded in 1979 at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas, Texas this CD captures Ernest and his Texas Troubadours performing and celebrating New Years Eve in Dewey Groom's celebrated dance hall. Ernest was always at his best in front of an audience and this CD captures him enjoying the night with a warm Texas audience filled with fans and friends. He performs his hits and as was typical of Ernest answered requests and dedicated songs to special fans. This CD is a special piece of country music history.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Past his prime.......2002-07-28

ET had really slipped vocally by this time. While any live performance by him is worth a listen, this one is pretty disappointing. Get the 1965 live show perfomance instead.

3 out of 5 stars ET the way it used to be.......2000-01-24

New Years Eve Live1979 brings back a lot of ET memories. While not as historically significant as the 1965 live show recording (featuring that great '60s Texas Troubadors band), this CD is entertaining enough. Reminds me of the Tubb performances I saw in 1971 (opening for Merle Haggard) and in 1976 (anchoring a package show that included Crystal Gayle and Rex Allen Jr.) After all those years, he could still pull off the 1940s hits with style. The long-time loyal fans (who knew every lyric and every guitar lick) loved it. This 1979 recording has a full sounding band and a folksiness not heard since the days when ET himself hosted the Midnight Jamboree. There are probably better Tubb collections to be had, but for those who never saw him or would like to rekindle the memories, this CD is a lot of fun. What the heck, bump it up to 4 stars! Let's walk that floor one more time, boys.

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