v/a - Choctaw Ridge: New fables of the American south 1968-1973 3LP

“Choctaw Ridge” explores a new country sound, one that emerged at the end of the 60s in the wake of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode To Billie Joe’, a shock number one hit in 1967. When singers like Gentry, Jimmy Webb, Michael Nesmith and Lee Hazlewood moved from the south to Los Angeles to make it in the music business, they were not part of the Nashville in-crowd and they forged a new direction.

01The House Song - Lee Hazlewood
02 If Only She Had Stayed - Chris Gantry
03 Endless Miles Of Highway - Jerry Reed
04 The Back Side Of Dallas - Jeannie C Riley
05 Way Before The Time Of Towns - Hoyt Axton
06 Strawberry Farms - Tom T Hall
07 Down From Dover - Dolly Parton
08 July 12, 1939 - Charlie Rich
09 What Am I Doing In LA? - Nat Stuckey
10 Mr Stanton Don't Believe It - Rob Galbraith
11 Saunders' Ferry Lane - Sammi Smith
12 Four Shades Of Love - Henson Cargill
13 Drivin' Nails In The Wall - Waylon Jennings & The Kimberlys
14 Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
15 Why Can't I Come Home - Ed Bruce
16 Mr Walker, It's All Over - Billie Jo Spears
17 Harlan County - Jim Ford
18 Widow Wimberly - Tony Joe White
19 Belinda (Alt take) - Bobbie Gentry
20 Joanne - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
21 Mr Jackson's Got Nothing To Do - John Hartford
22 Alone - Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom
23 Fabulous Body And Smile - Sir Robert Charles Griggs
24 I Feel Like Going Home - Charlie Rich