1-CD with 16-page booklet, 28 tracks, Playing time 69:17 minutes

Ole Rasmussen & his Nebraska Cornhuskers were one of the most popular western swing bands of the late '40s and early '50s, thriving in a period when other such bands had begun to fade. A California-based group that eschewed the usual ultra-smooth ensembles associated with West Coast bands for an earthier, but still sophisticated sound that owed more to Bob Wills than it did to Spade Cooley or Tex Williams. The Cornhuskers were, at their leader's insistence, an accessible and infectious band that played for the people, not for other musicians.

Ole Rasmussen (1914-1978) was no musician himself, but he was an astute businessman and bandleader who built one of the finest bands around; it featured the mellow vocals of the Tommy Duncan-inspired Teddy Wilds (and later the Ernest Tubb-influenced Virgil Lee), and such excellent musicians as fiddlers Tex Atchison and Rocky Stone, steel guitarist Billy Tonnesen and electric guitarist Earl Finley. Collected here are all 28 sides from the band's remarkably consistent two year stint at Capitol from 1950-52, including classics like Sleepy-Eyed John, Rockaway, C Jam Blues, and others.

Track Listing

• Somewhere In San Antone
• Sleepy Eyed John
• Rockaway
• I'm Still Bettin' On Love
• Spanish Polka
• We're Gonna Go Fishin' (Next Saturday Night)
• It Must Be Love
• My Conscience Is Clear
• Gonna See My Sunday Baby Saturday Night
• Which-A-Way Will You Go
• Straighten Out Your Troubles (With The Lord)
• The Sandhills Of Nebraska
• You Were My Dream Last Night
• Country Weddin' Day
• Ramblin' Blues
• Half A Love Affair
• In The Mood
• Old Love Of Yesterday
• Everybody Thinks You're An Angel
• Something From Heaven
• Did The Man In The Moon Come From Texas
• C-Jam Blues
• New Star Rag
• Tuxedo Junction
• Charleston Alley
• Careful Now
• Jersey Bounce
• My Mary

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Country

Run Time: 69 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127162557