-Excuse me? Country music performed by 1960s beat bands? You bet!
-Crazy CD compilation with The Merseybeats, the Nashville Teens, The Downliners Sect, Remo Four, Searchers, Hollies and the Spencer Davis Group, by Mike Warner and the New Stars, The Incrowd, Sonny Webb and the Cascades, Jerry Williams and the Violents a.o. on Bear Family Records®.
-They cover You Are My Sunshine, Sixteen Tons, Sea Of Heartbreak, I Walk The Line, Georgia On My Mind, Danny Boy and Jambalaya, a.m.o.

Beat and country music? You must be joking? It may seem ridiculous to look for country roots in beat music: The 1960s and everything they stood for appear to be galaxies away from the conservative traditionalism of the country establishment.
In his excellent book 'Say It One Time For The Broken Hearted,' English music journalist and writer Barney Hoskins traces country music's contributions to the development of soul music in the early '60s. So maybe it's also worth checking out the country in beat music?
Nico Feuerbach, head of production at Bear Family Records®, dug deep into his record collection and offers 30 country compositions or songs connected to the country field interpreted by beat bands from The Hague, Holland - Wellington, New Zealand - Liverpool, England - and Bielefeld, Germany (and many more cities in between). Some songs might not be country songs in a strict sense - some have a folk background, and some have mixed origins - but all are connected to country stars and the genre in general. Well-known bands like The Merseybeats, The Nashville Teens, The Downliners Sect, The Remo Four, The Searchers, The Hollies, and The Spencer Davis Group rub shoulders with the more obscure formations like Mike Warner and the New Stars, The Incrowd, Sonny Webb and the Cascades, a.m.o.

This collection offers both - guaranteed fun on the dancefloor AND plenty of tears in your beer! Country and beat for your dancing and listening pleasure!

Track Listing

• Alex Harvey & His Soul Band - You Are My Sunshine
• The Downliners Sect - Above And Beyond
• The Searchers - Hey Joe
• King Size Taylor & The Dominoes - Ruby Ann
• Lee Curtis & The All Stars - Mohair Sam
• Jerry Williams & The Violents - Darling Nellie Grey
• The Poor Things - Danny Boy
• Sonny Webb & The Cascades - Who Shot Sam
• Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - Tennessee Waltz
• Spencer Davis Group - Georgia On My Mind
• Jimmy & The Rackets - Stick With Me Baby
• The Merseybeats - Fools Like Me
• The Nashville Teens - Tobacco Road
• Johnny Sandon - Sixteen Tons
• Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders - Lonely Weekends
• The Hollies - Candy Man
• Mike Warner & The New Stars - I Wonder If I Care As Much
• Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - Devoted To You
• The Downliners Sect - Midnight Special
• Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four - The Wild Side Of Life
• Didi & His ABC Boys - Greenback Dollar
• The Incrowd - I'll Make It All Up To You
• The Searchers - Sea Of Heartbreak
• Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs - Half As Much
• Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers - Jambalaya
• Tony & The Initials - Knee Deep In The Blues
• The Lords - Tobacco Road (German)
• The Downliners Sect - Wreck Of The Old '97
• Mike Warner & The New Stars - I Walk The Line
• The Bobby Patrick Big Six - Your Cheatin' Heart

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 79:00 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/02/24

UPC: 4000127176707