1-CD with 36-page booklet, 34 tracks, playing time 82:36 minutes

34 of this rompin' stompin' songs. His classic tracks The Hot Guitar & Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots are naturally included. The CD includes 7 previously unissued masters

Smilin' Eddie Hill was a singer and pioneering country music deejay whose career took him to Knoxville, Tennessee when Chet Atkins, Johnnie & Jack, and others were there; then took him to Memphis to work with the Louvin Brothers (Elvis and Johnny Cash listened in every day); and then to Nashville where he became a fixture on the Opry's home station, WSM.

Eddie Hill's biggest record was his rompin', stompin' 1951 hit The Hot Guitar. It's here together with Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots and other songs including Cold, Cold Woman (The Hot Guitar), Steamboat Stomp, Hard Road To Travel, and Knock It Off. It all fits right into our much acclaimed 'Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight' country boogie series.

This CD, compiled by rockabilly expert Bill Millar, was recorded between 1947 and 1957... Eddie Hill's golden decade. It's a wild mix of country, country jazz and rock 'n' roll recorded for Apollo, Decca, Mercury, RCA Victor and Columbia. Every song is full of Eddie Hill's larger-than-life down-home personality. Fans of great pickin' take note: Eddie Hill was a sophisticated musician who surrounded himself with musicians of the highest calibre, so these are very accomplished recordings, too. Backing musicians include Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, and Willie Nelson's compadre, Paul Buskirk.

Track Listing

• The Hot Guitar
• Steamboat Stomp
• Melting Steel
• Mind Your Own Business
• Bless Your Little Thumpin' Gizzard
• Educated Fool
• The Darndest Thing You Ever Saw
• Cold, Cold Woman (The Hot Guitar)
• Mountain Jam
• Salty Dog Rag
• Buckshot
• Fire Ball Eight
• Hight, Wide And Handsome
• Lovin' Spree
• Who Wrote The Letter To Old John
• Slender, Tender And Sweet
• My Sugar Booger
• Whittlin' On A Piece Of Wood
• Same Old Dream (About You)
• I Did And I Does And I Do
• The Gottalotta Song
• Knock It Off
• I Don't Think I'm Gonna Like It
• Smack Dab In The Middle
• Cause I Have You
• The Magic Of Your Sweet Love
• Wild Cat
• Hard Road To Travel
• Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots
• Bonus Tracks
• It Makes No Difference Now
• Shame On You
• San Antonio Rose
• Milk Cow Blues
• Four Or Five Times

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Country

Run Time: 82 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127168603