01. Dale Hawkins - Susie-Q
02. Bob Luman - Red Hot
03. Bobby Lee Trammell - Shirley Lee
04. Ricky Nelson - My Babe
05. James Burton - Cannonball Rag
06. Ricky Nelson - Don't Leave Me This Way
07. The Shadows - The Creep
08. Ricky Nelson - Stop Sneakin' Around
09. Jimmy Dobro - Swamp Surfer
10. Bob Luman - Make Up Your Mind Baby
11. Jim & Joe - Fireball Mail
12. Ricky Nelson - Blood From A Stone
13. Lee Hazlewood - Real Live Fool
14. Jim & Joe - Daisy Mae
15. Jimmy Dobro - Everybody Listen To The Dobro
16. Buddy Cagle - The Guitar Player (The Ballad Of James Burton)
17. Jimmy Burton - Jimmy's Blues
18. The Green River Boys feat Glen Campbell - Poor Boy Lookin' For A Home
19. The Everly Brothers - See See Rider
20. Jimmy BUrton - Love Lost
21. Buffalo SPringfield - A Child's Claim To Fame
22. Merle Haggard - If You Want To Be My Woman
23. James Burton & Ralph Mooney - Moonshine
24. James Burton & Ralph Mooney - Corn Pickin'
25. The Shindogs - Someday, Someday
26. The Shindogs - Why
27. Carol Williams - Just For A While
28. David & Lee - Tryin' To Be Someone

James Burton has made some solo records, but he will always primarily be known as a top session guitarist. While this 28-track compilation does have about a dozen tracks on which he's the featured artist, part of a duo, or part of a group, the emphasis is on records credited to others that feature his axework. Rag from big hits and superstars to rarities that will surprise even early rock & roll collectors, it's a testament both to his brilliant licks and his versatility. Rockabilly-pop of the late '50s and early '60s is the main fare, leading off with Dale Hawkins' 1957 hit "Susie-Q," and including four standout lesser-known tracks by Ricky Nelson, the singer with whom Burton is most strongly associated. Also good, however, are the rockabilly tunes by Bob Luman (especially "Red Hot") and Bobby Lee Trammell, whose smoking "Shirley Lee" would be covered by Nelson (with Burton again on guitar). These are the most exciting performances, but elsewhere Burton acquits himself well on country swing (a live TV performance of "Cannonball Rag"); novelties showcasing his Dobro playing, credited to Jimmy Dobro; and relatively obscure items by Lee Hazlewood, Merle Haggard, and the Everly Brothers. The material from the mid- to late '60s usually doesn't bear as strong of a stamp, but shows him adapting to the chag s with fuzztone on the 1965 solo single "Jimmy's Blues"; country-rock Dobro on Buffalo Springfield's "A Child's Claim to Fame"; and derivative but enjoyable imitation British Invasion music on a 1965 single by the Shindogs, the group he belonged to that served as the house band for the TV show Shindig. You still need a Ricky Nelson greatest-hits collection to get a full picture of Burton's finest and most influential work. But this is a pretty enjoyable listen in its own right, whether you're specifically interested in Burton or up for a consistently good anthology of rockabilly-pop-country-rock from the period.



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