Various Artists - Swingbillies CD Box Set

I’d been meaning to dig this out of the shed for a spin since reading the early chapters of Andrew Hickey’s A History Of Rock Music In 500 Songs (great book, by the way – and one of the best podcasts!)

The music here is so full of energy and excitement; both raw and containing excellent musicianship. Many of the musical and lyrical tropes used in rock music since were established in western swing. It’s a shame that it is a genre that has been largely forgotten as it was subsumed into the greater Country monolith.

This four CD set was released in Germany in 2005, and I picked it up on eBay a couple of years later, if I remember correctly. It has extensive sleeve notes in both German and English.

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