Hoosier Daddy: Mar-Vel' & The Birth / Various Hoosier Daddy: Mar-Vel' & The Birth / Various CD

Hoosier Daddy tells the story of the pioneering and industrious Indiana record man, Harry Glenn, and his importance in bringing country rock and roll to the state of Indiana. Indiana, the Hoosier State, is not one that immediately springs to mind when considering the great centres of American musical excellence in the mid-20th century. Although the celebrated Vee-Jay Records was launched there in 1953, within months it had relocated to nearby Chicago. A host of jazz legends graduated from the clubs of the state capitol, Indianapolis, which had also played host to a lively blues scene in the 1920s and 1930s, but musicians tended to seek their fortunes elsewhere. By the mid-1940s, with the war effort in full swing, the influx of those leaving the southern states to colonise the north-western corner of Indiana, in pursuit of well-paid jobs was at an all-time high. While these migrants may have considered themselves neo-sophisticates with fat bank rolls in their pockets, they were homesick and pining for some down-home entertainment which was willingly supplied by other, musically-gifted migrants from Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama. Into this maelstrom of musical talent entered a man with the desire to supply this untapped market, but not another Southern migrant Harry Glenn was a Hoosier born and bred... Hoosier Daddy is a massive 105-track 3 CD set compiled and annotated by rock & roll authority Dave Penny. In addition to long-cherished cult rockabilly favourites such as Bobby Sisco, Herbie Duncan, Chuck Dallis and Harry Carter, Hoosier Daddy includes a host of rare tracks from other more obscure performers, among them the first recordings of Jackie de Shannon. In addition to Harry Glenn and his Mar-Vel and Glenn labels, we also look at the other bastions of Indiana rockabilly across the state. All in all, a must-have for collectors of rockabilly. Hoosier Daddy? It has to be Fantastic Voyage! a limited edition 32-track 2 LP vinyl set is also available.

1. Boogie Woogie Baby of Mine (Bob Burton ; His Sunny South Boys) 2. Itchy Feet (Rex Jennings ; Mid-Western All Stars) 3. Ronnie's Boogie (Ronnie Durbin) 4. Bounce Baby Bounce (Stoney Calhoun) 5. Would It Matter at All (Jim Gatlin with Les Smithhart ; Super-X Cowboys) 6. Love Me, Love Me (Eddy Star ; His Star Drifters) 7. Basil Smith Stomp (Basil Smith) 8. Choctaw Boogie (Bob Reed) 9. Honky Tonkin' Rhythm (Bobby Sisco) 10. Baby Honey (Sherry Lee, Sixteen Year Old Miss Country Music, with Shorty Ashford ; Country Music Boys 11. Way High, Way Low (The Thomas Brothers, Melvin ; Elvin) 12. This Is the Blues (Billy Hall ; His Rhythm Boys) 13. Shootin' Pool (Bill Hall) 14. I'm Crazy Darling (Sherry Lee ; Shorty Ashford with the Country Music Boys) 15. The Way You're Treating Me (Jim Gatlin with Les Smithhart ; Super-X Cowboys) 16. Jump Baby Jump (Harry Carter with Dixie Rhythmaires) 17. Rhythm in My Soul (Harry Carter with Dixie Rhythmaires) 18. Tall, Dark ; Handsome Man (Bobby Sisco) 19. Move Over Rover (1st Version) (Billy Hall ; His Rhythm Boys) 20. Tired of Rocking (Bob Burton) 21. I'm Settin' You Free (Harold Allen ; J.T. Watts with Rhythm Ramblers) 22. Devoted Love (Billy Nix ; His Country Young'uns) 23. Heartsick and Blue (Rem Wall ; His Green Valley Boys) 24. Naughty Girls (Jack Bradshaw ; the Morgan Sisters) 25. Let Me Love You (Bill Hall) 26. I Need Some Lovin' (Harold Allen) 27. You Made Me Love You, Baby (Harry Carter with the Rhythmaires) 28. Hot Lips Baby (Herbie Duncan with Red Wells ; His Caravans from St Louis) 29. Grown-Ups Sometimes Cry (Rem Wall ; His Green Valley Boys) 30. Perhaps (Billy Nix) 31. Saturday Night Special (Jack Bradshaw) 32. Go, Go, Go (Bobby Sisco) 33. I Don't Want You (Harry Carter with the Rhythmaires) 34. Little Angel (Herbie Duncan, Red Wells ; His Caravans from St Louis) 35. Come on Let's Go (1st Version) (Chuck Dallis) 36. Moon Twist (Billy Nix) 37. Dark and Stormy (Bill Ferguson) 38. Susie and Earl (Billy Nix) 39. So Close to Heaven (Chuck Dallis) 40. I Need Some Lovin' (Billy Hall) 41. Mean, Mean Woman (Ray Lynn) 42. That's All (Herbie Duncan) 43. Move Over Rover (2nd Version) (Billy Hall) 44. Your Flame of Love (Billy Nix) 45. Get with the Beat (Billy Nix) 46. Escape (Herbie Duncan and the Original Hurricanes from Kansas City, Mo.) 47. Scalded (Skipper Hunt Combo) 48. Oh Ricky (The Gaye Sisters, Ginny and Kathy, with REM Wall and Green Valley Boys) 49. Moon Twist (Chuck Dallis) 50. What Am I Gonna Do (Skipper Hunt Combo) 51. Come on Let's Go (2nd Version) (Chuck Dallis) 52. Don't You Hear Me Calling, Baby (Ronnie Haig) 53. Cry, Baby Cry (The Denhams) 54. Hey Little Baby (Ronnie Haig) 55. Money Is a Thing of the Past (Ronnie Haig with Jimmy Coe Orchestra) 56. Friction (The Five Stars, Arranged and Conducted By Jimmy Coe) 57. Dirty White Bucks (And Tight Pegged Pants) (Jerry Seifert with Jimmy Coe Orchestra) 58. Rocking with Rhythm and Blues (Ronnie Haig with Jimmy Coe Orchestra) 59. Never Baby Never (Jerry Seifert with Jimmy Coe Orchestra) 60. Little Bitty Mama (Webb Foley) 61. Rock and Roll Dot (Tex Neighbors) 62. Rockin' Teens (Dennis Puckett and the Rockets) 63. Ain't Going That Route (Tex Neighbors) 64. Bee Bop Baby (Webb Foley) 65. Rockin' Beat (Tex Neighbors) 66. Be-Bop Blues (Aubrey Cagle) 67. Real Cool (Ted Russell and His Rhythm Rockers) 68. I'll Find My Way (Back to You) (Billy Love) 69. You Made Me Mad (And That's Bad) (Bill Elkins) 70. Speed Limit (Tommy Lam with Bob Pauley ; the Plantation Playboys) 71. Feets Too Big (1st Version) (Skip Cody) 72. Have You Seen My Baby? (Curley Shelton with Doug Oldham ; His Dixie Six) 73. Kool Kat (Bill Sherrell and the Dell Tones) 74. Don't Need No Job (Jerry Parsons and the Blue Jeans) 75. Crazy Little Heart (Brenda-Holly with Darwin Nelson ; the Blazemakers) 76. Hard Up Blues (Blankenship Brothers) 77. Spinner Hub Caps (Pat Davis) 78. Jeanie (Eddie Smalling and the Rolling Aces) 79. Let's Go Daddy-O! (Harold Hubble's Spitfires) 80. Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (Bill Sherrell) 81. Somebody's Been Rocking My Boat (Norman Witcher) 82. Tornado (The Jiants) 83. Record-Hop (Shorty Sergent with the Singing Kelleys) 84. That's the Way (Keetie ; the Kats - the Rockinest of the Rockin) 85. The Great Pretender (Jim Alley ; the Alley Cats) 86. Saturday Ball (Tennessee Thompson with the Boomerangs) 87. Tom Katt (Johnny Phelps with Charlie Gore's Band) 88. Yes, No, or Maybe (Bill Sherrell and the Dell Tones) 89. Old Age and Rough Treatment (Charlie Stewart with the Gem Tones) 90. Undecided (Jerry Parsons ; the Blue Jeans) 91. Rock on Baby (Bill Sherrell) 92. Honey Talk (Ralph Hodges and the Hodges Brothers Band) 93. That's Why I Am Blue (Blankenship Brothers) 94. Slow Boogie Rock (Lloyd Harp ; His Hoosier Rhythm Boys) 95. Wake Me Up (Norman Witcher) 96. Hang-Out (Jimmy Ganzberg with Jimmy Coe Orchestra) 97. Jitterbug Drag (Walter Arkie Bittle and His Flying Saucers) 98. Slippin' and Slidin' (Tennessee Thompson with the Boomerangs) 99. She's My Woman (The Jiants) 100. Shake This Town (Lawson Rudd) 101. Cadillac Baby (Bill Sherrell) 102. Feets Too Big (2nd Version) (Skip Cody with the Singing Kelleys) 103. Servant of Love (Van Brothers) 104. Mean Woman Blues (Jim Johnston and the Starlighters) 105. Rock a Bye Baby (Jimmy Ridley and the Sentinels)