Lee,Wilma / Cooper,Stoney Heartbreak Street CD

2010 collection containing 25 staggeringly sad and lonely songs from this almost-forgotten husband and wife team who were Opry stalwarts in the '50s and '60s. Taken from their Hickory Records output and mixing their rootsy Gospel and soulful back-porch style. Glorious vocal interplay and some searching fiddle from Stoney Cooper makes this a set that's strangely haunting. A direct influence on the likes of Gram Parsons, the Dillards, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and the generations of cosmic Country and Alternative Country fans who followed them. Righteous.

1. Heartbreak Street 2. This Crazy, Crazy World 3. Have Faith in Me 4. I'm Reading Your Letter Again 5. Heartaches Don't Lie 6. How It Hurts to Cry Alone 7. On the Evening Train 8. Please Help Me to Be Wrong 9. This World Can't Stand Long 10. At the First Fall of Snow 11. I Couldn't Care Less 12. Teardrops Falling in the Snow 13. The Black Sheep Returned to the Fold 14. Trouble Ahead 15. Wandering Soul 16. X Marks the Spot 17. Just for Awhile 18. Each Season Changes You 19. It's Just As Well 20. Not Anymore 21. Row Number Two, Seat Number Three 22. This Thing Called Man 23. Six More Miles 24. The Legend of the Dogwood Tree 25. The Story of the Three Nails