Reed,Jerry Early Years Part 1: Too Busy Cryin The Blues 55-57 CD

One of Country Music's truly great guitarists and songwriters, Jerry Reed had been around for many years before he finally achieved crossover mainstream success in the 1970s and 80s. But among those in the know he'd been revered for his picking skills since the mid-1950s, having played on countless sessions, while he'd also cut plenty of Hillbilly, Rockabilly, and Country records under his own steam. The first of two compilations in a brief "mini-series" anthologising Jerry's early career, chronologically, this set features twenty-two of his own sides, two of him moonlighting with an instro combo and eight as a session guitarist. Many of these early 45s are highly-prized collectors' artefacts, and a lot of Jerry's fans consider these to be among his finest work. This is the first time that this body of work has been thus assembled, and several of these tracks are hard to find elsewhere on CD.

1. Here I Am 2. If the Good Lord's Willing and the Creeks Don't Rise 3. I'm Tired of Playing Cupid 4. I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter 5. Honey Chile 6. How Can I Go on This Way 7. When I Found You 8. Mister Whiz 9. I've Had Enough 10. This Great Big Empty Room 11. Just a Romeo 12. Too Busy Cryin' the Blues 13. You're Braggin', Boy 14. Everywhere 15. Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones - Young Love 16. Ric Cartey with the Jiva-Tones - Oooh-Eee 17. It's High Time 18. Forever 19. I'm Stuck 20. I Can't Find the Words 21. Ric Cartey - Heart Throb 22. Ric Cartey - I Wancha to Know 23. Ric Cartey - Let Me Tell You About Love 24. Ric Cartey - Born to Love One Woman 25. Rockin' in Baghdad 26. Oh! Lonely Heart 27. The Rockateers - Rock Bottom (Part 1) 28. The Rockateers - Rock Bottom (Part 2) 29. Ric Cartey - My Babe 30. Ric Cartey - Mellow Down Easy 31. In My Own Backyard 32. Ba-Bee