Artist:  Various Artists

Title:  Hillbilly Jazz Volume 1

Date:  1975

Label:  Sonet Productions   SNTF 721

Sleeve Illustration:  Rodney Matthews

Notes:  An impressive cast of characters lives up to the expectations on this piece of British vinyl. Funny to find such an American album in song selection and instrumentation in a small shop in Farnham, England. I would've liked to hear Bromberg sing a few tunes, but beside that one whine the record is great. And the cover art looks more attuned to the progressive/hippy crowd than the woodsy, back-home crowd, but it's nice nonetheless.

Line Up:

David Bromberg: guitar
Vassar Clements: fiddle, viola, vocals
D.J. Fontana: drums
Doug Jernigan: steel guitar, dobro
Benny Kennerson: piano
Michael Melford: guitar, mandolin, piano
Ellis Padgett: bass
Sam Pruett: guitar
Kenneth Smith: electric bass
Gordan Terry: vocals

Track Listing

Side 1

San Antonio Rose
Texas Blues
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Delta Blues
Fais Do Do
Breakfast Feud

Side 2

Browns Ferry Blues
It's Dark outside
Panhandle Rag
Blues for Dixie
Cherokee
Sentimental Journey