American Music: The Hightone Records Story

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Phone Booth	Robert Cray		3:31
2	Stoned, Cold, & Blue	Frankie Lee		2:48
3	Tore Up	Otis Rush		3:22
4	Smoking Gun	Robert Cray		4:07
5	747	Joe Louis Walker		4:04
6	Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark	Phillip Walker		4:37
7	I Want to (Do Everything for You)	King Cotton		2:55
8	I’ll Get to Heaven on My Own	Joe Louis Walker		3:06
9	Moaning and Groaning	Johnny Shines		3:24
10	They Call Me Sundown	Lonesome Sundown		3:54
11	Sugar Bee	Chris Gaffney		4:06
12	The Devil’s Livin’ There	James Armstrong		4:46
13	Going Down South	R.L. Burnside		3:23
14	It’s a Minor Thing	Redd Volkaert		4:48
15	Fast Food Slow Death	Clarence Brewer		2:26
16	Eyesight to the Blind	Kim Wilson		4:34
17	Miss Ida B	Pinetop Perkins		4:25
18	How Could You Do It	Henry Gray		2:35
19	September 11th Blues	Louisiana Red		4:10

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	American Music recording of: American Music writer: Dave Alvin (singer-songwriter, guitarist) publisher: Ron Weiser Publishing and Twin Duck Music (BMI affiliated)	The Blasters		2:11
2	Lord of the Highway	Joe Ely		3:53
3	Flattop Joint	Sonny Burgess		2:39
4	Blue Collar Blues	Billy Lee Riley		4:34
5	Lickin’ Stick	The Loved Ones		2:49
6	California Sun	Dick Dale		3:19
7	Sparkling City	Ted Roddy		3:21
8	I Ain’t Lyin’	The Skeletons		4:33
9	Lonely Guy	Big Sandy		2:07
10	Telewacker	Redd Volkaert		2:44
11	Bullet From a Gun	Teddy Morgan		3:58
12	Open the Door to Your Heart recording of: Open the Door to Your Heart writer: Darrell Banks and Elbert (Rhythm and blues singer and songwriter)	Little Willie G.		2:53
13	The Honky Tonk Wine	Carl Sonny Leyland		3:24
14	Saturday Jump	Kim Lenz		2:36
15	Hot Rodder’s Lament	Deke Dickerson		3:11
16	Rockabilly Funeral	The Twangbangers		4:21
17	Fourth of July recording of: Fourth of July lyricist and composer: Dave Alvin (singer-songwriter, guitarist)	Dave Alvin		5:38
18	Hollywood Bed	The Blasters		4:16
19	Little Bitty Kiss	Buddy Miller		2:50
20	Jug Hustler Blues	Seth Kauffman		2:19
21	Eve of Destruction	P.F. Sloan		4:28

3▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Let’s Start a Rumor Today	Bobby Durham		3:25
2	Rainin’ Rainin’ Rainin’	Gary Stewart		4:20
3	Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll	Lonesome Strangers		2:36
4	The Garage Sale	Buddy Miller		4:08
5	Stay Out of My Arms	Heather Myles		2:22
6	Room 309	Reverend Billy C. Wirtz		4:27
7	Honky Tonk Queen	Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys		3:08
8	Ramblin’ Fever cover recording of: Ramblin’ Fever lyricist and composer: Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)	Billy Joe Shaver		3:57
9	I’m Pretending	Buddy Miller		3:21
10	Corpus Christi Bay	Johnny Rodriguez		4:01
11	Wine Don’t Lie	Dale Watson		2:24
12	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys		3:09
13	Comin’ On Thru	Johnny Dilks & His Visitacion Valley Boys		2:15
14	Little Ole You	The Hollisters		3:06
15	Sting in This Ole Bee	Hank Thompson		2:34
16	Here I Am in Dallas	Dallas Wayne		2:57
17	Truck Drivin’ Man	The Twangbangers		3:43
18	It Stops With Me engineer, producer and mixer: Gurf Morlix (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) double bass [Upright bass]: Jake Erwin (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) guitar and lead vocals: Whit Smith (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) piano: Joe Kerr (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) violin: Elana Fremerman (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) mixed at and engineered at: Rootball Studio (Gurf Morlix's home studio) in Austin, Texas, United States (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) produced at: Rootball Studio (Gurf Morlix's home studio) in Austin, Texas, United States (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) recording of: It Stops With Me (from 2002-04-29 until 2002-05-24) writer: Whit Smith publisher: Calhoun Street Music (in 2002)	Hot Club of Cowtown		4:22
19	Dark End of the Hallway	Clarence Brown		6:06
20	Walk Away If You Want To	The Domino Kings		2:34
21	Birth of the Blues	Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan		2:49

4▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Dallas	Jimmie Dale Gilmore		3:29
2	Blue Blvd.	Dave Alvin		4:53
3	West Texas Plains	Rosie Flores		3:43
4	Link of Chain	Chris Smither		3:50
5	Gallo De Cielo	Tom Russell		6:30
6	By Way of Sorrow	Julie Miller		2:52
7	Louise	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with Tom Waits		4:45
8	The Wild Ox Moan	Geoff Muldaur		4:43
9	No Love Today	Chris Smither		4:57
10	The Walls of Red Wing recording of: Walls of Red Wing lyricist and composer: Bob Dylan (in 1963) publisher: Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott with John Prine		4:30
11	Beyond the Blues	Tom Russell with Jimmie Dale Gilmore		3:50
12	All My Tears	Julie Miller		3:35
13	Padre Prays for Rain	Aztex		4:09
14	Midnight and Lonesome	Buddy Miller		3:55
15	Gone in Pawn	Po' Girl		3:28
16	Since You Went Away	Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum		3:24
17	En La Central de Colima	Los Reales Del Rancho		3:44
18	Tonight We Ride	Tom Russell		3:23

5▼DVD-Video
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	My Baby Thinks She’s French	Joe Ely		?:??
2	Rainin’ Rainin’ Rainin’	Gary Stewart		?:??
3	Just Can’t Cry No More	Lonesome Strangers		?:??
4	Why Did She Stay With Him	Dave Alvin		?:??
5	Blue Highway	Rosie Flores		?:??
6	King of California	Dave Alvin		?:??
7	Rum and Rodeo	Heather Myles		?:??
8	South of Round Rock, Texas	Dale Watson		?:??
9	My Sinful Days Are Over	Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys		?:??
10	The Rose of the San Joaquin	Tom Russell		?:??
11	You Can’t Wrap Your Arms Around a Memory	Marty Brown		?:??
12	You Can Say That Again	Johnny Rodriguez		?:??
13	Lovin’ the Bottle	Heather Myles		?:??
14	An Empty Glass	Gary Stewart		?:??
15	Honky Tonk Moon	Rosie Flores		?:??
16	Barn Burning recording of: Barn Burnin’ lyricist and composer: Dave Alvin (singer-songwriter, guitarist)	Dave Alvin		?:??

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