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The Essential Porter Wagoner (CD)

By: Porter Wagoner (Artist)

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Porter Wagoner Artist Snapshot:

One of country's most enduring stars, Porter Wagoner is nearly as well-known for his flashy clothes as for his music. With his Hank Williams-inspired brand of honky-tonk, Wagoner was a mainstay of the country charts from the early '50s all the way through to the early 80's, and has remained a constant presence at the Grand Old Opry. From the mid-60's to the mid-70's, Wagoner teamed with Dolly Parton for a long string of hit duets. Wagoner passed away in 2007, shortly after the release of his final studio album, WAGONMASTER.

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DISC 1 for The Essential Porter Wagoner (CD) Album By Porter Wagoner (Artist)
1   Satisfied Mind, A
2   Company's Comin'
3   Eat, Drink And Be Merry (For Tomorrow You'll Cry)
4   What Would You Do (If Jesus Came To Your House)
5   Tryin' To Forget The Blues
6   I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name
7   Your Old Love Letters
8   Misery Loves Company
9   I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand
10   Sorrow On The Rocks
11   Green, Green Grass Of Home
12   I'll Go Down Swinging
13   Skid Row Joe
14   Cold Hard Facts Of Life, The
15   Carroll County Accident, The
16   Big Wind
17   Last One To Touch Me, The
18   What Ain't To Be, Just Might Happen
19   Highway Headin' South
20   I Haven't Learned A Thing - (with Merle Haggard)  
 

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Title Note

Personnel includes: Porter Wagoner, Merle Haggard.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

This is part of RCA Nashville's Essentials series.

True to its title, this is an excellent, comprehensive introduction to the work of this important country music figure. The disc opens with a humble take on "A Satisfied Mind" that shows Wagoner's roots in bluegrass and gospel. In short order, though, we're treated to the rollicking, honky-tonk side of Wagoner, as he revels in the joys of drink as heartache antidote on "Eat, Drink and be Merry (for Tomorrow You'll Cry)" and I'll Go Down Swinging."

Throughout much of his early career, Wagoner was heavily influenced by Hank Williams, but by the mid-to-late 1960s, he came fully into his own as a musical storyteller. The grim murder ballad "The Cold Hard Facts of Life," one of his finest moments, still sounds just as stirring and unsettling decades later, and the complex narrative of "Carroll County Incident" is in a class with Tom T. Hall. Even in the '70s, Wagoner was mixing downhome sentiments with baleful moodiness, as on the disc-closer "I Haven't Learned a Thing," which brings things full circle.

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