Tip Top Daddy (CD)

Charlie Feathers was the consummate rockabilly artist; a fearless stylist who melded the soulful heart of country with rocking abandon and bluesy grit, he set himself on a course from which he would never stray. Feathers was an early Sun studios artist who cut a few sides for the label in the mid 1950s, but his rough, unhinged style was passed on in favor of more palatable artists in Sam Phillips's stable. The legendary performer would retreat to the margins of the music business in the years to come; however his cult status, fueled in part by his self-mythologizing, would continue to grow. A wild soul, Feathers would prove a major influence on other musical rebels such as the Cramps, Tav Falco, Jon Spencer, and Alex Chilton, among many others.

• Category:  Music  »  Oldies  »  Rockabilly
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: December 12, 1995
• Label: Norton
• UPC: 731253024627
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105795772
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #111304 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #1605 in Oldies (See Top 100 Oldies Bestsellers)
• #55 in Rockabilly (See Top 100 Rockabilly Bestsellers)

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Recorded between 1958 and 1973.

Perhaps the quintessential example of niche marketing, TIP TOP DADDY collects 23 acoustic demos by Charlie Feathers, one of the great underappreciated geniuses of honky tonk and rockabilly. These recordings, many made on a primitive one-microphone home deck, will appeal primarily to those already intimately familiar with Feathers' commercially released body of work. That's a lot fewer folks than it ought to be: while worshipped by a small core of devotees, Feathers is almost completely unknown outside the tattoo and pompadour set.

Still, TIP TOP DADDY is a great and worthwhile album, and Norton should be commended for releasing something with such obviously limited commercial appeal. The disc reveals Feathers' deep roots in the mournful music of Hank Williams Sr., as the bare bones accompaniment causes even the flat-out rockabilly tunes here take on the lonely mien of honky tonk. Some of the scratchy, chopped-up tracks here will test listeners' patience, but the disc richly rewards persistence. Those willing to work their way through TIP TOP DADDY will find some of American music's best-hidden gems.

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