Red Simpson - Hello, I'm Red Simpson [Box Set] (5-CD)

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5-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 108-page hardcover book, 165 tracks. Playing time: 415:49 minutes Hot licks, big hits, and truckers' favourites! The very best recordings from a giant of the Bakersfield scene ... a scene that gave us Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, and inspired Dwight Yoakam and many others. Bob Dylan called Red Simpson 'the forgotten man of Bakersfield. ' Merle and Buck recorded over 40 of Red Simpson's songs! The set includes 26 previously unissued songs. Nearly all of the other recordings are previously unissued on CD! Most have been unavailable since the '70s and '80s! - Red Simpson made a name for himself in country music with a string of blacktop anthems like Roll Truck Roll, The Highway Patrol, Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves, Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer, Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin', and Truck Driver's Heaven. He popularized the romanticized image of the trucker as a modern-day cowboy of the open road. But there was much more to Red Simpson... Raised in Bakersfield, California, Red Simpson was at the center of the vibrant honky tonk scene that spawned Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. A multi-instrumentalist who composed hundreds of songs, Red Simpson earned a reputation as one of the West Coast's most respected songwriters. Buck 'n' Merle recorded more than 40 of Red Simpson's songs, including Top 10 hits like Gonna Have Love, Sam's Place und Kansas City Song, Close Up The Honky Tonks, and You Don't Have Very Far To Go. This set includes all of Red Simpson's recordings from 1957 until the year he retired from touring, 1984. All the songs on his seven Capitol LPs are here, together with his singles for Capitol, Portland, and independent labels. All of his hit singles are here, as are unreleased Capitol masters, 18 previously unissued demo recordings, Red Simpson's own versions of hits he wrote for Buck Owens, and dozens of songs that appear on CD for the first time. Track ListingDisc 1: Sweet Love Dolly Blues Big Bank Robbery Big Bank Robbery, Part 2 One Day With My Baby Dippy Daddle Love Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac George For A Day I've Just Lost You Ukulele Bailey Truck Drivin' Man Truck Driver's Blues Six Days On The Road Give Me Forty Acres Nitro Express My Baby's Waitin' Motivatin' Man Highway Man Big Mack Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver Runaway Truck Roll Truck Roll The Highway Patrol The City Police Sidewalk Patro Rules Of The Road Dreams Are Made For Fools I Fell In Love With You I'm Gonna Write Momma For Money I'm Actin' Like My Old Self Again I Just Cry A Little It's My Last Night In Town There Ain't Nothin' Happenin' To Me The Big Bank Robbery Disc 2: You're Under Arrest County Sheriff Workin' For The Highway Patrol Johnny Law Sheriff Sam Bad Man Highway Patrol I'm Turnin' In My Star 25 Years On Patrol Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves Black Smoke A-Blowin' Over 18 Wheels (That's Truck Daddy I'll Be Goin' Home To Momma A Tombstone Every Mile Piggyback Blues Take Me Home Born To Be A Trucker Jacknife Truck Drivin' Fool Sleeper, Five-By-Two Old Sam He Reminds Me A Whole Lot Of Me Party Girl Mini-Skirt Minnie Honky Tonk Women The Lonely Old House Happy Travelin' Man I'm A Truck Where Love Used To Be Knights Of The Road Drugstore Truck Driver Road Rhythm Motel Joe Disc 3: Good Old Truckin' Girl Truckin' Man Just Kept On Truckin' Gas, Food And Lodging Lady Of The Road Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer You're The First Truckin' On Down The Road Ole Ben Hold On Ma'm (You Got Yourself A Honker) Fur Coats And Fancy Clothes Certainly The Ballad Of Billy Jones Those Forgotten Trains You're All Over My Mind Jericho Jones Milesaver Man Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin' You Still Got A Hold On Me Feelin' Like Tarzan Truckin' Trees For Christmas Blue Blue Christmas (For This Truck Drivin' M Christmas Wheels The Old Christmas Truck Toys For Tots Santa's Comin' In A Big Ol' Truck Dad Will Be Home For Christmas Little Toy Trucks Gone Home For Christmas Out On The Road For Christmas Disc 4: Bill Woods From Bakersfield Bull-Shippers I'm A Pretty Good Man Blackboard Of My Heart Honky Tonk Ladies Loverman Squirmin' Yip Yip If The World Ran Out Of Diesel Gordon's Grocery Store Truck Drivin' Man And Wife Your Truck Drivin' Man's Comin' Home Streakin' The Opryland Park Love Has Never Done A Lot For Me Message From Home Inflation It Ain't Even Halloween Truck Driver's Heaven The Flying Saucer Man And The Truck Driver I Miss You A Little Longest Run Benny And Me Sam's Place Take Me Into Your World The World Keeps Turning Around We're Back To Strangers Again Gonna Have Love Ain't It Something Close All The Honky Tonks We Split The Blanket I Had A Girl Like Her One Time Kansas City Romeo Disc 5: Just Call Me Texas Trophies Buffalo Beauty Don't Touch My Hat Lady Lookin' For Love Me And Ole CB Looking At The World Through A Windshield I'll Have Another Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go Movin' On 18 Wheels Hummin' Home Sweet Home Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun Drivin' My Life Away Dear Mr. President Ronnie, Baby Lucky Ole Colorado Time Changes Everything A Little Bit Of Her (demo) You Put My World Back Together (demo) Living For You (demo) World Full Of Love (demo) You're A Better Man Than Me (demo) Poco (demo) The Lonely G.I. (demo) Ship Of Love (demo) I Ain't Found Me One (demo) Play The Guitar Softly (demo) Honky Tonks And Heartaches (demo) Walkin' Out Backwards (demo) If I Have To Live Without You (demo) I'm Gettin' Over A Heartache (demo) Here Again, Gone Again (demo) I Don't Think I Will (demo) Here Today Gone Tomorrow Daddy (demo) She Belongs To You (demo) Additional Details Label: Bear Family Records Genre: Country Run Time: 416 mins Release Date: 01/30/12 UPC: 4000127169440 Show more