Straight Outta Boone Country (1997)

About this title: Bloodshot Records built their reputation on a series of compilations that introduced the concept of "insurgent country" to the indie rock audience, and Straight Outta Boone County is easily the label's best collection, both in concept and execution. The CD features 20 honky tonk classics that are given a modern makeover in tribute to WLW's Boone County Jamboree and the Midwestern Hayride, two long-running live country music radio shows broadcast out of Cincinnati from 1939 to the early '60s. The artists in the lineup were some of the best alternative country acts available in 1997, including ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hamtramck Mama [York/York]
2. Run Mountain [Mainer]
3. I'm Lonesome Without You [Delmore]
4. No Vacancy [Stone/Travis]
5. Wedding of the Bugs [Bryant/Mullican]
6. No More Nuthin' [Turner]
7. Dark as a Dungeon [Travis]
8. Hangman's Boogie [Cassidy]
9. In the Jailhouse Now [Rodgers]
10. Southern Moon [Delmore/Delmore]
11. Tennessee Waltz [King/Stewart]
12. Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon [Griffin]
13. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me [Raney/Glosson]
14. If I Lose [Stanley]
15. Bottom of the Glass [Flood/Hill]
16. Barbara Allen [Traditional]
17. I Want to Be Hugged to Death by You [Butts]
18. The Hucklebuck [Live] [Alfred/Gibson]
19. Big, Big City [Rowlands]
20. Nine Pound Hammer [Travis]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.