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Moon Mullican
Moonshine Jamboree
Release Date: 1993
Label: Ace

The "king of the hillbilly piano players" shows up at his best on these 24 tracks, cut during his prime years, 1946 through 1954, when he was associated principally with King Records. It's easy to hear the roots of Jerry Lee Lewis's (as well as elements of Carl Perkins') sound in early cuts like "Cherokee Boogie", on which Moon Mullican and his band find room for a rippling, pounding performance on piano as well as a short, hot guitar solo around a jaunty, funny honky tonk core, and most of the rest of what's here is as good as that. Indeed, 90 percent of this collection would have passed as rock & roll a few years later, with "Rocket to the Moon" so suggestive as to have had the potential to be banned -- the latter also features one of the rare sax solos heard on this collection, which mostly features hot piano and guitar. There is some purer country here as well, including "I'll Sail My Ship Alone," Mullican's one serious hit, a ballad of lost love made special primarily by his flashy piano solo and its catchy chorus; the jaunty "Downstream," a lament about a life misspent; and a country waltz version of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene." There also a fair amount of country blues, including "I Done It" and "Moonshine Blues," both showcases for the artist's piano. The sound is excellent and the programming generous, and if there is one flaw, it's the lack of information about the recordings or the sessions in the notes, but that doesn't detract from the music at all. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker	Mitchum, Stanford	2:15
2	Leaving You With a Worried Mind	Mullican, Smith	2:52
3	What's the Matter with the Mill?	Memphis Minnie	2:37
4	Pipeliner Blues	Mullican	2:32
5	Triflin' Woman Blues	Mullican, Bernard, Mann	2:40
6	Nine Tenths of the Tennessee River	Gordon	3:00
7	Cherokee Boogie	Redbird, Mullican	3:02
8	All I Need Is You	Richardson	2:10
9	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	Bernard, Mann, Thurston, Burns	3:03
10	Good Deal Lucille	Miller, Theriot, Terry	2:09
11	Moonshine Blues	Mullican	2:04
12	Rocket to the Moon	Glover, Mann	2:29
13	Downstream	Doll, Stewart	2:24
14	I Done It	Mullican, Glover, Innis, Mann	2:18
15	Goodnight Irene	Leadbelly, Lomax	3:07
16	Rheumatism Boogie	Mullican, Innis	2:20
17	Well Oh Well	Bradshaw, Bernard, Mann	2:19
18	Don't Ever Take My Picture Down	Mullican, Wayne	1:26
19	Lonesone Hearted Blues	Mullican, Wayne	2:54
20	It's a Sin to Love You Like I Do	Mullican, Wayne	2:43
21	I'm Gonna Move Home Bye and Bye	Mullican, Nathan	2:56
22	I Left My Heart in Texas	Mann, Burns	2:44
23	I'll Take Your Hat Right off My Rack	Hands, Nath	2:35