Cross The Brazos At Waco 6-CD
Walker, Billy
6-CD boxed set LP-size with 32-page book, 157 tracks. Playing time: approx. 403 mns.
Bear Family is alone in documenting Billy Walker s career, starting with his first recordings for Capitol, and all the Columbia recordings, including the original version of Funny How Time Slips Away, and hits like Charlie s Shoes, Willie The Weeper, Cross The Brazos At Waco, and Thank You For Calling.
Born in Ralls, Texas, on January 14, 1929, Billy was inspired by Gene Autry to take up music. After getting out of school in 1947, he worked various day jobs before beginning his career fronting for sometime Columbia artist Jimmy Lawson in 1948. He joined the Big D Jamboree in Dallas where he was billed as the Traveling Texan and wore a Lone Ranger-styled mask and worked for Hank Thompson in Waco. It was Thompson who got him his first contract with Capitol in 1949. Eighteen months later, Billy switched to Columbia. His first charted hit was Thank You For Calling in 1954.
Billy joined the Louisiana Hayride in 1952, moved to the Ozark Jubilee in 54, flirted briefly with rock n roll, and then returned to Texas to work the beer joints. In 1959, he moved to Nashville to join the Grand Ole Opry, and remained a member until his death. His records began charting with more regularity. His original version of Funny How Time Slips Away stalled at 23 on the country charts, but the follow-up, Charlie s Shoes, hit the top spot in 1962. He continued to chart records regularly into the 1980s, and his last records were on his own Tall Texan label.
An engaging raconteur with a bottomless fund of stories, Billy was a much-loved character in Nashville. He was returning from a gig in Gulf Shores, Alabama when his van ran off the road and overturned. Those killed alongside him included his wife, Bettie, and a friend, Daniel Patton. -- We at Bear Family have reissued one of Billy s rock n roll recordings in our That ll Flat Git It series, but we have also reissued all of his recordings complete from 1949-1965 on this complete 6-CD set.
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