A consummate picker and the master of economic understatement and pristine taste, guitar-for-hire James Burton has carved out a reputation as the ultimate sideman, whose eloquent licks embellished and enhanced everything he played on. Rightly deified for his work with Ricky Nelson and much later, Elvis Presley, he laid down the blueprint for late 60s/early 70s Country-Rock, and has continued to ply his trade into the 21st Century. This compilation presents a unique snapshot of his early career as a sideman, initially as a teenager, recording in Louisiana. Featured artists include Dale Hawkins, Bob Luman, David Houston, Bobby Lee Trammell, Ricky Nelson, Dorsey Burnette and Glen Campbell, alongside less readily-known names like James Wilson & The Jimmie-Cats, The Shadows, Maylon Humphries, Tommy Cassel and The Shacklefords, plus a rare, live solo performance recorded at the Town Hall Party. As you would doubtless expect, this set includes a number of collectable rarities you'll be hard pushed to find elsewhere on CD......

1. JAMES WILSON & THE JIMMIE-CATS - YOU WON'T KNOW WHY TILL I'M GONE
2. JAMES WILSON & THE JIMMIE-CATS - WILSON BLUES
3. THE SHADOWS - JUMPING WITH SHADOWS (demo)
4. THE SHADOWS - SHADOW ROCK (demo)
5. DALE HAWKINS - IF YOU PLEASE ME (demo)
6. DALE HAWKINS - SUZIE Q (alternate take)
7. DALE HAWKINS - DON'T TREAT ME THIS WAY
8. BOB LUMAN - ALL NIGHT LONG
9 BOB LUMAN - RED CADILLAC AND A BLACK MUSTACHE
10. BOB LUMAN - THIS IS THE NIGHT
11. THE SHADOWS - THE CREEP
12. DAVID HOUSTON - ONE AND ONLY
13. DAVID HOUSTON - THE TEENAGE FRANKIE & JOHNNIE
14. MAYLON HUMPHRIES - WORRIED BOUT YOU BABY
15. BOBBY LEE TRAMMELL - SHIRLEY LEE
16. BOBBY LEE TRAMMELL - I SURE DO LOVE YOU BABY
17. RICKY NELSON - BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY
18. RICKY NELSON - MY BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT
19. RICKY & JAMES PLAYING ACOUSTIC GUITAR - TRAMBONE (Live)
20. TOMMY CASSEL - GO AHEAD ON
21. TOMMY CASSEL - RUN ALONG LITTLE GIRL
22. TOMMY CASSEL - ROCKIN 'ROCK AND A ROLLIN' STONE
23. TOMMY CASSEL - IT AIN'T WHAT YOU GOT
24. DORSEY BURNETTE - MISERY
25. DORSEY BURNETTE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
26. RICKY NELSON - JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH
27. BOB LUMAN - I GOT A WOMAN (live)
28. RICKY NELSON - HELLO MARY LOU
29. BOB LUMAN - MY BABY WALKS ALL OVER ME (live)
30. BOB LUMAN - BAND INTROS / MILK COW BLUES (live)
31. JAMES BURTON - CANNONBALL RAG (live)
32. RICK NELSON - SUMMERTIME
33. THE GREEN RIVER BOYS FEATURING GLEN CAMPBELL - TRUCK DRIVIN 'MAN
34. THE GREEN RIVER BOYS FEATURING GLEN CAMPBELL - LONESOME JAILHOUSE BLUES
35. THE SHACKOME JAILHOUSE BLUES