Country & Western Souvenirs By The Texas Top Hands

1. WISHIN' I WAS KISSIN' YOU
2. WHISKEY RIVER
3. YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO
4. YOU'RE KILLIN' ME
5. CAUSE THE ONE I LOVE IS YOU
6. YOU'RE ROCKING THE BOAT
7. SALLY JOHNSON
8. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
9. I'M GONNA SHOO THE BLUES AWAY
10. ACE IN THE HOLE
11. WHEN I'M WITH YOU
12. LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET
13. TEXAS GUITAR BOOGIE
14. I WON'T CARE (100 Years From Now)
15. A SINNER'S PRAYER
16. BANDERA WALTZ
17. WAS IT WRONG, TO TAKE SO LONG, TO TELL IRENE GOOD NIGHT
18. FIESTA IN OLD SAN ANTONE
19. WHY SHOULD YOU, WHY SHOULD I
20. LOVIN' UP A STORM
21. I HAD SOMEONE ELSE BEFORE I HAD YOU (And I'll Have Someone After You're Gone)
22. COTTON EYED JOE JR.
23. CAUSE I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU
24. LITTLE BAND OF GOLD

This band was formed in the early 1940s and has still been active in the 21st century, so it must be considered as one of the longest-lived C & W bands in history. Their music has always been independent and local, no big hits except their member Easy Adams' original "Bandera Waltz." They perform Hillbilly, Hillbilly Boogie & Western Swing. The Texas Top Hands backed up Red River Dave on several of his studio sessions and they had a variety of other fine solo vocalists such as "Knee-Hi" Holley, Easy Adams, Del Dunbar, Art Rodgers, Rusty Locke, Walter Kleypas, Leon Merritt, Curley Williams and Patsy Clay. Their instrumentation consist of basically guitar, steel guitar, fiddle and accordion. There is something for every fan of that era on this CD.