The Ventures Play the Country Classics

by The Ventures

The Ventures Play the Country Classics cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1963
  • Label: Dolton
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:21
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating their remarkable versatility, the prolific instrumental combo applies their trademark reverb and crisp rhythm section to standard honky-tonk material. The twang of country picking seamlessly merges with the driving force of early surf rock, highlighting the shared genetic makeup of both genres. The project successfully broadened the group's massive demographic reach beyond coastal teenagers.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Panhandle Rag (2:11)
  2. Wabash Cannonball (2:45)
  3. San Antonio Rose (2:22)
  4. I Walk The Line (2:24)
  5. Wildwood Flower (2:03)
  6. I Can't Stop Loving You (2:51)
  7. Lovesick Blues (2:17)
  8. Steel Guitar Rag (2:08)
  9. You Are My Sunshine (2:27)
  10. Oh, Lonesome Me (2:35)
  11. Sugarfoot Rag (1:49)
  12. Born To Lose (2:24)

Credits

  • The Ventures - primary artist
  • Leon McAuliffe - written-by
  • Don Wilson - arranged by
  • Leon Taylor - arranged by
  • Nokie Edwards - arranged by
  • Robert Lenard Bogle - arranged by
  • Bob Wills - written-by
  • Johnny Cash - written-by

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