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Artist:Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith And His Cracker-Jacks
Label:  MGM
Country:USA
Catalogue:10991
Date:Jun 1951
Format:10"
Collection:  I Own It     I Want It 
Community: 4 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
AArthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith And His Cracker-JacksWho Shot WillieSmith8.0  Rate
BArthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith And His Cracker-JacksExpress Train BoogieSmith9.0  Rate


Notes

A: vocal by Arthur Smith

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Number: 433637  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: 55bluesman
Description: a-side promo label

Number: 433638 
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Description: b-side promo label

Number: 914938 
Uploaded By: 78-Ron
Description: a

Number: 914939 
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Comments and Reviews
 
Ron Reagan1
5th Sep 2021
 A side in a little better qualtiy and the B side:
 
 
slholzer
14th Dec 2015
 Review
If you're looking for a good Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith record to introduce him to somebody, you could do a lot worse than this one.

Who Shot Willie is a boogie tune with lyrics, sung nicely by Smith. I won't spoil the ending, but you'll see it coming if you listen carefully. As a song, it isn't high art, but it's cute and better than a lot of commercially more successful sides. As music, it's pretty good. Most of the action is carried by a solid fiddler.

Express Train Boogie is a great example of a "train song". It's solid boogie and it's almost all done on the guitars. No lyrics, doesn't need any. The rhythm is dead on and the melody is carried surprisingly well by intermittent "train whistle" effects on the guitar strings. This is what earned Smith his nickname.

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78-Ron
13th Dec 2015
 Added regular copy
 
 
BigBadBluesMan
26th Apr 2015
 
 

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