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Red Simpson - Hello, I'm Red Simpson - BCD 16944 EK

5-CD Box-Set (LP-size) + 108-page hardcover book
GENRE Country / Trucker
TRACKS 165
PLAYING TIME 415:49

Hot licks, big hits, and truckers' favourites!
The very best recordings from a giant of the Bakersfield scene... a scene that gave us Merle Haggard and
Buck Owens, and inspired Dwight Yoakam and many others. Bob Dylan called Red Simpson "the forgotten
man of Bakersfield."
Merle and Buck recorded over 40 of Red Simpson's songs!
The set includes 26 previously unissued songs.
Nearly all of the other recordings are previously unissued on CD! Most have been unavailable since the '70s
and '80s!

INFORMATION
Red Simpson made a name for himself in country music with a string of blacktop anthems like Roll Truck Roll, The Highway Patrol,
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves, Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer, Awful Lot To Learn About Truck Drivin', and Truck
Driver's Heaven. He popularized the romanticized image of the trucker as a modern-day cowboy of the open road. But there was
much more to Red Simpson...
Raised in Bakersfield, California, Red was at the center of the vibrant honky tonk scene that spawned Buck Owens and Merle
Haggard. A multi-instrumentalist who composed hundreds of songs, Red earned a reputation as one of the West Coast's most
respected songwriters. Buck 'n' Merle recorded more than 40 of Simpson's songs, including Top 10 hits like Gonna Have Love,
Sam's Place, and Kansas City Song, Close Up The Honky Tonks and You Don't Have Very Far To Go.
This set includes all of Red Simpson's recordings from 1957 until the year he retired from touring, 1984. All the songs on his
seven CAPITOL LPs are here, together with his singles for CAPITOL, PORTLAND, and independent labels. All of his hit singles are here,
as are unreleased CAPITOL masters, 18 previously unissued demo recordings, Red's own versions of hits he wrote for Buck Owens,
and dozens of songs that appear on CD for the first time. This set also contains a hardcover book that features a complete discography,
many unseen photos, and a detailed biography by Scott B. Bomar documenting the colorful and sometimes volatile
career of the truck music poet whom Bob Dylan dubbed "the forgotten man of the Bakersfield Sound."

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[bravebelt67]

next on my bear collection

[Tony Phillips]

thank you BearFamily, the whole world needs to hear Red Simpson and then they would love the man and his songs as much as I do!

[roblettinVa]

Oh lord, now I gotta work overtime this weekend.