This collection gathers the complete issued recordings of three string bands that sprang up in the South in the years after the Swing craze that gathered momentum from 1935 established jazzy dance music as the popular style of the day. The output of The Swing Billies, the Hi Neighbor Boys and Herald Goodman & His Tennessee Valley Boys, was limited to only one recording session in each case and any sustained national popularity eluded all three (Goodman, via exposure on the Grand Ole Opry, and later appearing in a Three Mesquiteers western named for his popular radio troupe, Saddle Mountain Round-Up, came closest). But all three were regionally popular and sustained this popularity for longer than their recording careers would necessarily indicate. They showed similar influences and took similar approaches, yet they were vastly different groups at the same time, reflecting the impressive variety and regional quirks of the style. Track Listing: Moonshine In The Carolina Hills, St. Louis Blues, Leavin Home, From Buffalo To Washington, I Cant Give You Anything But Love, Somebody Loves You Yet, Melancholy Baby, If Youre Sorry, Say Youre Sorry, Every Day Away From You, Crazy Yodeling Blues, Keep Truckin, Honky Tonk Mama, Im Through With You Little Girl, Zeb Turneys Stomp, Down Among The Faded Roses, You Took My Sunshine, On Your Way, Are You Lonesome For Me (Tonight Old Pal), Guitar Fantasy, Tell Me, The Old Mountain Man, Is Your Name Written There, Tennessee Swing, The Great Shining Light, Thatll Do Now, Thatll Do, New Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley, The Lamplighters Dream, Dads Little Boy, Banjo Rag
