Roy Wiggins Discography of CDs

Roy Wiggins music CDs Liner Note Author: Chuck Young. Personnel: Little Roy Wiggins (steel guitar).

Roy Wiggins albums Recorded between 1953 & 1958. Includes liner notes by Mary Katherine Aldin. Major label Universal, which controls the catalog of Mercury Records, has taken a welcome, if belated, interest in the recordings made for Mercury by the Stanley Brothers during their tenure there from 1953 to 1958, issuing a full-priced compilation, Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings in 1995, and an entry in the midline-priced 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection series of artist best-ofs in 2002. Annotator Mary Katherine Aldin makes no bones about the reason for Universal's decision to plump for this two-disc set of the Stanley Brothers' complete Mercury recordings, mentioning the appearance of the track "Angel Band" on the multi-million-selling O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack in the opening paragraph of her liner notes. The success of that 2000 album has opened the reissue floodgates for more than one bluegrass act, and this is one of the happier results. The Stanley Brothers (with the ...

Roy Wiggins CD discography Unknown Contributor Role: Woody Herman. Personnel: Woody Herman (vocals, clarinet, alto saxophone); Dick Hafer, Roger Pemberton, Arno Marsh, Sam Staff, Jay Migliori, Jerry Coker, Bill Trujillo, Joe Romano (saxophone); Hal Posey, Ernie Royal, Bobby Styles, Danny Styles, Andre Peele, John Coppola , Stu Williamson , Bernie Glow, Bobby Clark (trumpet); Roy Wiggins, Vern Friley, Arch Martin, Kai Winding, Urbie Green, Bill Harris (trombone); Nat Pierce, Pete Jolly (piano); Jake Hanna, Art Mardigan (drums). Recording information: 1953/1958.

Roy Wiggins music CDs Tyler's growled vocals were his trademark, but otherwise he trod similar ground as Ernest Tubb. This CD collects 18 recordings made for the 4 Star label between 1945 and 1954, including seven Top Ten C&W hits, two of which are recitations (the oft-covered Deck of Cards and the groan-inducing Dad Gave My Dog Away). It's too bad Collectors' Choice didn't cross-license Bumming Around, his one Top 40 C&W entry for the Decca label, but otherwise this disc is a perfect collection ...

Roy Wiggins discography Woody Herman & His Thundering Herd: Woody Herman (alto saxophone, clarinet); Joe Romano, Jay Migliori, Arno Marsh, Roger Pemberton, Don Lamphere, Gus Mas, Larry McKenna, Jimmy Mosher (saxophone); Danny Styles, Bobby Clark, John Cappola, Andy Peele, Hal Posey, Bill Chase, Paul Fontaine, Don Rader, Jimmy Bennett, Rolf Ericson (trumpet); Bill Harris, Archie Martin, Roy Wiggins, Jimmy Guinn, George Hanna, Kent McGarity (trombone); Pete Jolly, Martin Harris (piano); Jimmy Gannon, Larry ...