The Early Years

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Smokey Joe’s Barbecue
  2:34
• 2
  Devilish Love Light
  2:22
• 3
  Shotgun Boogie
  2:34
• 4
  In My Home in Shelby County
  2:15
• 5
  Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
  2:18
• 6
  Bob Sullivan Stomp (Piano instrumental)
  3:51
• 7
  Plaid and Calico
  2:40
• 8
  Done Rovin’
  2:46
• 9
  Candy Jones
  1:54
• 10
  Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
  2:51
• 11
  Shadows on the Old Bayou
  2:39
• 12
  Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
  2:24
• 13
  Go and Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
  2:20
• 14
  Birds and Butterflies
  2:35
• 15
  Happy Millionaire
  2:46
• 16
  It’s a Long Rocky Road
  2:13
• 17
  On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
  2:27
• 18
  Stompin’ at the KWKH (Piano instrumental)
  2:58
• 19
  Words
  2:45
• 20
  Rhythm in My Baby’s Walk
  2:26
• 21
  Bawlin’ Baby (& Hillbilly Barton)
  2:20
• 22
  Somebody’s Rockin’ My Broken Heart (& Hillbilly Barton)
  2:30
• 23
  Betty Lorraine (Betty Lou)
  2:23
• 24
  Devilish Love Light (excerpt)
  0:45
• CD 2
• 1
  First Train Headin’ South
  2:23
• 2
  The Rest of Your Life
  2:11
• 3
  (I Wished for an Angel) The Devil Sent Me You
  2:30
• 4
  This Won’t Be the First Time
  2:36
• 5
  Child’s Side of Life
  2:56
• 6
  I Won’t Forget
  2:35
• 7
  S.S. Lureline
  2:05
• 8
  The Mansion You Stole
  2:25
• 9
  I Won’t Get Dreamy Eyed
  2:08
• 10
  Tennessee Jive
  2:18
• 11
  Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
  2:46
• 12
  You, You, You
  2:32
• 13
  All for the Love of a Girl
  2:30
• 14
  Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine
  2:12
• 15
  Back to My Back Street
  2:42
• 16
  Broken Hearted Gypsy
  2:08
• 17
  Move Down the Line
  2:19
• 18
  The Train With the Rhumba Beat
  2:43
• 19
  There’ll Never Be Another Mary
  2:57
• 20
  No True Love
  2:23
• 21
  The Devil Made a Masterpiece
  2:30
• 22
  Ha Ha and Moonface
  2:02
• 23
  You Cry in the Door of Your Mansion
  2:14
• 24
  Where Are You
  2:15
• 25
  Meant So Little to You
  2:23
• 26
  Ridin’ the Sunshine Special
  2:21
• 27
  Hey, Sweet Thing
  2:36
• 28
  Journey With No End
  2:40
• 29
  Big Wheels Rollin’
  2:22
• 30
  You Don’t Move Me Baby Anymore
  2:34
• CD 3
• 1
  Won’t You Love Me, Love, Love Me
  1:42
• 2
  Why Did It Happen to Me
  2:17
• 3
  You, You, You (Caused This Heartache)
  2:17
• 4
  Broken Hearted Gypsy
  1:14
• 5
  All for the Love of a Girl
  1:48
• 6
  My Heart Stopped, Trembled and Died
  2:21
• 7
  I’m a Fishin’ Man
  2:08
• 8
  Where Do You Think You Would Stand
  1:59
• 9
  The Devil Made a Masterpiece
  1:48
• 10
  Because I’m a Jealous Man
  2:06
• 11
  I’m the One That Breaks in Two
  2:53
• 12
  The Train With the Rhumba Beat
  2:16
• 13
  ’Cause You’re the One for Me
  1:56
• 14
  None of You but All of Me
  2:50
• 15
  Dark Haired Beauty Frum Cuba
  1:40
• 16
  Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
  2:52
• 17
  Love and Tell
  1:21
• 18
  I Wish Heartaches Were Strangers
  2:03
• 19
  Confusion (1)
  1:58
• 20
  Shadows on the Bayou
  2:22
• 21
  Somebody’s Rockin’ My Broken Heart
  2:07
• 22
  Talk Gobbler Talk
  1:44
• 23
  Two Eyed Sunday
  1:51
• 24
  Down That River Road
  1:55
• 25
  Egg Money
  2:06
• 26
  Confusion (2)
  1:49
• 27
  First Train Headin’ South
  2:19
• 28
  Somebody’s Rockin’ My Broken Heart (1)
  2:04
• 29
  Smokey Joe’s Barbecue
  1:49
• 30
  Betty Lorraine
  2:37
• 31
  Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues (1)
  1:54
• CD 4
• 1
  Plaid and Calico
  2:21
• 2
  Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
  2:34
• 3
  Devilish Love Light
  2:24
• 4
  Done Rovin’
  2:51
• 5
  Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
  2:18
• 6
  Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
  2:04
• 7
  Shadows on the Old Bayou
  2:41
• 8
  In My Home in Shelby County
  2:17
• 9
  Go and Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
  2:23
• 10
  Smokey Joe’s Barbecue
  2:36
• 11
  It’s a Long Rocky Road
  2:15
• 12
  Words
  2:50
• 13
  Done Rovin’
  2:47
• 14
  It’s a Long Rocky Road
  2:15
• 15
  Smokey Joe’s Barbecue
  2:32
• 16
  Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
  2:14
• 17
  Devilish Love Light
  2:19
• 18
  Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
  2:22
• 19
  Words
  2:43
• 20
  Shadows on the Old Bayou
  2:38
• 21
  On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
  2:39
• 22
  In My Home in Shelby County
  2:16
• 23
  Go and Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
  2:22
• 24
  Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
  2:05
• 25
  Ballad of Johnny Horton (Rudy Thacker)
  2:40

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Release credits

• Billy Barton
  vocal [21-22]
• Fabor Robinson
  producer [1]
• Johnny Horton
  lead vocals [17], vocal [1, 21-22]

Issues

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  The Early Years

  4x CD
  11 September 1998