category: instrumental country / western swing

"This set comprises of Bud Isaacs' 25 solo recordings for RCA Victor, and those include the original version of "Bud's Bounce", one of the two or three most recognizable instrumentals in country music history. Steel guitar fans (and there are more than you think!) have been begging, borrowing, and stealing his RCA Victor Records for decades, and now they're available for the first time Since the 1950s! So steel guitar players should get down on their knees and bow towards Bear Family's headquarters in Vollersode and fans of truly exceptional vintage country music should prepare for a rare and unusual treat. The set includes boogies, waltzes, indescribably lovely slow tunes, and above all "Bud's Bounce", plus the complete story of Isaacs' life and times." -- Bear Family Records, Germany 2006

CD Track Listing

  1. HOT MOCKIN' BIRD (trad. arr. Bud Isaacs) (2:04)
  2. THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME (King / Flindt / Kahn) (2:19)
18. BUD'S BOUNCE (take C) (Bud Isaacs) (2:10)
Forrest R. 'Bud' Isaacs - steel guitar / leader - all tracks
Chester B. 'Chet' Atkins - electric guitar solo - tracks 1, 5, 7-15, 21
Dale Potter - fiddle solo - tracks 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25
Thomas 'Grady' Martin - fiddle solo - tracks 22, 23, 24
James Works, Jr. - electric accordion solo - tracks 16, 18, 19, 25

Total timing: 55:55

Label/No: Bear Family Records 16798

Release date: 2006