Search - Johnny (AKA Donny Young) Paycheck :: Shakin the Blues

You Have to Own this one

Jess | Coal Country, PA | 02/27/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you like true traditional honky-tonk, this is one album you cannot pass up. This Bear Family release covers the very first recordings of the great Donny Young (Johnny Paycheck). While the folks at Little Darlin records have released some of his first "Paycheck" stuff, it cannot compare to the sound quality of this Bear Family Release.....it really is that good. Here are 29 songs on 1 CD commencing in 1958. There are quite a few cover songs, but they are entirely Johnny Paycheck; he has the ability to make each one his own. It is amazing to hear the influences of not only the great George Jones and Faron Young (who are both covered here), but also the Wilburn Bros, and the Louvins! I mistakenly believed that there would be a lot of filler material here, but I was wrong; this CD has no dead-space....it is as good when it ends as it is when it starts. Like all Bear Family Records, this one carries a fine set of Liner notes, and the sound is superb. A+"

A Pure Voice

R. Webb | u.s.a. | 07/14/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Shakin' The Blues, an incredible collection from the songster Donnie Lytle from Ohio, (Paycheck's real name). This remastered Bear Family disc features twenty nine tracks all on one disc, with non-stop honky tonk melodies loaded with steel guitar and fiddle, and featuring that distinctive voice of Johnny Paycheck before the famous Little Darlin' recordings. These early recordings showcase the purity of Paycheck's resonant baritone voice, when Johnny was virtually unknown. Most of these songs were throwaways, and a few on here were hits,for example, Faron Young's ,Hello Walls, and while your listening you'll wonder why some of these songs never made it on record,-and while your in the process of thinking, you might say that some of these songs could help bring back country music the way it's supposed to be, and to forever be rid of the butchering on music row. Every track on here is a winner,and an early glimsp of a young Johnny Paycheck,before the days of,APT.#9,A-11,and,Take This Job And Shove It."

About time!

Jerry Lawrence | Florida USA | 01/09/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great recording! Donny Lytle was over looked and it was a great loss to the Country Music Industry at the time. Can't imagine why people didn't buy this music back then?

Thank God for Bear Family Records,keep the old music alive!!!!"