“Choctaw Ridge” explores a new country sound, one that emerged at the end of the 60s in thewake of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode To Billie Joe’, a shock number one hit in 1967. When singers likeGentry, Jimmy Webb, Michael Nesmith and Lee Hazlewood moved from the south to LosAngeles to make it in the music business, they were not part of the Nashville in-crowd and theyforged a new direction.
1. The House Song - Lee Hazlewood
2. If Only She Had Stayed - Chris Gantry
3. Endless Miles of Highway - Jerry Reed
4. The Back Side of Dallas - Jeannie C Riley
5. Way Before the Time of Towns - Hoyt Axton
6. Strawberry Farms - Tom T Hall
7. Down From Dover - Dolly Parton
8. July 12, 1939 - Charlie Rich
9. What Am I Doing In L.A.? - Nat Stuckey
10. Mr Stanton Don't Believe It - Rob Galbraith
11. Saunders' Ferry Lane - Sammi Smith
12. Four Shades of Love - Henson Cargill
13. Drivin' Nails In the Wall - Waylon Jennings & the Kimberlys
14. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers & the Firs
15. Why Can't I Come Home - Ed Bruce
16. Mr Walker, It's All Over - Billie Jo Spears
17. Harlan County - Jim Ford
18. Widow Wimberly - Tony Joe White
19. Belinda (Alt Take) - Bobbie Gentry
20. Joanne - Michael Nesmith & the First National Band
21. Mr Jackson's Got Nothing To Do - John Hartford
22. Alone - Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom
23. Fabulous Body and Smile - Sir Robert Charles Griggs