2. TAPING TRACKS: CREATING THE PERFORMANCE, 1950–1966 37
Lefty Frizzell, Look What Thoughts Will Do (1950–1965) 38
Martha Carson, “Satisfied” (1951) 40
Hank Williams, “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” (1952) 40
Tex Ritter, “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)” (1952) 43
Kitty Wells, “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” (1952) 44
Elvis Presley, “That’s All Right” (1954) 45
The Louvin Brothers, “When I Stop Dreaming” (1955) 45
Ferlin Husky, “Gone” (1956) 47
Merle Travis, The Merle Travis Guitar (1956) 47
Elvis Presley, “Blue Moon” (1956) and Elvis Presley (1956) 49
The Million Dollar Quartet, The Complete Million Dollar Quartet (1956) 51
Billy Lee Riley, “Flyin’ Saucers Rock and Roll” and “Red Hot” (1957) 52
Roy Orbison, The Sun Years (1956–1958) 54
Don Gibson, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Oh, Lonesome Me” (1957) 55
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957) 56
The Everly Brothers, “Bye Bye Love” (1957) 59
Johnny Cash, “Home of the Blues” (1957) 60
Bill Monroe, “Scotland” (1958) 60
Buddy Holly, “Rave On” and “That’s My Desire” (1958) 62
Del Wood, Rags to Riches (1959) 63
George Jones, “White Lightning” (1959) 63
Jim Reeves, “He’ll Have to Go” (1959) 64
Buck Owens, “Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got a Heartache)” (1960) 65
Brenda Lee, “I’m Sorry” (1960) 66
Floyd Cramer, “Last Date” (1960) 67
Hank Thompson, Hank Thompson at the Golden Nugget (1961) 68
Jim Reeves, “The Blizzard” (1961) 69
Elvis Presley, “Little Sister” (1961) 70
Patsy Cline, “I Fall to Pieces” and “Crazy” (1961) 70
Ray Stevens, “Santa Claus Is Watching You” (1962) 73
Bobby Bare, The Essential Bobby Bare (1962) 73
Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) 74
Dickey Lee, “Patches” (1962) 76
Hank Snow, “I’ve Been Everywhere” (1962) 77
Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire” (1963) 78
Ernest Tubb, “Thanks a Lot” (1963) 79
Elvis Presley, “It Hurts Me” (1963) 80
Dave Dudley, “Six Days on the Road” (1963) 82
Patsy Cline, “Faded Love” (1963) 82
Brook Benton, On the Countryside (1964) 84
Roger Miller at RCA, Platinum and Gold Collection (1960–1961) 84
Roger Miller at Mercury, Golden Hits (1964–1969) 85
Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Strangers (1965) 87
Glen Campbell, Song Demos (1965) and “I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)” (1973) 88
The Essential Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, The Essential Dolly Parton, and The Essential Connie Smith (1965) 89
Chet Atkins, “Yakety Axe” (1965) 92
Joe Tex, “Hold What You Got,” (1965) 93
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (1965) 96
Charley Pride, “The Snakes Crawl at Night” (1965) 97
Bob Dylan, “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (1966) 99
Jerry Lee Lewis, “Memphis Beat” (1966) 100
3. MULTITRACKING: CONSTRUCTING THE PERFORMANCE, 1967–1991 113
Otis Redding, “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1967) 114
John Hartford, “Gentle on My Mind” (1967) 116
The Byrds, Younger Than Yesterday (1967) 117
Jack Reno, “Repeat after Me” (1967) 118
Jeannie C. Riley, “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (1968) 119
Conway Twitty, “Next in Line” (1968) 120
Porter Wagoner, “The Carroll County Accident” (1968) 121
Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) 123
Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis (1969) 124
Loretta Lynn, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1969) 126
Roger Miller, “Me and Bobby McGee” (1969) 127
Elvis Presley, Memphis 1969 Anthology: Suspicious Minds (1969) 128
Ray Price, “For the Good Times” (1970) 130
Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers & the First Edition Greatest