Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970

The most startling revelation contained on this two-CD compilation is how rich, varied, and deep Nashville's R&B scene was during a 25-year period in which the city solidified its reputation as the undisputed capital of country music. Arranged chronologically, Night Train to Nashville also traces the steady progression of African-American music beginning with the end of WWII--from jump blues, lusty R&B, and smooth-groove vocal groups to proto rock & roll, Southern soul, and Top 40 pop that drew blacks and whites together even as the Vietnam War nearly ripped the country apart. Although this collection contains well-known hits (Bobby Hebb's "Sunny", Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love") and widely acknowledged stars (Etta James and Ruth Brown, both of whom recorded some of their best work in Nashville), many of its most satisfying pleasures come courtesy of lesser-known artists, such as R&B belter Christine Kittrell, swamp bluesman Shy Guy Douglas, and balladeer Sam Baker. In the midst of many ear-opening discoveries, add one more: When listening to the countrified soul of Arthur Alexander, Joe Simon, and Johnny Adams, it's apparent that Nashville in its '60s heyday wasn't two separate but equal towns but one glorious Southern-music Mecca. --Keith Moerer more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-10-2007; Not to be confused with Memphis! A stand-alone musical melieu; This great 2-disc collection covers a 25 year-period, when small and large labels utilized Nashville studios for that special sound - something a little bigger, often with incongruous back-up ("pop" vocal groups, electric sitars) that...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-27-2007; fun audio time travel.; this is a vastly entertaining 2 cd (35 track) set of r & b. many names i was familiar with (arthur gunter, esquerita, roscoe shelton, little richard (whose track here is really a commercial), etta james, arthur alexander, ruth brown, joe...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2006; A mixed blessing; I found the first record to be wonderful but the second was not to my taste. Perhaps this is because I am firmly embedded in the 50s when I was 13.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-23-2005; More than COUNTRY music?; The Country Music Hall of Fame is behind this collection, but they're hoping to remind folks that Nashville is "MUSIC City U.S.A.", not necessarily "Country Music City U.S.A." What you get is 35 cuts ranging from doo-wop to smooth...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-10-2007; Not to be confused with Memphis! A stand-alone musical melieu; This great 2-disc collection covers a 25 year-period, when small and large labels utilized Nashville studios for that special sound - something a little bigger, often with incongruous back-up ("pop" vocal groups, electric sitars) that...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2006; A mixed blessing; I found the first record to be wonderful but the second was not to my taste. Perhaps this is because I am firmly embedded in the 50s when I was 13.; read full review | report as inappropriate