LANHAM,ROY - SIZZLING STRINGS/FABULOUS GUITAR [CD NEW]

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LANHAM,ROY - SIZZLING STRINGS/FABULOUS GUITAR [CD NEW] Label: BEAR FAMILY Format: CD Release Date: 22 Oct 1996 Brand New, Sealed, ships usually within three business days, depending on availability. Album Tracks 1. SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE 2. STOMPING AT THE SAVOY 3. SOPHISTICATED SWING 4. KERRY DANCE 5. LOVER 6. TEA FOR TWO 7. AIR MAIL SPECIAL 8. IF I HAD YOU 9. SLIPPED DISC 10. MELLOW MOOD 11. EAGER BEAVER 12. TUXEDO JUNCTION 13. YOUR HEART DARLIN' 14. HOLIDAY FOR STRINGS 15. ROY'S BLUES 16. TUXEDO JUNCTION 17. WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN 18. BRAZIL 19. IN THE MOOD 20. UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE 21. BROWN'S FERRY BLUES 22. CARNIVAL IN PARIS 23. ONE LOVE 24. CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS Sizzling Strings is a 1959 instrumental album from Lanham's group, the Whippoorwills, and The Fabulous Guitar is his 1961 solo album. This two-fer collects both albums on one CD, and the sonic and stylistic differences between the two are slight. Both are heavily oriented toward instrumental versions of pop hits and jazz tunes with mellow guitar leads that emphasize melody over virtuosic display. In fact, compositions by such cowhands as Stan Kenton, Artie Shaw, and Benny Goodman far outnumber country songs. Only "Air Mail Special" and the Delmore Brothers' "Sand Mountain Boogie" work up a fret-happy steam, and the remainder provides pleasant, if not jaw-dropping evidence read more