Poor Man's Riches - The Complete 1950s Recordings

Benny Barnes - Poor Man's Riches - The Complete 1950s Recordings

Poor Man's Riches - The Complete 1950s Recordings
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Artist: Benny Barnes
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-12-07
Music Label: Bear Family
Soundtracks:
  1. You Gotta Pay
  2. Poor Man's Riches
  3. King For A Day
  4. No Fault Of Mine
  5. Train of Love
  6. Your Old Standby
  7. My Babe (demo)
  8. Last Message
  9. A Nickel's Worth Of Dreams
  10. I Walk the Line
  11. Tangled Mind
  12. No Fault Of Mine (demo)
  13. Penalty
  14. Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)
  15. Mine, All Mine
  16. Conscience I'm Guilty
  17. Happy Little Bluebird
  18. Beggar To A King
  19. I Got It Made
  20. Once Again
  21. Those Who Know
  22. Poor Old Me
  23. My Arms Are A House
  24. Lonely Street
  25. Moon Over My Shoulder
  26. There You Go
  27. Fastest Gun Alive
  28. Gold Records In The Snow
  29. Give My Love to Rose
  30. Stolen Moments
  31. These Hands
  32. Take The World (But Give Me Jesus)
  33. Talking To The Lord

Music reviews of Poor Man's Riches - The Complete 1950s Recordings

Music Review: Awesome, obscure hard country honktonk
Rating: 5 Stars

Benny Barnes
"Poor Man's Riches"
(Bear Family, 2007)
This is an awesome set of vintage, hard-country honkytonk music from a little-known singer who hailed from Beaumont, Texas, the hometown of the great George Jones. And if you like early George Jones songs, you'll love this. A gem - well worth snapping up! (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Country Music)
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Description of Poor Man's Riches - The Complete 1950s Recordings

East Texas country singer Benny Barnes scored a huge hit in 1956 with only his second record, Poor Man's Riches, cut for the legendary Starday label, and would quickly graduate from the beer joints of his native Beaumont (where he often shared the stage with George Jones) to the national spotlight of the Louisiana Hayride. He was boyishly handsome, had convincing stage presence, and an instantly recognizable vocal style that melded influences like George Jones and Lefty Frizzell with that of his early idol, Hank Snow. He had defied current trends and record industry wisdom by hitting with a hard country performance at a time when rock 'n' roll had threatened to consume everything in its path. But there are no sure bets in the record business, as Barnes would bitterly learn when neither these advantages nor the patronage of a major label, Mercury, would help him find a follow-up hit to Poor Man's Riches. While Barnes would release many more singles over the next 25 years, by the time of his death in 1987, he was essentially forgotten by the country music business.

In this overdue retrospective, Bear Family gathers together Benny Barnes' complete 1950s recordings, most reissued from the original master tapes for the first time, including two previously unissued performances. It was a prolific four years for Barnes, commencing with a couple of early acoustic demos, and continuing through his singles for Starday, Mercury, Dixie, Faith, D, and finally back to Mercury at the close of the decade. Though there were a few definite missteps during this period, it's equally undeniable that Barnes's talent deserved wider recognition than it received - then and now.

The CD comes with a newly researched biography of Barnes by Andrew Brown, rare photos, and a discography.

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