Red River Dave – Authentic Hillbilly Ballads and Topical Songs (1954-1976) Vol 1

Notorious for his song ‘California Hippie Murders!’ – a ghoulish, harrowing, yodeling retelling of the infamous (Charles Manson masterminded) Tate-LaBianca slayings – Red River Dave was a genuine cowboy singing star turned tabloid balladeer.

(I Won't Care) A Hundred Years From Now Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Beautiful America I'd Like to Give My Dog to Uncle Sam Jailhouse Blues Somewhere I Hear Angels Singing The San Antonio Rose Ol Tex Ritter And His Deck Of Cards (A Tribute To Elvis' Mother) New Angel Tonight The Ballad Of Marilyn Monroe James Dean (The Greatest Of Them All) The Vietnam Guitar (LP Version) Keep That Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere We'll Bury You Moon Over The Wall (In East Berlin) The Red Deck Of Cards Ballad of Lee Oswald Answer to the Death of a President! (feat. Tony Rozance) Searching For You, Buddy Trial Of Francis Powers Ballad Of Francis Powers (There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere) The Ballad of Billy Graham (feat. The Giese Family) The Great Society The Ballad of Emmett Till The Ballad Of John Birch The Ballad Of Patty Hearst The Bay Of Pigs The Ballad Of Apollo 11 California Hippie Murders!

While ‘California Hippie Murders!’ might seem chilling and bizarre, within the body of ‘Red River Dave’ McEnery epic saga songs (collected here for the very first time), it makes perfect sense. The Moon landings, the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst, the Vietnam conflict, the assassination of JFK, the murder of young Emmett Till and Korean War ‘Manchurian Candidate’ brainwashing – all grist for the great Red River Dave Hillbilly song-mill. Often cut within hours or days of the event and pressed as minuscule edition private 45s: the tall, flamboyant, ‘Buffalo Bill’ bearded McEnery cut a dashing figure in his gold-sprayed cowboy boots and cracking lariat – as he hawked these handcrafted cuts from the boot of his steer-horned Cadillac. Some sides presented here are so rare as to be near-mythical – you’ll hear Red River Dave wax about the death of Marilyn Monroe and the Bay of Pigs – in an eccentric and forgotten chronicle of the 20th century experience. Reissued for the very first time: the fascinating, outrageous and heart-wrenching private-press 45s of Hillbilly poet laureate Red River Dave!Limited Edition Deluxe CD with exclusive scholarly liner notes by Alvin Lucia!Full Dynamic Range 2017 Remaster direct from the first generation analogue master tapes!