Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters by Ronnie Dawson

ROCKIN' BONES is a collection of singles and rarities recorded between 1957 and 1962. It includes 20 previously-unreleased acetates, demos and outtakes. Personnel: Ronnie Dawson (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar); Kenny Tomerlin, Howard Reed, Bill Hudson (guitar); "Smokey" Montgomery (acoustic guitar, tenor banjo, piano, drums); Ed Bernet (banjo); Cecil Brower, Johnny Strawn (strings); Delbert McClinton (harmonica); Red Woodward (saxophone); Bill Brown, Bill Simmons, Bert Keys (piano); Bob Christopher (bass, bass saxophone); Ken Cobb (bass); Mickey Williams, Dude Cohn (drums); The Beavers, Bryan Coley, Parker Wilson, Bobby Belew, Benny Belew, Carolyn Belew, Brenda Branch (background vocals). Principally recorded at: Skippy Settle Studios, Oak Cliff, Texas, 1957; Allegro Studios, New York, New York, 1959. Rock writer Richard Blackburn once claimed that rockabilly singer/guitarist Ronnie Dawson resembled "a waxed, brush-cut Dorian Gray with eye makeup." When you see the creepy but cool photo on the cover o...