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Rusty Kershaw - Greatest Hits (CD)

Album Details: Greatest Hits

Release Date:05/21/2002
Label:Varese Sarabande
UPC:030206634723

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    Supreme Cajun hillbilly country rock 'n'

    By redtunictroll  Jun 16, 2002 | 0 out of 1 found this Greatest Hits review helpful

    Though Doug Kershaw would later forge great fame as a solo artist, these early sides, cut for the Nashville-based Hickory label in the late

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  • All Music Guide

    This is a long-overdue, wonderful compilation, containing the bulk of the Hickory singles Rusty and Doug Kershaw released on Hickory Records -- either as a duo, or as solo acts -- during the late '50s, '60s, and right on into the '70s [thanks to the single "(Our Own) Jole Blon."] They're kind of easy to overlook in some ways: often pigeonholed as Cajun -- and they were from Louisiana, they did play Cajun songs -- they blew any preconception of what that genre could do, rooting themselves in hardcore country as much as Cajun, while dabbling in rockabilly, wild backwoods weirdness, a little bit of Nashville sweetness (a wonderful cover of Don Gibson's "Sweet Sweet Girl to Me," turning Hank's "Why Don't You Love Me" into a skipping Everly-esque side), and everything in between. This is genuine American music, blending it all together in wild, invigorating, unexpected ways, and while some of the material could be argued as rock-pandering, lightweight teen tunes, there's a grittiness in the... production and an inventiveness in the music that keeps all 20 tracks crackling and alive. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

Rusty Kershaw

As a soloist, Rusty (Russell) Kershaw has yet to match the success that he had in the early '60s when he shared a duo with older brother, Doug Kershaw. His albums, however, have been well-conceived samplings of Cajun two-steps and country ballads, and have featured accompaniment by top-notch musicians. While Cajun in Blues Country, released in 1970, featured Charlie Dan... Read more