SHIPPING DATE: MARCH 21, 2005

ARTIST TOM TALL & GINNY WRIGHT TITLE Are You Mine LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16741 PRICE-CODE AH ISBN-CODE

4 0 0 0 1 2 7 1 6 7 4 1 5 EAN-CODE 3-89916-109-2 FORMAT CD with 36-page booklet GENRE Country TRACKS 31 PLAYING TIME 78:34

• 31 Songs • 78 Minutes • Many rare unseen pictures from the scrapbook of both Tom Tall & Ginny Wright.

SALES NOTES

The story of Tom Tall and Ginny Wright is inextricably bound up with one of the music business’s larger-than-life characters: Fabor Robison. In addition to Tom and Ginny, he also discovered Johnny Horton, , the DeCastro Sisters, Mitchell Torok, the Browns, Bonnie Guitar, and Ned Miller. That would be enough talent for any label, but Fabor managed to alienate them all (in fact, it’s rumoured that Jim Reeves wanted to shoot him).

Ginny Wright came to Fabor Records to cut a duet with Jim Reeves , and I Love You was a big country hit, peaking at #3 in 1953/4. In November 1954, Ginny recorded Are You Mine with Tom Tall, and it became a #2 country hit, and makes its first-ever appearance on CD here. But then, with the record high in the charts, Ginny just simply quit. She went back to . Years later, she recorded again and even made some more records with Tom Tall, but mostly she cared for her family in Texas. In 2003, she reappeared briefly to become a Hall of Fame inductee.

Tom Tall (no, not Tom T. Hall, but Tom Tall) was also from Texas, although his family migrated to California when he was a kid, and that’s where he met Fabor Robison. For a couple of years in the early/mid 1950s, Tom looked like a contender. He made sharp west coast with a hint of rockabilly (like the classic Hot Rod Is Her Name), and appeared on all the top shows…'Ozark Jubilee,' 'Town Hall Party,' and 'The Grand Ole Opry,' and even toured Texas with Elvis. He was a talent who just didn’t get the breaks. Later, after leaving Fabor, he befriended Eddie Cochran and hung around the Los Angeles music scene before moving to Las Vegas, where he is to this day. Now Bear Family tells the unique and fascinating story of Tom Tall and Ginny Wright with Fabor Robison pulling the strings in the background. Longtime fans will remember our Ginny Wright and Tom Tall LPs, and now they're on CD with additional tracks and completely upgraded sound.

TRACK LISTING

1. Tom Tall & Ginny Wright: Are You Mine 2. Tom Tall: Goldie Jo Malone 3. Ginny Wright: I Want You Yes 4. Tom Tall & Ginny Wright: Out Of Line 5. Ginny Wright: I Saw Esau (Kissing Mary Lou) 6. Tom Tall: If You Don't Care (Please Tell Me) (& Bonnie Guitar) 7. Tom Tall: Underway 8. Ginny Wright: Turn Around My Darlin' 9. Tom Tall & Ginny Wright: Come With Me 10. Tom Tall: Why Must I Wonder 11. Ginny Wright: How To Get Married 12. Tom Tall & Ginny Wright: Boom Boom Boomerang 13. Ginny Wright: I've Got Somebody New 14. Tom Tall: Remembering You 15. Ginny Wright: Whirlwind 16. Ginny Wright: I Could Still Tell You More 17. Tom Tall: Give Me A Chance 18. Tom Tall: Whose Little Pidgeon Are You (& The Creel Sisters) 19. Tom Tall & Ginny Wright: Will This Dream Of Mine Come True 20. Ginny Wright: Where Were You 21. Ginny Wright: Indian Moon 22. Tom Tall: I Want To Walk With You 23. Tom Tall: You Loved Another One Better Than Me 24. Tom Tall: Please Be Careful 25. Tom Tall: I Gave My Heart To Two People 26. Tom Tall: Hot Rod Is Her Name (& The Creel Sisters) 27. Ginny Wright: My Chihuahua Dog 28. Ginny Wright: Your Eyes Feasted Upon Her 29. Ginny Wright: Please Leave My Darlin' Alone 30. Tom Tall: Don't You Know, Don't You Know (& Ruckus Tyler) 31. Tom Tall: If You Know What I Know (& Ruckus Tyler)