SHIPPING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2005

ARTIST JOHNNY BOND TITLE At Town Hall Party LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BVD 20009 PRICE-CODE AT EAN-CODE

4 0 0 0 1 2 7 2 0 0 0 9 9 ISBN-CODE 3-89916-138-6 FORMAT DVD with 16-page booklet DETAILS NTSC - codefree - b/w GENRE Country TRACKS 45 PLAYING TIME 122:00

KEY SELLING POINTS

• Most titles are for the first time on DVD • Guest artists Joe & Rose Lee Maphis, , Billy Mize & Cliff Crofford • 16-page booklet • Liner notes by Johnny Bond friend Packy Smith • Attractive DVD-Pack

SALES NOTES

When Oklahoma born singer-songwriter Johnny Bond was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999, many were surprised, while industry insiders and fans with a sense of the music's history felt that it was about time. Johnny Bond spent most of his career on the west coast, so many were unaware how versatile and extensive his career was. For thirty years, he was primarily associated with singing cowboys, first with , then with Gene Autry, and later as a business partner of . As a composer, he wrote enough genuine classics to be elected to the Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame. As a musician, his distinctive bass guitar riffs are heard on hundreds of country hits recorded in Hollywood and Los Angeles from the 1940s through the '60s. As a comedian, his droll sense of humor was perfect for his years as sidekick to Autry and his long string of novelty songs and recitations. As a recording artist, he had eight Top 10 hits. Now Bear Family Records is pleased to present his laconic artistry to a new generation. The songs include his signature hit Cimarron, and his standards like Your Old Love Letters, Glad Rags, and Tomorrow Never Comes. There are boogie-woogie songs; honky tonk songs, country blues…in other words, something for everyone who loves vintage country music.

TRACK LISTING

Introduction by Jay Stewart

1. Roll On Mississippi Roll On 2. Barrelhouse Bessie 3. Where Can I Go 4. When The Bloom Is On The Sage 5. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues 6. Please Don't Live A Lie 7. Wild Cat Boogie 8. Love Gone Cold 9. One Sweet Letter From You 10. Cimarron 11. Mean Mama Boogie 12. Drifting And Dreaming (& Merle Travis) 13. Hang Your Head In Shame (& ) 14. I’ll Never Let You Go Little Darling (& Merle Travis, Cliff Crofford, Billy Mize) 15. Glad Rags 16. Louisiana Lucy 17. Love Song In 32 Bars 18. I Hang My Head And Cry 19. Hang Your Head In Shame 20. I Walk The Line 21. My Blue Ridge Mountain Home (& Merle Travis) 22. Near You 23. You Brought Sorrow To My Heart 24. Tijuana Jail 25. The Fool's Paradise 26. Firewater 27. Broken Doll 28. Out In The Cold Again 29. Jim, Johnny And Jonas 30. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues 31. The Long Tall Shadow 32. Your Old Love Letters 33. Glad Rags 34. Those Gone And Left Me Blues 35. Don’t Bite The Hand That’s Feeding You 36. Oklahoma Waltz 37. We’re Diggin’ For Gold (& Cliff Crofford & Billy Mize) 38. Red River Valley 39. Put Me To Bed 40. Tomorrow Never Comes 41. Train Whistle Blues 42. Put A Little Sweetenin’ In Your Love 43. Lay It On The Line 44. Cimarron (& Rose Lee Maphis & Joe Maphis) 45. Blue Hawaii (& Rose Lee Maphis & Merle Travis)