Two generations of country stars (Merle Haggard's and Dwight Yoakam's) drew inspiration from this pioneer of the Bakersfield sound. A 44-page booklet chronicles Wynn's career full of country boogie,... more

Patsy wasn't just a master of the seductive ballad—she cut a lot of catchy up-tempo stuff in her first five years of recording. Her bouncier tunes have been reissued scattershot on various... more

Bear Family's batch of vintage Western theme songs walks the line between recording artists and movie stars—check out this assortment: My Rifle Dean Martin; Bonanza Johnny Cash; Man Without a Star... more

Includes the Top 10 hit You Never Even Called Me by My Name and a Coe composition that became a #1 song for Tanya Tucker, Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).

Two lost classics from 1983! Castles is a tribute to the two most misunderstood artists of his generation: Bob Dylan (with a version of Gotta Serve Somebody sung with Lacy Dalton) and Coe himself. It... more

That price might seem steep if you ever had the good fortune to attend a Louisiana Hayride show at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana; after all, it only cost 60 cents for adults (30... more

A pair of 1982 releases consisting of mostly Coe-penned tunes about the darker side of life, and featuring the hits Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat and Take Time to Know Her. Also here are the bonus... more

Before he was a Capitol A&R man (who discovered Tennessee Ernie Ford and Hank Thompson among others), Stone was a stellar country musician and rockabilly pioneer who recorded many fine Capitol sides... more

Following Bear Family's reissue of Tompall's ABC recordings comes their second volume of his '70s MGM and Polydor tracks—and that means the biggest hits from this notorious country-music outlaw! Put... more

One of the best of our new records, this CD marks the debut of a remarkable talent who belongs in the same category as BR5-49 and Big Sandy. James has been playing music in the Los Angeles area since... more

Bobby returned to RCA after a couple years with Mercury with this 1973 LP, his first full-on collaboration with Shel Silverstein. The album was a smash, giving him his two biggest hits, Daddy What If... more

The last days of Gram Parsons (That's All It Took; She, and, with Emmylou Harris, Sleepless Nights) are documented here, and the Allman Brothers bring Southern rock to the table with Ramblin' Man.... more

Johnny Cash's smash live version of Folsom Prison Blues and Tammy Wynette's immortal Stand by Your Man alone are worth the price of admission. Also beautifully remastered: Tammy's #1 D-I-V-O-R-C-E;... more

Bobbie Gentry's breakthrough Ode to Billie Joe; Robert Mitchum's Top 10 entry Little Ole Wine Drinker Me; the Waylon Jennings classic The Chokin' Kind, and the unforgettable George Jones #1 Walk... more

Conway Twitty's all-time biggest hit, Hello Darlin', and his other 1970 #1 hit, Fifteen Years Ago, join a heap of other #1s here: Rose Garden Lynn Anderson (her all-time biggest hit); Coal Miner's... more

On this DVD, Bear Family presents one complete show from Town Hall on Halloween night recorded forty-four years ago. Set the time machine to October 31, 1959, and sit back and enjoy what no one has... more

"The single most important event in the history of country music"—Johnny Cash. Victor Records went to Bristol, Tennessee in '27 and made the first recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers... more

Americana classics from the '70s, '80s and '90s, now back-on LP!Hailed as great records or CDs at the time, the albums in Bear Family's new series are now acknowledged as Americana classics And... more

The Texas Troubadour brought his honky tonk and country stylings to national television in the mid-1960s. Without a lot of fancy trappings, he showcased the music first and foremost. Now you can... more

Gene Vincent stops by to rock Be-Bop-A-Lula; Rocky Road Blues; High School Confidential, and more; you'll also see Midnight Special Merle Travis; Oklahoma Waltz Johnny Bond; Ridin' Old Paint Tex... more

Long before those famous truck-driving hits, Red rocked roofs off with his up-tempo honky tonk and hillbilly boogie. Here are 31 of those energized gems from 1949–61, recorded for MGM and Decca and... more

Recent reissues have rewound to the era before Johnny's Epic-label hits (his Little Darlin' sides). This one hits the rewind button again to bring you his earliest cuts (as Donny Young)—his Decca... more

Includes the hit title cut and its follow-up "Purple People Eater #2," "Are You Satisfied," "Pygmy Love," "Google Eye" and more. 31 tracks!

Tompall wasn't quite as "wanted" as superstar outlaws like Waylon and Willie, but his was perhaps the definitive outlaw sound. His Hillbilly Central studio was a focal point for the movement, and... more

Town Hall Party' was among the first of the country music shows to be seen on U. S. television, making it's debut in early 1952 and running until early 1961. Staged every Saturday in a theatre in... more