Les Paul & Mary Ford - Swingin' South!! (1963)

A1 	Worried Mind 	
A2 	Columbus Stockade Blues 	
A3 	Your Cheatin' Heart 	
A4 	Cowpokin' 	
A5 	Trouble In Mind 	
A6 	Les's Country Blues 	
B1 	Waitin' So Long 	
B2 	I Just Don't Understand 	
B3 	Ham 'N Grits 	
B4 	Call On Me 	
B5 	Dance Hall Blues 	
B6 	The Big Cry

Mary Ford – vocals
Les Paul – guitar

Les Paul and Mary Ford's second trip to Nashville is far more invigorating than their first, a grittier immersion into the country music universe with a slight touch of rock & roll besides. Paul's involvement is far more evident here; his spectacular guitar and fuzz-tone effects are a match for the buzzing harmonicas and swaggering basslines, and there is more evidence of his trademark sound-on-sound layerings. Ford too sounds more deeply involved with the material and the tougher backings; she even offers a bit of a down-home growl. The high point of this album -- and Paul's Columbia period in general -- is his own jangly, madly swinging Saturday night whoop-de-do, "Les' Country Blues" (later adapted into a song "So Long Baby, Goodbye" that didn't emerge until 1991 on Capitol's The Legend and the Legacy box). Indeed, five of the 12 tunes here are by Paul, all of them interesting, a burst of creativity unprecedented for him on an album and not even approached since. Alas, this highly spirited outing would be Paul and Ford's last album together, as they began divorce proceedings later in 1963. ---Richard S. Ginnell, Rovi

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