Disco de The Statler Brothers: “Complete Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys”

Alright, mighty fine, and howdy, howdy. I guess I must confess to being especially partial to the Old Roadhog on account of the fact that my Daddy was the ass't. principal at Johnny Mack Brown High School back pert near thirty years back. Daddy hired me to clean up after most of the old Roadhog's appearances in the school gym down in Rainbow Valley. Oh lord, if only you could have been there. Let's just say that there was an awful lot of brown glass a-flying through the air, and yours truly had the privilege of sweeping it up (that and a few other items I won't get into describing right here, if you know what I'm saying.) Anyway, we all come to know the old Roadhog real good--never was a finer feller on the face of the earth if you ask me. Songs like "Fillipino Baby" and "Sixteen Tons" and seeing a couple of big uns--like Dolly and Porter--sure brings back some mighty fine memories. Well, if you couldn't actually have been there back then, your next best bet is to buy this here album. And if you do, you'll help the old Roadhog out in his retirement (he's still working in Rainbow Valley at Vern's Gas and Tires--mostly changing people's oil and filling tires with air. Stop by and look him up if you get down that way. Mighty fine.

If you have never heard the Old Roadhog, you've got a real treat coming. If you've worn the grooves off your old LP (put out, of course, by the Mercury Music Record people), rejoice. Here's the complete Roadhog ouvre in the full majesty of digital remastering. No collection of American popular music is complete without this recording. Beyond that, it should suffice to say, "I don't know. I don't know. I wish they hadn't of done that. I don't know...."

Back in the 70s this group became legend among musicians of every genre at the time. We found hundreds of ways to filter lines from these recordings into every day situations and never got tired of listening to this hilarious spoof that took every one of us back to the days of southern local radio shows that our parents listened to religiously in the 50s. Like all satire, it's not that much of a stretch from the reality of what those shows were really like. This is one of those moments in time that just can't and won't be duplicated ever again. A diamond in the rough, indeed.

In the words of ole' Roadhog himself this record is "mighty fine". I heard these guys live when they opened for the Stafford Brothers and Mother Mayball Carter last Winter down to the Johnny Mack Brown Highschool gym and was imeadiately impressed. All I can say is buy as many copies of this country classic as you can get yer hands on before it goes out of print.

Five stars jist aint enough, Thanks boys and keep on a'singin'

I played in a bluegrass band in the 70's, and one night at The Foundry we had a big drawing for door prizes and grand prize was a copy of the Old Roadhog's album. The guy that won it traded it for a pitcher of beer.

Once I saw the Flying Burrito Brothers (not the real ones with Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, just the ones with Byron Berline) and in between the songs they'd say, "All right, might fine."

That about says it all. Philistines everywhere. Even in Wichita, the home of take-off guitar. Mighty fine, that's a good-un. This is one funny album. Buy it. Buy extra copies of it to give to your sick and shut in friends. I gotta go now, it's time for the shootin' match down at Ernie's.