Johnny Bragg

Revered singer Johnny Bragg wrote and recorded classic 1950s R&B hits, such as “Just Walkin’ in the Rain” (as lead vocalist of the Prisonaires) and “Rollin’ Stone” (fronting the Marigolds), while serving time at the Tennessee State Penitentiary. For years, the recordings collected here lay dormant and unheard in a garden shed in Nashville. Unearthed and assembled to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s acclaimed exhibit Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, these cuts are a rich trove encompassing previously unreleased songwriting demos, band rehearsals, and live recordings that, fortunately, Bragg preserved on tape in the 1960s and 1970s. It’s a time capsule of classic Nashville R&B, now available for the first time in any format.

Tracklist:

A1 Take Away the Heartache (Let Me Love Again)
A2 She’s Mine
A3 Is It True, Darlin’?
A4 I’ll Never Forget You
A5 I Saw It Coming
A6 If This Is a Dream (Let Me Dream On)
A7 It Isn’t Right
A8 Rock It, Shake It
B1 Hurt and Lonely
B2 I’ve Got to Stop Trying
B3 It’s Been a Beautiful World (Since I Found You)
B4 Let’s Rock, Let’s Roll
B5 If It’s Over
B6 You Know It Ain’t Right
B7 How Great Thou Art