Various Artists - Country Funk III 1975-1982

Volume 3 in Light In The Attic's acclaimed Country Funk series!

Featuring Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale, Conway Twitty, Larry Jon Wilson, and Billy Swan + more!

Includes a previously unreleased track by Tony Joe White

Newly remastered audio

New original artwork by renowned artist J. William Myers (artist for Robert Altman's Nashville, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson's Waylon & Willie album, and LP covers for the Charlie Daniels Band)

With Country Funk Volume III 1975-1982 it's true to say there's more funk left in the trunk yet. This time around, the jeans are tighter, the hair is bigger and the disco ball spins along to a country-synth beat. Produced and compiled by Jason Morgan (Bay Area DJ/collector) and Patrick McCarthy (co-producer/compiler of Volume I & II), the tracklist features regulars Dolly Parton, J.J. Cale, Larry Jon Wilson and Tony Joe White (whose track is released here for the first time) alongside new faces like Steven Soles, Gary & Sandy, Conway Twitty, Travis Wammack, Billy Swan, Rob Galbraith, Brian Hyland, and so many more.

As the 1970s began to wane and the 1980s approached, the Country Funk pallet expanded to include disco beats, heavy Moog synth bass lines and more clavinet than you could shake a stick at. Volume III shows artists continuing to buck traditional country tropes and production while embracing modern soul, disco, and coked-up '80s synth-pop. This is the true soundtrack of the Urban Cowboy. Saddle up, partners.

1. Shake The Dust - Steven Soles

2. Nobody But You - J. J. Cale

3. Night Fires - Conway Twitty

4. One And Only One - Eddie Rabbit

5. Rhythm And Blues - Jerry Reed

6. Sure Thing - Dolly Parton

7. Oliver Swan - Billy Swan

8. I Got The Fever - Rob Galbraith

9. Do Me - Travis Wammack

10. I Betcha Heaven’s On A Dirt Road - Larry Jon Wilson

11. Gonna Let You Have It - Gary & Sandy

12. Hale To The Man - Brian Hyland

13. Alone At Last - Tony Joe White

14. Get It Up - Ronnie Milsap

15. Shot From The Saddle - Delbert McClinton

16. Rich Man - Terri Gibbs

17. Down To The Station - Dennis Linde

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