Allstar

Eddie Noack - Psycho: The K-Ark & Allstar Recordings, 1962-1969 (2013) {Bear Family Records BCD 17204 AH}
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© 1962-69, 2013 Bear Family Records | BCD 17204 AH
Country / Honky Tonk / Traditional Country / Bakersfield Sound

Eddie Noack had a rough '50s, working hard and never scoring a hit, but that's nothing compared to his '60s. After he was dropped by Mercury, the singer wound up drifting to Allstar, a fly-by-night Nashville indie that specialized in "song poems" – suckers would send in lyrics and pro musicians would set them to music, for a fee – and found space for Noack, a songwriter who had success, but a singer who had none. At Allstar, he was usually able to record his own songs, but Noack wound up chasing trends instead of setting them. Specifically, he wound up cutting several singles in the style of Buck Owens & the Buckaroos, sides that may not have charted but illustrated Noack was a pro, capable of following shifting fashions and delivering upon them ably, even appealingly.

A leaderless sextet jams on four of pianist Mal Waldron's originals; the performances range from eight to 12 minutes apiece. The all-star lineup (trumpeter Thad Jones, Frank Wess on tenor and flute, guitarist Kenny Burrell, Waldron, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor) is in fine form on the straightahead material and bop fans will want to pick up this reissue CD.