One of two albums Stonewall Jackson made in 1967, Stonewall Jackson Country includes the minor hit "This World Holds Nothing (Since You're Gone)," similar in concept to Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World." "There's No Reason to Be Living (Since You're Gone)" is another wrist-slashing ballad in the set.
An air of melancholy surrounds the album because of its overabundance of weepers, for one thing, but also because of Jackson's talent for expressing a range of bleak emotions with his voice.
The obligatory covers of recent and classic hits would seem to balance the sad songs -- it's a treat to hear Jackson tackle Marvin Rainwater's "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird," but his version of Wynn Stewart's "It's Such a Pretty World Today" is oddly mournful.
Listeners who claim to hear the blues in country music will hear plenty of it on Stonewall Jackson Country with its love-gone-wrong songs and working-man laments.
Warning: Jackson's performances put across the gloomy songs so effectively that the album's aura of defeat is contagious.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This World Holds Nothing (Since You're Gone) | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | If This House Could TalkHugh X. Lewis | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | It's Such a Pretty World TodayDale Noe | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | I Threw Away the RoseMerle Haggard | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Gonna Find Me a BluebirdMarvin Rainwater | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Big Busy WorldStonewall Jackson | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:02 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | You're the Sad in My Songs | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:44 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | I Can't Dry Your TearsStonewall Jackson | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:24 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | I'll Go Get the Tool BoxGene Crysler | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | There's No Reason To Be Living (Since You're Gone) | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Only Lonely Me | Stonewall Jackson | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 27 mins | 64 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey Anderson | Composer |
| 2 | Liz Anderson | Composer |
| 3 | Gene Crysler | Composer |
| 4 | Merle Haggard | Composer |
| 5 | Stonewall Jackson | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 6 | Hugh X. Lewis | Composer |
| 7 | Dale Noe | Composer |
| 8 | Marvin Rainwater | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |