Al Dean & The All Stars - Fragile Heart

Al Dean & The All Stars were not from Corpus but as a South Texas country act they ruled the 60's. Based out of Freer, Texas, their hit instrumental recording of Cotton Eyed Joe was in heavy rotation leading up to the news on the popular KROB country music station out of Robstown in the late sixties.

I'll bet they logged many hours playing Corpus' honky tonks and dancehalls back in the day.

Here is slightly more rockin' effort called Fragile Heart on Warrior (not to be confused with the current label of the same name).

Enjoy!

Revolution: Teen Time in Corpus Christi 1965-1970

First in a series of Corpus Gold posts about historic Corpus music CD releases.

This one will be released on Feb 21, 2012 from Cicadelic Records. http://www.cicadelic.com

Revolution: Teen Time in Corpus Christi 1965-1970 is pretty much a one-stop shop for essential Corpus rock from that era. The first one I know of to bundle acts like The Four More & The Buckle (w/ Sam Neely) with J-Beck classics like The Zakary Thaks, Liberty Bell, Bad Seeds and Michael. Kubla Kahn featuring Chris Gernottis from The Thaks brings this set into the 70's. Mixing some of the classics with lesser know cuts and a healthy dose of unreleased this could be for the collector as well as serving as a beginner's sampler of the period. Looks like you can pre-order this one from the cicadelic website.

From The Cicadelic promo:

In 1966, famed lead guitarist Rod Prince (later of Bubble Puppy) re-wrote The 13^th Floor Elevators’ song “Tried To Hide” as “All Night Long” and released it with The Bad Seeds as their third single. They were the number one band at the time in Corpus Christi. Although “All Night Long” would beat The Elevators’ “Tried To Hide” (on International Artists) to the market, The Bad Seeds disbanded in the summer of 1966 and other renowned Corpus bands would follow in their footsteps, most scoring top ten hits on the way:

Four More with the ultra-rare single “Problem Child” b/w “Don’t Give Up Hope”. The Zakary Thaks with “Bad Girl” and “Face To Face”. The Liberty Bell with “The Nazz Are Blue” and “For What You Lack”. The Buckle with “Baroque Rock” on “I’ve Got Something On My Mind”. Folk-rock singer Michael backed by The Zakary Thaks on all three of his singles, sounding more like a 1966 era Bob Lind than Bob Lind. And Kubla Khan singing about changin’ times in “Revolution” and pondering whether “the brown grass will be legalized”.

Memorabilia such as top 30 radio survey’s, rare photos, news articles from the era, interviews with band members, sixteen page booklet, and twenty eight tracks(including previously unreleased recordings) combine to make this a trip back to the 60’s, when a Revolution in sound was happening in Corpus Christi, Texas. Front Cover Photo-The Liberty Bell, 1967