Folk/Country — LPs  

An earnest, often largely orchestrated gospel-ish album This Lusty Land is his earliest inspirational foray. If you only know ol' Ern from "Sixteen Tons" and the Davy Crockett theme, or from his appearance as a Branson, MO dwelling ghost on the Simpsons, you're really missing out on a singular vocal talent – a man who cut some of the greatest hillbilly pop and proto-rockabilly vocal tunes ever! 12 tracks in all: "John Henry", "Trouble In Mind", "Chicken Road", "The Rovin' Gambler", "In The Pines", "Nine Pound Hammer", "The Last Letter", and more.

Includes tracks by Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys, the Saddle Tramps, the Modern Mountaineers, the Tune Wranglers, Milton Brown & His Brownies, and Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers.