Smith, Connie – The Cry of the Heart [WHITE VINYL] – New LP

Other than some wild bluegrass and rockabilly, I never gave much attention to hillbilly music.  I knew good music could be found there, but that knowledge kept me away rather than pulling me in--I was happy with the music I knew and didn't need another rabbit hole.  Eventually, of course I was pulled in, mostly because I moved to Oregon where mint copies of hillbilly records were plentiful, but I tried to limit the exploration by sticking with the ladies of the 1960s.  Quickly that became a rabbit hole and I had no problem getting stuck in there.  There were the familiar names, and I soon found out why they had become so well known.  But there were also names I was barely familiar with and those often offered many pleasures as well.  One was Connie Smith. I loved her as soon as I heard her, on those records recorded over 50 years ago. While some of the queens of the 1960s had comebacks into the mainstream in the 21st century, comebacks with the rock n roll hipsters with a love for hil