Rock It But Don't Wreck It CD

Skeets McDonald
Rock It But Don't Wreck It - Singles As and Bs 1956-1962 CD

In the 1950s, Skeets McDonald's pioneering recordings in a hard-core Country style paved the way for the emergence of future west coast icons like Wynn Stewart, Tommy Collins, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, and helped to establish California as a credible rival to Nashville.
The music featured on Rock It But Don't Wreck It demonstrates from start to finish just why Skeets was held in such high regard.
He never had much of a chart profile, but the records Skeets made for Capitol Records between 1952 and 1959, and subsequently for Columbia, go far beyond any chart positions in their influence among Skeets' peers.
This 32 track collection focuses on Skeets' singles, from the second half of the 1950s through to the early '60s, and offers a generous cross section of his very best work for both labels - including his two sided classic rockabilly 45 Heartbreakin' Mama/You Oughta See Grandma Rock (featuring Eddie Cochran on guitar) and his debut Columbia 45 Gotta Get You From That Crowd with backing vocals by Ray Price, no less.