Record #0087: Theme From Dixie / Gidget Goes Hawaiian – DUANE EDDY

Jamie 1183 (original) USA, Mar. 1961
Music by:  Side A – Duane Eddy; Side B – Stanley Styne, Fred Karger
Musicians: Duane Eddy (lead guitar), Al Casey (guitar, steel guitar and banjo), David Campbell (bass), Jim Horn (sax), Jimmy Troxel (drums), Larry Knechtel (piano)
Recording sessions: Audio Recorders, Phoenix, AZ, Mar. 1, 1961
Highest chart positions:  US #39, UK #7

The twang’s the thang – here’s the boss of the “twang” guitar. These two tracks were recorded, overdubbed, pressed and released the same month.

Lee Hazlewood produced or co-produced almost all of Duane Eddy’s Jamie and RCA recordings.
(See also records #0002, #0011 & #0043 for more on Hazlewood)

Eddy’s common tool during these early years was his “Chet Atkins model” Gretsch 6120. The new “Duane Eddy Signature” G6120DE is quite the same. Me likey! :)

List price:  Very Good+ is $7.50, Near Mint is $15