Telecaster master Bill Kirchen was right there at the BIG BANG of Americana as a founder member Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen in 1967. Playing guitar has been his only job ever since. Over a ten-year period commencing in 2006, he made albums exclusively at Proper Records' Specific Sound studio in London. All thirty-eight tracks including some bonus material are available in this two CD set. Guests include Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Paul Carrack, Commander Cody, Dan Hicks, Maria Muldaur, Butch Hancock and more in this tour-de-force of Americana and Alt. Country.

Tracklist:

Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Rocks Into Sand (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Get A Little Goner (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Skid Row In y Mind (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Working Man (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Soul Cruisin' (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Truth Be Told (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Devil With The Blue Dress
One More Day (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Heart Of Gold (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
If It's Really Got To Be This Way (with Nick Lowe and Geraint Watkins)
Bump Wood
Shelly's Winter Love (with Paul Carrack and Nick Lowe)
Man In The Bottom Of The Well (with Elvis Costello)
I Don't Work That Cheap (with Commander Cody)
Time Will Tell The Story
Husbands And Wives (with Chris O'Connell)
Open Range (with Blackie Farrell)
Arkansas Diamond
Word To The Wise (with Dan Hicks)
Ain't Got Time For The Blues (with Maria Muldaur)
Valley Of The Moon (with Norton Buffalo)
Too Much Fun
Tell Me The Reason
Down To Seeds And Stems
Semi-Truck
Rockabilly Funeral
Womb To The Tomb
Flip Flop
Swing Fever
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Truck Stop At The End Of The World
Mama Hated Diesels
Hot Rod Lincoln
Talkin' About Chicken
Think It Over (with Austin de Lone)
Oxblood (with Butch Hancock)
The Times They Are A-Changin' (with Austin de Lone)

UPC: 5052442013525
Label: Last Music Company
Release Date: 7.24.20
Format: CD

Bill Kirchen - The Proper Years (2CD)