{"product_id":"ole-rasmussen-sleepy-eyed-john-cd","title":"Sleepy Eyed John CD","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOle Rasmussen\u003cbr\u003eSleepy Eyed John CD\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOle Rasmussen \u0026amp; his Nebraska Cornhuskers were one of the most popular Western Swing bands of the late 1940s and early '50s.\u003cbr\u003eA California-based group that eschewed the usual ultra-smooth ensembles associated with West Coast bands for an earthier, but still sophisticated sound that owed more to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raucousrecords.com\/findproducts?racoartist=8642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bob Wills\"\u003eBob Wills\u003c\/a\u003e than it did to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raucousrecords.com\/findproducts?racoartist=7613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Spade Cooley\"\u003eSpade Cooley\u003c\/a\u003e or Tex Williams.\u003cbr\u003eThe Cornhuskers were an accessible and infectious band that played for the people, not for other musicians.\u003cbr\u003eRasmussen was no musician himself, but an astute bandleader who built one of the finest bands around.\u003cbr\u003eIt featured the mellow vocals of the Tommy Duncan-inspired Teddy Wilds, and later the Ernest Tubb-influenced Virgil Lee, and such excellent musicians as fiddlers Tex Atchison and Rocky Stone, steel guitarist Billy Tonnesen and guitarist Earl Finley.\u003cbr\u003eAll 28 sides from the band's remarkably consistent two year stint at Capitol Records from 1950 to 1952 are gathered here, including classics like \u003cem\u003eSleepy-Eyed John, Rockaway, C Jam Blues\u003c\/em\u003e and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skQm5Rcgd2E\" title=\"Ole Rasmussen - Sleepy Eyed John 1950\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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