AMG Review of Midnight Jamboree

Bruce Eder
All Music Guide

This isn't really an Ernest Tubb album but, rather, a showcase -- recreating the radio show of the title that he did out of the Ernest Tubb Record Shop -- featuring various artists. Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce, Patsy Cline, and the Wilburn Brothers are featured doing one song each. Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours provided five songs, complete with fake applause dubbed on. The performances are suitable lean and convincing, and the material includes new songs by Justin Tubb, as well as new versions of old 1940s country standards. (out of print)