The Best of Doug & Rusty Kershaw
collects 12 of the
Kershaw
brothers' recordings for
Hickory Records
in the late '50s, including the hit singles
"Louisiana Man"
and
"Diggy, Diggy Lo."
During this time, the group sounded like a cross between a
Cajun
string band
the Everly Brothers
, which resulted in one of the most unique sounds of the late '50s. They might not have had many hits, and some of their material now sounds dated, but
Doug
Rusty
's musical interplay still sounds fresh.
The Best Of
isn't a perfect collection -- it's missing the hits
"So Lovely, Baby,"
"Love Me to Pieces,"
"Hey Sheriff"
-- but what is here is very good, making it an adequate retrospective. ~ Thom Owens