Ah, the old westerns. My mom loved Hoppalong Cassidy. Didn't Bruce Willis make a movie about Buck Jones? Hmmmm. more research.
Listeners, if you have any info on the stars of yesterday, please call it in. Let's see--
Tex Ritter
Roy Rogers (no kin to Jimmie)
Dale Evans who wrote a book about her down syndrome child called Angel Unaware.
You know, folks. Dale and Roy were the kind of Christians that really practiced what they preached.
a small footnote:
Chubby Checkers took his updated name from Fats Domino.
Later, yawl.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter stood as one of the biggest names in country music throughout the postwar era, thanks to a diverse career that led him everywhere from the Broadway stage to the political arena. He was born Maurice Woodward Ritter in Marvaul, TX, on January 12, 1907, and grew up on a ranch in Beaumont. After graduating at the top of his high school class, he majored in law at the University of Texas. During college, however, he was bitten by the acting bug and moved to New York in 1928 to join a theatrical troupe. After a few years of struggle, he briefly returned to school, only to leave again to pursue stardom.
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/ritter_tex/bio.jhtml
Forgot the link if you want to read the rest about Tex.
I saw Hopalong Cassidy in a parade in Fresno in 1956. He was my favorite of all the cowboy stars.
edgar, what a thrill that must have been for you. Wasn't Lucky Jenkins Hoppy's side kick?
A couple of things about the old westerns.
It may have been Burt Reynolds who played Buck Jones instead of Bruce Willis. Can't locate anything except the movie City Heat.
Our Seed was recently a hero of the ordinary kind, and that made me recall this interesting bit about Buck Jones.
http://www.surfnetinc.com/chuck/terms15.htm
In a fire like that it seems almost no one had the chance to be a hero. Besides, Buck didn't need that story to be a hero to his fans. He had already done enough to be great.
My favourite cowboy movie is "Son of Paleface" with Bob Hope and Jane Russell and Jane Russell's shirt.
Jane Russell borrowed that shirt from shewolfnm
Raquel Welch made a pretty good cowgirl too.
A song dedicated to Cicerone Imposter.
(Johnny Cash version)
I was totin my pack along the long dusty Winnamucka road
When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load
If your goin' to Winnamucka, Mack with me you can ride
And so I climbed into the cab and then I setteled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Travel - I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
I've been to:
Reno
Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow
Sarasota
Whichta
Tulsa
Ottowa
Oklahoma
Tampa
Panama
Mattua
LaPaloma
Bangor
Baltimore
Salvador
Amarillo
Tocapillo
Pocotello
Amperdllo
I'm a Killer
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Travel - I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
I've been to:
Boston
Charleston
Dayton
Lousiana
Washington
Houston
Kingston
Texas (County)
Monterey
Fairaday
Santa Fe
Tollaperson
Glen Rock
Black Rock
Little Rock
Oskaloussa
Tennessee
Tinnesay
Chickapee
Spirit Lake
Grand Lake
Devil's Lake
Crater Lake
For Pete's Sake
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Travel - I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
I've been to:
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Omerback
Shereville
Jacksonville
Waterville
Costa Rock
Richfield
Springfield
Bakersfield
Shreveport
Hakensack
Cadallic
Fond du Lac
Davenport
Idaho
Jellico
Argentina
Diamondtina
Pasadena
Catalina
See What I Mean
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Travel - I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
I've been to:
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Gravelburg
Colorado
Ellisburg
Rexburg
Vicksburg
Eldorado
Larimore
Adimore
Habastock
Chadanocka
Shasta
Nebraska
Alaska
Opalacka
Baraboo
Waterloo
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Souix City
Cedar City
Dodge City
What A Pity
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Travel - I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
Amazing what you find when you're looking for something else- in this case, the words for Christopher Columbus.
This is about Pete Seeger and The Weavers folk group, veri influential in their day and much loved in Britain in the 1950s and 60s.
1. On Top of Old Smoky
2. Hard, Ain't It Hard
3. Goodnight Irene
4. Around the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)
5. Old Paint (Ride Around, Little Dogies)
6. (The Wreck of the) John B
7. Roving Kind
8. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
9. Wimoweh (Mbube)
10. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
11. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)
12. Midnight Special
13. Rick Island Line
14. Sylvie (Bring Me Li'l' Water, Silvy)
15. Lonesome Traveler
16. When the Saints Go Marching In 17. 18. 19.
Prior to purchasing this CD, I had heard one or two Weavers sides and hadn't formed any impression of the group. Now I can hear that they were remarkably ahead of their time when these sides were made (1950-1953), at least insomuch as 1960s groups like The Seekers were presenting almost exactly the same sound years later, with or without an orchestra and chorus. And the songs themselves are not out of keeping with other tunes of the early 1950s--for example, Terry Gilkyson's "Christopher Columbus," recorded by Guy Mitchell, or the novelty songs of Bob Merrill. It's true that The Weavers were rather rough-cut compared to the smooth pop sound listeners were used to hearing right after World War II. However, they were Vegas-smooth compared to quartets like The Chuck Wagon Gang, even if Pete Seeger, vocally, makes Wayne Newton sound like Placido Domingo. In a mass-mediated world, authenticity is one of the most relative of concepts.
At any rate, these are tremendously enjoyable sides made no less enjoyable by the Lawrence Welk feel provided on several sides by arranger Gordon Jenkins, whose Basie-style introduction to "Wimoweh" is both anachronistic and quite effective. (Listen for Pete Seeger's favorite chord throughout, the dominant 11th.) The Jenkins orchestra and chorus also greatly enhance the CD's best track, "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," one of the shortest songs ever created, and here featuring a delightful mid-arrangement round. "(The Wreck of the) John B." predates The Beach Boys' "Sloop John B." by many years and is typical of pre-"Pet Sounds" renderings of the tune. All of the tracks are exceptional, and the sound is astonishing. The Weavers may not have started pop-folk (think Burl Ives, for example), but they appear to have established its conventions for a number of years to come.
Best of the Decca Years
My, my listeners. Don't you ever wonder why the male population stays fixated on "supermamaflurous" females?
I do wonder exactly who will play Jane Russell in The Aviator?
McTag, Did the song Buttons and Bows come from Son of Paleface?
C.I. will appreciate that song, edgar, but.......................(and now a declarative sentence)
No one did that song like The Singing Ranger. He was definitely a "lone" in his field. (groan)
Brief history tip:
There really was a Lone Ranger. He cut a mask from his dead brother's vest.
One more interrogative: Why William Tell, I wonder?
I have that same Weavers collection. Mighty fine.
Incidentally, the number one recording in the UK on this the 9th of January, 2005, is a new release of Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley.
One of my favorite radio shows when I was very young was The Red Blanchard Show, broadcast out of the Cow Palace of San Francisco.
http://www.redblanchard.com/
He was a comedian. The site has lots of photos and memorabilia.
My word, McTag. Wouldn't that be The Rock Island Line?
Know most of those songs that you posted.
Listeners, of all the places that we go,
The Weavers are our best retro.
Going off to find Buttons and Bows
Hmmm. "Buttons and Bows" was from the original Paleface.
That was the first song I ever recorded.
Interesting bio of Hope:
http://www.spencerleigh.demon.co.uk/bhope.htm
Before Ghost Busters, there was also Ghost Breakers.
This Johnny Mathis hit was also recorded by George Gobel, believe it or don't and he did a good job.
You ask how much I need you must I explain
I need you oh my darling like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you I'll tell you true
Until the 12th of Never I'll still be loving you
Hold me close never let me go hold me close melt my heart like April snow
I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhymes
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time
Until the 12th of Never and that's a long long time
Frankie Laine in '49 had this hit as a number 1 for 8 weeks:
Up in the mornin', out on the job,
Work like the devil for my pay,
But that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day.
Fuss with my woman, toil for my kids,
Sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray,
While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do
But roll around heaven all day.
Bridge:
Dear Lord above, can't you know I'm pining,
Tears all in my eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining,
Lift me to Par - a - dise
Show me that river, take me across,
Wash all my troubles a - way;
Like that lucky old sun, give me nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day.
Bob Hope sang Button and Bows, and it stuck with me for many years after...
Wimoweh by Yma Sumac (The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection cd) is one of the most amazing tracks I've heard...
Attenzione, Attenzione!!
WA2K has some land/design news, courtesy of the ArchNewsNow website - a music center in the shape of a butterfly, in Shanghai:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/30/content_404596.htm
