with Steve Fruitman
#273
April 29, 2019
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God's Country
Guest: Eric Wilson
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Hour One1. Vernon Dalhart: 11 More Months and 10 More Days (Fields / Hall) 1929
2. Jimmy Rodgers: My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans (J Rodgers) 1928
3. Gene Autry: T.B. Blues (Jimmie Rodgers / Raymond Hall) 1931
4. Ernest Tubb: Married Man Blues (E Tubb) 1936
5. Carter Family: Cannon Ball Blues (J.P. Carter) 1935
6. Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues (J Cash / G Jenkins) 1968
7. Rosanne Cash: Tennessee Flat Top Box (J Cash) 1984
8. Montana Slim & The Big Hole Bronco Busters: Hindenburg Disaster (Wilf Carter) 1937 *
9. Hank LaRiviere & The Country Kings: Stop, Look and Listen (G London / WS Stevenson) 1960
10. Red Sovine: A Kiss And The Keys (Bernard Spurlock) 1966
11. Hank LaRiviere: Take Me Back To Old New Brunswick (Scotty Stevenson) 1967 *
12. Jim Reeves: Waiting For A Train (Jimmy Rodgers) 1956
13. Hank Snow: The Golden Rocket (Clarence E Snow) 1950 *
14. Stew Clayton: Life Of A Poor Boy (Stew Clayton) 1987 *
15. Don Gibson: Oh, Lonesome Me (D Gibson) 1957
16. Ray Charles: I Can’t Stop Loving You (Don Gibson) 1962Hour Two
1. Nat King Cole: Ramblin’ Rose (Joe Sherman / Noel Sherman) 1962
2. Rick Fielding: Song For Charlie Chamberlain (R Fielding) 1976 *
3. George Burns: Willie, Won’t You Sing A Song With Me (George Burns) 1980
4. Cal Smith: Country Bumpkin (Don Wayne) 1974
5. George Jones: The Bird (Dennis Knutson / A.L. Owens) 1987
6. Merle Haggart: Big City (M Haggart / Dean Holloway) 1981
7. Glen Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy (Larry Weiss) 1975
8. Janie Fricke: He’s A Heartache (J Silbar / L Henley) 1993
9. Russ Gurr: 1500 Albums Down The Drain (Russell Gurr) 1973 *
10. George Hamilton IV: The Shores of PEI (Roy McCall) 1977 *
11. Harry Hibbs: Black Velvet Band (Trad) 1968 *
12. Dolly Parton: 9 To 5 (Dolly Parton) 1980
13. Gordon Lightfoot: Did She Mention My Name (G Lightfoot) 1968 *
14. Marg Osburne: Falling Leaves (Marg Osburne) 1972 *
15. Elvis Presley: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (Wiley Walker / Gene Sullivan) 1956
16. Jim Magill & The Northern Ramblers: St. Anne’s Reel (Trad) 1954 *CanCon = 35%
Hour One
And Now for The Particulars:1. Vernon Dalhart: 11 More Months and 10 More Days (Fields / Hall)
Vernon Dalhart III: Old Homestead Records OHCS-167
Jefferson TX
Vernon Dalhart: vocal
Carson Robinson: guitar
Adelyne Hood: violin
Recorded Nov 20, 1929
Compilation Released 1985
Originally released on Victor BVE-57545Marion Try Slaughter aka Vernon Dalhart b. Marion, TX Apr 6, 1883 / d. 15 Sept 1948 Bridgeport CT
He took his stage name from two Texas towns: Vernon and Dalhart. (Conway Twitty did the same thing with his stage name: Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas). He recorded over 5000 singles with various alias. His 1924 recording of The Wreck of the Old 97 sold over 7 million copies.
2. Jimmie Rodgers: My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans (J Rodgers)
The Early Years 1928-1929: Rounder Records 1057
Meridian Mississippi
Jimmie Rodgers: vocal, guitar
Album Produced by Richard Weise, 1990
Recorded Camden NJ, June 12, 1928 by Ralph Peer
Transfered by Bernardo Cosachov
Mastered by Jorg SiemerJimmie Rodgers b. Sept 8, 1897 / d. May 26, 1933
3. Gene Autry: T.B. Blues (Jimmie Rodgers / Raymond Hall)
The Essential Gene Autry: Columbia / Legacy C2K 63779
Los Angeles CA
Gene Autry: guitar, vocal
Compilation Released 2005
Recorded April 14, 1931 Richmond, VirginiaOrvon Grover Autry b. Tioga TX, Sept 29, 1907 / d. Oct 2, 1998 Studio City CA
Autry began his recording career around 1930 when he recorded for Columbia Records. It wasn’t until 1932 that he had his first hit song: That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine.
4. Ernest Tubb: Married Man Blues (E Tubb)
Sounds Like Jimmie Rodgers: Anthology of Country Music ACM-7
Crisp, Texas
Ernest Tubb: vocal, guitar
Compilation Produced 1970
Recorded 1936
Originally released on Bluebird B-8899Ernest Dale Tubb b. Crisp TX Feb 9, 1914 / d. Sept 6, 1984 (70) Nashville
5. Carter Family: Cannon Ball Blues (J.P. Carter / S Carter / M Carter)
Can The Circle Be Unbroken: Columbia / Legacy CK 65707
Maces Spring, Virginia
A.P. Carter: vocal
Sarah Carter: autoharp, vocal
Maybelle Carter: guitar, vocal
Produced by Ralph Peer, 1935
Compilation produced 2000Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter b. Maces Spring VA Dec 15, 1891 / d. Kingsport TN Nov 7, 1960 (68)
Sarah Elizabeth Dougherty b. Copper Creek VA July 21, 1898 / d. Jan 8, 1979 (80) Lodi CA
Maybelle Carter nee Addington b. Nickelsville Va May 10, 1909 / d. Oct 23, 1978 Hendersonville TN6. Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues (J Cash / Gordon Jenkins)
CFGM 1320 Celebrating 25 Years of Country Music Classics: CBS Special Products CSPS 1968
Nashville TN
Johnny Cash: guitar, vocal
Luther Perkins: guitar
Marshall Grant: bass
Produced by Bob Johnson
Compilation produced, 1982
Taken From the live album Folsom Prison Blues, 1968J.R. Cash b. Kingsland Arkansas Feb 26, 1932 / d. Sept 12, 2003 Nashville (71)
Originally recorded by Sam Phillips on July 30,1955 at Sun Studio, Memphis TN
One of Cash’s first early hits, he later admitted that he adapted an earlier song by Gordon Jenkins. Later, Cash paid Jenkins $75,000. in an out of court settlement over the copyright. The compilation album was produced by CFGM Radio in Toronto.
7. Rosanne Cash: Tennessee Flat Top Box (Johnny Cash)
Hits 1979 – 1989: Columbia Records OC 45045
Memphis TN
Rosanne Cash: Vocals, Guitar
Randy Scruggs: Acoustic Guitar
Eddie Bayers: Drums
Produced by Rodney Crowell, 1987
Mastered by George MarinoRosanne Cash b. Memphis TN May 24, 1955
Johnny Cash recorded this song in 1961. Producer Rodney Crowell, Rosanne's husband, convinced her to record the song but she was unaware that her father had written it at the time!
8. Montana Slim & The Big Hole Bronco Busters: Hindenburg Disaster (Wilf Carter)
The Rare Ones: Pinto Records WC-501
Port Hilford NS
Wilf Carter: guitar, vocals
Big Hole Bronco Busters
Produced 1937
Compilation Produced 2004Wilfred Arthur Charles Carter b. Port Hilford NS Dec 18, 1904 / d. Dec 5, 1996 Scottsdale Arizona (91)
9. Hank LaRiviere & The Country Kings: Stop, Look and Listen (G London / WS Stevenson)
Canadian Country Artists: Banff Rodeo RBS 1050
Hawkesbury ON
Hank LaRiviere: guitar, vocal
Compilation produced 1960Henri Lariviere b. Hawkesbury ON Jan 23, 1917 / d. May 7, 1996 London ON
Also known as Hank Rivers, The Singing Soldier. Made his first record in 1933. "Maple Sugar Sweetheart" was Hank's top song which was also recorded by Mac Wiseman, Doc Williams, and Ramblin' Lou. Ward Allen wrote the music and called it Maple Sugar, and Hank wrote the words and called it Maple Sugar Sweetheart.
Inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame 1984
10. Red Sovine: A Kiss And The Keys (Bernard Spurlock)
Giddy-Up Go: Starday Records SLLP 363
Charleston, West Virginia
Red Sovine: vocal
Produced by Tommy Hill
Recorded August, 1965 at Starday Sound Studio, Nashville
Released 1966Woodrow Wilson Sovine b. Charleston WV July 7, 1917 / d. Apr 4, 1980 Nashville (62)
This song was the flip-side of one of Sovine’s most popular singles, Geddy-Up-Go.
11. Hank LaRiviere: Take Me Back To Old New Brunswick (Scotty Stevenson)
Hank’s Centennial Travels: RCA Camden CAL 2179
Hawkesbury ON
Hank LaRiviere: vocals
Ted Daigle: guitar
Gilbert Glazier: guitar
Joe Pino: bass
Byron Stever: drums
Produced by Alan Sherman, 196712. Jim Reeves: Waiting For A Train (Jimmy Rodgers)
When The Evening Shadows Fall: RCA LSP-4073
Galloway, Texas
Jim Reeves: vocals
Produced by Chet Atkins
Recorded by Bill Porter in Nashville, Nov 13, 1956
Compilation produced 1968James Travis Reeves aka Gentleman Jim Reeves b. Galloway TX Aug 20, 1923 / d. July 31, 1964 (40) Davidson County, TN
Died in a plane crash with Patsy Cline.
13. Hank Snow: The Golden Rocket (Clarence E Snow)
Country Legends: RCA Buddha Records 74465 99789 2
Brooklyn NS
Hank Snow: guitar, vocal
Recorded 1950
Compiliation Produced 2001Clarence Eugene Snow b. Brooklyn NS May 9, 1914 / d. Dec 20, 1999 Madison TN (85)
This was his follow up to I’m Movin’ On.
14. Stew Clayton: Life Of A Poor Boy (Stew Clayton)
The Farmer – 16 Songs of the Earth Vol II: Sunshine Records SSLP 4075
Kaleida, MB
Stew Clayton: guitar, vocal
Ron Halldorson
Denis Encontre
Marge Clayton: keys
Produced by Stew Clayton, 1987
Recorded dby Chris Brett at Sunshine Sound Studios, WinnipegStewart Clayton b. Manitou MB Feb 22, 1929
Stew grew up listening to Wilf Carter sing over the radio from his daddy’s farm in rural Manitoba and decided right then and there that he wanted to write songs and sing like his heroes: Vernon Dalhart, Wilf Carter and Hank Snow. Clayton remembers a day when he was 18, when the $9.95 Lone Ranger guitar – the first guitar he’d own – arrived in the mail from Eaton’s. He’d eventually become known as the “Canadian Balladeer,” composing over 300 songs about Canadian life.
15. Don Gibson: Oh, Lonesome Me (D Gibson)
The Very Best of Don Gibson: Prism Leisure Records PLATCD 217
Shelby, North Carolina
Don Gibson: guitar, vocal
The Jordanaires: bg vocals
Produced by Chet Atkins
Released December 1957
Compilation Released 1997Donald Eugene Gibson b. Shelby NC Apr 3, 1928 / d. Nov 17, 2003 Nashville (75)
The song was recorded by Johnny Cash, Connie Francis, Juliette, Ray Charles, Eydie Gorme, Bing Crosby, The Beau Brummels, Nancy Sinatra, Stonewall Jackson, Neil Young, Loretta Lynn, Loggins & Messina, anne Murray, Sammy Davis Jr., The Kentucky Headhunters and Southern Culture on the Skids.
16. Ray Charles: I Can’t Stop Loving You (Don Gibson)
Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music: Sparton / ABC Paramount ABC-410
Greenville FLA
Ray Charles: vocal, piano
The Raelettes: Darlene McCrea, Margie Hendricks, Patricia Lyles, and Gwendolyn Berry: bg vocals
Hank Crawford alto saxophone
Gil Fuller, Gerald Wilson arrangements (big band)
Marty Paich arrangements (strings)
Produced by Ray Charles, Sid Feller, 1962
Recorded by Frank Abbey & Gene Thompson , Feb 5-7, 1962 at Capitol Studios, New York CityHour Two
1. Nat King Cole: Ramblin’ Rose (Joe Sherman / Noel Sherman)
45 single bw The Good Times: Capitol Records CL-15270
Montgomery Alabama
Nat King Cole: vocals
Belford Hendricks Orchestra
Produced 19622. Rick Fielding: Song For Charlie Chamberlain (R Fielding)
Solo: Top Cat Records RF 1001
Toronto ON
Rick Fielding: all instruments, vocals
Produced by Rick Fielding, 1976
Recorded by Robert Leth and Roy Farr at Springfield Sound Studio3. George Burns: Willie, Won’t You Sing A Song With Me (George Burns)
Nashville: Mercury Records - SRM-1-8001
New York City
George Burns: vocals, cigar
Produced by Jerry Kennedy, 1980
Recorded at The Village Recorder and Sound Stage Studios
Mastered by Hank Williams at Woodland Studios
Mixed at Sound Stage StudiosNathan Birnbaum aka God, b. NYC Jan 20, 1896 / d. Mar 8, 1996 (100) Beverly Hills CA
He only recorded two albums, this one and Young At Heart (1982). Also got to appear in the movie Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) as Mr. Kite.
4. Cal Smith: Country Bumpkin (Don Wayne)
CFGM 1320 Celebrating 25 Years of Country Music Classics: CBS Special Products CSPS 1968
Gans, Oklahoma
Cal Smith: vocal
Produced by Walter Haynes
Recorded December 21, 1974 at Bradley’s Barn, Mount Juliet, TN
Released Feb 1974
Compilation Produced 1982Calvin Grant Shofner b. Gans, OK Apr 7, 1932 / d. Oct 10, 2013 Branson Missouri (81)
This was chosen as the Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association 1974.
5. George Jones: The Bird (Dennis Knutson / A.L. Owens)
Too Wild Too Long: Epic Records FE 40781
Saratoga Texas
George Jones: vocal
Produced by Billy Sherrill
Recorded at Eleven Eleven Studio, Nashville 1987George Glenn Jones b. Saratoga TX Sept 12, 1931 / d. Apr 26, 2013 (81) Nashville
6. Merle Haggart and The Strangers: Big City (M Haggart / Dean Holloway)
Big City VEK-37593
Bakersfield CA
Merle Haggart: guitar, vocal
Roy Nichols: guitar, harmonica
Dennis Hromek: bass
Bobby Wayne: guitar, bg vocals
Tiny Moore: fiddle, mandolin
Jimmy Belkin: fiddle
Riff Adams: drums
Norm Hamlet: steel, dobro
Don Markham: horns
Mark Yeary: piano
Leona Williams: bg vocal
Slyde Hyde: horns
Produced by Merle Haggart and Lewis Talley, 1981
Recorded by Ken Suesov at Brittania Studios, Hollywood
Mastered at K-Disc, HollywoodMerle Ronald Haggard b. Oildale CA Apr 5, 1937 / d. Apr 6, 2016 (79) Palo Cedro CA
7. Glen Campbell: Rhinestone Cowboy (Larry Weiss)
The Best of Country Crossovers, Vol II: Excelsior Records XLP-88001
Los Angeles CA
Glen Campbell: guitar, vocal
Wrecking Crew: everything else
Produced by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Released May 26, 1975Glen Travis Campbell b. Delight AK April 22, 1936 / d. Aug 8, 2017 Nashville (81)
8. Janie Fricke: He’s A Heartache (J Silbar / L Henley)
Now And Then: Branson Entertainment BRD 9304
South Whitley, Indiana
Janie Fricke: vocal
Mike Basden: keys
Derek Spigener: drums
Ricky Pack: electric guitar
Mark Kalson: fiddle, electric guitar
Jim Stovall: bass
Tony Migliore: synths
Mark Casstevens: acoustic guitar
Buddy Emmons: steel
Judy Rodman, Dennis Wilson & Curtis Young: bg vocals
Produced by Janie Fricke, 1993
Recorded by Chuck Haines and David Hieronymus at Chelsea Studio, Nashville
Mixed by Chuck Haines, David Hieronymus and Janie FrickeJane Marie Fricke b. South Whitley IN Dec 19, 1947
9. Russ Gurr: 1500 Albums Down The Drain (Russell Gurr)
On Tour with Russ Gurr: London NAS 13527
Brandon MB
Russ Gurr: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced by Dave Shaw, 1973
Recorded by John Hildebrand at Century 21 Studios, Winnipeg
http://www.hillmanweb.com/russgurr/This song tells the story of heartbreak and woe! 1500 albums of his first lp, 1971’s The Federal Grain Train, were being shipped to Manitoba from Vancouver but the train derailed at Lake Abamun, spilling all his albums. This song appeard on the second Russ Gurr album, On Tour.
10. George Hamilton IV: The Shores of PEI (Roy McCall)
Homeward Bound: Kelo Music WC 343
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
George Hamilton IV: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced 1977George Hege Hamilton IV b. Winston-Salem, NC July 19, 1937 / d. Sept 17, 2014 Nashville (77)
Hamilton was very popular in Canada and even had The George Hamilton IV Show on CHCH TV 11 out of Hamilton ON between 1973 and 77. Glen Reid was the music director of the program.
11. Harry Hibbs: Black Velvet Band (Trad)
At the Caribou Club: Arc Records 794
Bell Island NL
Harry Hibbs: vocal, accordion
Johnny Burke: bass
Brian Barron: mandolin, fiddle
Roddy Lee: drums
Bob Lucier: steel
Produced by Ben Weatherby, 1968
Recorded at Bay Studios, TorontoHenry Thomas Joseph Hibbs b. Bell Island NL Sept 11, 1942 / d. Dec 21, 1989 Toronto (47)
Hibbs had his own weekly tv show called At The Caribou on Hamilton’s CHCH TV 11 starting in 1968 which ran until 1976.
12. Dolly Parton: 9 To 5 (Dolly Parton)
9 To 5 and Odd Jobs: RCA ALH1-3852
Nashville TN
Dolly Parton - vocals & nails
Jeff Baxter, Marty Walsh - guitars
Abraham LaBoriel - bass
Larry Knechtel - piano
Richard Schlosser - drums
Leonard Castro - percussion
William Reichenbach - trombone
Tom Salviano - saxophone
Kim S. Hutchroft - baritone saxophone
Jerry Hey - trumpet
Denise Maynelli, Stephanie Spruill, Marti McCall - background vocals
Produced by Mike Post and Gregg Perry
Recorded at RCA Studios, Nashville
Released November 29, 1980Dolly Rebecca Parton b. Pittman Center, TN Jan 19, 1946
13. Gordon Lightfoot: Did She Mention My Name (G Lightfoot)
Did She Mention My Name: United Artists Records UAS 6649
Toronto / Orillia ON
Gordon Lightfoot: guitar, vocals
David Rae: guitar
John Stockfish: bass
Herb Lovelle: drums
Huey McCracken: guitar
Produced by John Simon-Groscourt, 1968
Recorded December 1967
http://www.lightfoot.ca/Gordon Merideth Lightfoot Jr. b. Nov 17, 1938 Orillia ON
14. Marg Osburne: Falling Leaves (Marg Osburne)
My Kind Of Country: Marathon Records MS-2114
Moncton NB
Marg Osburne: vocals
Jerry Warren: lead guitar
Steve Smith: steel
Mickey Andrews: dobro
Stan Szelest: piano
G Smith, Andy Greatrix: bass
T Cole: drums
Melody Faye: bg vocals
Produced by Doug Taylor, 1972Verna Marguerite Osburne b. Moncton NB Dec 29, 1927 / d. July 16, 1977 Rockland ON (49)
Joined the cast of Don Messer’s show in 1947. She was originally billed as “the Girl From The Singing Hills”. She joined the caste due to Charlie Chamberlain being in a car accident and they needed a lead vocalist. Later she and Charlie did duets together. She was performing at a festival at Rockland, Ontario but collapsed during the performance and died en route to the hospital.
15. Elvis Presley: When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again (Wiley Walker / Gene Sullivan)
Elvis Presley Country: BMG Music TCD870
Memphis TN
Elvis Presley: vocals, acoustic guitar
Scotty Moore: electric guitar
Gordon Stoker: piano
Bill Black: double bass
D. J. Fontana: drums
The Jordanaires: backing vocals
Produced by Steve Sholes
Recorded Radio Recorders Studio 1, Hollywood September, 1956Elvis Aron Presley b. Tupelo Mississippi Jan 8, 1935 / d. Aug 15, 1977 (42) Memphis
Elvis sang this on the Ed Sullivan Show Jan 6, 1957
16. Jim Magill & The Northern Ramblers: St. Anne’s Reel (Trad)
The Immortal Fiddle: Condor Records - HCD 4511
Toronto ON
Fred Townsend: caller
Jim Magill: fiddle
Joe Magill: bass
Others unknown
Produced by Lynn Russwurm for the Barn Dance Historical Society, 2006
Mastered by Keith Sullivan
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/M.htmJames Creighton Magill b. Northern Ireland, 1902 / d. Toronto, Jan 28, 1954
Came to Toronto in the 1930s to work as a CNR telegraph operator. Put together The Northern Ramblers and performed on CFRB Radio in Toronto between 1946 and 54.
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