Homer & Jethro - The Humorous Side Of Country Music

 How about some country humor today? Nobody could beat Homer & Jethro for country comic songs. They were also excellent musicians. Give it a listen!

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The Bill Ring Show - #3&4

Seems people are enjoying some of the 16 inch radio transcription discs I have been posting, so here is the next disc from the the Bill Ring Show series. Happy Downloading!

Track list for show #3---
1. Bill Ring - False Hearted Girl
2. Speedy Haworth - guitar solo
3. Slim Wilson - Ashes Of Love
4. Bill Ring - Roses Remind Me Of You
5. Doc Martin - Spanish Fandango
6. Bill Ring - I`ll Just Say Goombye

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Track list for show #4---
1. Bill Ring - Howlin` And Prowlin`
2. Doc Martin - False Hearted Girl
3. Sally Briggs - I Couldn`t Keep From Crying
4. Bill Ring - That`s It Baby, That`s It
5. Speedy Haworth - guitar solo
6. Bill Ring - I`ll Be Somewhere Listening

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The Blue Sky Boys - Together Again

 How about some good brother harmony on this Sunday morning? When it comes to brother harmony, The Blue Sky Boys can deliver, and they deliver twelve good, old, traditional country tunes. Enjoy!

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Bill Boyd - Roy Acuff Armed Forces Radio Service transcription

 Here`s something a little different with this 16 inch transcription disc. Let me start by saying I know nothing about Bill Boyd. So... let`s move on to what I do know, Roy Acuff. What we have on the Acuff side is we have Lum and Abner joined by Gabby Hayes as sort of the "MC`s" of this "show". Lum & Abner was a comedy duo of two young men playing old men that ran a country store in Pine Ridge, Arkansas on their radio show. Most everyone remembers who Gabby Hayes was, the scruffy side-kick from many 1930`s-1950`s "B" western movies.
Now, you may notice as you listen that Lum, Abner & Gabby all talk to Roy, but Roy never speaks. What was done is that Roy`s songs have been dubbed into the show. Now for what`s the most interesting, the songs dubbed in seen to all be Columbia un-issued takes of these songs, and one song that was never issued at all, Is It Too Late Now. Pretty neat stuff! Happy downloading

Track list---

1. Let`s Go Down To Shady Valley

2. The Lonely Trail

3. Somebody Stole My Gal

4. My Pinto And Me

5. Don`t Tech It

6. Frankie And Johnnie

7. Down In Union County

8. Is It Too Late Now

9. The Heart That Was Broken For Me

10. That Glory Bound Train

11. Home In San Antone

    

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Del Wood - There`s A Tavern In The Town

 What we have here is some great country piano played by one of the best ever country pianists, Del Wood. Del Wood was, of course, on the Grand Ole Opry for many years after she had a hit with the great old ragtime song Down Yonder.
Sort of an interesting fact about her is that she had worked as a pianist in a music store that would play songs from sheet music that was for sale in the store for people to hear a sample of what they were thinking of buying. Sort of like downloading a snippet of a song on Amazon, etc. to see if you like it.
As far as the songs go on the LP, we have a good mix of old rags, old pop tunes and marches, all make great piano music in Del Wood`s hands. Enjoy!

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The McGee Brothers & Arthur Smith - Milk `Em In The Evening Blues

 After the previous post, I thought I should post some real old-time music. Here is some of my most favorite material, Sam & Kirk McGee stuff. If you like this LP, be sure to search the archives for other LP`s by Sam & (or) Kirk McGee and Fiddlin` Arthur Smith. Happy downloading!

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The Mountainairs - Good Ole Mountain Music

 I had thought I wanted to post some old-time music today when I ran across this in the Archives. I know absolutely nothing about who or what the Mountainairs are or was. What we have here is some tunes bases solidly in old-time music. Style wise, the music is sort of an in-between performance style. They are sort of a mix of old-time, folk, skiffle, hootenanny etc. style is about the best way I can describe them. Anyhow... give it a listen as it`s still a pretty good LP. Enjoy!

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