Joaquin Murphey - various songs on Western Swing 78 blog

[Lee Jeffriess]

Mike, the guitar player on Fidoodlin, was an 18 year old Jimmy Latrelle(probably incorrect spelling).
As far as I know he is alive and in the bay Area.
Im going to try and track him down.
The cut of Florida on the club of Spades LP, is one my faves.
He really gets into that place that not many people get to.
Im praying for the Murphey/Bryant combo recordings to show up.
Can you imagine?.
Lee
PS, Guy get the Western Caravan CDs live at the Palace barn.

[Ron Whitfield]

Please, expound on this tantilizing tidbit of WOW concerning the JM/Bryant recordings!
How did this ever come about, and when?

And thanx for the tip per the CD. The last third cover a lot of live tunes that you don't usually hear done by them, and the clips sound very intriguing.

[Mike Neer]

Lee, you're right about Jimmy Luttrell--he played the take offs, Roy played rhythm. I like the record a lot. That later Spade stuff is some of my favorite JM.

Anyway, here's Jimmy's website: http://www.guitar-king.com/

As far as Bryant/Murphey, we can only hope....

[Lee Jeffriess]

Thanks for the link Mike, Jimmy is great guitar player.
Im going to give him a buzz and ask him about working with JM.
Ron I should have said, I hope some Murphey/Bryant recordings show up.
Mitch Drum has a cool 8x10 of the combo they had together, maybe he could post it, Mitch??.
I asked Joaquin about the band, he said they played together about a year,
I think late 50s, maybe 1960.
Towards the end Bryant went back out to Georgia, and called Joaquin and the other guys to come out and join him.
Byrant said he had set up a lot of work, well when they got there it was another story and they disbanded.
JM certainly had a lot of respect for Bryants guitar playing seems like Jimmy guested often with Cooley band.
The Mayan calendar predicts the recordings will show up when we reach the center of the milky way.
Lee

[Mitch Drumm]

Lee:

I have that picture stashed away somewhere, but I am not sure where and I don't have a scanner to make a copy to post.

I know almost nothing about that group. It was a quartet with Joaquin, Jimmy Bryant, George Tracy, and another guy I never identified.

They may have never recorded for all I know, but they must have at least had some semi-serious intentions if they went to the trouble of having a formal studio 8 x 10 made (no instruments are shown).

More likely, it may have been a quickly forgotten pipe dream that lasted a couple of months. I can't even document that they ever actually performed as a group.

[Lee Jeffriess]

Mitch, they certainly were a gigging combo(about a year).
joaquin confirmed that and I seemed to remember talking to someone that witnessed them play.
Apparently they did some of the Speedy/Jimmy material.
I wish I could remember who it was.
I wonder if Billy T remembers seeing or hearing about this?.
Lee

[Billy Tonnesen]

Lee:
I can't recall this group. There were so many differen't guys tht got together in groups for short times and then went on to play with other groups and combos. Was this the same George "crazy" Tracy that played great Harmonica ?

It's too bad we lost Lou Martin just a few years ago, he was one of the great historians all in his head of West Coast Bands, Groups, and Musicians.

[Mitch Drumm]

Billy:

Yeah, it was Crazy George Tracy, but I can't believe he would have been playing harmonica in this band--maybe bass or vocals? The era would probably have been late 50s to early 60s.

[Erik van Beek]

For those interested I've uploaded a few cool 78's from my collection with Joaquin Murphy. It also includes an alternate of San Antonio Rose. This Plainsmen track was both issued on Coast and Tops as well and has a slightly different chorus. That's the way to do it, no overdubs but just play what comes to mind! Enjoy them!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CZO6Q966

[Stephan Miller]

Always a treat to have more Joaquin available-- thanks!

[Guy Cundell]

Eric, thank you. Excellent tracks. Do you have any dates for these? I am guessing the Johny Bond is the most recent. Mid 50s?

[Mitch Drumm]

Guy:

I don't remember everything in the package, but the info I have is that the Bond song was recorded in late 47, but not released till mid 49.

The Dick James and Ozie Water recordings are from the Coast label, 1946, maybe early 47.

The Tops items date from the Coast label recordings of 1946/47, but were likely released a few years later. There are Tops ten inch LPs of that material and LPs didn't begin till 49.

I think the original release of Sweet Georgia Brown/Honeysuckle Rose was Coast 8008, from 1946.

[Steve Norman]

bumping so I can find this later. what a great page, thanks for posting it!

[Brad Bechtel]

I see that Erik has also donated this same list of songs to the Western Swing on 78 blog.
http://westernswing78.blogspot.com/2009 ... xtras.html

Thanks, Erik!

[Ron Whitfield]

Highfalutin Erik has a tail bustin' blog. Thanx for the post!

[Erik van Beek]

The Tops cuts I have on 45 rpm singles, there's Tops 45 - 1011 Sweet Georgia Brown b/w Honeysuckle Rose on red vinyl and Tops 45-1012 New San Antonio Rose b/w South. But some tracks have also been released on Western Hits 10" album and Western Hits ep. I do have the complete Coast records country discography somewhere so I will see when those were released.

Oh and by the way the great Western Swing blog isn't mine!