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Topic: Wade Ray recordings? |
Eric Stumpf
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Newbury, NH 03255
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Posted 13 Jun 2002 5:18 am |
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| Has any label re-issued the hot Hollywood hillbilly-style early recordings of this fantastic musician (full of great non-pedal steel, I might add)? Occasional Wade Ray cuts turn up on V/A anthology collections and I want more! |
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Russ Wever
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Kansas City
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Posted 13 Jun 2002 9:48 am
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Album title: Idaho Red
Label: Hound
CD #: TRG - 505107
Remastered April '96, compilation contains thirty tracks.
It's listed here or ya might wanna wade through this list.
~ Russ
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Al Johnson
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Sturgeon Bay, WI USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2002 8:13 pm
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Russ, you are right about the CD you noted.
I was playing it today in my car, I've had it for a couple years. If you like Wade Ray,
you'll love it. Some of his best. He also used to be on the old Ernest Tubb TV show, singing and playing fiddle. I got to see him in person just once in the mid 1960s. I first heard him on WLS radio in the late 40s. Really a great performer, enjoy.
Al |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 14 Jun 2002 4:05 am
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When talking about Wade Ray someone always mentions his great recording of "If I Had the Heart of a Clown". My personal favorite was an old 78rpm record my dad had of Wade singing "Rosetta". I wore that thing out when I was a kid.
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney tuning.
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Al Johnson
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Sturgeon Bay, WI USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2002 5:34 am
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Yes, Rosetta is great. It is on this CD.
When I saw him live, I remember he sang Bill Bailey Please Come Home and Won't you Ride
in my Little Red Wagon, among others. And, Wade could ride that fiddle. He may have been a Country Western performer, but he had a jazz musician soul. Just great. Al |
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Eric Stumpf
From:
Newbury, NH 03255
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Posted 14 Jun 2002 7:16 am
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| Leave it to the ever-knowledgeable Forumites to deliver the goods! Thanks folks! |
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Eric Stumpf
From:
Newbury, NH 03255
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Posted 14 Jun 2002 7:23 am
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| Leave it to the ever-knowledgeable Forumites to deliver the goods! Thanks folks! |
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Fred Jack
From:
Bastrop, Texas 78602
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Posted 16 Jun 2002 2:07 pm
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| I knew Wade in So Cal in 50's-60's and I loved his playing and singing! Such drive! I've seen him and Jimmy Bryant, both on fiddle, and milking those notes for all they could get. I hope I never forget the jams out in the Valley with those two!( J.B. always claimed to be a fiddle player and not a guitar player.) regards, fred |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 16 Jun 2002 7:12 pm
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By the way, Herby Wallace has a great video of him playing with Wade Ray at the ISGC in teh mid-80's, I believe. I think Russ Wever is on bass and the whole set really cooks. Pappy Wade is great; he was already getting on in years, so sat down thru the whole set but still played with great fire and pleasure. And Herby's no slouch either! Highly recommended and available from Herby directly or, I believe, from Scotty too.
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The "Master of Acceptable Tone"
www.jimcohen.com
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Eric Stumpf
From:
Newbury, NH 03255
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Posted 17 Jun 2002 4:03 am
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| I might add here that the link provided by Russ Wever is worth a click. It's to a place called Spindrift Records of New Jersey and in reviewing their catalog, I can see they have all the difficult to get import Hillbilly and Western Swing CD's I've been looking for. Darn you, Russ! |
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