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I tho't Bob Wills did, but it is not on his Cowpie.

Earl

I checked my entire Bob Wills vinyl collection,& so far,it seems that everyone BUT Bob,recorded it. Cindy Walker wrote it.

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Smiley, I found it. Merl Haggard done it.
It leaves off the first part, but has the verses. Thanks.......Earl

Sheez! It has to be Bob Wills, doesn't it. I'm sure others have recorded it also (I think Merle Haggard did-just checked, yup he did) I just checked ggogle and found that it is listed on this album: "The Best Of Bob Wills - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection " But I'd swear it's on some other cd I have at home. I'll check it tonight.

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Bob Shilling, Berkeley, CA--MSA S10, "Classic"

The Merle version from the 70's was the first I ever heard. IMO, the best "modern" rendition is by Asleep at the Wheel, on their "Ride with Bob" tribute album (1999). Of course, it has other Bob Wills and Cindy Walker gems on it as well.

....I've been playing Bob Wills stuff all my life, but I had the same problem when Cherokee Maiden showed up on a playlist for a show I was going to do. I finally found it on a Merl Haggard album!.....go figure! www.genejones.com

Bob Wills Tiffany transcription Vol 2

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
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Bob Wills did it first, back in the early '40s. It appears on about a half-dozen different Bob Wills albums.

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
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You`re right on there Smiley ; When Miss Cindy Walker went to California She dropped in at Bing Crosby Studios , sold songs to them , Called on Gene Autry ,sold him some songs , Bing crosby gave her a recording contractn on his label Decca . Cindy ,saw The Bob wills bus one day, she called on all the hotels till she found Bob. She wrote The song "Dusty Skies" . and Cherokee Maiden for Bob will to record at that time. Cindy also Played in a few Movies with Gene Autry . That lady could sing. For some unknown reason she chose to go back home to asmall town , Mexia Trxas and just be satiafied writing songs for every body
R.L.

For everybody's information who ain't from there:
Mexia is pronounced: "Me-HAY-ya". See,I ain't so dumb,fer a Polock.

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I checked my biography by Charles Townsend, San Antonio Rose, and it show three recordings by Bob Wills.

The first was July 24, 1941 with Tommy Duncan (vocal) and Leon McAuliffe (steel.

The second was on the Tiffany Transcriptions from Mid-1945 to 1947 with Tommy Duncan (vocal) and Herb Remington (steel).

The third time was on April 17, 1968 with Pete Drake on steel, with no mention of a vocalist.

Hope this helps clear up when Bob did the recording.

Dennis

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That first recording of San Antonia Rose fell right in place in WW2 to become one of the most popular songs ever. All the young men were leaving home to go to war, the song was on every juke box, had a great sound,good ole Texas swing. When you were overseas and heard that song, man that was home.I wouldnt be surprised if it was the most played song ever.

R. L.

Its on ‘Amazing Steel Guitar’ The Buddy Emmons Collection (Razor and Tie)

Have to say "...Bob Wills did, but its not
on his Cowpie" is a very amusing sentence.
(Yes, I know what Cowpie is...)

I think? (maybe I should not)

AATW received an award for their recording of Cherokee Maiden from the Ride With Bob CD.
A Grammy or a CMA?

Anyway, great recording.

Ron

Ron it was a Grammy
The first time Ray Benson got a grammy for one of his vocal's

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
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Joel, Cherokee is on "Amazing Steel Guitar". Cherokee Maiden is a completely different song.

<SMALL>Mexia is pronounced: "Me-HAY-ya". See,I ain't so dumb,fer a Polock.</SMALL>

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Way too go Smiley,of course you know Mexia is just over the south side of Tehuacana Hill.If your from there it's pronounced Ma-Hey-Er
Ray

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The Cindy Walker tune "Cherokee Maiden" was recorded first by Bob Wills, then by Merle Haggard, and then by me. I did it on the C.D. "Backin' the Country" which our band (J.R. Country) cut several months ago. Copies of this "virtuoso" piece of work should be available from Harrison Music/Jagwire String Co. for about a ten-spot. Sometimes we do "Cherokee Maiden" on a live show, complete with the war-whoop, to keep things from getting monotonous. It always gets a great response, even the teenagers enjoy it.

Tim R.

Merl Tillis does a fine job on it too!!! You can download his version from KaZaA.