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Topic: Murph w/Smokey |
Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2004 5:00 pm |
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| Did Joaquin Murphey/or whom play on any of these tunes for Smokey Rogers? 'I Used To Work In Chicago', "When My Sunshine Goes Walking By', 'Sui Sin Fa'. Thanx! |
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Perry Hansen
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Bismarck, N.D.
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 6:48 am
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| He was with Smokey in the early 50s when I first landed in San Diego. I don't remember the exact year. |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 6:57 am
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Ron and Perry:
As I recall, it was 1951. I was in the Marine Corps and stationed in San Diego when they were playing the Bostonia Ballroom there four nights per week. |
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Rick Jackson
From:
Carson City, Nevada
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 7:17 am
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| Perry, didn't he play at the Westerner in National City at times? Maybe Jason Odd can enlighten us a little. Are you out there Jason?? |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 10:09 am
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| Of those three tunes, I only have "Sui Sin Fa", there's no steel guitar at all ( at least audible ). And all in all, it's not Smokey's strongest moments anyhow, a somewhat annoying novelty song. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 11:00 am
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"When My Sunshine Goes Walking Through The Rain" features Smokey on the tenor banjo, but there's a neat 16-bar solo by Joaquin.
"I Used To Work In Chicago" is all vocals, so there's no steel guitar to speak of.
"Sui Sin Fa" has no steel guitar, and it's not one of Smokey's greatest efforts, IMHO.
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Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Rick Jackson
From:
Carson City, Nevada
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 11:42 am
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| Awhile back Mike Ihde was selling a video with assorted artists, mostly the Home Town Jamboree people and one of the features was Smokey Rogers and his Cowboy Cavalcade. There were 4 of what we nowdays would call music videos of Smokey, Deuce Spriggins, Cactus Soldi and Joaquin. One of the videos is "When My Sunshine Goes Walking In Rain" and has a great solo by Joaquin. However, you don't see him actually playing. His solo was excellent as usual...rj |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 3:23 pm
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| Thank you gentlemen for the info, and saving me time and effort in searching for more JM, as well as for the correct title of the one tune. |
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Perry Hansen
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Bismarck, N.D.
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 4:45 pm
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| Rick, I don't think He was at the Westerner. However, I left the area in 58 and he was in the L.A. area at that time. He might have played there after that time. The Westerner opened around 56. I met him at the Palamino Club in N. Hollywood in the middle 50s. He was with Eddy Cletro(sp). And my memory is very good, but it's also very short. |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 4:05 am
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On "SOUNDIES" Vol. 1 video tape, Smokey Rogers sings "Chickashay Gal" w/ Joaquin playing a double neck steel guitar on his lap.
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 4:44 am
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When I was in high school in the Imperial Valley in the 50's we could only get the San Diego TV stations. Smokey was live from the Bostonia Ballroom I believe. Also there was a guy named Roy Hogshed who had a show daily. Another interesting TV show at the time was "TinyTown Ranch" which featured kids singing and playing country music. I remember a kid named Curtis Ray Young who was one helluva singer and another boy name Tommy Shaddock who picked a pretty good lead guitar. There was a lot of talent on that show. I think Smokey Roger's greatest claim to fame was as the song writer for that great song "Since You've Gone" that went to number one for Ferlin Huskey....JH
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 6:50 am
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| I thought all of these years that Wade Ray wrote the song "Since You've Gone". The rumor I heard back then was that he wrote it after his wife passed away. Am I wrong? |
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Al Johnson
From:
Sturgeon Bay, WI USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 8:36 am
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Sorry Roy you are wrong. Wade Ray did record When I Lost You written by Irving Berlin after his wife died. Wade was a great favite of mine one of my life highlights was seeing Wade in person with the Ernest Tubb Show. Al
By the way, I did see you with Pee Wee King, a fine band. |
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Perry Hansen
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Bismarck, N.D.
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 10:49 am
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| Lefty Frizell told me that Smokey offered "Gone" to him and he refused because he didn't think it would do anything. So he gave it to Ferlin. |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 1:53 pm
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Al:
Thanks for setting the record straight for me. In a way, it's disappointing that Wade did not write the song. He had a tremendous voice, and each time I heard him sing that song it would almost bring tears to my eyes -- thinking he was expressing his own grief. |
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Al Johnson
From:
Sturgeon Bay, WI USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 9:00 pm
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| Roy what can I say Wade was a real talent. I first started listening to Wade Ray on WLS with the Prairie Ramblers, then Rex Allen had him come to Hollywood and work with Rex on radio and in his movies. Wade was a wild fiddler but man could sing a ballad a great entertainer. Jave a wonderful weekend/ |
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