Country Music Week

Charlie Rich - A side
Charlie Rich - B Side

Thanks Jeff!

JOHNNY BOND WITH JOE MAPHIS

Louis Marshall Jones, Age 53

 An Opry star for twenty years, at this point he's still three years 

away from his Hee Haw debut.

In his secret identity, I think he kinda looks a bit like Redneck GReece.

What do you think?

Young Grandpa Jones and His Colleagues

Like Captain Kangaroo and Walter Brennan, Grandpa was already playing an old man when he was still in his twenties, and eventually grew into the part. This songbook is from 1942, 27 years before he'd first step before the Hee Haw cameras.

 The Jamboree is still on the air after almost 79 years(!), though the last decade has seen some bumps in the road.

Offhand, I don't recognize any of these folks except for Lew Childre, eventual Grand Ole Opry star and father of the noted fishing tackle magnate who shared his name.

More information about the Jamboree can be found here, here, and here.

I LOVE GRANDPA!

Seems like it's country music week around here...i just walked in from being on tour & am wiped out & sick as a dog but for many years this has always lifted my spirits this little number by Grandpa Jones & Ramona- I Don't Love Nobody

Country Music Hall Of Fame & Museum (MP3s)

SIDE A
Tex Ritter
Loretta Lynn
Nat Stuckey
Buck Owens
Charley Pride

SIDE B
Eddy Arnold
Roy Acuff
Hank Snow
Charlie Walker
Jimmy Newman

Country Music Week

Penny would like to remind you to tune in to Music To Spazz by this Thursday night from 9 PM - Midnight when Greg G returns for Whacked Out Country 45s Volume 4!  Click to listen to parts 3, 2 and 1!

Songs you may hear on Thursday include:

Lift Ring, Pull Open (MP3)

Jim Ed Brown - Lift Ring Pull Open (2:55)

That Jim Ed sure was a helpful dude. Here he's chiming in with directions, just in case you were too bombed to be able to figure out how to open a can of beer all by yourself.

Country Music Week 1962

As you already know, this is Country Music Week here on the Ichiban blog. Here are some promotional recordings for the big event made by some of the usual suspects and, perversely enough, some not-very-country acts like Connie Francis and the Kingston Trio, who were obviously striving for some crossover success. The 1961 promotional announcements were uploaded to Ichiban yesterday and can be found here.

SIDE A
Faron Young (:30)
Connie Francis #1 (:23)
Connie Francis #2 (:32)
Connie Francis #3 (:37)
Flatt & Scruggs (:26)
Patsy Cline #1 (:26)
Patsy Cline #2 (:37)
Patsy Cline #3 (:35)

SIDE B
Roy Acuff #1 (:36)
Roy Acuff #2 (:35)
Eddie Arnold #1 (:19)
Eddie Arnold #2 (:35)
Chet Atkins (:35)
Kingston Trio (:29)
Tommy Hunter (:37)
Gordon Lightfoot (:24)
Jim Reeves (:38)

It's Joe Maphis Time!

Joe Maphis - Under The Double Eagle (2:39)

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Hat tip to Todd Lucas

WANDA JACKSON WITH JOE MAPHIS