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Topic: Patsy Montana steel player |
Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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George Rozak
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Braidwood, Illinois USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2013 4:27 pm |
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Fred Shelton played steel on some of Patsy's recordings. Don't know if that's him or not though. Also, could've possibly been Tiny Murphy.
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Paul DiMaggio
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 26 Feb 2013 6:06 pm
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According to Praguefranks country music discographies that song [listed as Smile and Drive Your Blues Away] was recorded along with 3 others on April 10th 1944 in Chicago. There is no list of sidemen for that session. He lists Fred Shelton [steel] and Waylon Jennings [lead gtr] as sidemen on a 1964 session in Phoenix. The above song was not on that album.
He also lists Smile and drive your blues away/Good night soldier as being released as a single on Vogue in 1945. |
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Paul DiMaggio
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 27 Feb 2013 9:08 am
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| I found a Billboard magazine review of Good Nite Soldier and Smile etc. from July 1944 under the heading of Folk Music {Hillbilly, Race, Cowboy songs,Spiritual}. It does not list sidemen, calls the band Patsy Montana and Her Pardners and shows her label as Decca. A glowing review of the musicians, the unnamed steel player got a sentence unto himself. The mystery continues. |
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Paul DiMaggio
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 27 Feb 2013 12:04 pm
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| I'm gonna guess Howard "Doc" Hopkins, he was a steel and banjo player who was with the Barn Dance from the late 30s to the late 40s. The session Patsy recorded in Chicago was backed up by WLS musicians. There is a photo on Ebay of the 1944 staff of the Barn Dance with signatures on the back, and Doc Hopkins' name is up near the top. I'm voting for him. It was kind of fun looking thru all that stuff, some big names were on that show. |
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 27 Feb 2013 5:33 pm
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Whoever it is, it's nice playing!
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George Rozak
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Posted 27 Feb 2013 5:35 pm
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I believe Tiny Murphy was also one the staff musicians on the old WLS Barn Dance. I know he was playing in the Chicago area during the early 50s - not sure if he would have been around the Chicago music scene as early as 1944 though.
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