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Topic: TEX" Jenks Carmen any info?? |
Earnest Bovine
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Posted 7 Jan 2004 8:03 am |
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| Was he as bad as this? [This message was edited by Earnest Bovine on 07 January 2004 at 08:40 AM.] |
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HowardR
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Posted 7 Jan 2004 8:34 pm
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tough call there Earnest.....this guy is awful in a very lush and classy way. I can see that he takes great pains in reaching those off key notes and maintains a constant level of stinkdom. It appears that there was schooling in this artist's background.
Jenks on the other hand, appeared to have a natural gift of imperfect pitch, both in his playing and his vocal atrocity. He was spontaneous in his absolutly awful renderings. His vocals were rough and gruff. His accompanyment on the Hawaiian guitar created an interwoven congress of offensive soundwaves.
Interesting comparison of styles between two atrocious musicians. Bravissimo! |
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Earnest Bovine
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Posted 7 Jan 2004 10:44 pm
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| I hope I haven't hurt anyone's feelings here. |
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HowardR
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Posted 8 Jan 2004 5:13 am
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| well, eardrums maybe.... |
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Alvin Blaine
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Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2004 2:16 am
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I can't believe that I listened to that whole song.
I always thought that Tex Carmen was the inspiration for Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 10:17 pm
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And Hooray!!! Bear Family will be releasing two more cd's AND a whole 50 minute DVD of Jenks at the Town Hall Party!!!! These will be out in February and filed under "cow punk"  [This message was edited by Jussi Huhtakangas on 16 January 2004 at 12:29 AM.] |
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HowardR
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 5:13 am
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and he's still selling them!
That means there's hope for me..  |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 12:02 pm
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I remember Tex from the old Town Hall Party and Cal's Corral. He played an old Martin like a Dobro. I've heard that he used an open E tuning but I'm not sure if that's a fact. On the front of his guitar which was actually the side facing the crowd he had decals of square dancers and used a Stevens type bar. I actually thought he was pretty cool with some spitting type of simple licks, some almost sounded like the forerunner to chicken pickin'. He did have an intonation problem thought. Is spite of all his "shortcomings" how many of us here will be able to have a post about us in the Forum 36 years after our death. Evidently he accomplished more in his musical career than most of his detractors.....have a great one, JH
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2004 11:58 am
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| Ebay #2593056996 is a rare LP in decent cond., by Tex, with a nice pic of him on the cover, probably shot in the later 60s. At $4 and 0 bids, this may be the deal of the week, or maybe not. |
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2004 1:34 pm
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| Earnesto, I can't stop laughing! This is gettin' sent to everybody I know! Thanks for the lift. JB |
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Rick Dempster
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Preston, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 3 Feb 2004 5:00 pm
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On Mike Auldridges first album, titled 'Dobro', the opening track was a brief clip of Carmen's 'Hillbilly Hula' with a fadeout
(maybe a 'fade-in' too)It's a long time since I've listened to that record, and I don't know if it was actually Tex Carmen's recording; but as I recall it was pretty close. The idea of the seamlessly-smooth Auldridge imitating Tex's playing might amuse you people who find these old trax so comical. Carmen was pretty weird, to be sure, but I don't recall his playing being as bad as everyone here seems to think. Most of my vinyl collection is in storage just now, but I will pull out the Carmen trax at some stage and have another listen. As I recall, a little Tex goes a long way, and I bought what I have mainly as a curiosity. Both his singing and playing were, to say the least, strident, but I found his 'lyricising' the weirdest thing about him; What language is 'chookle-hai'(one of Tex's 'hollers';my spelt interpretation)drawn from? However, I assume Auldridge must have had some fondness for 'Hillbilly Hula' to have included it on his debut album. Maybe if anyone is in touch with Mike they could ask him. The answer would be interesting, whatever it is. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2004 3:42 pm
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| I'd have to say that ol' Tex's playing was at least as bad as what has been described. I have the retrospective CD pax that came out a few years ago, and once thru was enuf. Even Jerry Byrd said the fella was considered a joke by those in the biz. But he was an interesting intertainer, and certainly a favorite of the Town Hall skull orchard. I can't wait to get the new DVD of his performances from those days. Kill me again Tex! |
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