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Topic: My Window Faces The South ---by A Clean Cut Texan |
Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 28 Dec 2008 2:15 pm |
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I'm sure a lot of you also recognized Wade Ray the fiddle player. Wade had his own group in So. Los Angeles during the 50's and early 60's at a club called "Cow Town" on So. Vermont Ave. We all got to enjoy Wade for several years before he headed back East on us. Wade had some of the top musicians in So. Calif. at differen't times. He was "Mr. Smooth"
in his playing and singing. |
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 28 Dec 2008 11:35 pm
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Hi Billy,
Didn't Wade Ray play quite a bit in Las Vegas?
ROGER |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 9:51 am
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| concerning 'my window faces the south', sarah palin wants to know if you can see mexico from there! |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 11:49 am
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Tell Sarah if you're in El Paso you can, but if you're in Dallas you can't.......JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 2:53 pm
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absolutely...leon rhodes...
also interesting that willy phrased all around the beat all along! |
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Randal Smith
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Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 5:33 pm
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Leon came in to John A's here in Nashville on a Sunday night a couple of months ago and sat in with the band. He can still tear it up.
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Randal Smith alias Smitty the Kid
Nashville, TN
Simmons SD10
Warmoth Custom Guitar
Gibson GA-20 Amp
"We have enough youth, how about a Fountain of Smart?" |
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 31 Dec 2008 6:23 pm cool clip
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Willie Nelson, Leon, Wade and on drums, that's Jack Green yeah? ..................damn, that's a great clip.
I'm guessing 1965-66?
At the time Willie decided to tour without a band, carrying along only Wade Ray, who had played bass with Willie's Record Men. They picked up other musicians in the towns where they appeared, I guess Wade switched between fiddle and bass, depending on what they found while on tour.
Chet Atkins recorded them wil Willie through December 15-16 in '65 for Willie's second RCA album;
"Country Favorites, Willie Nelson Style" (RCA Victor LSP 3528) 1966.
Leon Rhodes - lead guitar
Cal Smith - rhythm guitar
Buddy Charleton - steel
Troy Drake - bass
James Wilkerson - tictac bass, vibes
Jack Greene - drums
Hargus Pig Robbins - piano
Wade Ray - fiddle |
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