Jack Guthrie---- Oakie Boogie

Roger Shackelton · From: MINNESOTA (deceased)

Here's Jack Guthrie Singing "Oakie Boogie, Along With The Texas Troubadors. (1940s) ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9hHD2D60oo

Roger

Alan Brookes · From: Brummy living in Southern California

Thanks for posting that, Roger. I've always thought that he would have been a much better-known singer had he not died so terribly young at the age of 32.

He was known as "Oke" to those who knew him, and in California, he and his cousin Woody had a radio show called "The Oke and Woody Show", before Woody went off to join the Merchant Marine.

His most well-known hit was "Oklahoma Hills"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sVBVOmx6Rk

There's an interesting story about how Woody wrote the song, but Jack changed some of the words round and recorded it while Woody was out of the country. Arlo tells the story at the Guthrie Family Reunion, which is well worth watching...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm2g5uTmDYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytioh0h4ig

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