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Topic: A history lesson (at least for me) |
Craig Prior
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National City, California, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2006 4:06 pm |
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http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/celebrity/spade_cooley/index.html
How many of you knew this? I had no idea who Spade Cooley was at that time... in the mid-60's I was into Paul Revere and the Raiders; my impression of the steel guitar was that it was "sailor music"...
But I find this fascinating. How many of you were into the steel guitar/Western Swing thing when this went down (yes, I know he was a fiddler; but he hired some great steel guitarists)? Insights? |
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Mark Edwards
From:
Weatherford,Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2006 6:29 pm
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| As Johnny Carson would say "Ed, I did not know that". |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2006 7:08 pm
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| I was a teenager at the time and remember it on the news. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 18 Sep 2006 4:53 am
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He definitely lost it.
Jealousy is such a wasting,
and wasted emotion.
Mix with alchohol,
and just flush. |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Sep 2006 12:30 pm
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| Spade Cooley always carried a great band with a great steel player. After spending so much time in prison, it was kinda ironic how he died. Spade's big band recording of "Steel Guitar Rag" is a classic. Jody. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 20 Sep 2006 7:30 am
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Jody, it should be a classic as it probably featured Joaquin Murphy on steel. He was one helluva player. When I was a kid I used to watch the Spade Cooley show on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles. Joaquin could play single note lines right along with the best lead guitarists of the day. I don't remember the tune right now but on a Tex Williams CD on one of the up tempo numbers an instrumental break starts and it sounds like Jimmy Bryant or another lead guitarist of that caliber but after the first few bars you start to hear a couple of slides where you realize it's a steel guitar. What a picker!......JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 20 September 2006 at 08:34 AM.] |
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Howard Kalish
From:
Austin, Tx USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2006 12:15 pm
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I actually started working on a screenplay about Spade back in the late '70's. I spoke with a number of people close to him and the band, but got side-tracked for various reason and never finished it. Always thought Robert DiNero could do him justice, but he'd be too old now.
I have a picture on my office bookcase of Spade and Ella Mae that Cornell Hurd gave me. It's from the Fresno Bee on the day of the murder. It says - Spade and wife Ella Mae in happier times.
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