Other regulars included Red Rhodes and Gene Davis. I guess most of the Gene Davis band from the Pal' appeared on the show at one time or another.

On the issue of syndication, the only thing I can offer, is a list of shows that some bootlegger was flogging around various country lists a while back. Wouldn't answer any detailed email questions, so this is about it.

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1964 show STAR ROUTE(musical variety) Faron Young, Collins Kids, Glen Campbell, Carl Smith, Sonny James, Skeeter Davis, Leroy Van Dyke.
Star Route went into Syndication in 1964, hosted by Rod Cameron.
Tapes include
1)w/Glen Campbell, George Morgan, The Collins Kids 30 min B/W EXC #321B
2)w/Glen Campbell, Bob Luman 30 min B/W
3)w/Glen Campbell, Leroy Van Dyke 30 min B/W
4)w/Glen Campbell, Skeeter Davis 30 min B/W
5)w/Glen Campbell, Roger Miller 30 min B/W
6)w/Glen Campbell, Bill Anderson 30 min B/W
7)w/Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three 30 min B/W
8)w/Rex Allen Jr., Glen Campbell 30 min B/W
9)w/Sheb Wooley, Glen Campbell 30 min B/W
10)w/Hank Thompson, Glen Campbell 30 min B/W
11)w/Faron Young, Glen Campbell, Collins Kids 30 min B/W
12)w/Carl Smith, Glen Campbell, Collins Kids 30 min B/W
13)w/Sonny James, Glen Campbell, Collins Kids 30 min B/W

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That's about all I can offer on that topic, although I think rockabilly singer Glen Glenn did some recordings that have been used for a compilation CD, that originated from a Star Route broadcast in the early 1960s.

[This message was edited by Jason Odd on 31 December 2000 at 07:54 AM.]

Jason, does any of those taped shows feature this tune? I think it might have been the theme song............

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Have a good 'un! JH U-12

I didn't get any videos for two main reasons, as he's not a totally legal biz, I was wary of getting stiffed, or that the videos weren't that great. I mean they could be umpteeenth generation copies.
Also, the US has a totally different video format.
I do however have Red's live LP from the Pal' and he do 'Star Route'.
By the way, I've had a few people tell me that when Gene Davis started as the bandleader on Star Route, Gene Fields was the original steel player, then later Red Rhodes took over and wrote that tune especially for the show, or either had the tune and renamed it for use on the show.
Email me if you want more info on the LP.

Aaron, were you a picker in SoCal at all?
Lorrie pretty much retired after 1964, for a few years at least to raise her kid.
In the late 1960s they reformed the act and actually had a progressive country sort of thing going on.
I don't think they recorded during this period though. (late 1960s-1970s)

Many shows that were "syndicated" were never big hits, or distributed on a large scale. Syndicated shows were simply shows available to anyone (for a fee). Private companies (or sometimes major networks!) sell certain show's licenses (broadcast rights) to others. Thus, they might turn up anywhere...on independent stations, or on large networks as well. A syndicated show might appear on several stations, or it could show up on hundreds of stations across the country ("Nationally Syndicated"). The idea began in radio in the 1930's, and spread to TV in the late 1950's with the advent of UHF stations and pay-TV. Though there were regional television networks, the only ones who were ever really considered "national" were CBS, NBC, ABC, and Dumont. (DuMont didn't last because they had no radio network, their main business was manufacturing.)

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Bb   C7   F    F
F    F    F    F7
Bb   C7   F    F
A7   A7   Bb7  Bb7
B7   B7   C7   C7
F    F    F    F7
Bb   C7   F    F

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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages

Cal's Corral, the Trading Post and the Sqeakin Deacon Show, seem the most popular although that may be due to the fact that half of the Calfornina forumites played on it at one stage or another. (at least it seems that way). There was the Melody Ranch, Town Hall Party, Western Varieties, Tex Williams TV show, etc.
Where else could you find a state where surf music, honky tonk, cowboys and bluegrass where all over the place, yet not the main industry.
I couldn't even begin to touch on it here alone.

Gene, I heard some rumours that the Longhorn label had gone bust, but then I found out that a 'Longhorn' label has been reissuing various classic country LPs from the 1960s, but I haven't found out anything abut it as yet.
To be honest I assumed it was some sort of spin-off or revival of Dewey Groom's old Texas label.