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Herb Steiner Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX |
posted 13 June 2004 01:25 PM
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quote: Howard mentioned Harry Sims. He was the incredibly hot fiddler with Andy Parker and the Plainsmen when they recorded the classics "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Sweet GA Brown." I asked Joaquin about that fiddler and he said "oh, that was Harry Sims. His real name was Simowitz. Jewish guy. He played in the Chicago Symphony but wanted to play jazz, so he came out to L.A. and joined a western band." The Western Caravan was a commonwealth band. Tex, Smokey, and Deuce were the front men, Pedro handled the arrangements, and Cactus took care of the money and bookings. Since all the arrangements of Spade's 1942 to 1946 bands were primarily written by Pedro (George Bamby did write 1/3 of "Three Way Boogie"), the Caravan pretty much knocked off all those arrangements out of Spade's book. ------------------ |
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Al Johnson Member From: Sturgeon Bay, WI USA |
posted 13 June 2004 03:31 PM
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Tex Williams said in an on the air interview that Harry Sims was the best all round fiddler. |
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Andy Volk Member From: Boston, MA |
posted 13 June 2004 05:04 PM
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Howard, Herb ... thanks for this wonderful info. I considered myself pretty well informed but learned much from this thread. I dig Spade's band for what it was - well played commercial music. A portion of Spade's book sounds to me like it was built on old, public domain fiddle tunes. For example, Crazy Cause I love Her is Old Joe Clark.I also enjoy the Western Caravan & Billy Jack Will's band for more progressive Western swing. |
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Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
posted 13 June 2004 07:21 PM
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Cooley comps often sample his 1949 fiddle session where he cut a series of fiddle tunes (mostly trad. if not all traditional numbers) with a trimmed down version of his group. Most of these went towards a 78rpm album booklet he had out in 1950, and yeah, these tunes tend to pop up a bit in compilations. |
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Roger Shackelton Member From: Everett, Wa. |
posted 14 June 2004 01:55 AM
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When Hank Thompson recorded the album, "Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma" in the 1970s, He included "Oklahoma Stomp" with a Harp intro. Bert Rivera was playing the steel guitar on that record. Roger |
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