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Douglas Berry Member From: Rochester, New York, USA	posted 30 October 2004 11:30 AM profile I am researching California Western Bands,singers and songwriters. So far have :Spade Cooley,Faron Young,Wynn Stewart,Merle Haggard,...Would these Qualify?Riders of Purple Sage,Red Simpson,Buck Owens,Dwight Yoakum,Pioneers of San Joaquin,Ricky Nelson,Jimmy Snyder...and any songs written such as Ralph Mooney's "Crazy Arms"...
Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va.	posted 01 November 2004 05:48 AM profile Add these to the list. Billy Mize Cliff Crofford Jerry Inman Tommy Collins Joe Maphis & Rose Lee Merle Travis Cliffie Stone Speedy West Jimmy Bryant Gene Davis Big Jim DeNoon Sammy Masters Eddy Drake Ole Rasmussen Al Petty The Leightons, John & Sharon Martha Lou Gatches Jim Alley Johnny McKnight Merle Haggard Wynn Stewart Bobby Griggs Bobby Durham Cindy Carson Jack Tucker Glen Garrison Mayf Nutter Ray Sanders Buddy Cagle Jack Laux There's a bunch more..........JH ------------------ Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning. [This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 01 November 2004 at 05:51 AM.] [This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 02 November 2004 at 07:34 AM.]
Bob Markison Member From: San Francisco, CA	posted 01 November 2004 06:10 AM profile Don't forget the still libing - including Jim Campilongo (has played with Joe Goldmark and will play with Bobby Black here next month). THE LEGENDARY BOBBY BLACK (Steel Guitar Hall of Fame) & JIM CAMPILONGO with Chris Kee and Scott Amendola BRUNO’S IN SAN FRANCISCO’S MISSION DISTRICT THURSDAY DECEMBER 23 9:30 pm to 12 midnight 2389 Mission St at 20th more info 415 648 7701 Jim is a guitarist who loves steel and works both coasts (country-jazz). - Bob
Bob Markison Member From: San Francisco, CA	posted 01 November 2004 06:11 AM profile oops - "still living"
Richard Bass Member From: Hendersonville, Tn	posted 01 November 2004 07:26 AM profile Douglas, Faron was from Shrevesport, La. Pretty far from the West Coast. He recorded and lived in Nashville after he left Shrevesport. Richard [This message was edited by Richard Bass on 01 November 2004 at 07:29 AM.]
Wayne Carver Member From: Martinez, Georgia, USA	posted 01 November 2004 08:37 AM profile Maddox Brothers & Rose!
Gene H. Brown Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada	posted 01 November 2004 06:29 PM profile Hey, doesn't anyone remember Buck Owens and Merle Haggard? And what about Wynn Stewart? Holy Cow, out of sight out of mind, eh? Gene Brown ------------------ If You Keep Pickin That Thing, It'll Never Heal! ;)
Gene H. Brown Member From: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada	posted 01 November 2004 06:34 PM profile Oh man, I am so sorry Douglas, I didn't really read all of your post before I shot my mouth off, I guess I had a brain squall, nuttin serious though, but I do apologise, Douglas. Gene Brown ------------------ If You Keep Pickin That Thing, It'll Never Heal! ;)
Douglas Berry Member From: Rochester, New York, USA	posted 02 November 2004 08:35 PM profile Thanks For all the great info Jerry, You really know your stuff, and thanx Bob from Bay Area Im coming down From North State California( Tehama) To see Bobby Black At Brunos,my Mom lives In Sunset District So I can see them both.Why did I think Faron Was from West Coast?I stand corrected Richard.Who are the Maddox Bros.and Rose?Are they good?Country or swing?
Jerry Hayes Member From: Virginia Beach, Va.	posted 03 November 2004 06:25 AM profile Hey Douglas.....The Maddox Brothers and Rose were an act that first made it big in the forties. They consisted of Fred on bass fiddle (who was sorta the comedien of the group), Cal, Rose, another brother they called Don Juan, and I think there was one more who's name I can't remember. Roy Nichols of Merle Haggard played lead guitar with them when he was just a teenager, maybe 15 or 16. They were a very colorful act and wore Nudie rhinestone encrusted suits and traveled to gigs in a fleet of Cadillacs. I had the pleasure of working with Fred in the sixties at a couple of clubs he owned and doing some outside shows with him. Rose was pretty famous on her own by then so her being his sister she'd come and do a guest spot ever now and then. I remember the first time she came to guest with us. I was playing lead guitar then and used a Gretsch guitar with an old Standel amp and a Fender portable reverb unit. I used to sit the reverb on the floor under the chair my amp was on. Rose got up and as her first number did "Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down". If you've ever seen Rose perform you'll remember how she stomped her foot in time to the music. Actually she stomped her whole leg!! Anyway, my reverb spring went wild and this horrible sound like a bad thunderstorm started coming out of my amp. I had to stop playing and set the unit off the bandstand on the floor before I could continue playing. Fred used to keep all the tip money for himself mostly too. If someone would come to the bandstand and ask for a tune if they handed him some money he'd shove it in the F-hole of his bass fiddle. We had a bar manager who's husband played electric bass in the band and one night after everybody had left. We got in the backroom and robbed Fred's bass. If I remember right there was quite a few bucks in there. I've got some other Fred stories but that's for a later time. Also how's this for a song title. One of Fred's tunes was called "I'm So Lonesome". The first line went something like "I'm so lonesome since my best friend ran away with my wife, gosh I miss HIM so"......Pretty catchy, eh? Have a good 'un..JH ------------------ Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
Henry Nagle Member From: Santa Rosa, California	posted 04 November 2004 10:49 PM profile A guy named Gerald Haslam wrote a good book about the history of country music in California. It's called "Workin' Mans Blues". Published by "University of California Press".
Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	posted 04 November 2004 11:12 PM profile You might have thought Faron was West Coast based due to the fact the he was on a West Coast label, Capitol Records. Try: http://www.sundazed.com/ They have a series of budget reissues by artists like Red Simpson, Kay Adams, Dick Curless (who wasn't West Coast, but often recorded in Hollywood with top notch Californian country pickers), as well as their full price collections and reissues on Buck Owens and Don Rich.
Jason Odd Member From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	posted 04 November 2004 11:15 PM profile Oh yeah, the new releases on Sundazed include: International Submarine Band Safe At Home Compact Disc: SC 6206 PRICE:: $12.98 Just before Gram Parsons cut a wide swath through American music with Sweetheart Of The Rodeo-era Byrds and the Flying Burrito Bros., he forged a new musical genre with the seminal 1967 country-rock sides he cut with his legendary International Submarine Band. Sundazed Music, in conjunction with Shiloh Records, is proud to present a compact disc release of the ISB’s highly collectible Safe At Home album, taken for the first time from the pristine, two-track stereo LHI-label masters, now sporting accurate original artwork, rare photos and a revealing new essay by noted author Sid Griffin. • AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 23rd! Jay Dee Maness on steel, a real good record this one. Buck Owens & His Buckaroos Bridge Over Troubled Water Compact Disc: SC 6214 PRICE:: $12.98 Perennial trailblazers whose electrifying Bakersfield sound topped the country charts for most of the ’60s, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos plowed even newer ground with the 1971 albums Bridge Over Troubled Water and Ruby & Other Bluegrass Specials. Both titles personally selected for re-release on Sundazed by Buck himself! • AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 23rd! Buck Owens & His Buckaroos Ruby Compact Disc: SC 6215 PRICE:: $12.98 Perennial trailblazers whose electrifying Bakersfield sound topped the country charts for most of the ’60s, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos plowed even newer ground with the 1971 albums Bridge Over Troubled Water and Ruby & Other Bluegrass Specials. Both titles personally selected for re-release on Sundazed by Buck himself! -------- Very nice.
Randy Carson Member From: Cedar Park, Texas, USA	posted 06 November 2004 12:08 PM profile my dad Little Joe Carson should be on that list. his labels Capitol and Liberty were California labels and he was very well known on t v there before he got killed in 64 out of 34 tunes before the age of 27 on a major label only about 8-10 were in Nashville the rest were West Coast Buck owens and Joe maphis and Ralph mooney played on his capitol sessions. in the 50's and dont forget Glen Cambpell who sang and played lead guitar in the 60's on my dads record for liberty. thats Glen singing the high harmony on Helpless for all of you that remember the song. i talk to Bonnie Owens after a Hag show and she said my dad was the hottest thing the west coast had seen at the time besides Buck, i think she was married to Buck at the time. Herb Steiner remembers watching my dad on tv all the time when he lived there in the early sixties, which is how Herb and I became buddies. What happen to California, where's the twang. Randy Carson
Randy Carson Member From: Cedar Park, Texas, USA	posted 06 November 2004 12:13 PM profile oh someone said Billy Mize Billy Mize played steel on Helpless and a lot of my fathers Liberty cuts. by the way Billy Mize wrote who'll by the wine a big Charlie Walker hit i heard he was a good singer anybody have any of his records. he had a stroke and doesnt play anymore but when i talked to him about 8 months ago he said he wanted to start trying.
Fred Jack Member From: Bay City Texas	posted 06 November 2004 05:41 PM profile Johnny and Joni Mosby, Cousin Immy, George Winston, George Tracey, Noel Boggs, Jimmy Wakely, John Wakely, Shorty Bacon,Eddie Drake, Bobby Austin, Red Rhodes, Tommy Collins, Skeets Mcdonald,Jean Shepherd [This message was edited by Fred Jack on 06 November 2004 at 05:53 PM.]
Ben Slaughter Member From: Madera, California	posted 08 November 2004 08:52 AM profile Larry Bastian wrote some hits for Garth, he's from the southern San Joaquin Valley, and still lives here, last I heard. Gary Allan is from Orange County.
Shaan Shirazi Member From: Austin, TX, USA	posted 08 November 2004 10:02 AM profile Don't forget Warren Smith! ------------------ The Pickin' Paniolo
Randy Carson Member From: Cedar Park, Texas, USA	posted 09 November 2004 10:53 PM profile Joe Carson (my father) was on the same label with Warren Smit(Liberty) and sang harmony on a few tunes and at least one hit. Randy Carson

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