with Steve Fruitman
#171
April 24, 2017
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The Return of Eric Wilson
Hour One: Hear this show now
Hour Two: Hear this show now
Hour One1. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Algoma Central #69 (TC Connors) 1970 *
2. Hank LaRiviere: Longing For Old Alberta (Hank LaRiviere) 1940 *
3. Gordon Lightfoot: Alberta Bound (Gordon Lightfoot) 1972 *
4. Wilf Carter: My Brown Eyed Prairie Rose (Wilf Carter) 1938 *
5. Hank Snow: Snow Bird (Hank Snow) 1974*
6. Alberta Slim: When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley (Eric C Edwards) 1963 *
7. Patti Page: Tennessee Waltz (R Stewart / Pee Wee King) 1950
8. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Back In The Packenham Hills (Mac Beattie) 1970 *
9. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Sudbury Saturday Night (TC Connors) 1967 *
10. Johnny Cash: Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kris Kristofferson) 1970
11. Wilf Carter: Have A Nice Day (Wilf Carter) 1973 *
12. Kathy Mattea: 18 Wheels And A Dozen Roses (Gene Nelson / Paul Nelson) 1988
13. Barry Nesbitt: There Must Be One Canadian Girl For Me (Alex Barris) 1957*
14. Paddy Gearin: The Liquor Book (Paddy Gearin) 1979 *
15. Kent Brockwell: Gimme A Cold, Cold Beer (Kent Brockwell) 1987 *
16. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bus Tour To Nashville (TC Connors) 1971 *
17. The Outlaws: Good Hearted Woman (W Jennings / W Nelson) 1976CanCon = 76%
Hour Two
1. Jimmie Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 3 (Jimmy Rodgers) 1928
2. Wilf Carter: Our Great Rodeo (Wilf Carter) 1967 *
3. Smilin’ Dick: I Long For The Old Home Again (S Dick) 1940s *
4. Hank Rivers (LaRiviere): Hank’s Travels (Hank LaRiviere) 1967 *
5. Slim Dusty: Country Livin’ (Slim Dusty) 1971
6. Yodelling Slim Clark: I’d Like To Be In Texas (For The Roundup In The Spring) (PD) 1962
7. Al Dexter: Pistol Packin’ Mama (Al Dexter) 1943
8. Barry Nesbitt: Old Age (Barry Nesbitt) circa 1964*
9. Bobby Bare: Detroit City (Danny Dill / Mel Tillis) 1963
10. Stompin’ Tom Connors: The Consumer (TC Connors) 1972 *
11. Lacy J Dalton: Sixteenth Avenue (Thom Schuyler) 1982
12. The Carpenters: Top of the World (Richard Carpenter / John Bettis) 1972
13. Gordon Lightfoot: Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson) 1970 *
14. Willie Nelson: On The Road Again (Willie Nelson) 1980
15. Roy Penny: Twistin’ The Pick (Unknown) 1964*CanCon = 47%
Total CanCon = 63%
And Now for The Particulars: Hour One
1. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Algoma Central #69 (TC Connors)
Stompin' Tom Meets Big Joe Mufferaw: EMI Canada - 724349 55925
Halton Hills, ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocal, stompin board
Glen Reid: banjo
Mickey Andrews: steel
Randy McDonald: bass
Gerry Hall: guitar
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors, 1970Thomas Charles Connors b. Saint John NB, Feb 9, 1936 – d. March 6, 2013, Halton Hills, ON
The Algoma Central Railway was chartered on August 11, 1899 to run from Sault St. Marie ON to Hearst ON via the Agawa Canyon.
2. Hank LaRiviere: Longing For Old Alberta (Hank LaRiviere)
Bluebird B 4686 (78rpm)
Hawksbury ON
Hank LaRiviere: vocal, guitar
Produced 1940Born January 23, 1917 - Died: May 7, 1996
Also known as Hank Rivers, The Singing Soldier. Made his first record in 1933. "Maple Sugar Sweetheart" was Hank's top song which was also recorded by Mac Wiseman, Doc Williams, and Ramblin' Lou.
Ward Allen wrote the music and called it Maple Sugar, and Hank wrote the words and called it Maple Sugar Sweetheart.Aka Hank Rivers was originally known as The Singing Soldier.
3. Gordon Lightfoot: Alberta Bound (Gordon Lightfoot)
Don Quixote: Reprise - 2056
Toronto, ON
Gordon Lighfoot - 6- & 12-string guitar
Red Shea - hi-string guitar, classical guitar, dobro
Terry Clements - lead acoustic guitar
Rick Haynes - bass
Ry Cooder – mandolin
Produced by Lenny Waronker - 1972
Recorded and Mixed and Mastered by Lee Herschberg at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood
http://gordonlightfoot.com/b. November 17, 1938 (age 78 years), Orillia ON
On February 13, 1988, Lightfoot performed "Alberta Bound" in McMahon Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies for the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta.4. Wilf Carter: My Brown Eyed Prairie Rose (Wilf Carter)
Wilf Carter – Montana Slim Vol 5 and 6: Bear Family Records BCD-15939 HI
Port Hilford NS
Wilf Carter: vocal, guitar
Produced by Hugh Joseph, 1938
Reproduced by Richard Weize, 1997
Recorded at RCA Studios, NYC Oct 27, 1938
Transferred by David Crisp
Mastered by Jurgen Crasser and Ingo SteinbachWilfred Arthur Charles Carter (December 18, 1904 d. Scottsdale AR December 5, 1996, age 91)
Sales of Wilf’s recordings (as Montana Slim) in the US was one of thet major reasons why RCA Victor survived the Great Depression. Except for the Decca Years in the 1950s, Wilf recorded exclusively for RCA over 7 decades.
Wilf recorded another version of this song on Old Prairie Melodies: RCA Camden – CAS 2175
in 1967.5. Hank Snow: Snowbird (Hank Snow)
The Hank Snow Collection: Tee Vee Records TA-1018
Brooklyn NS
Produced 1974May 9th, 1914, Broolyn NS - d. December 20, 1999
Snow also covered Gene MacLellan’s song Snowbird as well.
It originally appeared on the LP Snow In All Seasons (1969)6. Alberta Slim: When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Annapolis Valley (Eric C Edwards)
Alberta Slim Sings When it's Apple Blossom Time and other Western Favorites:
Aragon Records - ALP.127
Lloydminster, AB
Alberta Slim: vocal, guitar
Clover Lane & The Bar X Ranch Boys
Produced by Al Reusch – 1963Eric Charles Edwards (b. February 2, 1910 Wiltshire, UK – d. November 26, 2005 (aged 95)
Surrey, BCSlim started a traveling circus in the 1940s which included an elephant who could play harmonica, a singing dog, a chimpanzee on a bicycle, and a horse which Slim claimed could see the future.[1] In 1949, he had his first hit on record, "When It's Apple Blossom Time in Annapolis Valley", released on Gavotte Records.
This song has been covered by many great artists: Stompin’ Tom, Hank Snow, Wilf Carter etc. But this is the original recording by the man who wrote it.
7. Patti Page: Tennessee Waltz (R Stewart / Pee Wee King)
The Patti Page Collection: Jive Boy International Records TVLP-76019
Tulsa OK
Compilation Produced 1976
Originally Recorded 1950Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013)
In 1997, Patti Page was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. She was posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2013.
8. Mac Beattie & Ottawa Valley Melodiers: Back In The Packenham Hills (Mac Beattie) *
Mr. Ottawa Valley: Banff Roedo RBS 5333
Arnprior ON
Reg Hill: fiddle
Mac Beattie: vocal, drums
Gaetan Fairfield: guitar
Jim Mayhew: piano
Gordon Summers: lead guitar
George Courschesne: bass
Produced by Ralph Carlson 1970
Recorded at Carlsound Studios, Ottawab Arnprior, ON, 21 Dec 1916 - d there 14 Jun 1982.
9. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Sudbury Saturday Night (TC Connors) 1967 *
45 Single bw Don Valley Jail: Rebel Records - RX-104
Saint John NB
Stompin Tom: Vocal, guitar, foot stompin
Roy Penney: lead guitar
Other musicians unknown
Produced by John Irvine, 1967This was just one of two 45s Tom released on the Rebel label. It was also the first time he was recorded with a backing band. Rebel also released Tom’s first two LPs which later had to be re-recorded when he moved to the Dominion label in 1968 (both those albums featured Tom alone with guitar; Irvine then dubbed his own terrible bass playing over them).
10. Johnny Cash: Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kris Kristofferson)
The Legend of Johnny Cash: Universal Music B000528802
Nashville TN
Johnny Cash: guitar, vocal
Produced by Bob Johnston, 1970
Compilation Produced by Steve Berkowitz, Gregg Geller, Andy McKaie, 2005
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood by Gavin Lurssen and Dana SmartJohnny Cash (b Kingsland, Arkansas February 26, 1932 – d September 12, 2003 (aged 71) Nashville
11. Wilf Carter: Have A Nice Day (Wilf Carter)
Have A Nice Day: RCA KXL1-0157
Port Hilford NS
Wilf Carter: guitar, vocal
Produced by Jack Feeney 1973Have A Nice Day was released as a single in Canada in 1976 and reached 27 on the Country Music charts.
First recorded back on 20 December 1933 Victor Recording Studio - My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby for RCAs Bluebird imprint in Montreal.
12. Kathy Mattea: 18 Wheels And A Dozen Roses (Gene Nelson / Paul Nelson)
Untasted Honey: Mercury Records
South Charleston, WV
Pat Alger – acoustic guitar
Billy Barnes – design, art direction
Craig Bickhardt – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
Tim O'Brien – acoustic guitar, mandolin, background
Beth Nielsen Chapman – background vocals
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Ray Flacke – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
Nick Forster – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Husky – upright bass
Mike Leech – bass guitar
Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Billy Barnes – design, art direction
Craig Bickhardt – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
Tim O'Brien – acoustic guitar, mandolin, bg vocals
Beth Nielsen Chapman – background vocals
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Ray Flacke – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
Nick Forster – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Husky – upright bass
Mike Leech – bass guitar
Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals
Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
Cindy Reynolds-Wyatt – harp
David Schaufer – dulcimer
Milton Sledge – drums, percussion
John Thompson – background vocals
Pete Wasner – organ, piano, electric piano
Buck White – piano
Bobby Wood – organ, piano
Bob Wray – bass guitar
Producer by Allen Reynolds 1987
Mark Miller – engineer, mixing
Denny Purcell – masteringKathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea, b. June 21, 1959 (age 57 years), South Charleston, West Virginia
13. Barry Nesbitt: There Must Be One Canadian Girl For Me (Alex Barris)
78 rpm single bw Pub With No Beer: Sparton Records 643 R
Toronto ON
Ralph Fraser: piano
Rog Gedunc and His Pub Crawlers
Produced 1957
Recorded at Harmony Studios, TorontoBarclay William John Nesbitt b. Rouleau SK – d. Victoria, B.C. on Oct. 8, 2011 age 85.
Began his career as a DJ at Moose Jaw radio station CHAB. Later moved to Toronto and had a big career as a radio announcer at CKFH. He came to CKFH in 1951 and hosted several "teen" shows. He gave The Crew Cuts their first radio exposure--they were "Canadaires" in those days. He also hosted a country music programme. By 1957, Barry was programme and production manager and in 1965 he was assistant manager of the station.
14. Paddy Gearin: The Liquor Book (Paddy Gearin) 1979 *
My Home In St. John's: Country Records (2) ?– CS-6008
St. John’s NL
Drums – Vic Hayes
Piano – Winnie Patton
Twelve-String Guitar – Millar Hodgart
Vocals – William Gearin
Produced 1979b. St John’s NL 1936-2007
Began playing in a band called The Newfie Band while stationed in Greenland. Spent time in the Canadian military, stationed in Europe where he was able to visit Ireland several times. Later moved to Collingwood ON and worked on Great Lakes freighters as a cook. Retired in 2002, he briefly moved back to Newfoundland and spent a few years there performing.
15. Kent Brockwell: Gimme A Cold, Cold Beer (Kent Brockwell)
Stompin' Tom Is Back To Assist Canadian Talent: ACT Records ACT1
Peterborough ON
Kent Brockwell: dobro, vocal
Sam Leitch: fiddle
Marion Armstrong
Wayne Armstrong
Earl Burt
Produced by Dr Tom Connors, 1987d. Peterborough ON 1998
Blind singer from the Peterborough region. Kent Brockwell was inducted into the Porcupine Awards Hall of Fame for country music in 2003. Appeared in Stompin’ Tom’s film “Across The Land”.
16. Stompin’ Tom Connors: Bus Tour To Nashville (TC Connors)
Live At The Horseshoe: Capitol Records - C1 93048
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors guitar, foot, vocals
Gerry Hall guitar
Ronald McDonald - bass
Mickey Andrews - steel
Produced by Dr. Tom Connors – 1971
Recorded live at the Horshoe Tavern, Queen St, Toronto City, Canada17. The Outlaws: Good Hearted Woman (W Jennings / W Nelson)
Wanted! RCA Victor / BMG Records – 07863 66841-2
Austin TX
Waylon Jennings: guitar, vocal
Willie Nelson: guitar, vocal
Micky Raphael: bass harmonica
Garry Tallent: bass
Greg Morrow: drums
Richard Bennett: guitar
Bobby Turner: steel
Steve Earle: guitar, mando
Ray Kennedy: tamourine
Produced by Ray Pennington and Waylong Jennings, 1976
Compilation Produced by Steve Lindsey"Good Hearted Woman" is a song written by country music singers Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. In 1969, Jennings and Nelson were staying in a motel in Fort Worth, Texas. Jennings was inspired to write the song after reading an advertisement that promoted Ike and Tina Turner. Jennings joined Nelson during a poker game and told him about the idea. The singers completed the song while Nelson's wife, Connie Koepke, wrote it down.
Hour Two
1. Jimmie Rodgers: Blue Yodel No. 3 (Jimmy Rodgers)
First Sessions: 1927-1928: Rounder Records CD-1056
Meridian Mississippi
Jimmy Rodgers: vocal, guitar
Album Produced by Nolan Porterfield - 1990
Recorded Camden NJ, February 15, 1928 by Ralph Peer
Transfered by Bernardo Cosachov
Mastered by Jorg SiemerJames Charles Rodgers, b. September 8, 1897 Meridian, Miss – d. May 26, 1933 (aged 35) NYC
When the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1961, Rodgers was one of the first three (the others were Fred Rose and Hank Williams) to be inducted. Rodgers was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and, as an early influence, to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
2. Wilf Carter: Our Great Rodeo (Wilf Carter)
Waitin' For the Maple Leaves to Fall: RCA Camden CAL-2168
Port Hilford NS
Wilf Carter: guitar, vocal
Produced - 19673. Smilin’ Dick: I Long For The Old Home Again (S Dick) *
Lynn Russwurm's Canadian Country: British Archives of Country Music - BACM CD D 199
SK
Compilation Produced by Lynn Russwurm - 2007
Mastered by Keith Sullivan
British Archives of Country Music, 451 Folkstone Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9JX, UK
http://bacm.users.btopenworld.com/CD-details10.html or mailto:lynn@sobac.comOriginally recorded on RCA Blueburd B-4609 - 1935
4. Hank Rivers (aka LaRiviere): Hank’s Travels (Hank LaRiviere)
Hank's Centennial Travels: RCA Camden -- CAL 2179
Hawkesbury ON
Hank LaRiviere: guitar, vocal
Ted Daigle: guitar
Gilbert Glazier: guitar
Joe Pino: bass
Byron Stever: drums
Produced by Alan Sherman with Ted Daigle - 19675. Slim Dusty: Country Livin’ (Slim Dusty) 1971
Country Livin' – EMI Records Australia 8142742 CD
Nulla Nulla, Australia
Slim Dusty: guitar, vocal
Produced 1971
Compilation Produced 1987David Gordon Kirkpatrick born on 13 June 1927 in Nulla Nulla Creek near Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia – d. 19 September 2003 (aged 76) Sydney
He wrote his first song "The Way the Cowboy Dies" in 1937 and adopted the stage name "Slim Dusty" in 1938 at 11 years of age. His earliest musical influences included Jimmie Rodgers and Tex Morton. In 1954 he launched the Slim Dusty Travelling Show with his wife, Joy McKean. Dusty's 1957 hit "A Pub with No Beer" was the biggest-selling record by an Australian to that time.
Dusty recorded and released his 100th album, Looking Forward, Looking Back, in 2000 and became the first artist in worldwide commercial recording history to do so; second was Cliff Richard. All 100 albums had been recorded with the same record label, EMI, making Dusty the very first music artist in the world to record 100 albums with the same label.
6. Yodeling Slim Clark: I’d Like To Be In Texas (For The Roundup In The Spring) (PD)
In Memory: Old Homestead Records OHCD 4026
Springfield, Mass
Slim Clark: guitar, vocal
Compilation Produced 2000
Originally Recorded 1962
http://www.yodelingslimclark.com/musicslim.htmlRaymond LeRoy Clark 1917-2000
He began his professional career in 1937, singing throughout central Massachusetts. He began appearing regularly on station WKNE Keene, New Hampshire, in 1941, beginning his recording career five years later for the Continental label, where he cut most of his records, which feature only Clark singing, yodeling and playing his guitar.
7. Al Dexter: Pistol Packin’ Mama (Al Dexter) 1943
Country Hits of the '40s: Capitol Records ST 884
Jacksonville TX
Produced 1943Clarence Albert Poindexter, b. May 4, 1905 Jacksonville, TX - d. January 28, 1984 (aged 78)
Dexter owned a bar in the 1930s and helped popularize the style of country music known as honky tonk. He made his recording debut on November 28, 1936 for ARC Records and he was probably the first artist to use the term "honky tonk" in a country song when he recorded "Honky Tonk Blues" at his first session. His tremendous hit "Pistol Packin' Mama" became the 1943 marching chorus of the New York Yankees. The 1943 movie of the same name, made by the Republic Pictures, gave Dexter close to $250,000 in royalties.
8. Barry Nesbitt: Old Age (Barry Nesbitt)
Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo (Get Along Little Dogie): Quality Records 1461
Toronto ON
Barry Nesbitt: vocal
Maurice Boyler: piano, banjo
Produced circa 1964*9. Bobby Bare: Detroit City (Danny Dill / Mel Tillis)
This Is Bobby Bare: RCA Victor VPS-6090
Ironton, OH
Compilation Produced 1973
Recorded in Nashville, April 18, 1963Robert Joseph Bare, Sr. b April 7, 1935 (age 82)
Detroit City was also covered by Jan & Dean, Dean Martin, Tom Jones, Dolly Parton, Jerry Lee Lewis & Joe Tex
10. Stompin Tom Connors: The Consumer (T C Connors)
Stompin' Tom & The Hockey Song: Boot Records BOS 7112
Halton Hills ON
Tom Connors: guitar, vocal, foot stompin
Gary Empey: bass
Bill Lewis: lead guitar
Glen Reid: banjo
John Spence: drums
Fred McKenna: dobro
Produced by Fred McKenna - 1972
Recorded by Jim Morgan at Captain Audio, Toronto
Mixed by Bill Seddon at Thunder Sound, Toronto11. Lacy J Dalton: Sixteenth Avenue (Thom Schuyler)
Greatest Hits: Columbia Records CK 38883
Bloomsburg PA
Produced by Billy Sherrill, 1982
Compilation Produced 1983Jill Lynne Byrem b. October 13, 1946 (age 70) Bloomsburg, PA
Thomas James "Thom" Schuyler b June 10, 1952 in Bethlehem, PA
Wrote hits for Levon Helm, Eddie Rabbit, Kenny Rogers and Dan Seals.12. The Carpenters: Top of the World (Richard Carpenter / John Bettis) 1972
The Singles 1969-1973: A&M Records CD 3601
Downey CA
Karen Carpenter - lead and backing vocals
Richard Carpenter - backing vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano, orchestration
Joe Osborn - bass
Hal Blaine - brushed drums
Tony Peluso - electric guitar
Buddy Emmons - pedal steel guitar
Uncredited - tambourine
Produced by Jack Dougherty, 1972Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) New Haven, Conn
Karen Anne Carpenter (b. New Haven CN March 2, 1950 – d February 4, 1983 Downey CA)
No. 1 hit for two weeks in 197313. Gordon Lightfoot: Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson)
If You Could Read My Mind: Reprise Records 6392
Toronto ON
Gordon Lightfoot: 12 string guitar, vocal
Ry Cooder: bottleneck guitar
Red Shea: guitar
Rick Haynes: bass
Produced by Joe Wissert and Lenny Waronker, 1970
Recorded by Gary Brandt
Mixed by Lee HershbergOriginally performed by Roger Miller in 1969, it quickly climbed the charts reaching number 12. This version by Lightfoot, released a year later, reached No. 13. Others who sang it: the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, First Edition.
14. Willie Nelson: On The Road Again (Willie Nelson) 1980
Collection: Sony Music Canada CK-64184
Abbott TX
Produced by Willie Nelson, 1980Willie Hugh Nelson B April 29, 1933 (age 83) Abbott, TX
The song, about life on tour, came about when the executive producer of the film Honeysuckle Rose approached Nelson about writing the song for the film's soundtrack. He was asked to right a Road Song while flying so he quickly wrote the song on a barf bag. "On the Road Again" became Nelson's 9th Country & Western No. 1 hit overall. Won Grammy Award for Best Country Song 1981.
Neil Young released a cover of this song on his 2014 album A Letter Home.
Also covered by Rick Moranis as Linsk Minyk in The Schmenge Brothers film The Last Polka.15. Roy Penny: Twistin’ The Pick (Unknown) 1964*
Twistin' The Pick: Arc Records – 589
Corner Brook NL
Roy Penny: electric lead guitar
Producer not listed - circa 1964
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