![]() ![]() 2 - the same album that includes ( as previously noted) Merle Travis’s lone King recording as a solo artist “ What Will I Do” (likewise unavailable on YouTube, unfortunately). If I’m correct, that means Rager can also be heard (at least, theoretically) on “ Those Dreams Are Gone” (solo guitar at the 0:50 mark) “ On the Banks of the Lonely River“ “ Falling Leaf” & “ You’ll Remember and Be Blue” - the last track only issued on Nashville Bandstand Vol. However, if I were to be so bold, I suspect that Rager’s guitar work can be heard on the second King recording session that yielded “ You Don’t Love Me” and four other songs - check out the “Travis-style” guitar break at the 1:48 mark. ![]() With regard to Curly Fox and Texas Ruby, since they did two recording sessions for King (as indicated by Ruppli), I am unclear as to which of the 17 tracks feature Rager’s playing, since he only played on “a” recording session, as Sax states above. By the way, thanks to PragueFrank for pointing out that Holden’s first session for King took place in February, 1947 at E.T. This and a session with Curly Fox & Texas Ruby, also for King, give us the only example of Rager’s work on record .Ĭheck out the instrumental intro from “ Sweet Mama, Put Him in Low,” a song from Holden’s last session for King - those guitar lines must belong to Rager, right? That same recording session also includes “ You’ve Been a Bad Bad Little Girl“ “ Oh, That Naggin’ Wife of Mine“ “ It’ll Make a Change in Business” (guitar solo at 1:11) “ Put Some Meat on Them Bones“ “ Don’t Monkey Around With My Widder When I’m Gone” & “ Long Long Dresses,” with the guitar work on these tracks bearing that classic “Travis-style” picking technique which came directly from Rager and Ike Everly. He was backed by Moon Mullican (with whom he also toured in Detroit) at his first two sessions, while Mose Rager and another guitarist are heard at the December date. According to Dave Sax’s liner notes for Ace UK’s King Hillbilly Bop ‘n’ Boogie -įairley’s new version for King (his third) sold well enough to warrant three more sessions during the year, including 12 songs cut in December before the ban. Mose Rager – who, along with Ike Everly (father of Phil & Don), taught Merle Travis the “claw picking” technique – played on a King recording session for Fairley Holden. Modernist pavilion at Cincinnati’s Bellevue Park overlooking downtown These original tweets have been richly supplemented for this updated version. One year later, it has become increasingly obvious that this “once-tweeted” information would serve humanity to a much greater degree if likewise liberated and laid out clearly, without concern for limits on text or number of illustrations. Fun Facts & Trivia - Best Tweets from King Records Month 2018Īs with the previous piece (“ King’s Jazz Legacy“), it seems silly to keep all this rich history from last year’s King 75th Anniversary tucked away in a file attachment. ![]()
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