Swinging Spade Cooley

[dbarry510]

that was great my grandfather played with him in the 40s or 50s

[beedoe51]

@dbarry510 That's wonderful! What was his name? My Grandpa probably worked with him :) Steve Wright 

[dkmckinney1]

Nice post.

Thanks for sharing.

[beedoe51]

That's my Grandfather (Billy Wright) playing violin on the right!!! Thank you so much for posting!! Steve Wright :)

[badbrian1]

@beedoe51 how cool is that!!!

[schutzenbob]

In the early 1950s my family lived in Corpus Christi, Texas and I remember watching The Spade Cooley Show on television, Spade was very popular, and then he just sort of disappeared. I didnt find out what happened to him until many years later.

[drfligo]

Could these clips be from the TV show? I thought that Smokey Rogers and Joaquin Murphey split along with Tex Williams. Ditto for Deuce Spriggins and Carolina Cotton.

[markie65]

Pretty crumby in comparison to the stuff with the aforementioned and Joaquin Murphey on steel

[DanStill39]

Great. However, Smokey Roger, Pedro Depaul and Cactus are not in the video??

[MaxNuclear]

This has just set my tone for the whole day!

[jimmysudar]

well that was an unexpected treat.

[sibasaurus]

Too cooley.