"The Cat Came Back"

[Wander52]

I had to honor not only to grow up listening to Lee Moore, but also getting to know him in his later years when he lived in upstate NY...even meeting his wife and going to their home. I still a picture I took of him and his wife at their home. They didn't come any finer than Lee Moore.

[old64goat]

@Wander52 I talked to him on the phone once back in the 90's and of course met him when I made this video.

He was a fine gentleman.

[stephaniebradyc21]

So glad you shared this!  I grew up listening to my dad and uncles sing this song. Brings back memories. Thank you!

[onemoretime101]

Dandy ol' Tune......

[martinmaniad35]

well, sir...gotta share! i grew up in Maine years ago listening to Lee Moore on WWVA. i'd come home from school on friday, and at midnight, i'd listen to the 12:00-5:00AM show just to hear Lee pick his guitar and sing. i wanted to play and perform just like him! that was back when country was country! thanks so much for sharing!

[guymelanson]

I used to lieten to him til wee hours of the morning when i was a kid in Nova Scotia in the fifties. He used to get a beatiful sound out of his guitar. I got to see live at the Edison Hotel in Toronto in 1968, what a thrill form me. He was just as good live as on the air. He even did a little magic act between set. An extremely talented man.

[old64goat]

@guymelanson I have seen Lee only once in person  when I made this video in 1995, but I have listened to him for many years on WWVA, I liked his style and picking.

[GUITARPICKERish]

This video brings back so many wonderful memories. I used to listen to the OLD COFFE DRINKING NITE HAWK on WWVA many many years ago. I am 71 so you can guess how long ago that was.. This was one of my favourite songs and when I learned to play guitar, I sang it at a lot of parties. I loved the way he picked that guitar and copied his bass runs. God bless you Lee From your fan up in Canada Harvey

[old64goat]

@GUITARPICKERish Thanks Harvey, yes I also loved the way he played that Martin guitar.

He had a style all his own.

Thanks for those kind words.

Bill

[hankedful]

Always loved this song, thanks for posting.

[Garr1984]

Would you happen to have gotten any footage of him playing his Dobro, or as he put it, his "Hawaiian Reso-phonic Guitar", and if so, would you please put it up?

[old64goat]

@Garr1984, I don't know I will have to check, these videos were made on 8mm video tape so they have to be converted.

If I have it it will be dark like this video, that camera was not good in low light.

[tecumsehmoe]

Used to listen to the "Coffee-Drinkin' Nighthawk" nightly on WWVA as a young boy in what seemed like another country --  the Bronx, New York. Owing to the hour, I had to hide from my parents under the blanket. His voice, his program , that music and those nights have never left me.

[LoveLoveLove502]

my great grandparents personally knew him

my grandfather just passed down his autograph to me

[Mushafugga]

(If you know Juanita) that's my great aunt, so Lee Moore was my great uncle technically, before they divorced. I was only 6 in 1995, but my family has videos of him and my aunt Juanita playing at my grandpa's house. We got it recorded, I'll try to get it on the computer and put it up. :]

[old64goat]

Hi Linda, I do not know her nor have I ever met her.

At the time this video was made that was the first time I saw Lee in person.

If you have any videos of them I would love to see them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bill

[Mushafugga]

The video's we have are on VHS, so we're currently burning our childhood vacations to Disney onto DVD, lol. But, we're also burning Family Reunions and stuff like that, but I do have lots of pictures. Most of my family played with Lee and Juanita. Juanita's full name being "Juanita Picklesimer" if you want to do research, I guess.. lol Thanks!

[46r11]

Posting is out. I have been playing for many years and loved to copy styles, Lee was one and Mac Wiseman's A chord runs was another that I loved. You don't hear this style of playing any more. Tks Wayne

[46r11]

I also listened to Lee while working the night shift up here in Toronto Ontario. The night passed a lot quicker thanks to Lee -

[old64goat]

Hi 46r11, Yes he was one great guy, met him in person years ago.

[46r11]

Hello Again, Ilistened to Lee and wondered how he got that sound out of his guitar, it wasn't until years later I realized he had the guitar capoed and played out of the A chord. I do have his runs down pat. I loved the guy. Also on a visit to Wheeling years ago I met Doc Williams in the music shop across from the Jamboree, we chatted for quite awhile. Chickie was in the hospital at that time. Great chatting, Wayne

[old64goat]

Hi again Wayne, I met Doc & Chickie back in the late 60's when they did a show in our area.

Wayne, I would like to hear some of "Lee" style guitar runs, can you post a video?

I have never heared anyone else do his style.

Bill

[pirrung123]

Sounds good :o)

[old64goat]

Thanks Pirrung123, I appreciate that.

Bill

[newfiebygarge]

Beautiful stuff.

[old64goat]

Thank You newfiebygarge, I appreciate that kind comment.

Bill

[old64goat]

Hi Cathi, Yes I used to listen to him on the radio back in the early 60's.

Lee's version was the best version.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bill

[PatchworkDream]

This is the version of the song my Dad used to play to me including the last part with the kittens in the hay-I think it's a more satisfying ending to this song having the kittens in the hay, don't you think?;-)

Thanks for uploading~

[dreadnought45]

old64goat: WWVA continued: I also listened to WCKY from Cincinnati. I used hear Don & Earl flogging their Gospel song book from 7 to 7:15 PM. week-nights "Send one dollar to Don & Earl, that's Don & Earl, C/O WCKY, Cincinatti, Ohio". I listenedd to the WWVA Jamboree when I came home untill the wee hours until the station would fade around 5 O'clock Sunday morning. I felt so lucky to pick up those stations in Toronto. Listening to Lee Moore brought back those memories.

Thanks, old64goat

[dreadnought45]

oldgoat64: Lee would pour the coffee, add milk and , I think, sugar, stir and tap his spoon at the side of his cup then slurp it over the micrphone. I always had a radio in my room and I discovered WWVA around 1955 when I was 13 years old. The first song I heard was Here Stands The Glass by Webb Pierce. I always loved country and bluegrass at an early age. I used to listen to Lee Sutton from 7 to 10 am flogging those cuckoo clocks supposedly from the Black Forest of Germany.

Ken, Toronto

[dreadnought45]

To old64goat: I also listened to Lee More on WWVA every night as a kid growing up in Toronto. 1955, 56 57. He used to go through the ritual of making coffee. Made me thirsty for coffee at two or three in the morning. I also learned the crosspicking to this song from listening to him. He had that D-28 tuned perfectly. Lost a lot of sleep getting up for school. Sorry to hear he passed away. On a vist to Wheeling, Doc Williams told me Lee was living in Vermont.

Ken, Toronto.

[old64goat]

Hi Ken, When I was working all night in a resturant cleaning floors I used to hear him mixing coffee and he would say: "It's Coffee Drinking Time with Lee Moore The Coffee Drinking Nighthawk" clank clank went the spoon in the cup.

He was one of a kind, he would pick on his guitar and sing.

[pikeruss]

Back in the early '50s we would get out of work (Pratt & Whitney Aircraft- East Hartford, Ct) on Friday midnight and travel back home to Lake Champlain in Vt. We would listen to Lee Moore all the way. "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIZES"

[old64goat]

I first heard Lee Moore in the very early 60's on his all night show on WWVA.

Thanks pikeruss for stopping by.

Bill

[jmacnutt]

brings back memories,from my old mans album,the coffee drinkin nitehawk,thanx

[old64goat]

Thanks for your comment, He was one of a kind, I liked his simple real down to earth style.

He put his own twists to the songs.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bill

[wlkerns]

Appreciated hearing this. I used to listen to him on WSVA in Harrisonburg, Va, early 1940s. Didn't he later go to a Fairmont station as well as WWVA?

[old64goat]

Hi W1kems, That I don't know, I never heard of him until I heard him on WWVA in the very early 1960's.

Lee died about 2 years after I recorded this video.

Was sure glad I got to meet him before he passed on.

He was a great man.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bill

[X031]

Thanks for posting...brings back memories...my dad had the album with the cat sound in the back ground ;)

[old64goat]

Hi X031, Yes Lee Moore was one of a kind, I used to listen to him back in the very early 60's on WWVA on his all night radio show.

Thanks for stopping by....Bill

[PatchworkDream]

This is the version(except for the hollywood part) my Dad used to sing.

Thanks for the memories.

[l98c4]

Lee Moore's version is the one I remember from my childhood, many, many yrs ago.  Tnx