My grandma (passed away almost 5 yrs ago) nicknamed me Molly cuz she said I would get excited when she sang this to me when I was a baby...I miss her so much and glad I found this song...RIP Virginia Dare...
THE LEAD GUITAR PLAYR IS JOHNNY WEIS , THE ACCORDIAN PLAYER IS PEDRO DE PAUL, THE STEELE PLAYER SI JUAQUIN MURPHY AND THE FIDDLE PLAYERS ARE SPADE COOLE AND CACTUS SOLDI
What a variety of talent and instruments. Too bad Cooley was a drunken arsehole and eventually a murderer. Always loved the Stooges, by the way. Great clip, thanks.
I gather he was called "the King" out west in California. So I guess if there are neighboring kingdoms, him and Wills could both be right. If he hadn't have been so horrible, maybe he'd be in the running still, but some things aren't forgiven.
This guy was way ahead of his time with his instuments. Anyone ever hear of a third violinist named Doug Chandler who quit the band and married a woman in Hawaii????
Spade Cooley and Bob Wills actually faced off in a battle of the bands. I think it was in California for the title of King of Western Swing. Spade won.
My uncle George "Crazy" Tracy was a regular on the Spade Cooley show ( he played the harmonica and stand up bass and did a comedy routine) and traveled with all these guys. They used to do supermarket openings on a hay rack with search lights attracting folks to the shows in the early fifties in Southern California.
Bringing back the traditions of the Old West, try to imagine the lonesome troubadour as he rides out across the wild prairie on his horse, with his harp slung over his back.
Hey, I don't see a pickup on that guitar. looks like an Epiphone but has and electric sound like Charlie Christians. Maybe it is way back by the bridge under his picking hand.
Spade cooley spent time in prison for stomping his wife to death in front of his daughter it's a real shame he was talented. This is from the movie Rockin' Through The Rockies with the 3 stooges
Thanks for posting. By the way, it's spelled Joaquin Murphy. Tex Williams is the middle guy in the trio. Anybody know who the other singer is (guitar player on the left)?
I LOVE this song!! Haha, for some reason a cowboy and a harp don't seem to go together
fiddlestixgirl24 1 week ago
My grandma (passed away almost 5 yrs ago) nicknamed me Molly cuz she said I would get excited when she sang this to me when I was a baby...I miss her so much and glad I found this song...RIP Virginia Dare...
lkfhgqerh 1 month ago
Spade Cooley looks amazingly like Roy Rogers...
fiddlestixgirl24 1 month ago
THE LEAD GUITAR PLAYR IS JOHNNY WEIS , THE ACCORDIAN PLAYER IS PEDRO DE PAUL, THE STEELE PLAYER SI JUAQUIN MURPHY AND THE FIDDLE PLAYERS ARE SPADE COOLE AND CACTUS SOLDI
happyhattery 2 months ago
THE TRIO SINGING IS SMOKEY ROGERS, TEX WILLIAMS AND DUECE SPRIGGENS.
happyhattery 2 months ago
Spade Cooley beat, tortured and murdered his wife. Check out truetv web site.
Gamma2Boys 3 months ago
@Gamma2Boys Like that's a news flash?
BasslappinMama 3 months ago
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BasslappinMama 6 months ago
@BrickPal Right you are - and a very young Pedro at that! Thanks for plugging me in!
BasslappinMama 6 months ago
Who is that accordion player???
BasslappinMama 7 months ago
@BasslappinMama I'd bet dollars to donuts it's Pedro DePaul
BrickPa 6 months ago in playlist Mixed
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BasslappinMama 7 months ago
What a variety of talent and instruments. Too bad Cooley was a drunken arsehole and eventually a murderer. Always loved the Stooges, by the way. Great clip, thanks.
penn4644 10 months ago
I gather he was called "the King" out west in California. So I guess if there are neighboring kingdoms, him and Wills could both be right. If he hadn't have been so horrible, maybe he'd be in the running still, but some things aren't forgiven.
babybloc 10 months ago
@babybloc even then Wills would still win because Texas will always be better
LittaGangsta 7 months ago
This guy was way ahead of his time with his instuments. Anyone ever hear of a third violinist named Doug Chandler who quit the band and married a woman in Hawaii????
whitt702 1 year ago
Detour, It's written by Hank Thompson
UkeJunkie 1 year ago
Detour was written by steel guitarist Paul Westmoreland,check out Hot Rod Rag/Caffeine & Nicotine
texmctoon 6 months ago
Big MOE is in the house! Put some urban hand jive on the stick in mud! LOL
jstrunck 1 year ago
Txsray,
The title is not presumptious.
Spade Cooley and Bob Wills actually faced off in a battle of the bands. I think it was in California for the title of King of Western Swing. Spade won.
glipzik 1 year ago
My uncle George "Crazy" Tracy was a regular on the Spade Cooley show ( he played the harmonica and stand up bass and did a comedy routine) and traveled with all these guys. They used to do supermarket openings on a hay rack with search lights attracting folks to the shows in the early fifties in Southern California.
jbowen43 1 year ago
Bringing back the traditions of the Old West, try to imagine the lonesome troubadour as he rides out across the wild prairie on his horse, with his harp slung over his back.
dadoctah 1 year ago
A bit presumptious to call him the King of Western Swing
There can only be one king and he ain't it.
Txsray 1 year ago
good music dude..too bad he killed his wife...
TwistedSister09 1 year ago
The man on the guitar next the Tex is my great grandpa. :) Go, Grandpa Smokey!
ashlaree 1 year ago
Hey, I don't see a pickup on that guitar. looks like an Epiphone but has and electric sound like Charlie Christians. Maybe it is way back by the bridge under his picking hand.
bdcruzer 1 year ago
Dem girls do dig dat e-lectric gee-tah...
whitefeet1 1 year ago 8
Spade cooley spent time in prison for stomping his wife to death in front of his daughter it's a real shame he was talented. This is from the movie Rockin' Through The Rockies with the 3 stooges
fatjud1 1 year ago
@fatjud1
He died in prison. (He was actually out on a furlough to play at a policeman's benefit, had a heart attack after the show)
TheJomogogo 1 year ago
I love the fact that there's a guy conducting and no one's paying attention
goodbyezachry 1 year ago
I bet Moe slapped the shit outta that fiddle playa!
memnoker 2 years ago 4
who's that on geetar?
lucretius123 2 years ago
ROCKIN' IN THE ROCKIES (Columbia, 1945)
pwkingston 2 years ago
damn yeah.
buttsock 2 years ago
What could be better than Spade Cooley's band with Tex William's vocals all working on a Cindy Walker tune?
BrickPa 2 years ago
Spade Cooley himself being out of the picture, that's what.
AuH2O 2 years ago
@AuH2O
Isn't that what Tex Williams and his Western Caravan was?
BrickPa 2 years ago
Indeed.
AuH2O 2 years ago
Hey Moe!
krzy18 2 years ago
Three stooges at the end??
jpeanrkode 2 years ago 3
Yeah, Smokey Rogers on guitar on the left. Spike Featherstone, harp; Deuce Spriggens, bass.
Johnny Weis, father of Iron Butterfly founder Danny Weis, on guitar at the right.
Joaquin is playing Bigsby instrument #1, probably built in 1945.
It's actually spelled "Murphey".
He remains the supreme genius of the steel.
ignatz18cu 2 years ago 2
Viva Joaquin 5*****
Stringmeester 2 years ago 2
That must be Smokey Rogers.
jazzdigger 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. By the way, it's spelled Joaquin Murphy. Tex Williams is the middle guy in the trio. Anybody know who the other singer is (guitar player on the left)?
sweenus 2 years ago