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Thread #79033   Message #1429194
Posted By: Seamus Kennedy
07-Mar-05 - 05:29 PM
Thread Name: Honky Tonk/Western Swing Favorites? (songs/tunes)
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk/Western Swing Favorites?
Try some of the early Sons of The Pioneers when Roy Rogers was still Len Slye.
With Hugh and Karl Farr on guitar and fiddle, Tim Spencer-guitar and vocals, Bob Nolan - songwriting, bass and vocals, Len Slye - guitar and vocals, they had the closest jazz harmonies including 3-piece yodel harmonies, as well as instrumental breaks from the Farr brothers that equaled anything done by Eddy Lang and Joe Venuti, or even (dare I say it?) Django and Stephane.
Some call it Western Movie music, but I believe it's among the tightest Western Swing sound you'll hear.
My opinion.

Seamus