Who is your favourite yodeller?

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Doc Halliday
Date: 22 Sep 10 - 08:33 PM

Just been to see the Jim Whitman show tonight. What a fantastic night. Everybody was amazed at the range of his voice and yodelling. The very best.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Kath Armstrong
Date: 26 Sep 10 - 09:20 AM

Just been listening to Jim Whitman on youtube stormclouds excellent. I love There's a tree in the meadow what a lovely voice.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Rocky
Date: 26 Sep 10 - 03:50 PM

Never heard of Jim Whitman before but i've been listening to him on utube and he's good. He get's my vote. what a great yodeler.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,icwis
Date: 26 Sep 10 - 10:54 PM

My vote goes to Rod Erickson.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Betty randall Alabama
Date: 28 Sep 10 - 03:56 AM

I've collected all the great yodelers. I've just been listening to Jim Whitman on Utube.Where's he from? Beautiful singer and great yodeler. Love the song A stolen kiss and There's a tree in the meadow. can anyone tell me where is he from?

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Dionysia Conway
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 07:23 AM

Many Thanks for all your kind comments about Jim Whitman, I will pass them on. Unfortunatley Jim is now fully booked up for this year but we do have a few free dates for 2011. If anybody is interested please call me on 07751 769431.

In answer to several questions on here, no, Slim Whitman and Jim are not related!
Jim is originally from Downpatrick in Northern Ireland.

Hope this answers a few questions! I will try and check back here regularly so if there are any more questions fire away or as Jim would say "Shoot"!

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 29 Sep 10 - 11:00 AM

Hi, icwis. Thanks for the mention of Rod Erickson. I had never heard of him before.

Guys, I have found a video that we can use to drive the Brits right up the wall! It combines yodelling, 'Wimoweh' and shrill little kids. Dynamite!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Ypayy8Nnc&feature=related

Rod Erickson's singing shows one difference between Alpine and Western yodelling. Alpine has a lot more consonants.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Peter Ford Australia.
Date: 01 Oct 10 - 02:36 PM

Just bought Jim Whitman - the yodeling legend - you must hear the skaters waltz yodel, that's just amazing. That long high note is something else. Definately the best yodeler I've ever heard.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 10 - 09:29 AM

best mudcat readers,

In working on yodel book 2, i've come across 100s of wonderful yodelers but 4 that immediately come to mind are Carolina Cotton, Leon Thomas [jazz], and Cliff Carlisle - all 3 unfairly under-regarded and then there is the brilliant Bollywood yodeler Kishore Kumar. all will be featured in YODEL IN HIFI. i will make note in this long thread of the yodelers who i've never heard of and investigate them before i finish the book...

thanx,

bart plantenga

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 24 Oct 10 - 08:43 PM

I think the German singer Peter Hinnen has a wonderful voice. However, his singing is often overshadowed by schlock.

Here's a yodel tune which showcases the amazing sweetness of his voice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccdupY2GIdM&feature=related

(That should take you to the Ku Ku Yodel on YouTube.)

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Mark
Date: 25 Oct 10 - 03:28 AM

The Dezurik sisters are amazing. And this track has the best end of any song ever!


Arizona Yodeller

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 25 Oct 10 - 09:58 AM

Thanks, Mark. They had such sweet voices!

I see from your link that they were from Minnesota. Nice to know.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 26 Oct 10 - 12:54 AM

For a great voice and sweet yodeling, here's one of my favorites:
the real Arizona yodeler

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 26 Oct 10 - 09:35 AM

Thanks for the tip, Seamus. (Rex Allen Sr)

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Don Andrews
Date: 09 Nov 10 - 04:24 AM

I've been reading here about Jim Whitman and I've listened to him on Youtube, he seems to have appeared out of nowhere, does anyone know anything about him, I never heard of him before, but he is a great yodeler no doubt, sounds very much like Slim Whitman in some of his songs.I'd be grateful for any information about him and if possible, where to get hold of his albums.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,bart plantenga
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 12:15 PM

dear leadbelly, would LOVE to have more info on the louis armstrong yodel on the herzog johan yodel. i've never found any freference to this and i'm always interested in odd cultural mashings like this.

bart plantenga
yodel-ay-ee-oooo
yodel in hifi

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 25 Jan 11 - 01:18 PM

Roy Rogers was my first favorite yodeler.

Currently I enjoy hearing Bill Staines in person doing some yodeling,
and my favorite track is Don Edwards accompanying Nanci Griffith
on Night Riders Lament. Makes the hair stand up on my arms.

Does anyone know if there's an online yodeling lesson?

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: tritoneman
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 07:05 AM

In the late 1960's I used to see Brian Golbey in the UK folk clubs. He was a great yodeller. His rendition of 'When The Ice-Worm Nests Again' was a wonder.....
By the way, does anyone know if Brian Golbey is still around?

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 26 Jan 11 - 10:16 AM

Hi, lefty, from a lefthanded writer and diner. Thanks for the tip about Don Edwards. I found the song that makes your hair stand on end on YouTube.


NR Lament

It's a fine example of western yodeling.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: open mike
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 01:55 AM

I am at the moment enjoying the national (international) cowboy gathering in elko, nv, where there are many excellant yodellers
from 9 - 90 years old. Sourdough Slim, gary mcmahon, Wylie gustofson,
and many ohers are here thiws weekend. One the way here we listened to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goebel_Reeves who claims to have taught
Jimmie Rogers and Woodie Guthrie to yodel. a.k.a "The Texas Drifter" he had a huge variety of yodelling styles he sang.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 11:28 AM

Congratulations! I wish I were there with you.

Thanks for sharing the info on a good place to hear yodellers.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 11:44 AM

I grow old … I grow old …      
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

=====================
I've never figured out how to part my hair behind. I have dared to eat a peach.

Now I've gone one step more. Inspired by this thread, I have just ordered Kerry Christensen's CD 'U2 can Yodel.' Look out, world!

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Don Firth
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 05:02 PM

Nobody. . . .

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: The Sandman
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 05:22 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcGyIjTq2hc

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 27 Jan 11 - 11:49 PM

Open Mike said:
"One the way here we listened to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goebel_Reeves who claims to have taught
Jimmie Rogers and Woodie Guthrie to yodel. a.k.a "The Texas Drifter" he had a huge variety of yodelling styles he sang"
Goebel wrote Hobo's Lullaby which Guthrie recorded, so there may be some creditability there. Goebel's recording of the song has a couple of extra verses and yodelling as well but it doesn't seem to fit to my ear. In any case it's his song so who am I to judge!

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 28 Jan 11 - 01:15 AM

Thanks, for the link Schweik. That is impressive technique! And I loved the picture of Haley shaking hands with Her Majesty.

She knows what's good.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,crazy little woman
Date: 21 Feb 11 - 12:37 AM

I came across a virtuoso while surfing YouTube: Del Shannon.

Have a listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28bzXLHegRc&feature=related

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Alan Whittle
Date: 21 Feb 11 - 05:14 AM

In England, there were really only two really great yodellers on the English country scene.

One of course was Frank Ifield. the other was the late Keith Manifold. Keith must have gigged every inch of England in the 1970's and eighties. he did well on the Hughie Greene version of opportunity knocks - only narrowly beaten by Lena Zavaroni. I think every cowboy in England voted for him.

Yodelling always sounded a bit weird to me. i did a gig one night in Oswestry with a bloke who yodelled Abide with Me as the climax of his act. he went down a storm. I sort of felt, which planet have I landed on now.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,crazy little woman
Date: 21 Feb 11 - 09:50 AM

Thanks for the names, Alan. (I see that Frank Ifield is mentioned once above.) I'd never heard of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lnfAXJfrZM

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,crazy little woman
Date: 21 Feb 11 - 09:53 AM

Unfortunately, searching YouTube for Keith Manifold merely produces videos about muscle cars.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Paul Hazell
Date: 22 Feb 11 - 02:40 PM

FRANK IFIELD

Frank Ifield these days lives in Australia (where he did most of his growing up) and still works in the business but no longer performing. If you want to know more about him check out www.frankifield.com

Back in the 50s he yodelled on a lot of his records and you might want to seek out "The Yodelling Cowboy Years" on the UK Jasmine label at www.jasmine-records.co.uk or the 3CD budget set "The Complete A & B Sides" on EMI Gold. The former is early Australian material with lots of actual yodelling, the latter presents his EMI UK recordings and some Nashville cuts from the 60s when he yodelled less but had one of the best voice-break voices in the business. He did a lot of amazing falsetto breaks on his records.

Frank was the first artiste to have 3 consecutive No 1 hits in the UK pop charts ("I Remember You", "Lovesick Blues" and "The Wayward Wind" in 1962) and gave the Beatles their first break outside Liverpool.

KEITH MANIFOLD

Keith Manifold was a country fan as well as a singer and he loved yodelling. He made several albums (vinyl) - mainly on the UK Westwood label and you can probably find some of them if you search www.gemm.com. He was a real gentleman and lived in Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, England.

YODELLERS ON RADIO

By the way, I am now presenting a 3 hour country show every 2 weeks on a Sunday from 6pm-9pm UK time. I am playing all types and styles of country music from the 20s to the modern day but the emphasis is on the more traditional sounds. I always try to include some yodellers as few stations seem to play them these days.

Next show is Sunday 6th March and you can find the show and listen live on www.uckfieldfm.co.uk. I have played a lot of yodellers including this thread's own seamus Kennedy!!

If you can listen I would welcome your comments and requests. Send to [e-mail]

Best regards to all

PAUL

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,crazy little woman
Date: 22 Feb 11 - 10:38 PM

Thanks for the info, Paul, and good luck with your radio show.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Jim Whitman
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 02:08 PM

someone told me about this site recently and I'd like to take this opportunity to ask all you wonderful people who love yodelling to help me raise funds for MENINGITIS TRUST. I have been yodelling for just over 40 years and a lot of the songs I sing are my own compositions. We have now put together a compilation of 12 songs on A DVD, 9 of which are my own songs, we hope to release this DVD shortly to help raise funds for MENINGITIS TRUST. JIM WHITMAN - THERE'S A TREE IN THE MEADOW.   Tracks on the album are as follows: Storm Clouds / When You Were Sweet Sixteen / Indian maiden / Chimebells / In Annalee / The Christmas cowboy / There's A Tree In The meadow / The Skater's waltz Yodel / Rio Sian / Yodel Me A Lovesong / Mississippi Indian Man / Wild Californian Rose.
All these songs have been beautifully illustrated on video.The DVD album is available from my website: www.jimwhitman.webs.com and from other outlets. Any one interested can also contact me at my email address: [e-mail] If you are on Facebook contact me for more information.Look forward to hearing from you all. Jim Whitman.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 26 Mar 11 - 02:51 PM

The Meningitis Trust is a U.K. outfit.

The DVD sounds great.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Dick from yodeling heaven
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 11:31 AM

Greetings to all your yodeling fans. My favorite yodeler was "YODELING JIM DEMPSEY" up here in Canada. He yodeled all over Canada from the 30's to the 90's. I don't think HE recorded anything except for what is recorded in my memories. Please take my word for it HE was the best there was and the best there ever will be. That's because he is my DAD.Don Walser and Jim Whitman are both in my DAD's class. Thanks for your time. P.S. That's "YODELING JIM DEMPSEY" and he had a hell of a right and HIS left wasn't too bad either. DICK DEMPSEY

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 11:34 AM

Thanks, Dick. It's always good to know that there is another fan of yodeling in this world.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Bill D
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 12:45 PM

All those wonderful links led me to THIS...brace yourselves

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Kendall
Date: 09 Dec 11 - 02:03 PM

Seamus Kennedy

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Not-Logged-in Iona
Date: 26 Oct 12 - 07:47 PM

I think Rex Allen and Roy Rogers are the best yodelers. Two completely different techniques. Elton Britt's yodels, from what I've heard, are good, but I can do them, so they can't be *that* good. :D Hee hee! I yodel some, but my breaks aren't as clean as they should be, yet. I'm still practicing!

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,DrWord
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 12:24 AM

I grew up with Yodelin' Slim Clark. Whilst untangling this thread I've been smiling as I recall his lyrics. Smiles~fantastic thread! Thanks for the many suggestions.
I often have the pleasure of hearing Manitoba's own Stu Clayton, most recently at an epilepsy fundraiser. Stu is a great traditional 'western' yodeler, and a fine gentleman. His daughter, Juanita Clayton, has taken up the habit, and is now an award-winning yodeler as well. Thanks again for the thread, Paul. Keep on yodelin'!

keep on pickin'
dennis

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 01:48 AM

Another great to consider:Johnny White

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Arkie
Date: 27 Oct 12 - 06:53 PM

Mary Schneider has been mentioned a couple of times so far. I have no idea who billed her as the Australian Yodeling Queen and am in no position to comment on whether the title is deserved but she is a formidable talent. She may not appeal to everyone but surely some folks will like what she does. She is well represented on youtube.

Clarinet Polka

Mockingbird Yodel

This is a different Mockingbird Yodel than is sung by Carolina Cotton and other country and western swing singers. A search on youtube for Mockingbird Yodel will turn up several fine Aussie yodelers including Angela Hayden and Dianna Corcoran. You can also find Wanda Jackson and the Cowboy Yodel.

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: Cool Beans
Date: 28 Oct 12 - 01:28 PM

Tom Hawk, the Yodeling Professor, is most excellent. And he's a great story, too. This is a link to his web site. Full disclosure: he is a friend of mine.
http://www.tomhawkyodeler.com

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST
Date: 22 May 13 - 03:08 AM

My favorite yodelers are too many to mention but they include Leon thomas [jazz, worked with Pharoah Sanders], Kishore Kumar [Bollywood], Shelley Hirsch [NY, avant-garde], Kenny Roberts, Cliff Carlisle, Randy Erwin, Mike Johnson - all for their own qualities. but if you'd indulge me and check out some of my recent yodel-themed radio shows many of them are included there
on WFMU [NY]: http://www.mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/wreck-the-drummers-yodel/
on Resonance FM [London]: http://www.mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/wreck-yodel-in-hifi-resonance/
on BBC: http://www.mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/wreck-dub-wire-yodel/
on Radio Patapoe in honor of Kenny Roberts: http://www.mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/wreck-yodelin-kenny-roberts/

bart

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST
Date: 22 May 13 - 03:10 AM

most of my favorites including Cliff Ledger, Erika Stucky, Phil Minton & Christine Lauterburg are enthused about in my new book: YODEL IN HIFI: FROM KITSCH FOLK TO MODERN ELECTRONICA. you can find more info at: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4594.htm

Subject: RE: Who is your favourite yodeller?
From: GUEST,Yodeling Dick Brooks-WWOVFM.COM-9AM Sat.
Date: 11 Jun 17 - 10:28 AM

I have two. Elton Britt and Wilf Carter. I don't think either of them ever made a poor recording. Many others (including myself) are imperfect yodelers. They crack or strain.
'Though I have not heard her in years, I recall Carolina Cotton as the best among the females(I have to get her recordings).


Yodeling Dick (Richard Bruce Morriale)