The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10546   Message #73823
Posted By: Doctor John
27-Apr-99 - 05:18 PM
Thread Name: Big Bill Campbell and his Rocky Mountaineers
Subject: RE: Big Bill Campbell and his Rocky Mountaineers
Just found a tape I made from a radio programme which featured a recording by Big Bill Campbell called "In 1992" but recorded in 1935; they must have kept going a long time. They sound a bit like Rocky Mountain Slim and Desert Rat Shorty to me now! I wonder do the BBC still have anything; however their attitude to recordings I've found very bad - if they haven't destroyed it they will neither broadcast, release nor sell it to you. Talk about dog in a manger! How much wonderful material is gathering dust? However if you have a recording of something they've destroyed they welcome you with open arms. But that's wandering. Yes Lonnie Donegan finally showed me the way but does anyone remember early folkoid singers like Elton Hayes (small guitar) or Shirley Abacare (zither) DrJohn