Lyr Req: The Red Dog Saloon

Subject: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Peter Stanley
Date: 13 Mar 98 - 02:27 AM

Oscar Brand sang this song in concert 20 years or so ago. Does anyone know the words, story, or source?

Subject: RE: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Whippoorwill
Date: 13 Mar 98 - 11:46 AM

Does the chorus start out, "She played tambourine with a silver jingle, and she must have known the words to at least a million tunes"? If so, the Oak Ridge Boys recorded it when they switched over from gospel to country.

Subject: RE: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Bruce O.
Date: 13 Mar 98 - 01:55 PM

Do you possible mean "The Redlight Cafe"?

Subject: RE: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Bert
Date: 13 Mar 98 - 02:27 PM

Peter,

We probably need a little more to go on.

There was a Red Dog Saloon in "Springtime in Alaska" sung by Johnnie Cash.

Subject: RE: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Humdinger Folksinger
Date: 13 Mar 98 - 05:15 PM

Can't tell you anything about the song, but the Red Dog Saloon is in Juneau, Alaska, which is why you can't buy Red Dog Brew in Alaska. Name infringement, etc.

Subject: RE: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Bojangles
Date: 14 Mar 98 - 05:32 PM

There is a reference to the song, " The Red Dog Saloon", in the book, "Alaska Sourdough Ballads and Folk Songs", by Alaskan collector Paul Roseland.

Has anyone heard anything about Oscar Brand in the last few years? A call to him, if I can find him, would solve this puzzle.

Subject: RE: The Red Dog Saloon
From: Alice
Date: 14 Mar 98 - 06:02 PM

For some reason this thread is reminding me of the only eating establishment in McLeod, Montana. It's called The Road Kill Cafe. alice