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01 Aug 03 - 10:43 AM (#995026) Subject: WWVA NFO: Blaine Smith From: Gene A local music pal found some old cassette tapes from a bygone era among his deceased mother's possessions and asked me to transfer them to a CD recently. The tapes are in like new conditon, but other than the singer's name and song titles, there is no other data. Tapes are well produced - backup musicians do a great job. I found only the following short blurb on the - HISTORY OF WWVA website. Gene ==== EXCERPTED: As for those much-loved Jamboree entertainers, they 'visited' WWVA homes daily with their tightly scheduled 15 minute programs of music, friendly chatter and persuasive sales pitches. A listener could buy anything from live baby chicks to rose bushes to a home study guitar course from the advertising sponsors and the Hillbilly singers (as they were called back then) proved to be supersalesmen who pulled thousands of pieces of fan mail and orders from their devoted listeners. Stars like Big Slim, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Reed Dunn, BLAINE SMITH, the Davis Twins, Doc Williams and many others were the favorites of the day, their singing and selling a vital force in WWVA radio. BLAINE SMITH-FORTY YEARS AGO 101 - Little Ole Windrinker Me 102 - I Can't Help It 103 - Mary Ann Regrets 104 - What Makes A Nation Great 105 - Two Little Girls In Blue 106 - Green, Green, Green 107 - You Can't Put Leaves Back On Trees 108 - My Happiness 109 - There Goes My Everything 110 - There Stands The Glass 111 - A Fool Such As I 112 - Supertime BLAINE SMITH-COUNTRY GOLD 201 - The West, A Nest & You 202 - Wonder Valley 203 - 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered 204 - Tears On My Pillow 205 - Sweet Fern 206 - It's A Lonely Trail 207 - When I Grow Too Old To Dream 208 - What Makes A Nation Great 209 - Two Little Girls In Blue 210 - There's A Gold Mine In The Sky 211 - The Wreck Of The 1256 212 - Suppertime |
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01 Aug 03 - 10:51 AM (#995028) Subject: RE: WWVA NFO: Blaine Smith From: Greycap There's a singer/songwriter in Nottingham, England, who used to be associated with Blaine Smith back in the late 60's - Reg Cooper. You may start a thread to see if anyone knows Reg's current address etc. |
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01 Aug 03 - 02:42 PM (#995177) Subject: RE: WWVA NFO: Blaine Smith From: Amos Gene: What is on the tapes, as distinguished from the website? A |