|
Post by Sheila (Taylor) Tolson on Jun 28, 2006 13:40:50 GMT -5
Ralph Lyons also worked for Kash. also He is married to Linda Butler from our class!
|
|
|
Post by Gary Bryant on Jun 28, 2006 14:22:08 GMT -5
Darlene it is funny you said something about Mr. Montgomery.
My mom had surgery today and we where talking and she said Clayton came in to the sewing group the other day and started singing for all of them.
My mother and niece are in the same sewing group I think. They are Louise and Mandy Bryant. Small world lol.
|
|
|
Post by caroltaylor on Jun 28, 2006 14:43:09 GMT -5
Ralph Lyons & Linda live in the my parents old house. It bothered me for years to go by it but not any more. Darlene, How smart of you to do all this checking,I wouldn't even know how to begin.That is sweet of you to do that. Gary, Thanks for the Birthday Banner and thanks Sheila,Boy I don't know when I got so much attention on a Birthdyay, I love it!!
|
|
KenS
Member
Posts: 73
|
Post by KenS on Jun 28, 2006 17:36:55 GMT -5
Darlene: What exactly does that mean? Not familiar with that one. HAppy Birfday, Carol! WOo, Woo! Another year older and deeper in debt! (Hope not!) ;D -Ken
|
|
|
Post by caroltaylor on Jun 28, 2006 19:19:00 GMT -5
Thank you Ken, For the Birthday wish, unfortunately we are deeper in debt than I wish to be. Oh well,if not I wouldn't be motivated to work so hard!! Thanks Carol
|
|
|
Post by darlenecarter on Jun 29, 2006 7:44:07 GMT -5
Ken, it was my way of saying (making reference to sewing) that his elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. I was trying to be funny, when I shouldn't have said anything at all. He's nice but different.
|
|
|
Post by thelma on Jun 29, 2006 8:40:30 GMT -5
Darlene, I love your originality, I understood your reference to sewing instantly. Don’t be sorry about your comment, there is nothing wrong or bad about being a little different…….…well ya know, I thrive on it…..
-Thelma
|
|
|
Post by caroltaylor on Jun 29, 2006 11:06:36 GMT -5
Darlene, You let that sense of humor out-this is where we're allowed to be silly,corny,and make no sense at all,we're among friends here. You Know how Ken is,He is easily "confused" as I have thrown him for a loop several times. We girls need to do that just to keep things interesting or else,this web site will end up "forlorn" AGAIN!! Love Carol
|
|
KenS
Member
Posts: 73
|
Post by KenS on Jun 29, 2006 23:18:23 GMT -5
Ken, it was my way of saying (making reference to sewing) that his elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. I was trying to be funny, when I shouldn't have said anything at all. He's nice but different. Yeah. You shoulda. I'm just not hip to sewing jargon as Carol so delicately put it. Thank you Carol. Different is good as long as it stays within the morally acceptable range. -Ken
|
|
|
Post by darlenecarter on Jun 30, 2006 7:47:27 GMT -5
Ken, Carol keeps us in stitches... pun intended!
|
|
|
Post by caroltaylor on Jun 30, 2006 8:24:28 GMT -5
Hey,Darlene, I represent that remark!! Carol
|
|
|
Post by bonnieabner on Jul 2, 2006 0:19:22 GMT -5
Another day older, little deeper in debt....Ken, don't leave us hangin'....finish the song. I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain, fightin' and trouble are my middle name. I was raised in a cave by an ol' mama lion, ain't no high toned woman made me walk the line. If ya' see me comin', better step aside, alot a men didn't..alot a men died. one fist of iron, the other of steel, if the right one don't getcha', the left one will. Load 16 tons, and whataya' get, another day older, and deeper in debt. St Peter don't cha' call me cause I can't gooooo.. I owe my soul to the company storrrre. * Good ol' Tennessee Ernie Ford ...Gil loves to sing this one, too...
|
|
KenS
Member
Posts: 73
|
Post by KenS on Jul 2, 2006 0:58:35 GMT -5
Looks like you finished it for me! I do have a few T.E.F. cd's somewhere. How about "Shotgun Boogie"?
SHOTGUN BOOGIE WRITER TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight I looked out the window and over the gate The big, fat rabbits are a-jumpin' in the grass Wait'll they hear my old shotgun blast Shotgun Boogie, I done saw your tracks Look out Mr. Rabbit when I cock my hammer back Well, over on the ridge is a scaly bark Hick'ry nuts so big you can see 'em in the dark The big fat squirrels they scratch and they bite I'll be on that ridge before daylight Shotgun Boogie, all I need is one shot Look out bushy tail, tonight you'll be in the pot Well, I met a pretty gal, she was tall and thin I asked her what she had, she said: "A Fox Four-Ten" I looked her up and down and said: "Boy, this is love" So we headed for the brush to shoot a big fat dove Shotgun Boogie, boy the feathers flew Look out Mister Dove when she draws a bead on you I sat down on a log, took her on my lap She said, "Wait a minute, bub, you got to see my Pap He's got a sixteen-gauge choked down like a rifle He don't like a man that's a-gonna trifle" Shotgun Boogie, draws a bead so fine Look out big boy, he's loaded all the time Well, I called on her Pap like a gentleman oughta He said: "No brush hunter's gonna get my daughter" He cocked back the hammer right on the spot When the gun went off, I outran the shot Shotgun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells
-Ken
|
|
|
Post by thelma on Jul 2, 2006 1:09:58 GMT -5
Well Ken,...Bless your pea pickin heart!
-Thelma
|
|
KenS
Member
Posts: 73
|
Post by KenS on Jul 2, 2006 1:28:01 GMT -5
Thank you, Thelma!
It looks like TEF had a S.W. Ohio connection:
Tennessee Ernie Ford From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres.
Born in Bristol, Tennessee, Ford began his radio career as an announcer at station WOPI in Bristol, leaving in 1939 to study classical music and voice at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. 1st Lieut. Ford served in World War II as the bombardier on a B-29 Superfortress flying missions over Japan. After the war, Ford worked at radio stations in San Bernardino and Pasadena, Calif. before signing a recording contract with Capitol Records in 1949 when he became a local TV star over Cliffie Stone's popular Southern California "Hometown Jamboree" TV show. He released almost 50 country singles through the early 1950s, several of which made the charts. Many of his early records, including "The Shot Gun Boogie," "Blackberry Boogie," and so on were exciting, driving boogie-woogie records featuring exciting accompaniment by the Hometown Jamboree band which included Jimmy Bryant on lead guitar and pioneer pedal steel guitarist Speedy West. "I'll Never Be Free," a duet pairing Ford with Capitol Records pop singer Kay Starr, became a huge country and pop crossover hit in 1950.
Ford eventually moved on from Hometown Jamboree. He took over from bandleader Kay Kyser as host of the TV version of NBC quiz show "College of Musical Knowledge" when it returned briefly in 1954 after a four-year hiatus. He also portrayed the 'country bumpkin' "Cousin Ernie" on I Love Lucy.
Ford scored an unexpected hit on the pop charts in 1955 with his rendition of Merle Travis' "Sixteen Tons," a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament that Travis wrote in 1946, based on his own family's experience in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Its fatalistic tone contrasted vividly with the sugary pop ballads and the Rock and roll just starting to dominate the charts at the time:
You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store...
With a unique clarinet-driven pop arrangement by Ford's Musical Director, Jack Fascinato, "Sixteen Tons" spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts and eight weeks at number one on the pop charts, and made Ford a crossover star. It became Ford's 'signature song.'
Ford subsequently helmed his own primetime variety program, "The Ford Show," which ran on NBC from 1956 to 1961. Ford's program was notable for the inclusion of a religious song at the end of every show; Ford insisted on this despite objections from network officials who feared it might provoke controversy. It quickly became the most popular segment of the show. He earned the nickname "The Ol' Pea-Picker" due to his catch-phrase, "Bless your pea-pickin' heart!"
In 1956 he released "Hymns," his first gospel album, which remained on Billboard's "Top Album" charts for a remarkable 277 consecutive weeks; his album "Great Gospel Songs" won a Grammy Award in 1964. After the NBC show ended, Ford moved his family to Northern California and from 1962-65, hosted a daytime talk show The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show from San Francisco, broadcast over the ABC TV network.
Over the years, Ford has been awarded three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for radio, records, and television. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990.
Ford, who offstage contended with a serious alcohol problem that never affected his professional work, began to suffer from increasing liver problems. He fell ill in 1991 after leaving a state dinner at the White House hosted by President George H. W. Bush, and died in a Virginia hospital on October 17, exactly thirty-six years after "Sixteen Tons" was released and one day shy of the first anniversary of his induction into the Hall of Fame.
Ford was posthumously recognized for his gospel music contributions by adding him to the Gospel Music Association's Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1994.
|
|