Silver Daddy

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Born out of the Chicago indie scene - Oucho Sparks draws from many local and distant influences. Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Tortoise, Godspeed You Black Emporor, John Zorn, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Rachels, and Ween are just a short list of influences.
Oucho Sparks has removed all limits on composition allowing a maximum range of emotion and technical fluency.
Robotic Street Jazz, Emo-Prog, and Laser Groove Vomit are all accurate descriptions.

Album Description
Silver Daddy is the third album by Oucho Sparks, but it is the first major release by this new group.
The album starts off with "Gropus" and intense Emo-Prog epic with several phases of compostion and improvisation. In contrast, the follow up track "Mexico" is a 2 minute stint in a low fi psychedelic groove. "Customer Service" is a witty social commentary focusing through a humorous lens. "Dark Forest" is a low-bomp groove drawing from both traditional and avant garde elements of jazz. "5foot5" is a semi-electronic circle of harmonic flux. "In the Clouds" is another vocal based song drawing elements from Latin America and 70's fusion. "Beneath the Gown of Princess Zelda" is a 1 minute computer generated anthem. "Floigan" takes lounge jazz and mixes it with 80's wank metal.

Lullabies: A Songbook Companion
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful!
  • Simple and sweet songs
  • Marvellous cd, enchanting music
  • Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music
  • Didn't like the voice.
 Lullabies: A Songbook Companion

Manufacturer: Essay
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook
  2. Lullabies and Poems for Children (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets)
  3. A Treasury of Children's Songs: Forty Favorites to Sing and Play
  4. Go In and Out the Window: An Illustrated Songbook For Children
  5. The Library of Children's Song Classics

ASIN: B00000083Z
Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

  1. All Through The Night
  2. All The Pretty Little Horses
  3. All Night, All Day
  4. Armenian Lullaby
  5. Baby's Bed's A Silver Moon
  6. Baloo, Baleerie
  7. Brahms' Lullaby
  8. Brezairola
  9. Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 1
  10. Can Ye Sew Cushions
  11. By'm Bye
  12. Bye, Baby Bunting - Golden Slumbers
  13. Dance To Your Daddy - Dance, Little Baby
  14. Fais Dodo
  15. Good Night To You All
  16. Jocelyn: Berceuse
  17. Hush, Little Baby
  18. Kumbayah
  19. Little Boy Blue
  20. Suo Gan
  21. Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
  22. Mozart's Lullaby
  23. Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
  24. Now The Day Is Over - Raindrops
  25. Raisins And Almonds
  26. Rock-A-Bye, Baby
  27. Rocking - The Sandman
  28. Tales Of Hoffman: O Bell Nuit - Bacarolle
  29. Skidamarink
  30. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
  31. Sweet And Low
  32. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  33. Toora, Loora, Loora
  34. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Twinkel, Twinkel, Little Star
  35. When At Night I Go To Sleep

Amazon.com

Released as a companion piece to the award-winning book Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook, this hour-plus of music is a wonderful mix of stately classical themes and child-friendly vocals. The selections range from "All the Pretty Little Horses" to a global spread of lullabies drawn from classical and folk traditions. The music is spare, with Kapp on piano, Julianne Baird and Kapp's daughter Madeline on vocals, and Mela Tenenbaum on violin, viola, and occasional vocals. Most of the classical selections (from Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Edmund Elgar, W.A. Mozart, et al.) get a straight-ahead, accomplished treatment. Lest you think the project stuffy, each of the melodies is in the one- to two-minute range, which effectively mandates a stronger sense of flow than most children's collections. Kapp, who managed to create a visual and poetic flow in the Lullabies book, keeps things nicely in a groove here, knowing enough to segue into silly tracks about halfway through the CD to provide a wider emotional range. This album every bit as accomplished as the book. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful!.......2007-02-14

I love this CD. It's very well-done, and the approach is different than most children's CDs - very refined, yet soothing. I don't get tired of listening to it the way I do others -- which is important when trying to get a little one to sleep! I highly recommend it and the companion book.

4 out of 5 stars Simple and sweet songs.......2006-04-02

With just piano, violin and vocals, this is a simple and heartfelt album. Ms. Baird's voice conveys the full emotions that a mother feels for her new baby with clean and open singing. The first track in particular, "All Through The Night," still makes me teary. I played this in the hospital when my son was born, and we use it as part of our wind-down ritual. I do agree that some of the songs are a little upbeat for bedtime. We just skip those in the evening (using iTunes).

5 out of 5 stars Marvellous cd, enchanting music.......2005-10-18

Our whole family loves this cd. I am continually charmed and refreshed by the subtlety, taste and musicianship that has gone into these arrangements of well- and lesser-known gems. Apart from the joy of the simple yet perfect chordal progressions, listen to the warm, caressing tone imparted by the low bass notes in the piano in many of the tracks. The pace is so wonderfully leisurely, there is time to savour each song or piece, and yet each lasts only two or three minutes. The three diverse yet complementary singers, each with a tender and gentle presence suiting the subject matter, give a sense of a 19th century family musical evening. Magical.

3 out of 5 stars Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music.......2004-02-10

I bought this solely because I have the book and wanted to sing the lullabies to my kids, but I can't read music. For this purpose it is fine. The songs are not in the same order as in the book but I can deal. As a stand-alone lullaby CD I wouldn't really recommend it--the songs are not sung in a soothing manner, there's lots of variety in tempo and volume, some are even sung up-beat. The voices are not pitched high enough for babies either. That being said, I am back on Amazon today to buy it for my sister who is due any day now with her 3rd kid--we both like to sing and have the book, and songs (in book or music form) are a great present that the baby won't grow out of for a long time, and helps you bond with your little one too.

1 out of 5 stars Didn't like the voice........2002-12-11

I bought this cd to go with the book and it is very frustrating because the songs on this cd are not even in the same order as the book. The singing voice fluctuates too much, it will be really soft and then it gets really high pitch. And if you have the volume set at a lower level for some songs then you can't hear other songs. I think there are better cds to buy than this one.
Silver Daddy
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Silver Daddy
    Oucho Sparks
    Manufacturer: The Orchard
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00005YJU2
    Release Date: 2002-01-08

    Tracks:

    1. Gropus
    2. Mexico
    3. Customer Service
    4. Dark Forest
    5. 5Foot5
    6. In The Clouds
    7. Beneath The Gown Of Priness Zelda (The Smell Of Triumph)
    8. Floigan
    9. Unknown
    That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • The Singing Cowboy's early music
    • Absolutely outstanding!
    • A FLAWED GEM
    		 That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
    Gene Autry
    Manufacturer: Bear Family
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    CowboyCowboy | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B000E6UKN2
    Release Date: 2006-03-27

    Tracks:

    1. My Dreaming of You
    2. My Alabama Home
    3. Stay Away from My Chicken House
    4. My Oklahoma Home
    5. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
    6. I'll Be Thinking of You Gal [Diff. Take]
    7. Cowboy Yodel
    8. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
    9. No One to Call Me Darling
    10. Living in the Mountains
    11. Yodelin' Gene
    12. Blue Yodel, No. 5
    13. Left My Gal in the Mountains
    14. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
    15. Hobo Yodel
    16. Dust Pan Blues
    17. No One to Call Me Darling
    18. Frankie and Johnny
    19. Railroad Boomer
    20. My Alabama Home
    21. Slue-Foot Lue
    22. Stay Away from My Chicken House
    23. Waiting for a Train
    24. Lullaby Yodel
    25. California Blues (Blue Yodel, No. 4)
    26. Daddy and Home

    Tracks:

    1. That's Why I Left the Mountains
    2. Cowboy Yodel
    3. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
    4. My Rough and Rowdy Ways
    5. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
    6. Cowboy Yodel
    7. Whisper Your Mother's Name
    8. Girl I Left Behind
    9. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
    10. Cowboy Yodel
    11. In the Shadow of the Pine
    12. Hobo Yodel
    13. They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree
    14. Texas Blues
    15. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
    16. Dust Pan Blues
    17. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
    18. Train Whistle Blues
    19. Anniversary Blue Yodel, No. 7
    20. In the Jailhouse Now, No. 2
    21. Yodeling Hobo
    22. Picture of My Mother
    23. Blue Days
    24. He's in the Jail House, No. 2
    25. Cowboy's Yodel
    26. Dad in the Hills

    Tracks:

    1. High Powered Mama
    2. Yodeling Hobo
    3. Mean Mama Blues
    4. Blue Yodel, No. 8
    5. Pistol Packin' Papa
    6. Dad in the Hills
    7. Pictures of My Mother
    8. Any Old Time
    9. Money Ain't No Use Anyway
    10. Blue Days
    11. Gangster's Warning
    12. Pictures of My Mother
    13. That's How I Got My Start
    14. True Blue Bill
    15. Do Right Daddy Blues
    16. Do Right Daddy Blues
    17. Money Ain't No Use Anyway
    18. Money Ain't No Use Anyway
    19. That's How I Got My Start
    20. That's How I Got My Start
    21. Bear Cat Papa Blues
    22. Bear Cat Papa Blues
    23. True Blue Bill
    24. Gangster's Warning
    25. Gangster's Warning
    26. I'll Always Be a Rambler

    Tracks:

    1. Death of Mother Jones
    2. Death of Mother Jones
    3. Bear Cat Papa Blues
    4. High Steppin' Mama
    5. High Steppin' Mama Blues
    6. She Wouldn't Do It
    7. Don't Do Me That Way
    8. Don't Do Me That Way
    9. High Steppin' Mama Blues
    10. She Wouldn't Do It
    11. Do Right Daddy Blues
    12. T. B. Blues
    13. Jimmie the Kid
    14. Travelin' Blues
    15. There's a Good Gal in the Mountains
    16. There's a Good Gal in the Mountains
    17. She's a Low Down Mama
    18. She's a Low Down Mama
    19. She's a Low Down Mama
    20. Old Woman and the Cow
    21. Old Woman and the Cow
    22. Bear Cat Mama from Hunter's Corners
    23. She's a Hum Dum Dinger
    24. Old Man Duff
    25. Old Man Duff

    Tracks:

    1. I'm a Truthful Fellow (True Blue Bill)
    2. I'm a Truthful Fellow (True Blue Bill)
    3. Valley in the Hills
    4. Valley in the Hills
    5. Valley in the Hills
    6. She's Just That Kind
    7. She's Always on My Mind
    8. She's Always on My Mind
    9. I'm Blue and Lonesome
    10. I'm Blue and Lonesome
    11. Pistol Packin' Papa
    12. Jail House Blues
    13. That's How I Got My Start
    14. Methodist Pie
    15. Do Right Daddy Blues
    16. Money Ain't No Use Anyhow
    17. Money Ain't No Use Anyhow
    18. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
    19. Dallas Country Jail Blues
    20. She Wouldn't Do It
    21. T.B. Blues
    22. T.B. Blues
    23. True Blue Bill
    24. That's How I Got My Start
    25. I'll Always Be a Rambler
    26. Bear Cat Papa Blues
    27. I've Got the Jail House Blues

    Tracks:

    1. Rheumatism Blues
    2. I'm Atlanta Bound
    3. High Steppin' Mama Blues
    4. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
    5. Missouri I'm Calling
    6. Missouri I'm Calling
    7. My Alabama Home
    8. Mississippi Valley
    9. My Old Pal of Yesterday
    10. Missouri I'm Calling
    11. Cross-Eyed Gal That Lived Upon the Hill
    12. I'm Always Dreaming of You
    13. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
    14. Jailhouse Blues
    15. Rheumatism Blues
    16. I'm Atlanta Bound
    17. Wildcat Mama
    18. Mississippi Valley Blues
    19. My Old Pal of Yesterday
    20. My Cross-Eyed Girl
    21. Birmingham Daddy
    22. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
    23. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
    24. She's a Low Down Mama

    Tracks:

    1. I'm a Railraod Man (Waitin' on a Weary Train)
    2. Under the Old Apple Tree
    3. Wild Cat Mama Blues
    4. There's a Good Girl in the Mountains
    5. That Ramshackle Shack
    6. Back to Old Smoky Mountain
    7. Back to Old Smoky Mountain
    8. Back Home in the Blue Ridge Mountains
    9. Crime I Didn't Do
    10. Kentucky Lullaby
    11. Alone with My Sorrows
    12. I'm Always Dreaming of You
    13. Moonlight and Skies
    14. Returning to My Cabin
    15. In the Cradle of My Dreams
    16. My Carolina Mountain Rose
    17. Have You Found Someone Else
    18. In the Hills of Carolina
    19. Gangster's Warning
    20. Back to Old Smokey Mountain
    21. Back Home in the Blue Ridge Mountains
    22. That Ramshackle Shack
    23. Black Bottom Blues
    24. Kentucky Lullaby
    25. Kentucky Lullaby

    Tracks:

    1. Cowboy's Heaven
    2. Little Ranch House on the Old Circle B
    3. Yellow Rose of Texas
    4. Your Voice Is Ringing
    5. Louisiana Moon
    6. Louisiana Moon
    7. Louisiana Moon
    8. Cowboy's Heaven
    9. Cowboy's Heaven
    10. Little Ranch House on the Old Circle B
    11. If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
    12. If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
    13. Old Folks Back Home
    14. Old Folks Back Home
    15. Yellow Rose of Texas
    16. Yellow Rose of Texas
    17. Yellow Rose of Texas
    18. Gosh! I Miss You All the Time
    19. Answer to 21 Years
    20. Answer to 21 Years
    21. When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley
    22. When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley
    23. Watching the Clouds Roll By

    Tracks:

    1. Don't Take Me Back to the Chain Gang
    2. Don't Take Me Back to the Chain Gang
    3. In the Valley of the Moon
    4. In the Valley of the Moon
    5. When the Mailman Says No Mail Today
    6. When the Humming Birds Are Humming
    7. When the Humming Birds Are Humming
    8. Roll Along Kentucky Moon
    9. That Mother and Daddy of Mine
    10. 'Way out West in Texas
    11. Dying Cowgirl
    12. Death of Jimmie Rodgers
    13. Life of Jimmie Rodgers
    14. If You'll Let Me Be Your Little Sweetheart
    15. That Old Feather Bed on the Farm
    16. There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight
    17. Hillbilly Wedding In June
    18. Moonlight Down in Lovers' Lane
    19. Last Round-Up
    20. When Jimmie Rodgers Said Good-Bye
    21. Good Luck Old Pal ('Till We Meet Bye and Bye)
    22. Bye Bye Boyfriend (Blackbird)
    23. Frankie and Johnnie

    Album Details

    Very Few Know that America's "Singing Cowboy" Began his Career as the Writer and Performer of Authentic White Country Blues. While Working as a Telegrapher for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad (The Frisco Line), He Used a Railroad Pass to Travel to New York in 1929, Hoping to Follow his Dream of Competing with the Top Pop Singers of the Day. Instead, on the Advice of Frankie and Johnny Marvin and Legendary Producer Arthur Satherley, Autry Used his Talent to Emulate Jimmie Rodgers, which He Did Expertly. As He Recorded More, He Developed his Own Style. Bear Family Brings Together 225 Songs on 9cds, all of the Surviving Recordings from 1929-1933 for the First Time Ever. Most of These Songs have Never Been on CD and Many have Not Been Available in Any Form Since their Original Release 75 Years Ago, Including More Than 20 Songs Issued for the First Time. The Hardcover Book Has an Essay by Packy Smith, a Discography by Tony Russell and Many Rare Pictures and Illustrations.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The Singing Cowboy's early music.......2007-05-01

    Gene Autry's recording career began in 1929, and all his records from then through 1933 can be heard on this splendid boxed-set album from the Bear Family of Germany.
    Those not familiar with any aspect of Autry's career except "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and his western movies will be pleasantly surprised at a lot of the contents of this 225-song, nine-disc set. It spans Autry's early white country blues recordings, in the style of the immortal Singing Brakeman Jimmie Rodgers; through his early "hillbilly" songs, as they were called in those days; to his well-known songs of the range and the cowboy; through four heart-felt tribute songs to Rodgers after his death of tuberculosis in 1933.
    Gene's singing styles vary widely during the four-year span. In the blues numbers, some of which were written by him and are both funny and risque, his voice is high-pitched but true, with expert yodeling; Gene Autry was actually a better singer than his idol Jimmie Rodgers.
    By the time we reach the Rodgers memorial songs of 1933, Autry's voice has deepened and enriched, with a beautiful vibrato. And on the first tribute, "The Death of Jimmie Rodgers," Autry's sorrow at his idol's passing is very plain in his voice.
    And, of course, anyone who has read earlier reviews of this set probably knows there are a couple of "raunchy" songs sung by Autry, and placed at the tail-end of the ninth and final disc. It is a shock, admittedly, to hear Gene Autry singing bawdy lyrics in the same matter-of-fact style that he would later perform his theme song, "Back in the Saddle Again." But then, he was human just like us all, a young man, and according to recent research, with an eye for the ladies.
    The only fault I would find with this set is excessive repetition. Some songs are heard in three, four or five different versions. But it does help the listener to hear how Autry grew and improved as a performer over time.
    All in all, this is an excellent collection of the early work of one of the 20th Century's best popular musicians, the Singing Cowboy. I heartily recommend it.

    5 out of 5 stars Absolutely outstanding!.......2006-06-16

    To all Gene Autry and country music fans! I received this award winning box set this past Monday and boy! Is it ever unbelievable! I am having such a blast listening to all these early Autry recordings and the way he sings and plays the guitar like the legendary Jimmie Rodgers is enough to give you goose pimples. I am a 21 year old guy and I have been blind all my life. I have been a huge country and western music fan since the age of 13. Gene Autry really puts his heart and sole in his music but folks, if you are looking for him singing songs such as Back In The Saddle Again, Be Honest With Me, Rudolph The Red Nose Raindeer and others, this set is not for you. If you are looking for Gene's early recordings as a Jimmie Rodgers impercenator, you absolutely deserve this set! I consider Bear Family to be the number 1 record company of all time! They are my hero! I really and truly love making friends especially country music fans so if any of you would like to Email me you are more than welcome to at maheen5894@sympatico.ca or better yet, if you would like to chat you may add me to MSN at maheen_the_music_man@hotmail.com that is the best way to communicate I find! Well done Bear Family you are the best! Yours very sincerely, Maheen.

    4 out of 5 stars A FLAWED GEM.......2006-06-01

    It is a pleasure for students of the media, early music scholars and fans of Gene Autry to explore this package of early "surviving" recordings by the Oklahoma media giant but there are errors, deceptions and erroneous suppositions in the accompanying book.
    Before covering the recordings I turn to the accompanying book which is divided into four sections; a biography by Packy Smith with a sidebar on
    Mother Jones, a discography by Tony Russell w/ Frank Mare, and a gallery of labels and sleeves, all followed by a contents list by disc and alphabetic order. I'll address each separately.
    The article on Mother Jones and Archie Green, is interesting with no discernible errors but the mention of William Calaway will be returned to later.
    The label gallery is a feast for the eye but unfulfilling. It is a bit of slight of scissors, so to speak.
    The illustrations of the sleeves with labels are only pasteups of particular labels used over each sleeve. The Clifford label & sleeves are Australian, not from USA as marked. Of particular interest is the Rex label example which, though carrying a song recorded during the period covered is beyond the scope of this package having been released after Gene went to Hollywood. This time discrepancy carries over into the discography section.
    Tony Russell has brought the discographical work from his Country Music Discography (Oxford Univ. Pr.) and it has been updated with help from Frank Mare. One of the leading problems with virtually every discography is that though they list all releases made from a particular master they fail to note WHEN those records were released. This lack can lead to misunderstanding of exactly what a collector may have. Like the Rex example cited above released long after it was recorded the Regal-Zonophone label has led to confusion. Because the label carries the artist as "Gene Autry - The Yodeling Cowboy" and they may have the recordings of his earliest efforts and assume that he was "the Yodeling Cowboy" early on, they would be wrong. Regal-Zonophone came into existence in 1932 long after the recordings were made, which they licensed to get themselves going, and over a year after Gene was established as the Yodeling Cowboy on WLS, not KVOO.
    Another problem with the discography is the lack of composer credits.
    Only those credits shown on labels were included without any effort to learn the composers of the other songs. Additionally there was no attempt to clarify why the label of one release of "Frankie and Johnnie" was credited to Jimmie Rodgers and the other was to Ren Shields and the Leighton Brothers.
    One might also ask why "I'll be Thinking of You Little Gal", cuts 5 and 6 on disc one are listed with the same master and take number but said to be different takes.
    A subject that really needs correcting is the point of view regarding the Cova Manufacturing Company. QRS was NOT their label. It was the label of the QRS company, producer of piano rolls, who was making their third attempt to enter the record market. Their first utilized pressings by the Emerson Company and then Gennett. Their second stab was produced by Gennett and their third, and ultimate failure, was having records produced by Cova, a production facility without a label.
    The credit W C Calaway on "Death of Mother Jones" and W R Calaway on "Dallas County Jail Blues" are the same person; William R Calaway. Why the error on the record? They are common. Calaway, if living in Deadwood would have been characterized as a claim jumper - in Gene's time he was an A & R man and record talent scout who attempted, successfully sometimes, to copyright other artist's work under his name. He failed on "Great Speckled Bird" by Roy Acuff because it had already been registered but he did get his hooks into Gene's "Dallas County Jail Blues." Gene recouped his rights at renewal time by registering an audio cassette.
    A different sort of gripe regards the two Frankie Marvin songs (Old Man Duff and I'm a Truthful Fellow) that have backing guitar by Gene. For historic reference it is interesting (Hell! Both songs are fun) but they could just as well have included the George Gobel sides for which Gene provided guitar. If they wanted REAL historic signifigance they would have included the version of "That Silver Haired Daddy" recorded eight months prior to Gene and Jimmy. The earlier recording was by Jimmy Long and a different Frisco employee - Cliff Keiser on Gennett and Supertone.
    Packy Smith's bio piece on Gene does bring up some interesting facts, many suppositions and fails to rise to a truly illuminating level because he leans to heavily on the 1978 Autry autobiography "Back in the Saddle Again." This was a life misremembered by Gene and written down by a sportswriter, Mickey Herskowitz, without insight, or factual grounding in Gene's background. The work also suffered from a lack of fact checking by Doubleday editors and was issued in the top of the line printing and binding they reserved for their book club editions.
    The story regarding Gene's inspiration and first trip to New York is foggy at best. I have no doubt that Will Roger's stopped by the telegraph office and offered the young singer some words of encouragement which he took to heart but the details are questionable. Packy says Will was visiting his sister at a nearby ranch when she, in fact, lived in the town of Chelsea in a house that still stands. When he relates how Gene was working relief in Butler and stopped by the diner run by the Marvin brothers mother he didn't check to see that the Frisco line didn't serve Butler, the Santa Fe did and Gene didn't work for the Santa Fe.
    There is no documentation so far to prove Gene was Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy" on KVOO. He had another title which was reported in a magazine. The whole Oklahoma Yodeling Cowboy routine was instituted when he was "imported" to WLS by Art Satherley. Those publicity photos spread throughout the article were all taken in Chicago at one or two sessions to support the identity both for the radio station and for use on sheet music. There are no such publicity pieces found so far demonstrating any special identity at KVOO.
    His work there with Jimmie "Catfish" Wilson's band was strictly for whatever radio program they worked together. On public appearance outings they were separate on the presentations and on one occasion the Catfish Band recorded in Dallas during the same period that Gene was recording in New York.
    Packy tries to put Bob Miller's words in Gene's mouth regarding the Death of Jimmie Rodgers. An unproved assertion.
    One last item is a statement Packy makes about Gene working full time on the railroad until he left in 1932. The personnel files and other sources indicate otherwise. So does common sense. How could Gene work a daily morning show on WLS, a show on WJJD, and who knows how many other times during the day, and tour with a show out of Chicago when he was working on the railroad in the Tulsa region?
    One can only hope that the forthcoming Gene Autry biography, due out in late 2007, will clarify myths, misremembrances and stick in some solid documented facts.
    Oh, yes - now the music.
    Once again Bear Family deserves a giant pat on the back for their restoration work although one gripe is that they had better sound from the Victor sides on their early vinyl picture disc release "Yellow Rose of Texas,"
    Since the sides are presented in chronological order they do present some problems comparing various takes from different companies. Run side by side the differences in arrangement, performance and mike work are very noticeable.
    It is easy to hear how the sound quality of the Gennett material differs and whether it was overloaded microphone distortion or something in the chemistry of the disc masters is not known. The best way to break down the listening experience I found was to group the multi takes, then the remaining Jimmie Rodgers material and finally all the single discs, all in chronological order.
    Questions arise about the origin of the "Hattie" yodel that manifested itself mostly on the Gennett recordings. The Jimmie Rodgers material is important not so much because Gene may or may not have been imitating Jimmie (they had the same limited range) but because of the financial benefits to both parties. Gene had a special royalty agreement regarding his recordings of Rodgers' product. Gene got a slice of the pie when he recorded and Jimmie got a slice to increase what he was already receiving from his Victor releases.
    Gene's enunciation needed a lot of work since he was prone to sing "woik," "toin," "soich," and "woild" for "work," "turn," "search," and "world." Art Satherley seemed to have curtailed this problem in the ARC recordings.
    As far as the two "blue" songs - it is no surprise that he did the material, the surprise is that he did it where it could be recorded.
    Enjoy the set! There is enough here to keep a lot of people listening and evaluating for a good time to come.
    Daddy Frank
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      		Daddy Frank
      Black & Silver Young
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000GBEO9Q
      Release Date: 2006-05-09

      Tracks:

      1. Daddy Frank
      2. There You Have It
      3. Lonely Boy
      4. If Tomorrow Never Comes
      5. Feel Good Don't It
      6. What a Crying Shame
      7. Any Man with a Heartbeat
      8. Can't Help Falling in Love with You
      9. Suspicious Minds
      10. Fast as You
      11. Good Day to Be Me
      That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
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        		That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
        Gene Autry
        Manufacturer: Bear Family
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        CowboyCowboy | Country | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000FBHCS2
        Release Date: 2006-02-28

        Tracks:

        1. My Dreaming of You
        2. My Alabama Home
        3. Stay Away from My Chicken House
        4. My Oklahoma Home
        5. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
        6. I'll Be Thinking of You Gal [Diff. Take]
        7. Cowboy Yodel
        8. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
        9. No One to Call Me Darling
        10. Living in the Mountains
        11. Yodelin' Gene
        12. Blue Yodel, No. 5
        13. Left My Gal in the Mountains
        14. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
        15. Hobo Yodel
        16. Dust Pan Blues
        17. No One to Call Me Darling
        18. Frankie and Johnny
        19. Railroad Boomer
        20. My Alabama Home
        21. Slue-Foot Lue
        22. Stay Away from My Chicken House
        23. Waiting for a Train
        24. Lullaby Yodel
        25. California Blues (Blue Yodel, No. 4)
        26. Daddy and Home

        Tracks:

        1. That's Why I Left the Mountains
        2. Cowboy Yodel
        3. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
        4. My Rough and Rowdy Ways
        5. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
        6. Cowboy Yodel
        7. Whisper Your Mother's Name
        8. Girl I Left Behind
        9. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
        10. Cowboy Yodel
        11. In the Shadow of the Pine
        12. Hobo Yodel
        13. They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree
        14. Texas Blues
        15. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
        16. Dust Pan Blues
        17. My Carolina Sunshine Girl
        18. Train Whistle Blues
        19. Anniversary Blue Yodel, No. 7
        20. In the Jailhouse Now, No. 2
        21. Yodeling Hobo
        22. Picture of My Mother
        23. Blue Days
        24. He's in the Jail House, No. 2
        25. Cowboy's Yodel
        26. Dad in the Hills

        Tracks:

        1. High Powered Mama
        2. Yodeling Hobo
        3. Mean Mama Blues
        4. Blue Yodel, No. 8
        5. Pistol Packin' Papa
        6. Dad in the Hills
        7. Pictures of My Mother
        8. Any Old Time
        9. Money Ain't No Use Anyway
        10. Blue Days
        11. Gangster's Warning
        12. Pictures of My Mother
        13. That's How I Got My Start
        14. True Blue Bill
        15. Do Right Daddy Blues
        16. Do Right Daddy Blues
        17. Money Ain't No Use Anyway
        18. Money Ain't No Use Anyway
        19. That's How I Got My Start
        20. That's How I Got My Start
        21. Bear Cat Papa Blues
        22. Bear Cat Papa Blues
        23. True Blue Bill
        24. Gangster's Warning
        25. Gangster's Warning
        26. I'll Always Be a Rambler

        Tracks:

        1. Death of Mother Jones
        2. Death of Mother Jones
        3. Bear Cat Papa Blues
        4. High Steppin' Mama
        5. High Steppin' Mama Blues
        6. She Wouldn't Do It
        7. Don't Do Me That Way
        8. Don't Do Me That Way
        9. High Steppin' Mama Blues
        10. She Wouldn't Do It
        11. Do Right Daddy Blues
        12. T. B. Blues
        13. Jimmie the Kid
        14. Travelin' Blues
        15. There's a Good Gal in the Mountains
        16. There's a Good Gal in the Mountains
        17. She's a Low Down Mama
        18. She's a Low Down Mama
        19. She's a Low Down Mama
        20. Old Woman and the Cow
        21. Old Woman and the Cow
        22. Bear Cat Mama from Hunter's Corners
        23. She's a Hum Dum Dinger
        24. Old Man Duff
        25. Old Man Duff

        Tracks:

        1. I'm a Truthful Fellow (True Blue Bill)
        2. I'm a Truthful Fellow (True Blue Bill)
        3. Valley in the Hills
        4. Valley in the Hills
        5. Valley in the Hills
        6. She's Just That Kind
        7. She's Always on My Mind
        8. She's Always on My Mind
        9. I'm Blue and Lonesome
        10. I'm Blue and Lonesome
        11. Pistol Packin' Papa
        12. Jail House Blues
        13. That's How I Got My Start
        14. Methodist Pie
        15. Do Right Daddy Blues
        16. Money Ain't No Use Anyhow
        17. Money Ain't No Use Anyhow
        18. I'll Be Thinking of You Little Gal
        19. Dallas Country Jail Blues
        20. She Wouldn't Do It
        21. T.B. Blues
        22. T.B. Blues
        23. True Blue Bill
        24. That's How I Got My Start
        25. I'll Always Be a Rambler
        26. Bear Cat Papa Blues
        27. I've Got the Jail House Blues

        Tracks:

        1. Rheumatism Blues
        2. I'm Atlanta Bound
        3. High Steppin' Mama Blues
        4. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
        5. Missouri I'm Calling
        6. Missouri I'm Calling
        7. My Alabama Home
        8. Mississippi Valley
        9. My Old Pal of Yesterday
        10. Missouri I'm Calling
        11. Cross-Eyed Gal That Lived Upon the Hill
        12. I'm Always Dreaming of You
        13. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
        14. Jailhouse Blues
        15. Rheumatism Blues
        16. I'm Atlanta Bound
        17. Wildcat Mama
        18. Mississippi Valley Blues
        19. My Old Pal of Yesterday
        20. My Cross-Eyed Girl
        21. Birmingham Daddy
        22. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
        23. Why Don't You Come Back to Me
        24. She's a Low Down Mama

        Tracks:

        1. I'm a Railraod Man (Waitin' on a Weary Train)
        2. Under the Old Apple Tree
        3. Wild Cat Mama Blues
        4. There's a Good Girl in the Mountains
        5. That Ramshackle Shack
        6. Back to Old Smoky Mountain
        7. Back to Old Smoky Mountain
        8. Back Home in the Blue Ridge Mountains
        9. Crime I Didn't Do
        10. Kentucky Lullaby
        11. Alone with My Sorrows
        12. I'm Always Dreaming of You
        13. Moonlight and Skies
        14. Returning to My Cabin
        15. In the Cradle of My Dreams
        16. My Carolina Mountain Rose
        17. Have You Found Someone Else
        18. In the Hills of Carolina
        19. Gangster's Warning
        20. Back to Old Smokey Mountain
        21. Back Home in the Blue Ridge Mountains
        22. That Ramshackle Shack
        23. Black Bottom Blues
        24. Kentucky Lullaby
        25. Kentucky Lullaby

        Tracks:

        1. Cowboy's Heaven
        2. Little Ranch House on the Old Circle B
        3. Yellow Rose of Texas
        4. Your Voice Is Ringing
        5. Louisiana Moon
        6. Louisiana Moon
        7. Louisiana Moon
        8. Cowboy's Heaven
        9. Cowboy's Heaven
        10. Little Ranch House on the Old Circle B
        11. If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
        12. If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
        13. Old Folks Back Home
        14. Old Folks Back Home
        15. Yellow Rose of Texas
        16. Yellow Rose of Texas
        17. Yellow Rose of Texas
        18. Gosh! I Miss You All the Time
        19. Answer to 21 Years
        20. Answer to 21 Years
        21. When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley
        22. When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley
        23. Watching the Clouds Roll By

        Tracks:

        1. Don't Take Me Back to the Chain Gang
        2. Don't Take Me Back to the Chain Gang
        3. In the Valley of the Moon
        4. In the Valley of the Moon
        5. When the Mailman Says No Mail Today
        6. When the Humming Birds Are Humming
        7. When the Humming Birds Are Humming
        8. Roll Along Kentucky Moon
        9. That Mother and Daddy of Mine
        10. 'Way out West in Texas
        11. Dying Cowgirl
        12. Death of Jimmie Rodgers
        13. Life of Jimmie Rodgers
        14. If You'll Let Me Be Your Little Sweetheart
        15. That Old Feather Bed on the Farm
        16. There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight
        17. Hillbilly Wedding In June
        18. Moonlight Down in Lovers' Lane
        19. Last Round-Up
        20. When Jimmie Rodgers Said Good-Bye
        21. Good Luck Old Pal ('Till We Meet Bye and Bye)
        22. Bye Bye Boyfriend (Blackbird)
        23. Frankie and Johnnie

        Product Description



        Format: CD
        Silver Daddy
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • This is a band that you are gonna hear from in the future.
        		 Silver Daddy

        Manufacturer: Dragon Watermelon Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
        Jazz FusionJazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B00005ULQZ
        Release Date: 2001-11-06

        Tracks:

        1. Gropus
        2. Mexico
        3. Customer Service
        4. Dark Forest
        5. 5foot5
        6. In the Clouds
        7. Beneath the Gown of Princess Zelda
        8. Floigan

        Album Description

        Silver Daddy is the third album by Oucho Sparks, but it is the first major release by this new group.
        The album starts off with "Gropus" and intense Emo-Prog epic with several phases of compostion and improvisation. In contrast, the follow up track "Mexico" is a 2 minute stint in a low fi psychedelic groove. "Customer Service" is a witty social commentary focusing through a humorous lens. "Dark Forest" is a low-bomp groove drawing from both traditional and avant garde elements of jazz. "5foot5" is a semi-electronic circle of harmonic flux. "In the Clouds" is another vocal based song drawing elements from Latin America and 70's fusion. "Beneath the Gown of Princess Zelda" is a 1 minute computer generated anthem. "Floigan" takes lounge jazz and mixes it with 80's wank metal.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars This is a band that you are gonna hear from in the future........2002-01-07

        I first heard of Oucho in the summer of 2001 from a friend who saw them at the Blackhawk festival in Beloit Ill. Now I am not one for the hippie scene, but these guys have a tightness I have not heard in a young group in a long time. I wouldnt catagorize them as a jam band or necessarilly prog , the only thing that comes to mind is the late 70's Zappa groups with a fresh approach to the art of humour in music and knowing when to dig into the music and let words rest. This band doesnt waste time jamming. They are arrangement oriented and are patient and dynamically far ahead of their age. They're based out of Chicago where I'm from. "Silver Daddy" they're latest albulm of three is eclectically drawn from jazzy hip-hop grooves on one track to tightly arranged "Gropus" reminiscent of God Speed You Black Emperor. They are a band that must be seen live to enjoy the fullness that they have to offer. I recently saw them at Griffins Public House in Chicago. Catfish, their percussionist/frontman was doing a conduction of improv type style and culminated in him lighting himself on fire with brut deoderant. Once again 4 stars for this albulm, but expect more from this band in the future.

        Music:

        1. Sirrus
        2. Sleeping Stars [Enhanced]
        3. Smash Mouth [Import]
        4. SoniCabal 2
        5. Sons Palliatifs
        6. Soul Food
        7. Soul Reaper
        8. Sunburn [Enhanced]
        9. Swirl
        10. The Black Album

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        Russian Religious Singing Through The Ages, Volume 5

        The Best Of: Remixed [Import]

        Songs from Renaissance Days

        Summer Storm

        State of Mind

        Sir Michael Tippett: Triple Concerto (for Violin, Viola, Cello) / Piano Concerto - BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

        Shop Window Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]

        Shim Sham Revue

        Split the Difference

        Simply Jazz: Guitar Jazz [Import]

        Que Ironia

        Bach: Easter Oratorio [Hybrid SACD]

        Jazz After Midnight