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Tex Morton and "Sister" Dorrie - Rose Of Shenandoah Valley [c.1949].

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Channel: mrblindfreddy9999 · 2010 · Music

[Written by Clayton McMichen].
Recorded 31 May 1939
    by Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats
           [vcls Sam Bryant]
           
Issued on Rodeo 010 B.

  Recorded late 1949 - early 1950 Astor Studios, Auckland, NZ - 
Tex Morton [gt/vcl solo], probably Dick Carr [acoustic steel guitar], 
probably Tom Wallis [bass], probably Al Kinloch [fiddle], 
probably Herbie Marks [accordion]
Producer :Noel Peach  
  NOTE : On some of the Auckland sessions Morton 
was accompanied by steel guitarist Will Jeffs 
and other local musicians led by Wally Ransom..

 TEX MORTON
  Born Robert William Lane in Nelson NZ [1916 - 1983] 
Recorded   1936 to 1941
                    1942  Radio Transcriptions
                    1943 - ONE Session - Columbia*
*In 1943, He left Columbia following a dispute with Arch Kerr, the Record Sales Manager, 
probably over the company's reluctance to use [pay]  The Rough Riders. 
                    1945  Radio Shows  
                    1948  and 1949  Radio Shows and Transcriptions
                    1949 to 1950   Recorded for Rodeo  and Tasman [NZ]
                    1953 to 1973

1974  -  "Goondiwindi Grey"   Song Of The Year
1976 - 1st. Inductee in Aust. Roll of Renown
1977 - Hands of Fame

"SISTER" DORRIE 
[Born Dorothy May Ricketts in Warragul VICTORIA   [1910 - 1992]
."Sister" Dorrie was the 1st Female to Record Country Music in Australia
         [13th March 1941 Duet with Tex " [Honey I've Got] Everything But You".

Tex Morton and "Sister" Dorrie - Rose Of Shenandoah Valley [c.1949].

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