Tex Morton - Waiting For A Train [c.1949].

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Channel: mrblindfreddy9999 · 2010 · Music

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[Written by Jimmie Rodgers].
1st. Recorded 22 October 1928 by Jimmie Rodgers

Issued on Rodeo 010 A.

Recorded late 1949 - early 1950 Astor Studios, Auckland, NZ -
 Tex Morton [gt/vcl solo/yodelling]

  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

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