Posted on 11/02/2014 6:15:56 PM PST by Squawk 8888
Neil LeVang
See post 20.
Wow, beautiful area all around there! I love that country so much, but couldn’t hack the NPS anymore and went back to school. Anyway, I think the version I played was one of the “Sons of the Pioneers” renditions. The public loved it. Johnny Cash’s IS great too!
Love the Sons of the Pioneers version, but this one is great! Love the vocals in the background.
I parodied it as Ghost Writers in Disguise just after Johnny Cash died in 2003.
Enjoy
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Ok, Okl.
I’ve got to rewrite that as “Ghost Welders Con De Shift ...”
With
“ND in De Sky ...”
as the refrain, write?
BFL
I think it’s hard to beat the Vaughn Monroe version....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyDNnQbbkSQ
The man had ‘the voice’!
Wasn’t Ghost Riders a major commercial hit, virtually a “trademark” piece for a popular band in the mid 1940s? The name “Woody something” sticks in what’s left of my memory. Woody Herman??
The name “Woody something” sticks in what’s left of my memory. Woody Herman??
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Vaughn Monroe (not saying Herman didn’t do it but Monroe was the ‘signature’)
Yippy aye oh! Yippy aye a!
It's still on TV on some of the PBS stations early on a Sat., or Sun. evening.
You can't just watch it once, play it again Sam!
It's all just too funny at the beginning the guy messes up the introduction coughing, at the end of the song Lawrence Welk called it a Modern Spiritual...and the smiles, like they were all stoned. (just kidding)
What a classy and elegant show
They obviously had not a clue what they were saying
I was intrigued by the guitar in the photo - a model I hadn’t seen.
For better or worse, the video clip is b/w and taken from another show. It’s quite a good rendition on a good old Fender Stratocaster, probably through a Fender amp as well with the spooky-sounding tremolo engaged.
It’s amazing how the ear responds to tremolo...as Upper Paleolithic Hunter Gatherers we are genetically attuned to listen to and for voices, human or animal, that may represent food, threats or both. And voices are produced by air passing over vocal cords i.e. vibrations. Although a string vibrating produces this same aural response, the pulsating tremolo effect tends to heighten it - probably because it mimics the effect of wind and weather on the Hunter Gatherer’s ability to discern sounds.
It’s a relatively simple song but as always having top-notch musicians never hurts. The ladies look very inviting despite their haunting vocal parts.
I could be wrong, but I think that is a picture of Buddy Merrill. Anyway, watching LW show brings back great memories of my father. Thanks for posting.
Correction it’s definitely a Fender amp...a big ol’ Band-Master or Showman.
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