Posted on 04/22/2021 5:05:04 PM PDT by SamAdams76
This is one of the better known recording by Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys.
Covered here by Asleep At The Wheel (one of the most underrated bands out there) with guest vocals by George Strait.
Southe of the Border--Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra; vocal by Denny Dennis (1939)
I saw miles and miles of Texas...
South of the Border--Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm (1939)
I’d never heard that version before. Good one!
This one I’ve heard - but not in a very long time. Thanks for linking it. I had recently heard Herb Alpert’s “Rotation” (the followup to “Rise”).
Remember TWA?
Hadn’t heard this version either. My parents were toddlers when this was a hit!
A friend who is a world acclaimed mastering engineer gifted me CDRs of Sinatra’s hits burned direct from the studio master tapes.
Some are “dry” before the dreaded reverb was added and some have studio chatter. the sound quality is light years better than the commercial “pressed” CDs.
Frank was THE best pop singer of the 20th century - still listen to him almost every day.
“Asleep At The Wheel (one of the most underrated bands out there)”
Not underrated by me. I’ve liked Asleep at the Wheel since the mid-70s, though I only saw them once, in 1981.
Dean Martin also covered the song and a man named Johnny Mueller uses it as the theme for his podcast on “The Ex-Pat Files: Living In Latin America” which I listened to regularly while doing my prep work for moving to Panama. Mueller, on the other hand, decided place like Panama and Costa Rica had become too gringo-ized and now lives off the grid somewhere in Guatemala.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmtenHpvkWE
I’d rather hear Ray Benson sing it.
Have seen them several times but probably not in this millenium. Always good, like George Strait.
One of my favorite Chrostmas albums is by Asleep At The Wheel. A really good band but you don’t hear too much about them.
Saw Asleep at the Wheel a few years ago at the Georgia Mountain Fair.
They were entertaining as could be. a fine time was had by all.
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