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Friday, 1 October 2010

ROSE CITY RECORDS (Part One)


ROSE CITY RCR 1001
ROY JACKSON & HIS NORTHWESTERNERS
Smoke – Smoke – Smoke (Vocal – Roy Jackson) (1001.A)
(Tex Williams – Merle Travis) (No Publisher Noted)
The Midnight Train (Vocal – “Robin” McKethen) (1001.B)
(Glenn Spencer) (No Publisher Noted)




ROSE CITY 1001 courtesy of Ronald Keppner

ROSE CITY RCR 1002
ROY JACKSON & HIS NORTHWESTERNERS
Cool Water (Vocal – Dave Yeary & Trio) (1002.A)
(deadwax RJ-2-1739 / A 8727)
(Bob Nolan) (No Publisher Noted)
The Wreck Of The ’97 (Vocal – Roy Jackson) (1002.B)
(deadwax 1760-RJ 5 / A 8728)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)




ROSE CITY RCR 1003
No Information

ROSE CITY RCR 1001 and 1002 have the following musicians listed on the label. R. Jackson (Clarinet); K. Duncan (Violin); M. Martin (Accordion); B. McKethen (Guitar); D. Yeary (Bass).
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5 comments:

  1. Kevin2 October 2010 at 11:54

    These were cut about 1947 or so and Rose City was apparently Jackson's own label. The full names not given in vocal credits were Kash Duncan & Marcellus Martin. This group grew out a pre-war group, the Pals of the Golden West. Jackson (as "Bud" Jackson) was one of the original members of the that group and Kash Duncan had replaced the original fiddler (Lucky Pulliam) in about 1940-41. THe Pals, whose star was girl singer Nora Lou Martin, appeared in a couple of Autry films and one or two other westerns. Scotty Harrell was a member for a while before the war broke them up. Jackson seems to have formed the Northwesterners after the war.

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  2. Robert (from Oregon)9 February 2012 at 05:39

    I have a one of the 78 records above (1001) signed by Roy Jackson, found it at a thrift store, paid .25 cents for it. Couldn't find much information on the artist, thank you for the information.

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  3. Gregory Alexander (Historian Archivist 92nd BG)14 September 2012 at 00:30

    Roy "Bud" Jackson flew B-17's with the 92nd Bomb Group in WW2. He named his plane "Jacksons Jive Five" while it was in service after the war transporting combat veterans to locations for shipment home.

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  4. Anonymous3 October 2012 at 06:46

    Does anyone still monitor this page? Roy Jackson was a good friend of mine, I'm excited to see this and hear his music from back in the day!! If you have any information about more of his music I'd love to know about it. I'll keep checking back here.

    FYI, Roy's band did indeed do 3 movies with Autry. Roy was in a movie company's (RKO?) HR office getting ready to sign a contract when a messenger brought in a telegram stating no more men could be hired due to the war effort!

    Doug

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  5. Anonymous19 April 2014 at 23:12

    Robert, if you are still monitoring this site, would you be interested in selling the 78 you have? Roy was a great personal friend of mine and it would mean a lot to have that record.

    Doug

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