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Tuesday 18 May 2010

BONNIE BLUE RECORDS


P. O. Box 3485. El Paso. Texas


BONNIE BLUE 1001
RUTH DALTON WITH WAYNE JOHNSON AND THE BOYS
You Used To Be My Sweetheart (A)
(Dale Noe – Bill Hillman) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)
A’ Pickin’ And A’ Singin’ (B)
(Wayne Johnson) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)

BONNIE BLUE 1002
WAYNE JOHNSTON AND THE BOYS
A Page From The Past (Vocal - Ted Faith) (A)
(Wayne Johnson – Art Kibbe) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)
My Mem’ries Of You (Vocal - Ted Faith) (B)
(Wayne Johnson) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)

BONNIE BLUE 1003
WAYNE JOHNSTON AND THE BOYS
She Didn’t Remember My Name (Vocal - Ted Faith) (A)
(Wayne Johnston – Fabian Andre) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)
Bluebonnet Schottische (Instrumental) (B)
(Wayne Johnston – Fabian Andre) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)

BONNIE BLUE 1004
TED FAITH WITH WAYNE JOHNSTON AND THE BOYS
I Wish That I Didn’t Know
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I’m Gonna Walk Right Out My Front Door
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Hear "A’ Pickin’ And A’ Singin’"

2 comments:

  1. Wayne Johnston was a little embarassed by these records. A big admirer of Spade Cooley, he decided to hire some El Paso symphony violinists for this date to try to capture a similar sound. It didn't work. Cooley's fiddlers may have been trained musicians, but they knew how to play swing and western music. These El Paso violinists hadn't a clue and Wayne told me that he considered it a failed experiment. Still, it's nice to hear Ruth Dalton --I have some great live stuff by her with the band. It's a shame that the band's mainstay, vocalist-guitarist Lindsey Smith, didn't get to sing on any of the Bonnie Blue side, because he was a fine singer. It's also a shame that these recordings weren't made at a time when Wayne had some of the great swing fiddlers he employed over the years, who included the jazz viola great Don Decker, as well as Troy Passmore, Bill Matthews and Dub Purvis...

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  2. Every time I visit my want list gets longer and longer... GREAT track... good players. Even enjoy the use of strings in that middle-section. Adds a cinematic feel to the affair.

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