ALVINO REY: "Hindustan" (Lawrence Welk) + King Family (Home Movie Alvino Rey Rehearsal 1969) + "Playing Around the Corners" Film + Batman (ALVINO-RAY)

alvino rey: "hindustan" (steel vocal effects) lawrence welk show

Alvino Rey is, rather famously, Win and Will Butler of The Arcade Fire's grandfather - there's an uncanny resemblance, too.

Alvino pulling out all the steel stops...
Alvino Played with Horace Heidt orchestra around 1936 With a gibson Conole Grand D8 on his lap.

SIng Your Worries Away! Alvino Rey
Uploaded by NilbogLAND

"SING YOUR WORRIES AWAY" Starring Buddy Ebsen, Bert Lahr and Patsy Kelly


King Family in NY in 1969: home movies of Alvino Rey practicing before concert



"Playing Around the Corners"

the dynamic life of Hal McKusick as a legendary musician, teacher, woods craftsman, pilot and a jazz griot whose stories embody the atmosphere of 20th century jazz. Hal McKusick is a a world renowned musician who has worked with the big bands of Les Brown, Woody Herman, Boyd Raeburn, Alvino Rey, Buddy Rich, and Claude Thornhill. Hal has also made musical contributions as a studio musician, recording as a leader for Jubilee, Bethlehem, Victor, Coral, New Jazz, Prestige, and Decca. Through Hal's story, the film casts light on how novel technology resulted in the demise of the big band era. The trailer will be developed into a complete documentary that will premiere at the Chamberlain/Fairweather Scholarship event at the Ross School in East Hampton.



batman: Episode 119 - THE ENTRANCING DR. CASSANDRA 03/07/68
Starring Ida Lupino as Dr Cassandra Spellcraft Starring Howard Duff as Cabala Written by Stanley Ralph Ross. Directed by Sam Strangis. Criminal Dr. Cassandra (Ida Lupino) and her accomplice, Cabala (Howard Duff), are capable of camouflaging themselves so they appear invisible. Batman, Robin and Batgirl attempt to stop them from stealing the Mope Diamond at Spiffany's Jewelry Salon, but the doctor's Alvino-ray gun flattens the heroes paper-thin.

THE KING SISTERS (Alvino Rey - Pedal Steel Accomp.: Ozzie and Harriet - Musical Sequence:"Tutti Frutti Ice Cream" Episode)

Musical sequence from the great "Tutti Frutti Ice Cream" episode of Ozu---I mean---"Ozzie and Harriet." (And if you listen VERY carefully, you'll probably detect the pedal steel guitar artistry of Alvino Rey.)

Daniel Lanois: Swedish TV Interview from Dublin (1 of 3)

http://www.squidoo.com/daniellanois
Daniel talks about the recording of the latest U2 album in the industrial part of Dublin. He also discusses his role as a producer and support guitar player for The Edge. He opens the video talking about his pedal steel guitar adn meditation.

Pete Drake: SHO-BUD interview + PEDAL STEEL CV Session Work including (Roger Miller - Anita Kerr - Skeeter Davis - JERRY LEE LEWIS - et. al.)

Together with Buddy Emmons, Dobro-player Shot Jackson revolutionized the country music world with their development of the "Sho-Bud" Pedal Steel Guitar. Later, even while performing on the Grand Ole Opry and touring with Roy Acuff, Jackson established a guitar store on Broadway in downtown Nashville.

Roger Miller and Pete Drake
LOCK STOCK AND TEARDROPS

Pete Drake: 1) Forever 2) Sleepwalk 3) Randy Bachman /Pete plays
"I'm Just a Guitar (Everybody Picks On Me)" 4) Paradise

1) Forever by the Little Dippers. 1960 #9.
2) Guitar Country - flip of 3. with Chet Atkins.
3) Waiting For the Evening Train - 1963 RCA single.

Anita Kerr and her Singers were used as backup on the Decca label from 1951 to 1960. From 1960 to 1966 it was tha RCA label and the heyday of the Nashville Sound, of which they were an integral part. Here they numbered four and were named The Anita Kerr Quartet. Later they moved to other labels like Dot. In 1960 the quartet recorded some singles on the University label, using the name The Little Dippers for contract reasons. They had a hit with a vocal of "Forever". But the label apparently used a different quartet for touring shows and for the record cover. And apparently before they finished on Decca they rerecorded Forever there for an album under their own name. If so, that would be the LP "For You, For Me, Forevermore".


Pete Drake later made an instrumental hit of Forever, probably using the good old AK Quartet as backup there too.

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Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare - Let It Be Me

Let It be Me (Je t'appertiens)
(Mann Curtis - Pierre Delanoe - Gilbert Becaud)

Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Reed - lead guitar Velma Smith - rh.guitar Pete Drake - steel Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki - bass Kenneth Buttrey, Buddy Harman - drums Hargus Pig Robbins - piano Floyd Cramer - organ/vibes Jerry Smith - vibes Recorded: October 27-28/1964, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville

Skeeter Davis - You, You, You (1963)

Arranged by Anita Kerr /Conducted by Chet Atkins
Produced by Anita Kerr & Chet Atkins

James Wilson - guitar
Ray Edenton, Velma Smith - rh.guitar
Pete Drake - steel
Henry Strzelecki, Bob Moore - bass
Buddy Harman - drums
Floyd Cramer - piano/organ
Anita Kerr - harpsochord
Vocals: The Anita Kerr Singers
(Dorothy Dillard, Anita Kerr,
Louis Nunley, William Wright)

Jerry L. Lewis: KILLER ROCKS ON

PETE DRAKE, STEEL

Linda Hargrove: Mexican Love Songs 1977
co-written by Pete Drake.

Capitol Records release called: .
http://www.lindahargrove.com an amazing woman with amazing spirit. I met her in BookPeople over ten years ago and bought a demo tape that had great songs on it. Some were her previous hits but some of the best were previously unrecorded.
The following is from Linda's Website (see link above):
*BMI Country Music Achievement Awards
1984 "Tennessee Whiskey" recorded by George Jones, Epic Records

Over 100 recordings by other artists including:

Tammy Wynette, Leon Russell, Tanya Tucker, Michael Nesmith, David Allan Coe, Phil Vassar, Pam Rose, Marty Robbins, Ernest Tubb, Dionne Warwick, Julie Andrews, B.J. Thomas, Asleep At the Wheel, and others.

Vernon Oxford: They`ll Never Take Her Love From Me