Mike Cherry, in his “Lost Treasures “Catfish Boogie” post of May 8, 2020, lamented the lack of air checks for Tennessee Ernie Ford, so here’s one.
It’s “Ol’ Ern” on Cliffie Stone’s Hometown Jamboree which aired Monday, July 4, 1949, over KXLA 1110 AM Pasadena.
Cliffie had various shows with live entertainment, live commercials and live audiences on various Southern California radio stations during the 1940’s. He had an ensemble cast of many, including Merle Travis and his wife Judy Hayden, Molly Bee, Eddie Kirk, Bucky Tibbs, Terry Preston (before he began performing under his real name, Ferlin Husky), and even Cliffie’s father, who picked and sang as Herman the Hermit.
Cliffie Stone’s Hometown Jamboree – KXLA Pasadena – July 4, 1949 (28:39)
I downloaded this program from a website in 2011 and listened to it maybe 50 times, anybody share the same passion?
Me.
Yes, I do. I would love to have that program. I just did this YouTube video on Stuart. It’s introduced by his grandson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIQUhtDWl4A&t=55s
Lots of pictures and movie clips of Hamblen that you’ve never seen before. Pictures include Cliffie Stone.
In the late ’50’s, my cousin and I would ditch school at John Muir HS and make it to the studio in the basement of the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel In Pasadena. We were treated (free) to a live performance of Cliffie Stone and the Hometown Jamboree broadcast on KXLA and, sometimes, to a second session that was recorded to be broadcast at a later date. Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end . . .
Yes, I take credit for pioneering the four-day school-week in the late 50’s.