Re: [ARSCLIST] Bluegrass

[Andrew Leach <aleach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just realized that I misspelled the author's name below.  His name is Ken Griffis.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Leach 
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:40 PM
> To: 'garyhiggins@xxxxxxxxxxx'; ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ARSCLIST] Bluegrass
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Ken Griffin wrote an article on the Beverly Hill Billies in 
> _JEMF Quarterly_ (Vol. 8, No. 28 (Winter 1972): 173-78) 
> called "The Charlie Quirk Story and the Beginning of the 
> Beverly Hill Billies."  He also wrote the entry on the group 
> in _The Encyclopedia of Country Music_ (New York: Oxford 
> University Press, 1998).
> 
> As far as the Beverly Hill Billies' recordings, a song called 
> "The Martins and the Coys," credited to Gene Autry with the 
> Beverly Hill Billies, is included on _Gene Autry with the 
> Legendary Singing Groups of the West_ (Varèse Sarabande 
> VSD-5841), and a song called "Ridge Runnin' Roan," credited 
> to Glen Rice and His Beverly Hill Billies, is included on 
> _Back in the Saddle Again_ (New World NW314-2).  The liner 
> notes of the latter anthology include some brief information 
> on the group.  For their most complete discographical 
> information, I'd either contact the CMF in Nashville, TN, or 
> wait for the publication of the forthcoming pre-war country 
> music discography that Tony Russell and the late Bob Pinson compiled.
> 
> It should be pointed out, though, that the Beverly Hill 
> Billies weren't a bluegrass band.  Bluegrass didn't really 
> become a recognizable musical genre until the mid to late 1940s.
> 
> I hope this helps!
> 
> Andrew Leach
> Assistant Librarian and Archivist
> Center for Black Music Research
> Columbia College Chicago
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Higgins [mailto:garyhiggins@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:40 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Bluegrass
> 
> 
> Is anyone familiar with a bluegrass band Beverly Hillbillies? 
> They were from the 1930s, and I’m not referring to Lester 
> Flatt and Earl Scruggs from the TV show. The TV show was 
> actually named after the band. I am working on a historical 
> project and am looking for any information or even recordings 
> of the band.
>  
> Gary Higgins
>