Title: The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Source:
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Good Morning, Deckard …
Yes, the world is waiting for the sunrise as those of us who closely follow you here on LF are patiently waiting for the barrage of cop-hating and government-detesting articles you plan to post today.
So, instead of posting those many articles….perhaps it will be easier for us if you just post the links on this thread in any order you desire.
Yes, the world is waiting for the sunrise as those of us who closely follow you here on LF are patiently waiting for the barrage of cop-hating and government-detesting articles you plan to post today.
Don't forget about the ever crucial to our lives POT newsbreaks.
On the other hand, what about your own daily "sunrise" barrage of "Cop-Helps-Granny-Across-The-Street' articles?? Or, "Pot-deranged-lunatic-murders-Officer Dibble"??
In defense of Deckard, most "gubmint detesting articles" are WELL DESERVED, exposing the corrupt under-belly of those who use the badge and Alphabet Agy authoritah to ABUSE. (Yes, THEY ACTUALLY EXIST, Gatlin.)
According to you, ALL gubmint drones are incorruptible civil servants, "just here to help."
Neither of you is impartial. Both are over the top. You two are opposite sides to the same coin.
Other than the great music, this seems utterly pointless.
Then just enjoy the great music and leave what you call the “utterly pointless” stuff to others…while you will have no bother or anything to deal with.
Sounds good?
That’s true….I do agree with that. With some degree of reservation until we reach an “Agreement of Understanding” on the definition of the words “most” and “well deserved.” I can however say without any reservation….those who abuse the use their badge and office/job titles should be punished.
According to you, ALL gubmint drones are incorruptible civil servants, "just here to help."
That’s not true and you need to realize it is not. Your use of the stressed word “ALL” was improper and personally opinionated while strongly biased with a definite prejudice. I can give you specific names and job titles of corrupt civil servants I personally feel are [and have been correctly judged and proven to] not “just here to help.” if you feel it necessary for me to do so. But, please don’t make me waste time just to unnecessarily enlighten you.
BTW – May I respectfully ask that you please stop with the gross generalizations and start to deal in specifics. Specifics can be your best friend, if only you will let them be.
I forgot to say that I did enjoy that performance by the Sons of the Pioneers. Thanks. I am a Western history and country music buff. The Sons of the Pioneers are among my top favorites.
You may not know some things about the Sons of the Pioneers, so I will post some information to you. I will start by asking you if you have ever heard of Leonard Slye. Probably no….right? Well read the extract below taken from the Internet and you will learn who he is and something about him.
It’s a very long read and you may not want to go through all of it….but the first few paragraphs are good and at least read down to the info about the son, “Drifting Along With The Tumbling Tumble Weeds.
In the spring of 1931, Ohio-born Leonard Slye—the cowboy singer who would later change his name to Roy Rogers—arrived in California and found work as a truck driver, and later as a fruit picker for the Del Monte company in California's Central Valley. He entered an amateur singing contest on a Los Angeles radio show called Midnight Frolics and a few days later got an invitation to join a group called the Rocky Mountaineers.
In September 1931, Canadian-born Bob Nolan answered a classified ad in the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner that read, "Yodeler for old-time act, to travel. Tenor preferred." The band was The Rocky Mountaineers, by then led by Leonard Slye. After listening to the tall, slender, tanned Nolan sing and yodel, Slye hired Nolan on the spot. Although Nolan stayed with the group only a short time, he stayed in touch with Slye. Nolan was replaced by Tim Spencer, who had been working in a Safeway Stores warehouse.
In the spring of 1932, Slye, Spencer, and another singer, Slumber Nichols, left the Rocky Mountaineers to form a trio, which soon failed. Throughout most of 1932, Slye and Spencer moved through a series of short-lived groups like the International Cowboys and the O-Bar-O Cowboys. Spencer left the O-Bar-O Cowboys and quit music for a while. Slye joined Jack LeFevre and His Texas Outlaws, who were a popular act on a local Los Angeles radio station.
In early 1933, Slye, Nolan, and Spencer formed a group called the Pioneer Trio. The three young singers rehearsed for weeks honing their singing. While Slye continued to work with his radio singing group, Spencer and Nolan began writing songs for the group
By early 1934, the group consisted of Leonard Slye, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer on vocals, with Nolan playing string bass and Slye playing rhythm guitar. During that time, fiddle player Hugh Farr joined the group, adding a bass voice to the group's vocal arrangements. He also sang lead on some songs. Later that year, the "Pioneers Trio" became the "Sons of the Pioneers" through a radio station announcer's chance remark. Asked why he'd changed their name, the announcer said they were too young to have been pioneers, but that they could be sons of pioneers. The name was received well and fit the group, who were no longer a trio.
By the summer of 1934, the Sons of the Pioneers' popularity and fame extended beyond the Los Angeles area and quickly spread across the United States through short syndicated radio segments that were rebroadcast all over the country. They signed a recording contract with the newly founded Decca label, and on August 8, 1934, the Sons of the Pioneers made their first commercial recording. That same day, the immensely popular crooner Bing Crosby also made his first Decca session.
One of the first songs recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers during that first August session was written by Bob Nolan, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", that would soon become a staple in their repertoire. The original title "Tumbling Leaves" was changed to give the song a western character. Over the next two years the group would record 32 songs for Decca. Their output includes a 1937 recording of "The Blue Juniata," by Marion Dix Sullivan,.
Between 1935 and 1984, the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in 87 films, several movie shorts, and a television series.[8] In 1935 they signed with Columbia Pictures to supply the music for the studio's Charles Starrett westerns. In 1937, Leonard Slye was offered a contract as an actor with rival Republic Pictures. Part of that deal required him to leave the singing group. Leonard Slye was rechristened Roy Rogers, and went on to achieve major success as a singing cowboy in the movies. Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers remained close throughout the coming years. When the Starrett unit disbanded at the end of the 1941 season, the Pioneers rejoined Rogers at Republic and were soon appearing as highly popular supporting players in the Rogers westerns.
By this time the group was billed as "Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers." Nolan was reluctant to be the "leader" of the group, which had been formed as a co-operative outfit with no formal leader, but he bowed to the demands of show business; agents, music publishers, and recording companies insisted that co- operative bands needed a name to promote them (as in Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra). Because Bob Nolan's featured appearances with Starrett had made him the most recognizable of the Pioneers, Nolan reluctantly became the "front" for the group.
In addition to their appearances and filmed performances, their music was used in numerous other films and television shows.[10] and for John Ford movies Wagon Master in 1949 and Rio Grande in 1950, and performed the theme song for the John Ford classic The Searchers in 1956. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" was used in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski in 1998.
In 1971, Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer were both elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1972, most of the surviving members of the Sons of the Pioneers, including the original Pioneer Trio of Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer, gathered at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles for one last performance. In 1980, the Sons of the Pioneers were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In 1979, Bob Nolan returned to the studio for the final time and recorded a successful solo album of classics and newer compositions titled Bob Nolan – The Sound of a Pioneer.
The late 1970s saw the passing of an era, as many of the founding members of the group died. Tim Spencer died on April 26, 1976. Lloyd Perryman, who had been with the group since 1936, died on May 31, 1977. Hugh Farr, who had retired from the group in 1958, died on April 17, 1980. Bob Nolan died on June 16, 1980.
Following the death of Lloyd Perryman in 1977, Dale Warren, who had joined the group in 1952 and continued on until his death on August 8, 2008, took over the leadership of the Sons of the Pioneers, guiding them into the 2000s. They continued to perform in concert and recorded as well with a lineup that featured, amongst many others, Luther Nallie (guitar, vocals), Rusty Richards (vocals), Doye O'Dell (guitar, vocals), Billy Armstrong (fiddle), Billy Liebert (accordion), Gary LeMaster (lead guitar)and Rome Johnson (vocals).[4]
The current "Trail Boss" of the Sons of the Pioneers is Tommy Nallie (guitar, yodels, harmony vocals), who joined the group in 1983. Other current band members are Ken Lattimore (tenor vocals, fiddle), Randy Rudd (lead vocals, guitar, MC), Mark Abbott (bass vocals, bass), and Justin Branum (fiddle, mandolin). In 2001, a book about the group was published, titled The Sons of the Pioneers by Bill O'Neal and Fred Goodwin.[11] Another book about the group, first published in 1974, is called Hear My Song, The Story of the Celebrated Sons of the Pioneers by Ken Griffis, and is available on The Pioneers' website.
In 1977, the Smithsonian Institution, which designates certain artists and performers who have made a noteworthy contribution to the arts and culture of America, named the Sons of the Pioneers as "National Treasures".
In 1995, the Sons of the Pioneers were inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Sons of the Pioneers were the first Country and Western group to sing at Carnegie Hall, and the first to perform at the lavish nightclubs in Las Vegas. The group has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6845 Hollywood Blvd. for recording.
Pioneertown, California was named for the Sons of the Pioneers who were original investors. It was built in 1946 as an old west movie set.[14]
The Sons of the Pioneers Transcription Disc Collection resides at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill within the Southern Folklife Collection.[15]
Since 1933, 43 singers and musicians have been official members of the Sons of the Pioneers.
