[78-L] Ferlin Husky is "Gone"

[Bill McClung]

And I do love his "Bop Cat Bop" as Simon Crum.  There are many reasons to be
irritated by this Capitol 78 but I love the energy and the musicians and
that it sounds like they were just flat-out having fun.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
>
> http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/country-music-innovator-ferlin-husky-dies-at-85/1
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> Ferlin
>  Husky is "Gone." The country music veteran died today at the age of 85.
>  This is an early recording of his first hit, which was recorded in 1952
>  in Los Angeles. A later version five years later helped popularize the
> "Nashville
> Sound," with a vocal chorus and pop arrangement, but this first version,
> featured a small group of Capitol session musicians: Speedy West, Harold
>  Hensley, Billy Liebert, and Cliffie Stone. Husky used the pseudonym
> "Terry Preston" for this release, a name given to him by Smiley
> Burnette. http://picosong.com/LpJ
>
> Cary Ginell
>
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