[78-L] Hillbilly Heaven

[Gene Baron]

Thanks for looking this up -- the recent storms here have made my Internet
connection very shaky at best so I can only stay on for a bit at a time.

Gene

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:57 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> http://www.amazon.com/Sidekick-Heaven/dp/B000S3YF46
>
> Got 99 cents, Pilgrim?
>
> dl
>
> On 7/3/2012 6:41 PM, Gene Baron wrote:
> > I remember when the Western group Riders in the Sky had a radio show on
> NPR
> > (late 80s/early 90s?), they did a parody called 'Sidekick Heaven' where
> > they listed the names of famous cowboy sidekicks (Gabby Hayes, Andy
> Devine,
> > et al) -- I don't know if they recorded it.
> >
> > Gene
> > gene.baron at gmail.com
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Dennis Flannigan<
> dennis.flannigan at gmail.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> When Deacon Andy Griffith's "What It Was, Was Football," hit our R&R
> >> station, Seattle's KJR, it was like finding a second Stan Freberg. Andy
> >> followed up with other laughs, then the play, *No Time for Sergeants*.
> >> Later the movie, and of course, *Face in the Crowd*, the movie showing
> the
> >> demonic side of fame. It stayed two days in Tacoma, and was gone. Found
> its
> >> fan base many years later, thanks to movie buffs. Wonderful, under
> >> remembered stuff.
> >>
> >> On to, "Hillbilly Heaven." Other covers of the time might find a few
> living
> >> members. June Carter's version implied women got into heaven, and worth
> >> adding to your collection.
> >>
> >> Are there more covers of "Hillbilly Heaven," or, "Deck of Cards"?
> >>
> >> d
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