[78-L] Follow-Up Songs

[Cary Ginell]

Not only that, Robbins starred in a movie in 1964 called "Ballad of a Gunfighter" that more or less paralleled the story he sang in "El Paso." He played himself and there was a character named Feleena.

Cary Ginell

On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> That reminds me, Marty Robbins wrote and recorded two sequels to El Paso. 
> Over 17 minutes of music, total.
> EL PASO - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIHRgisdbeY
> EL PASO CITY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBorFypGsBs
> FELEENA (FELINA) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryzIX09s2o4
> RayK
>> 
>> 
> From: Cary Ginell
> This reminds me of a routine Johnny Bond did at one time in a recording with 
> Cowboy Copas for Starday. The gimmick is that they're sitting around, 
> playing guitar duets. Bond starts off by playing "I'm Thinking Tonight of My 
> Blue Eyes." Then Copas picks "The Wild Side of Life." Bond's turn comes and 
> he selects "The Great Speckle Bird." Then Copas does "I Didn't Know God Made 
> Honky Tonk Angels." The gag is that all four songs - big hit songs for the 
> Carter Family, Hank Thompson, Roy Acuff, and Kitty Wells ALL had the same 
> melody. The payoff comes when they decide to make up a song on the spot and 
> both play the same melody again. Copas says it's a great melody and asks 
> Bond what he was going to call it. "I don't know, I can't think of a title," 
> Bond dryly says.
> 
> Here's the routine - sorry that it's on a cassette from YouTube. I'm too 
> lazy to dub it from my copy of the LP.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJFn1pI1mGY
> 
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