*(2006) Condor ''Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache'' Phil Friendly & The Loners

The Condor Recordings
The Condor Recordings
39 بار بازدید - 8 ماه پیش - LIVE BROADCAST FOR PHIL FRIENDLY
LIVE BROADCAST FOR PHIL FRIENDLY & THE LONERS
RADIO CAPELLE 105.3 FM ON AIR / 102.4 FM CABLE

RECORDED AT STUDIO RADIO CAPELLE
LIBRIJE 183, 2900 AX, CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL
CONDOR SESSION: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2006
SESSION HOURS: 20:00-23:00 HOURS
PRODUCERS: WILLIE BROWN, DIEUDONNE DUBOIS & ALBERT VIS
RECORDING ENGINEERS: HENK VAN DORSTEN & WILLIE BROWN
MASTERING CDR-880: WILLIE BROWN

After numerous CD releases the young rockabilly, countryrock singer, songwriter and guitarist Phil Friendly and his competent band The Loners are happy to offer you this exhilarating live recordings. The product captures their vibrant live performance at the radio studios in Capelle aan den IJssel. All the selections on his playlists here includes rockabilly and country tracks that is dedicated to all young music lovers today.

"RED CADILLAC AND A BLACK MOUSTACHE''
Composer: - Wriston Auguste Thompson-Lilly May
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music (2:38)
Matrix number: - 2006 R 10-5-18
Recorded: - December 19, 2006
Released: - Not Originally Issued

Warren Smith was an American rockabilly and country music singer and guitarist. Smith was born on February 7, 1932 in Humphreys County, Mississippi, to Ioda and Willie Warren Smith, who divorced when he was young. He was raised by his maternal grandparents in Louise, Mississippi, where they had a small farm and dry goods store.

Smith took up the guitar to while away his evenings while in the United States Air Force stationed in San Antonio, Texas. By the time of his discharge from the service, he had decided to make a career of music. He moved to West Memphis, Arkansas, and auditioned, successfully, to play the Cotton Club, a local nightclub. The steel guitarist Stan Kesler, who was playing there with the Snearly Ranch Boys, immediately spotted Smith's potential and took him to Sun Records to audition for Sam Phillips, with the Snearly Ranch Boys providing backup.

Phillips liked what he heard and decided that "Rock 'N' Roll Ruby", a song credited to Johnny Cash, would be Smith's first record. (Smith later claimed that the song was actually written by George Jones and sold to Cash for $40.) Smith recorded it on February 5, 1956. Phillips, playing it safe in case rock and roll did not maintain its popularity, released it with a country crooner, aptly named "I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry", on the flip side. By May 26, "Rock 'n' Roll Ruby" had reached number 1 on the local pop chart; this record, his first for Sun, went on to outsell the first Sun releases by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins.

In August 1956, Smith went back to the Sun Records studio to record his second release, "Ubangi Stomp", an infectious rocker with crude lyrics and vocals suggesting an African chief with the syntax of a movie Indian. For the B-side, he recorded the classic ballad "Black Jack David", a song that originated in early 18th-century Britain and survived in various forms in the mountains of the American South; it may be the oldest song ever recorded by a rock-and-roll performer. Although a resounding artistic success, this record did not sell as well as Smith's debut.

In 1957, Smith recorded "So Long, I'm Gone", a song written by Roy Orbison. It became his biggest hit for Sun, peaking at number 74 on the Billboard national chart. But Sun had no cash to promote it, as Sam Phillips put every dollar Sun had behind Jerry Lee Lewis's "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On". Smith continued to make rockabilly records for Sun, including a cover version of Slim Harpo's "Got Love If You Want It" (recorded in October 1957), but these records did not do well commercially. Toward the end of 1958, seeing his future in country music, he cut a final record for Sun, a cover version of Don Gibson's "Sweet Sweet Girl". In spite of a review in Billboard calling it "ultra commercial", this record also did not sell well. Like other artists such as Sonny Burgess, Hayden Thompson, Billy Lee Riley and Ray Harris, Smith had little success on the charts. He then decided to leave Sun Records.

After his release from prison, Smith again tried to restart his career. He got some publicity from the rockabilly revival in the late 1970s. In 1977 he was invited to appear at London's Rainbow Theatre, on a bill featuring Charlie Feathers, Buddy Knox and Jack Scott. To his shock, Smith was received in London with standing ovations. His reception in England boosted his spirits and, upon his return to the United States, he began to perform with newfound vigor. In November 1978, Smith and fellow Sun alumnus Ray Smith toured Europe, again with great success. Smith died on January 30, 1980 of a heart attack, at 47 years of age, while preparing for another European tour.

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Phil Friendly - Vocal and Lead Guitar
Tim van der Schoor - Acoustig Guitar and Vocals
Ronald Tilgenkamp - Upright Bass
John van Houtum - Drums

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