Who are they?

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 6 May 2008 3:37 am

Anyone know them?

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 6 May 2008 5:23 am

Look carefully. There are some pretty famous people here.

Curtis Alford · Post by **Curtis Alford** » 6 May 2008 6:46 am

Looks like a show group from the La.Hayride. I think that is Johnny Horton on the right. I can't see the other clearly so not sure.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 6 May 2008 7:18 am

I'm going to guess Slim Whitman in the two-tone jacket next to Horton.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 6 May 2008 9:47 am

Could that be Jimmy Day? I know the hair looks too dark, but photos can be deceiving in that regard.

Curtis Alford · Post by **Curtis Alford** » 6 May 2008 10:49 am

The guy with the suit and tie, could that be Horce Logan, MC for the Hayride? The place makes me think it was in the old show venue down town. Not sure about the hat guy in the back, Tillman Franks maybe.

Terry Wood · Post by **Terry Wood** » 6 May 2008 12:04 pm

I think it is Johnny Horton on right, Slim Whitman next to him and the one guy does look somewhat like Jimmy Day but Jimmy was a bit thinner and blonder hair.

The steel player I am, not sure but my friend the Dr. Ralph Sheets would know if he saw this as he was there around that time playing with Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton and others. Zane Beck was around there back then as well, but it is not him.

Terry Wood

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 6 May 2008 1:34 pm

Some of you are fairly close.........I'll give you the names tomorrow afternoon......

Scott Henderson · Post by **Scott Henderson** » 6 May 2008 1:37 pm

Is it INSINK????????

Paul Norman (RIP) · Post by **Paul Norman (RIP)** » 6 May 2008 2:58 pm

2 and 3 is Charlie and Ira Louvin
the end tall one could be Charlie Walker or
Jimmy C. Newman.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 6 May 2008 9:42 pm

Johnny Horton on the right, Slim Whitman wearing the two tone jacket, poss. Claude King in the white suit and tie, don't remember the rest of them. Steel player is not Jimmy Day but he is in that picture if I remember correct. The actual photo is a lot bigger and there are about twenty people ( LA Hayride cast ) in it, including Elvis, Joe Clay and Goldie Hill.

Jody Sanders · Post by **Jody Sanders** » 6 May 2008 11:11 pm

Could be Slim's pickers, Hoot Rains and Curly Herndon. Sonny Trammell was also playing steel about that time. Jody.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 7 May 2008 3:24 am

Jussi is correct in that this is one half of the picture.

Hint: It is the Hayride about '53. The steel player has opened the Sat. Night edition of the TSGA March Jamboree for the last 12 years.

Some of you got some of the names....will name all this afternoon. I will probably post the other half of the pick then. It will be easier to guess.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 7 May 2008 8:40 am

Have to apologize, the picture with Elvis & Joe Clay is not this one. But Jimmy Day, Floyd Cramer, Jim Reeves, Goldie & Tommy Hill, Billy Walker & his band are there. And the guy in the white suit is Claude King, still don't know who the steel player is

but there is another steel player in the photo too and he's Felton Pruitt.

Steve Feldman · Post by **Steve Feldman** » 7 May 2008 9:09 am

Wild guess: Spade Cooley on the right.

Curtis Alford · Post by **Curtis Alford** » 7 May 2008 11:04 am

I think this picture is after 1955. As I remember Johnny came on the hayride in 1955. I'm thinking this is '56 or '57. Getting old can't recall all these date real quick. Too many bars and too many stars.
Curtis

Fred Shannon · Post by **Fred Shannon** » 7 May 2008 11:44 am

I don't think the steeler was Hoot Rains. He played a Gibson i think and here's a picture of him about the time he and "Otis Dewey Whitman" tore up the nation with "Love Song Of The Waterfall" (and that's another story in itself".

Phred

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 7 May 2008 11:57 am

Steel player is Jim Evans?

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 7 May 2008 3:25 pm

Line up for the first post picture.
L to R
Jim Evans - Staff Steel, Steel for Johnny Horton, later Evans Amps. TSGA Hall of Fame this year.
Charlie Davis - Lead-Guitar for Johnny Horton. Charlie is deceased.
Claude King - Hayride vocalist
Slim Whitman - Hayride vocalist
Van Howard - Hayide vocalist. Harmony for Ray Price
Johnny Horton - Hayride vocalist. Johnny is deceased

How well did you do?
These are some of the people that paved the way.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 7 May 2008 3:27 pm

Pic #2
You will probably do better with this one.

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 7 May 2008 7:14 pm

Hey Bob, where you getting all those good ole pictures, you're not that old.

From left to right, just guessing:

?
Jim Reeves
Faron Young
Jimmy Day
Bud Isaaks
?

Am I close?

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 7 May 2008 10:00 pm

Henry Matthews wrote:Hey Bob, where you getting all those good ole pictures, you're not that old.

From left to right, just guessing:

?
Jim Reeves
Faron Young
Jimmy Day
Bud Isaaks
?

Am I close?

Close, but not quite:
Horace Logan at the mike
Jim Reeves
Tommy Hill
Jimmy Day
Floyd Cramer
? ( might be listed with the photo but don't remember now )

This complete photo is in the beautiful book that comes with Johnny Horton's Bear Family box sets.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 8 May 2008 2:06 am

Jussi - The one you missed........the last one is Tommy Bishop -Guitarist.

Henry - You know the guys that I run around with...... I figure that if I run around with guys that old maybe some of it will rub off.....hasn't happened yet though.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 10 May 2008 4:28 am

I have four more "outcrops" of this pic if anyone wants to see them ........post a request.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 10 May 2008 9:46 am

'the brokeback mountain boys'??

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