My Window Faces The South

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 26 Jul 2011 9:38 am

I'll just leave this here.
Historic recordings of My Window Faces The South

Papa Joe Pollick · Post by **Papa Joe Pollick** » 26 Jul 2011 11:06 am

Thanks Boss...That was great..

Billy Tonnesen · Post by **Billy Tonnesen** » 26 Jul 2011 1:11 pm

On the George Morgan cut, wasn't that J.D. Maness playing a Fender 1000 steel ?

Tom Keller · Post by **Tom Keller** » 26 Jul 2011 6:51 pm

Gosh, I enjoyed that. I love the George Morgan, Glen Campbell clip. Thanks Bob

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 26 Jul 2011 7:20 pm

Wow Fats Waller 1937! I didnt know that. Thanks for the history b0b.

Clete

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 26 Jul 2011 8:48 pm

Love it! Thanks, b0b!

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 27 Jul 2011 6:59 am

Very cool going through the history of the tune.. Glen Campbell totally rocked it on the GMorgan version.

Also the chord progression got much more sophisticated .

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 27 Jul 2011 7:32 am

That's great! Hats off to Ceele Burke. At 1:38 & 1:55, on the 1937 Fats Waller side, the clarinet player plays some licks that wouldn't be out of place on a Charlie Parker record.

Billy Tonnesson - I believe that's Jay MacDonald playing the Fender pedal steel on the "Star Route" footage. If so - that's a rare clip of him playing live. Here is a photo of Jay MacDonald from the "Buck Owens - On the Bandstand" LP:

Of course, Leon is incredible on the ET show footage!!!

Bill Cutright · Post by **Bill Cutright** » 1 Aug 2011 12:21 pm

RK - not too sure about Gene Davis' steel player.
I don't think thats the same guy on the Buck records, tho - unless his ears shrunk... that guy in the clip was blessed with some bigguns.

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · Post by **Archie Nicol R.I.P.** » 1 Aug 2011 3:49 pm

Watching Bobby Black smoking(literally) with the good Commander in '76. `We've Got A Live One Here` album tour. Fanfeckintastic.

Arch.

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 2 Aug 2011 4:18 am

Bill Cutright - You're right - it doesn't look like Jay MacDonald on the "Star Route " clip. Bad guess on my part. Kenny Baker had ears like that, too.

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 2 Aug 2011 8:41 pm

Billy Tonnesen wrote:On the George Morgan cut, wasn't that J.D. Maness playing a Fender 1000 steel ?

That show was filmed in Canada, I think Toronto, and they used local players in the house band.

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 3 Aug 2011 10:31 am

Once at a Commander Cody/LPA show a guy hollered for My Window Faces The South, and Cody merely relpied "too bad...".