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LINKS:
NOTE: There's a lot of great info on these sites. However, please keep in mind that in some cases, the history is less than accurate.
If you know of any other links that should be added to our list, please let us know.
MUSEUMS:
Autry National Center Museum of the American West:
http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org
Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum: http://www.geneautryokmuseum.com
Country Music Hall of Fame: http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: http://www.cowgirl.net
Rockabilly Hall of Fame (info on traditional Country music, and the
Bakersfield Sound; Carolina Cotton page):
http://www.rockabillyhall.com
FAN SITES:
Eddy Arnold: http://www.eddyarnold.com
Chet Atkins: http://www.misterguitar.com
Gene Autry Entertainment (Official Site): http://www.geneautry.com
Smiley Burnette (Official Site): http://www.smileyburnette.org/Smiley/index.html
Smiley Burnette Interprises: http://www.smileyburnette.org
Ken Curtis (fan site): http://www.eviltwin.velvetsofa.com/Curtis/main.html
Ken Curtis: http://www.testytoads.com/curt/
Gail Davis / Annie Oakley (entry at The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2745
Randall Franks (Appalacian Ambassador of the fiddle):
http://www.randallfranks.com
M Johnson (No.1 Black Yodeler, artist and storyteller): http://www.freewebs.com/blackyodelno1/
Jock Mahoney: http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/jockmahoney.html
Yodeling Queen Janet McBride: http://www.heroeswest.com/yodelqueen
Patsy Montana (Official Site): http://www.patsymontana.net
Bob Nolan - Sons Of The Pioneers (by grandson Calin Coburn and archivist Elizabeth Drake McDonald): www.bobnolan-sop.net/index.htm
Sons Of The Pioneers (Carolina Cotton page, info about their 1949 tour): http://www.bobnolan-sop.net/Recollections/Carolina%20Cotton/Carolina.htm
Doye O' Dell (by Shane Hall, cousin): http://www.doyeodell.com
Hank Penny (Official Site): http://www.hankpenny.net
Riders of the Purple Sage (Official Site): http://www.ridersofthepurplesage.com
Riders in the Sky: http://www.ridersinthesky.com
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (Official Site): http://www.royrogers.com
Cliffie Stone (Official Site): http://www.cliffiestone.com
Eddie Sulik (Rockabilly / Western Swing legend with a fascinating but tragic history): http://www.eddiesulik.com
Taylor Ware: http://www.taylorware.com
Bob Wills (Official Site): http://www.bobwills.com
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys:
http://www.texasplayboys.net
WESTERN SWING MUSIC:
All Music Guide: http://www.allmusic.com
The Bakersfield Sound (includes info w/ Spade Cooley and Bob Wills): http://www.bakersfield.com/static/FP/baksound/beginning.htm
Big Bands Database Plus, Western Swing Bands: http://nfo.net/usa/weswing.html
British Archive of Country Music: http://bacm.users.btopenworld.com/
Dorothea Lange photo collection at Online Archive of California Digital Library (Dude Martin photos, info 1942-44):
http://texts.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft3f59n5wt&query=dude%20martin&hit.rank=1#2
The Big Jamboree (info on Western Swing and steel guitar): http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rockin.paul/contents.htm
Brad's Page of Steel (Guitar): http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html
Dorothy Bryant Epps (author, sister of Jimmy Bryant): http://www.lorenebryantepps.com/
Jimmy Bryant (by Jimmy's son John): http://groups.msn.com/JimmyBryant
Country Classics / Bradley Brothers (Eddie Dean): http://www.countryclassics.com
Country Legends: http://www.mikespages.com/Country%20Legends.html
Country Music Classics: http://www.countrymusicclassics.com
Ernest Tubb (history, and Record Shop): http://www.ernesttubb.com
Hillbilly-Music: http://www.hillbilly-music.com
Bud Hobbs (official site, by niece Brenda Wattenbarger): http://home.earthlink.net/~brea1107/id6.html
Info on Spade Cooley, Hank Williams Sr. and detailed description of Riverside Rancho: http://www.johngilmore.com/Celebrities/hank_williams_sr.html
Lillies Ohlsson (Western Swing history): http://leeswing88.se
MSN Music (classic country, Hank Penny): http://music.msn.com/artist/default.aspx?artist=127046
Open Directory Project (links directory to Country / Western artists): http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/Country/Bands_and_Artists/
Papers of Redd Harper (Billy Graham Center, history): http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/GUIDES/235.htm
Andy Parker / Plainsmen Trio (history): http://www.seattlewesternswingmusicsociety.com/reminiscing.htm
Hank Penny / Sheb Wooley (history): http://www.talentondisplay.com/kicprofiles02.html
Seattle Western Swing Music Society: http://www.seattlewesternswingmusicsociety.com
Seattle Western Swing Music Society page w/ Carolina Cotton: http://www.seattlewesternswingmusicsociety.com/carolinacotton.htm
Sons of the Pioneers (history): http://www.classicwebs.com/pioneers.htm
Sons of the Pioneers (Happy Trails site): http://happytrails18.tripod.com
Swingin' West: http://www.swinginwest.com
Traditional Country Hall of Fame:
http://www.traditionalcountryhalloffame.com
Western Music Association (WMA): http://www.westernmusic.org
WMA Hall of Fame page w/ Carolina Cotton: http://www.westernmusic.org/HallOfFamefiles/CarolinaCotton.html
Western Swing.Com: http://www.westernswing.com
Western Swing Society: http://www.westernswingsociety.org
Tex Williams: http://www.illinoistimes.com/gbase/Gyrosite/Content?oid=oid%3A2557g/
VH1 (search engine, info on many Western Swing artists): http://www.vh1.com/artists
Xtreme Musician (info on Western Swing musicians, including Carolina Cotton): http://www.xtrememusician.com
WESTERN FILMS:
Cowboy Pal: http://www.cowboypal.com
Internet Movie Database (IMDB), page w/ Carolina Cotton (use Search):
http://www.imdb.com
Wild West Publishing / Donn Moyer (books on B Western films and performers, including a full section on Carolina Cotton): http://users.telisphere.com/djmoyer55/cowboy.htm
The Old Corral (includes info on Western Singing Groups): http://www.surfnetinc.com/chuck/trio.htm
PRC Studios (history): http://www.oldb-movies.com/PRC/prc.html
Roy Rogers/Dale Evans fan site: http://happytrails18.tripod.com/happytrails
Sunset Carson: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/cepowell/sunsetcarson
Western Clippings (Boyd Magers site, with extensive Western film info and some of Carolina's movies on VHS available):
http://www.westernclippings.com
Western Film Fair site: http://westernfilmfair.tripod.com
Wild Westerns: http://www.wildestwesterns.com
RADIO:
KFDI Classic Country (history page, with info on Western Swing artists): http://www.kfdi.com/get/theranch/page5.asp
KNX (Los Angeles station, were Hollywood Barn Dance and other Western Swing shows were broadcast): http://www.knx1070.com/info/history/photos/default.html
KPO Radio history (one of the Bay Area radio stations where Dude Martin and his Roundup Gang performed):
http://americahurrah.com/SanFrancisco/Memories/sfmemNBC.htm
Old
Radio.com (radio stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles...includes a
photo of Dude Martin's band and poss. Carolina at "Studio C", in San
Francisco): http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/laradio.htm
MISC. RELATED LINKS:
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS): http://www.afrts.osd.mil
AFRS Korea:
http://www.afnkorea.net/Yongsan/Article.asp?PT=Feature+Story&id=29745
Coy-Boy.Com (all kinds of Western topics): http://www.cow-boy.com
Cowgirls Dream (info on female Western entertainers): http://www.cowgirls.com
Holy Trinity School of El Cajon (All Western Days history): http://holytrinityschool.mswin.net/history_of_holy_trinity_school_o.htm
Info on Helldorado: http://www.1st100.com/part1/cashman.html
Lincoln Highway Association (info on Dude Martin, and music halls in Oakland): http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/ca/traveler/2001-03/highway_nostalgia.html
Oracle
of Bacon at the University of Virginia (connects Carolina Cotton to
Kevin Bacon or any other celebrity combination, using the theory of the
popular "Kevin Bacon" game): http://oracleofbacon.org/oracle/
Presto Records History (one of the types of records used for acetate soundtrack recordings, transcriptions and demos): http://www.televar.com/grshome/Presto.htm
Radio Recorders (studio in Santa Monica, CA where some recordings were made): http://www.smecc.org/radio_recorders_-_santa_monica_ca_.htm
Radio Recorders info by Scotty Moore: http://www.scottymoore.net/studio_radiorecorders.html
USO: http://www.uso.org/pubs/8_13_18.cfm
Working Cowboy.Com (Western Swing and Cowboy related topics): http://www.workingcowboy.com/index.shtml
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