I was born in 1946 but I remember some those song too. My parents live in Ok in 1950's and move back to Ca in the 60's . While we live Ok we all listed. I still love the old music janet -----Original Message----- From: JSDDOC@aol.com <JSDDOC@aol.com> To: DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 31, 1999 9:40 AM Subject: [DAVENPORT] Something for theOld Folks--Lulu Belle and Skyland Scotty >Kinfolks and Others Interested: > > The Davenport-Wiseman connection in Western North Carolina is of long >standing, going back to before the Revolution. Elaine Steere of Avery >County, NC, sent a New Year's Greeting to a limited list of her own, but >therein she included a reminder of nostalgic days for some of us that I >believe worthy of sharing. For you folks who go back to the Great Depression >and WWII, perhaps you'll appreciate this recall of some old friends as I did. > > Extract from Elaine's greeting: >* * * * >Subj: Holiday Wishes >Date: 12/30/1999 10:47:22 PM Eastern Standard Time >From: c21highctry@skybest.com (Elaine Steere) > >Cyber Friends, > > ........ > > "I continue to track those elusive ancestors and volunteer my time at >the Avery County Historical Museum. Last year I got the Governor's Award >for Volunteerism and this coming season we are featuring the incredible >life of one of our local boys, Scott Wiseman. He and his singing >partner/wife, known to the world as "Lulu Belle" and "Scotty" sang >before thousands in the 30's, 40's and 50's on WLS radio Barndance. They >will live for a long time through their music. "Have I Told You Lately >That I Love You" - "Mountain Dew" - "Remember Me" and almost 200 more. >Pray that I do them justice and come in May to see it. > > ......... > > Elaine > >* * * * > > My reply: > >Subj: Re: Thanks for the Memory >Date: 12/30/1999 > >Elaine: > > When I was a boy back in Central Illinois in the early 1930s, Lulu Belle >and Skyland Scotty were the top-billed stars of prairie radio--on the >WLS-Chicago National Barn Dance. I remember them fondly for their plaintive >ballad duets, especially "When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley" and >"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." By their music they helped us contend with >the harshness of the times. When my father was murdered in 1935, my Mother >moved the family to Southern California. We could still get the National >Barn Dance on the Network occasionally, and I followed Lulu Belle and Scotty >as long as I could. Then I got diverted by the Grand Old Opera from >WSM-Nashville which took over the Network time slot that the Barn Dance had, >and became a Duke of Paducah, Roy Acuff and Wabash Cannon Ball fan. But I >still remember the Wisemans fondly and how our family used to gather around >the radio on a Saturday night to hear the National Barn Dance, from the stage >of Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago--always topped off by Lulu Belle and Scotty >Wiseman. There were also the Hoosier Hot Shots ("Are you ready, Hezzie?"), >Louise Massey and The Westerners, Eddie Peabody (The Banjo King), and Henry >Burr (a balladeer with a clear, strong voice into his early-80s), all >remembered with appreciative nostalgia. > > Thank you for recalling favorite music and musicians of my youth. > > Doc > >* * * * > > On that note, I'll close the millennium. I send you all best wishes for >a Happy New Year--from the Jersey Shore by an Illinois-born, Southern >California-raised, old curmudgeon with Virginia roots. > > Take care, you hear! > > Jersey Doc > > >==== DAVENPORT Mailing List ==== >Having problems with this mailing list? >Write to: DAVENPORT-admin@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. >RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >