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| (Hubert Nelson/James Touchstone) |
| (o): | Nelstone's Hawaiians (1929) | label: Victor |
| | Hubert A. Nelson (vocal & steel) and James D. Touchstone (guitar & harmonica). Among the oldest recorded electric steel guitar music (probably a Rickenbacker Frying Pan). The weeping of that instrument became an essential hallmark in C&W music. Hawaiian guitars became popular in the States when Hawaii became the 50th state of the nation (shortly before WW I). |
| (c): | Dixon Brothers (1937) [as Honey It's Just Because], Lone Star Cowboys (1933) [alias The Shelton Brothers + Leon Chappelear], Shelton Brothers (1935) , Hackberry Ramblers (1935) , Prairie Ramblers (1935) , Cliff Carlisle (1936) [as You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone], Dick Stabile (1937) [with Bunny Berigan on trumpet], Saddle Tramps (1937) [as Just Because #3], Frankie Yankovic (1948) , Elvis Presley (1954) [on his first lp; knew this from The Shelton Brothers (see also: Aura Lee)], Collins Kids (1958) , Duane Eddy (1959) , Brenda Lee (1959) , Jerry Lee Lewis (1966) , Flying Burrito Brothers (1974) , Urbanus (1979) [melody in Madammen Met Een Bontjas], Paul McCartney (1987) , Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes (1993) , Jorma Kaukonen (2002) , Brian Setzer (2005) , Duke Robillard (2008) , |
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| Credited to the Shelton Brothers (Art & Casey) since the Lone Star Cowboys version. In fact a musical variation on Shine (see there). |
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