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Post by topgsfan on Sept 13, 2017 12:30:50 GMT -5
Elton Britt does a recitation in this one which I love.
Trees
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Post by topgsfan on Sept 13, 2017 12:42:27 GMT -5
I love this one because it's different.
The Skater's Yodel
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Post by topgsfan on Sept 13, 2017 17:52:26 GMT -5
Elton Britt plays around a little bit about his "yodeler" in the beginning before he starts this song. I would
LOVED to see have seen him in concert. Someone else I'd love to have seen in person was Jim Reeves.
Two of my favorites that have been gone for years! Another one I would liked to have seen who has now
gone on was Jim Ed Brown
Chime Bells 'live'
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Post by youneverknow on Sept 16, 2017 13:39:22 GMT -5
They must have pulled your link at some point because it says the video is unavailable. I found this link on youtube. Save |
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Post by youneverknow on Sept 16, 2017 13:51:04 GMT -5
He could hold his breath longer than anyone. He once won a breath holding contest. I forgot how long it was, but it was LONG! "The Jimmie Rodgers Blues" (I love this song and the way Elton Britt does it) Oh my gosh Jane, the man could SING. : ) Save |
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Post by youneverknow on Sept 16, 2017 13:52:45 GMT -5
Elton Britt's "The Jimmie Rodger's Blues" song has a longer version that's over 7 minutes long. I have it and LOVE it! Lucky you.  Save |
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Post by topgsfan on Sept 21, 2017 23:24:28 GMT -5
Jolene, I posted the longer version of "The Jimmie Rodgers' Blues" video on here earlier. It might be on the first page. I love that whole album...I've had it for a long time. Elton and another writer wrote that song. I think it's the neatest song and I love the guitar runs Elton does on it, too.
Jimmie Rodgers was Elton Britt' s idol. He heard Elton sing and yodel and called his Manager and publisher imploring him..."you'd better come out here and sign this kid up....he's gonna make bums out of all of us".
Elton was born with a heart problem and was plagued with heart problems all of his life. That's what eventually took his life. He was on his way to his concert and had a heart attack and died the next day in the hospital just a few days before his 59th birthday.
I just love this guy's singing and yodeling.
Yodeling is almost a lost art. You don't hear it anymore...except from the old recordings we have from years gone by.
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Post by topgsfan on Sept 28, 2017 20:41:51 GMT -5
I'm loving this guy's singing and yodeling more and more if that's possible. I have been a fan of his ever since
I was a very young girl and I just think he was so talented. He was one of those who left us way too soon at a
few days before he turned 59 years of age. In this video he was 52 years old. He had the most versatile voice
I have ever heard. He could sing any song he wanted to whether it was country, pop, blues, and the list goes on.
In this video he sings 3 songs and Jimmy Dean chats with him just a little. I LOVE IT!
Elton Britt on Jimmy Dean's TV Show in 1965
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Post by topgsfan on Dec 21, 2017 14:04:50 GMT -5
This is a still "live" version of "Cattle Call". Elton Britt did several shows back then that was recorded...not much on video. He did do 2 or 3 movies and I have one of them on a DVD called "Laramie". His part in it is a singing soldier and sings 2 songs "Chime Bells" and Molly Darling".
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Post by topgsfan on Dec 21, 2017 14:32:16 GMT -5
Elton Britt did an album of Jimmie Rodgers songs. He was his inspiration and idol. Here is one of those songs
"My Carolina Sunshine Girl"
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Post by topgsfan on Dec 21, 2017 14:40:30 GMT -5
Elton Britt singing "Someday You'll Want Me To Want You"
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Post by youneverknow on Dec 21, 2017 15:28:04 GMT -5
I love Jimmie Rodgers (the Singing Brakeman) and his songs. I especially love Elton singing "My Carolina Sunshine Girl".
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Post by topgsfan on Dec 21, 2017 16:29:30 GMT -5
I love Jimmie Rodgers (the Singing Brakeman) and his songs. I especially love Elton singing "My Carolina Sunshine Girl". I've always loved Jimmie Rodgers and his songs, also. I love the fact that Elton Britt made the album he did of Jimmie Rodgers' songs. I just told my husband last night that I only wished that Elton would have recorded more of his songs. He did a great job on them...and the one he and his buddy (can't think of his name) wrote together " The Jimmie Rodgers Blues" is a masterpiece! I am so happy that I have that LP and a guy that owns a basically used record shop in Round Rock not too far from where I live copied it to a CD for me. He normally charges $20.00 to do that, but he did it for me for free! Don't ask me why because I don't know. I'll be posting some more of Jimmie Rodgers' songs from that album as I find them on youtube. |
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Post by topgsfan on Dec 21, 2017 16:31:16 GMT -5
"In The Pines" from "The Jimmie Rodgers' Blues" album
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Post by topgsfan on Dec 21, 2017 16:36:46 GMT -5
"Peach Pickin'Time Down In Georgia" From Elton's Jimmie Rodgers' Blues album.
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