BOBBY HODGE "CAROLINA BOUND" 1961 RARE ROCKABILLY-HEAR
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BOBBY HODGE
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NASHVILLE RECORDS #5014
1961
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CAROLINA BOUND
B/W
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME
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GENERIC SLEEVE. THIS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DEBUT SINGLE ON THE "NASHVILLE" LABEL IS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND IS SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE.
THERE IS A STICKER ON EACH LABEL (SEE SCANS). LABELS ARE OTHERWISE SHARP AND BRIGHT. THE VINYL RETAINS ORIGINAL GLOSS AND GRADES AS STRONG VG+. PLAYS BETTER. LISTEN!!
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Bobby Hodge WKOW Madison, WI
After several years of performing on WKOW as the Rainbow Ranger, Bobby had gained enough exposure to build a reputation outside of Madison and Stoughton. He received invitations to perform all over Wisconsin and even into neighboring states. According to Dick Grant, Bobby toured various southern states with the Dairylands News stage show. When I interviewed Bobby during 2001, he did not mention Dairylands News. However, renowned Wisconsin singer Larry Lee Phillipson told me that he remembered watching Bobby perform at clubs in Milwaukee and West Allis, not far from where he (Larry) was gigging regularly. This rising success also inspired Bobby to finally make his first recordings. In 1958 he laid down a melodic honky tonk weeper, 'You've Broken Another Heart'. Probably recorded in Madison, this self-penned composition reached above the uninspired country-politan fare emanating from Nashville in the later half of the decade. Despite the quality of his tune, though, Bobby may have been wise in not seeking a label to release it. Compared to many of the discs hitting the market from other local labels as Cinch and Dinamo in Wisconsin, 'You've Broken Another Heart' may not have stood a chance.
Bobby's next outing, and his debut commercial release, proved to be very much the opposite. Cut in the living room of his home in Madison, Bobby was backed by a group of, presumably, local musicians who ably backed him on the honky tonk stomper, 'Gonna Take My Guitar'. The line up of steel, standard lead, bass and drums coerced in such a transcendent fluidity that the record could not be faulted. Bobby's hitherto latent songwriting ability was now at a peak. The avid listener could easily visualize Carl Smith or even Faron Young launching effortlessly into this tune on a live show, like the Opry or Hayride. Coupled with an early rendition of another self-penned tune, 'So Easy To Leave', 'Gonna Take My Guitar' was issued on the Madison based Rebel label, probably during 1958. At the time of writing, the author was unable to confirm if Rebel was actually Bobby's own label, or a concern managed by another party. No other releases on a Rebel label based in Madison and bearing a similar number sequence could be located at the time of writing.
The release of his Rebel disc probably secured Bobby more local gigs, but it was, conversely, his one and only release for the decade. He would not record again until 1961, when he traveled to Nashville to perform on the Grand Ole Opry and cut a session for Don Pierce's Nashville custom label. Just how Bobby came to be on the Opry and record for Pierce is due, in no small part, to the efforts of amiable steel guitarist 'Shot' Jackson. Bobby has fond memories of meeting Jackson and working on the Opry.
'In 1961 Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys came to Madison and was on a country music show in Madison. I went backstage and introduced my self to Roy and asked if I could sing a song on his show - he informed me that he did not use guests on his personal appearance shows. The response was great and I wound up singing two songs. I made friends with his steel guitar player, Shot Jackson. A couple of months later, Shot called me and invited me to come to Nashville and record with Roys Smoky Mountain Boys. So I went to Nashville in 1961 and at Starday Records and with the Smoky Mountain Boys including Shot Jackson on steel, Howdy Forrester on fiddle, Brother Oswald on bass, and Melba Montgomery on rhythm and recorded two songs I had written called Gonna Take My Guitar [actually 'Carolina Bound'] and Your (sic) Always Welcome To Cry On My Shoulder.'
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