WOR was the newest recording studio, opened just two years ago. The ensemble cut eight tunes, released as "Rainbow at Midnight" b/w "The Bottom Fell Out of the Sky." They spread their knowledge and love of this music to the rest of the force.
It was a Saturday night show produced by David Stone, the original announcer of the Grand Ole Opry. OK...I was born in the "heart of the west" and a cold part of the west - good old Saskatchewan.27. It was the radio network of the United States Armed Forces, a branch of the Morale Service Division.
In terms of music, the most important artists of the time contributed live performances or previously recorded tunes. CKRC was an anchor of the first western network with ten stations including CJRL (Kenora), CKX (Brandon), CIGX (Yorkton), CKRM (Regina), CHAB (Moose Jaw), CFQC (Saskatoon), CFCN (Calgary), CFRN (Edmonton), CFGP (Grande Prairie) and CKBI (Prince Albert). He was fascinated by broadcasting and wanted to get on the ground floor of the new medium of television.
The CBC was determined to establish a presence in the Prairie provinces shortly after the beginning of the new medium. Stu Davis and Blue Ribbon's combined interest in the Canadian West should make the "Stu Davis Show" one of the most popular on the air. Davis and Winnipeg CBC-TV producer Jack Phillips started the first incarnation of the Stu Davis Show in 1956.
Fred Roy, a writer for Music World, probably had the most comprehensive overview of the state of Canada's country music community and its place in the wider world. One of Davis' true radio highlights in 1959 was an appearance by the country humor duo Homer &. For five years, it would be the most popular show on CBC to come from the Prairies.
Stu Davis gave viewers a taste of the 'western' side of country music with his covers. Cover of The Stu Davis Show: A Collection of Your Requests (The Pathfinders: . l. to r. Alfie Myre, Wally MacDonald, Duane Davis, Stu Davis) (London Records, LP) 1966. STU DAVIS is a Canadian "true " in every sense of the word, being born on DOMINION DAY – July 1st.
Duane seemed to be constantly by his father's side throughout most of the 1960s, appearing prominently on The Stu Davis Show and on the Trail Riding Troubadour.
Sources
The Stu Davis story ... pioneer of Canadian country radio and television." Country Music News, January 1990. Canadian country legend kept close to home: Tribute planned to honor songwriter Stu Davis." Edmonton Journal, 9 Apr. 2010, D7. Stu Davis Back in Singing Series." Winnipeg Free Press, 2 April 1966, Leisure TV and Radio Section, 2.
Stu Davis: May all paths you walk lead to happiness.” http://studavis.blogspot.com.
Discography SINGLES
Note: credited to Fiddlin' Red Crawford with Stu Davis and his Melody Mavericks 78 rpm - Aragon Records (AR-210). Church Bells"; "There's a Star-Spangled Banner (Waving Somewhere)"; "Mother, Queen of My Heart"; "You're My Sunshine"; "Cold Water"; "You're the Only Star in My Blue Sky"; "Mother , please stay home with me". Country Church"; "He is the Lily of the Valley"; "Gentle Hands; From the Manger to the Cross"; "The Touch of God's Hand"; "A House Built on a Rock"; "Sing an Old Hymn ";.
Rockin’ Alone (In an Old Rockin’ Chair)”; “Waltz of the Roses”; "Legend of the White Buffalo". Note: “featuring Stu and Fred The Harmony Boys, Jimmie Pirie on electric, Spanish and steel guitar”. Six notches”; “Don't Bury Me on the Lonely Prairie (The Dying Cowboy's Song)”; “The Ballad of Curly Joe”; “He has entered the path”; “Drive away from this town”; “The Streets of Laredo”; "I don't want to wander around anymore"; “Rusty Tracks”; "The chase"; “Five bullets in my old six-shooter.”
Gold Diggers”; "When I'm gone, you'll soon forget"; “Little Crushed Rose”; “Little Town Girl”; "I see the moon"; "My Nellie's Blue Eyes"; “(God gave us) these wonderful things”; “There is no color bar in heaven”; “The Ballad of the Minstrel Boy”; “Just regular people.” CAMLREVIEW /REVUE DE L’ACBM47, NR.2-3 (AUGUST-NOVEMBER / AOÛT-NOVEMBRE 2019) PAGE 78 Stu Davis meets The Pathfinders and The Colonials in a Nashville Hootenanny – London Records (EB. 69). Have You Forgotten"; “Old Ship”; “I'm Gonna Change Everything"; “Bow River Valley”; “Names Unknown”; “Down in the Diving Bell”; “Guy with the Ten Gallon Hat”; “Flying Trouble”; “Coupon Song ";.
Roll Along Kentucky Moon”; "Oklahoma Salt"; "Abilene"; "Blindman River Break-Up"; "When the work is all done this fall"; "When It's Lamplightin' Time (In the Valley)"; "The Ballad of Jack the Cowboy"; "Song of the swallow"; "One more trip"; "The Woodsman's Prayer." Note: attributed to Stu Davis & his son Duane with the Pathfinders, Wally McDonald & Alfie Myhre The Sound of Country Music – London Records (EB. 103). Anita, you are dreaming"; "Devoted to you"; "Silent paths"; "Stepping Stone"; "Have I told you recently (that I love you)"; "You'll Come Walkin' Back"; "Eternal Hills"; "Time to Cry"; "Tears in my heart"; "Maple Sugar Sweetheart".
A place called Newfoundland”; "This is my country"; "On the Old Covered Bridge"; "My Home in Nova Scotia"; "The Legend of the Lonely Tree"; "The Legend of the Jeebe"; "That Old Red River Run"; "In the Qu'Appelle Valley"; "There on the Rollin' Plain"; "Home Mountains"; "Haščan's mourning". All My Life"; "I Don't Think She Even Misses Me"; "Welcome Exhausted"; "My Special Book of Memories" (with Duane Davis, Banja); "Home Fever"; "Outcast"; "Garden Spot on the Moon "; "Ballad of Banjo Bill"; "Home Mountains"; "Travelin' On"; "I Wonder When My Baby Will Come Home"; "Legend of the Lone Tree".