Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 1947

Performer: Various Artists
Producer: Walt Heebner; Murray Nash; Lee Gillette; Art Satherley; Stephen H. Sholes; Sydney Nathan; Paul Cohen; Colin Escott (Reissue)
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel: Clyde Moody, Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Fairley Holden, Hank Williams, Lloyd Copas, Lynn Davis , Alton Delmore, Molly O'Day, Rabon Delmore, Red Foley, Walter Bailes, Charlie Monroe (vocals, guitar); Merle Travis (vocals, electric guitar); Spike Featherstone (vocals, harp); Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Moon Mullican (vocals, piano); Velma E. Williams Smith, Thomas Elmer "Tommy" Duncan, Dean McKinney, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Evelyn McKinney, Jack Guthrie, Rose Maddox, Roy Acuff, Tex Williams, Bill Carlisle, Billy Hughes, Carl Story (vocals); John Bailes (tenor, guitar); Roy Lanham (guitar, electric guitar); Jethro Burns (guitar, mandolin); Chet Atkins, Jack Shook, John Y. Sullivan, Richard K. Hamilton, Quilla Hugh Freeman, Marshall Barnes, George Warren Barnes, John Weis, Lloyd Perryman, Homer Haynes, George Chumura, Hank Garland, Jimmy Winkle, Ken Carson, Lester Flatt, Louis Innis, Smokey Rogers, Tim Spencer, Bob Nolan (guitar); Matt Collins, Lester Barnard, Jr., Tex Isley, Melvin Leon Short (electric guitar); Acie Peveto, Herbert L. "Herb" Remington, Idaho Slim, Bud Duncan, Agapito "Pete" Martinez, Ivan LeRoy Wiggins, Beecher "Pete" "Bashful Brother Oswald" Kirby, Edward Mitchell, Jr., Eddie McMullan, Smokey Lohman, Ray "Kemo" Head, Noel Boggs (steel guitar); George "Speedy" Krise (dobro); Earl Scruggs, Jimmie Widener (banjo); Hugh Farr (mandolin, fiddle); Oscar Sullivan, Ira Louvin, Ernest Ferguson (mandolin); Thomas Lee Jackson Jr. (violin, fiddle); James "Slim" Martin (fiddle, harmonica, tenor saxophone); Rex Call, Smoky Fields, Fred "Red" Herron, Del Heck, Cactus Soldi, Charles Hurta, Cecil "Skeets" Williamson, Johnny Sapp, Don Maddox, James Howard "Speedy" McNatt, Adrian McDowell, Joe Holley, Robert Chubby Wise, Jesse Ashlock, Tex Atchison (fiddle); James "Jimmy" Riddle, Lonnie Glosson, Wayne Raney (harmonica); Paul Sells, Francis Tamburin, Larry DePaul, August Klein (accordion); George Werth, Don Linder, Jack McTaggart (trumpet); Ossie J. Godson, Millard Kelso, William Owen Bradley, Harold Spierer, Beasley Smith (piano); Richard Prine, Milton Curtis "Muddy" Berry, Johnny Cuviello, Farris Coursey (drums). Liner Note Author: Colin Escott. Recording information: Broadcast Records, Hollywood, CA (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); CBS Studio (Radio Station KNX), Hollywood, CA (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); CBS Studio, Radio Station WBBM, Chicago, IL (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); Chicago, IL (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); Clifford Herring Studio, Fort Worth, TX (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); Columbia Studio, Hollywood, CA (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); King Studio, Cincinnati, OH (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); RCA Studio A, Chicago, IL (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); RCA Studio C, Lake Shore Drive Subdivision, IL (05/24/1945-08/18/1947); RCA Victor Studio 1, New York, NY (05/24/1945-08/18/1947). Illustrators: Colin Escott; Ivan M. Tribe; Dave Sax; Brenda Colladay; R.A. Andreas; Al Turner; Steve Hathaway; Kevin Coffey. Photographers: Colin Escott; Ivan M. Tribe; Dave Sax; Brenda Colladay; R.A. Andreas; Al Turner; Steve Hathaway; Kevin Coffey. Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, and Chet Atkins are just three of the many fine early-country innovators represented on this 1947 installment of the Bear Family's "Hillbilly Music" series. Extensive liner notes complete the excellent package.

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