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These six episodes of the porter Wagoner were just restored and converted to digital video. Filmed in 1961 and 1962, this rare footage features stars from the Grand Ole Opry. Legends in country music like Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Archie Campbell, Jimmy C. Newman, Billy Grammer and Cowboy Copas.

Sit back and enjoy this special collection as it takes you back to the early 60's. A special time in America and a very special time in Country Music.

Entertainer and songlist:

Show # 31 Porter Wagoner - "Howdy Neighbor Howdy" Stringbean - "Stringbean's A Fishin'" (comedy) Norma Jean - "It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'" Porter Wagoner & the Wagonmasters - "Gotta Travel On" (Buck Trent's first show) Speck Rhodes - "Tennessee Border #2" (comedy) Porter Wagoner - "Someone To Care" (gospel) Stringbean - "Suicide Blues" Buck Trent - "John Henry" (instrumental/banjo)

Show # 5 Porter Wagoner plays - "Sugarfoot Rag" Norma Jean - "Just Like I Knew" Archie Campbell - "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair/Eleven Red Roses/Make Friends" (medley) Porter Wagoner - "I Thought I Heard You Call My Name" Benny Williams - "Dear Old Dixie" (instrumental/banjo) Archie Campbell - "Trouble In The Amen Corner" (gospel)

Show # 3 Porter Wagoner - "Jambalaya" Norma Jean - "Alone With You" Jimmy C. Newman - "Cry Cry Darling" (short) Jimmy C. Newman - "A Fallen Star" Jimmy C. Newman - "Big Mamou" Porter Wagoner - "A Satisfied Mind" Benny Williams - "Lonesome Road Blues" (banjo/instrumental) Speck Rhodes - "The Crawdad Song" Porter Wagoner - "Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw" Norma Jean & Porter Wagoner - "I'll Take a Chance on Loving You" (duet)

Show # 8 Grandpa Jones - "Are You From Dixie 'Cause I'm From Dixie Too" Grandpa Jones - "Sunny Town By The Sea" Grandpa Jones - "Get Outta The Way Old Dan Tucker" Norma Jean - "Keeper Of The Keys" Porter Wagoner - "Misery Loves Company" Benny Williams - "Lonesome Road Blues" (instrumental/guitar) Porter Wagoner - "Heaven" (gospel) Don Warden - "Steel Guitar Stomp" (instrumental/steel guitar)

Show # 10 Porter Wagoner - "Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy" Billy Grammer - "Gotta Travel On" Billy Grammer - "Save Your Tears" Grammer - "My Window Faces The South" Grammer - "The Old Rugged Cross" (instrumental/starvation box guitar) Norma Jean - "Blue Blue Day" Porter Wagoner - "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" Benny Williams - "Farewell Blues" (instrumental/banjo) Wagoner - "What Would You Do If Jesus Came To Your House" (recitation/gospel)

Show # 15 Porter Wagoner - "Kaw-Liga" Cowboy Copas- "Alabam'" Norma Jean - "It Keeps Right On A Hurting" Porter Wagoner - "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand" Porter Wagoner - "Stairway to Heaven" Cowboy Copas - "I Sold the Farm"
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ClassicCountryDVD is proud to present this very special volume of The Porter Wagoner Show. Volume 3 starts out at the very beginning of the show and takes us to the wonderful invention of color television
In very rare footage, Hawkshaw Hawkins opens the show. Bill Anderson is the featured artist in the next show from 1961. Tex Ritter is next in a show from 1963. From 1967, Bobby Bare, Chet Atkins and Merle Travis are the featured artists. There is an interesting segment in the Mel Travis show where Tex Ritter and Porter talk about the new "Country Music Hall of Fame". Each show features songs from Norma Jean and the Wagonmasters and comedy from Speck Rhodes.
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Audio: DD 2.0
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