Diplomat — the boutique label that gave us albums by The Beatle Buddies, The Ska-Men, The Monterey Brass, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Lonesome Valley Singers, Dick Dale, and those Santo & Johnny knock-offs, Dan & Dale — also bequeathed us a 12-inch long-playing release by The Green Valley Guitars, who assembled an eye-popping thirty-three Country & Western Favorites on a single disc for general release.
Sole release by The Green Valley Guitars
Lead-off instrumental, “Shenandoah,” features a refreshingly human moment around the 33-second mark when the guitarist seems to lose his way momentarily, followed by a brief bit of musical silence and then a rush of melody to make up for lost time:
[Pssst: Click on the triangle above to play ”Shenandoah” by The Green Valley Guitars.]
Album features the following selections for your listening pleasure:
- “Nashville, Tennessee”
- “Lonesome Valley”
- “Red River Valley”
- “Boy in Buckskin”
- “Home on the Range”
- “Shenandoah”
- “On the Banks of the Wabash”
- “Foggy Foggy Dew”
- “Big Rock Candy Mountain”
- “Jesse James”
- “Cheyenne”
- “San Antonio”
- “Pride of the Prairie Mary”
- “Old Cowhand”
- “Maple on the Hill”
- “Cabin on the Mountain”
- “Every Night When the Sun Goes In”
- “Boll Weevil”
- “Kentucky Fiddler”
- “Salty Dog Rag”
- “Bury Me Beneath the Willow”
- “Burn Me Not on the Lone Prairie”
- “Brand New Low”
- “Boogie on the Guitar”
- “Mountain Dew”
- “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
- “Chisholm Trail”
- “Blood on the Saddle”
- “Down in the Valley”
- “Copper Kettle”
- “Wyatt Earp”
- “Wild Bill Hickok”
- “Buffalo Bill”
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Very little is known about The Green Valley Guitars, otherwise.
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