The Whippoorwills 1964

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Band: The Whippoorwills

Release: The Whippoorwills

Format: LP Album

Year: 1964

Formed: 1958

Disbanded: late 1964

Home: Chatham Ontario Canada

Label: Canatal Records

Genre: Country Music

Members:

Ray Francis – Rythm guitar

Bill Taylor – Drums

John Tangelis – Bass

Ray Dauphin – Tenor guitar

Max Dauphin – Steel guitar and fiddle

Tracks:

01.Honey lovin’ (Bollington)

02.When two worlds collide (Roger Miller and Bill Anderson)

03.Lost in the islands (Reg Dauphin)

04.A wound time can’t erase (B. Johnson)

05.Ridin’ high (Max Dauphin)

06.Little darlin’ (John Tangelis)

07.Drivin’ nails in my coffin (Jerry Irby)

08.Dead end twist ( William S. Taylor)

09.What would you do (Jim Reeves)

10.South of the border ( Carr and Kennedy)

11.Tears broke out on me ( Hank Cochrane)

12.Tears will fall ( Ray Francis)

This is the second of two releases.

Liner Notes:

    Most country music lovers in Canada and the U.S. have heard of Ray Francis and his western group – “The Whippoorwills”.

    Ray and “The Whippoorwills” have appeared on the best loved country shows, including “Grand Old Opry”, with such well known artists as Brenda Lee, Ferlin Husky, Minnie Pearl, Tex Ritter and others of equal fame.

   

    This versatile country and western group are constantly touring and making personal appearances, in both counties.

    The vocal and instrumental selections recorded were carefully chosen and they feature the melodic sound of the steel guitar, which adds greatly to the rounded blend of this album. The groups first love is the type of music they recorded on this album.

    Standing in the studio in their stocking feet, Ray Francis and his men played one of the finest western and country sessions we have ever heard. Why not share it with us?

Art Snider – Canatal Records.

Note: After this second album, Ray chose a solo career, recording four more albums and appeared on many TV shows.

Recorded at: Newberry Sound Studio LTD.

Engineer: Dave Newberry and Art Snider

Produced by: Art Snider

Cover Photo: Robert Ragsdale, assisted by Margaret Epp

 

About Ray:

  Ray bought his first guitar at the age of 13 and taught himself how to play by watching others in his area, including men living in railroad cars. Ray lived on Edgar Street which was behind the rail road station in Chatham. These train carts were home to men who worked for the rail road but travelled from city to city with their work. Ray would watch them play guitar then ask them to show him how to play that new chord he never saw before. He would then rush home and practice it until he got it down.

  After a long run of it, the road took its toll on him and he decided to walk away from it all to be home with family and take on a job in his home town. Ray’s son Michael is one of Canada’s most accomplished studio musicians and carries the legacy on. S. Beaulieu

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