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Name
  
Wade Ray


Role
  
Fiddler

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Died
  
November 11, 1998, Sparta, Illinois, United States

Albums
  
Idaho Red - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight, The Best Of, Walk Softly & Other Country Songs

Music group
  
Sons of the Pioneers (1961 – 1962)

Similar People
  
Tim Spencer, Shug Fisher, Pat Brady, Hugh Farr, Roy Rogers

Wade Ray It's All Your Fault (1953)


Wade Ray (April 13, 1913 in Evansville, Indiana – November 11, 1998 in Sparta, IL) was an American Western Swing fiddler and vocalist. His bands, the Wade Ray Five, Wade Ray And His Ozark Mountain Boys, etc., included musicians such as Kenneth Carllile and Curly Chalker. He retired to Sparta, Illinois in 1979 where he died in 1998.

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Discography

Singles
  • "Are You Fer It?" B "Walk Softly", Wade Ray And His Ozark Mountain Boys 1951
  • Let Me Go, Devil, first recorded on July 2, 1953 by Wade Ray, followed a few weeks later by Georgie Shaw, Johnny Bond and Tex Ritter
  • "Wild Heart", written by Cindy Walker, B "Little Green Valley" RCA Victor 1957
  • "Idaho Red", the first 'trucker song', 1953
  • Appearances on other artists' recordings
  • Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style
  • The Gordons (duo)
  • Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns The RCA Camden LP
  • Make Way for Willie Nelson
  • References

    Wade Ray Wikipedia