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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. 


Chapter #1 – Show #21 – Guest – Stringbean - 1962

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)
Chapter #2 – Show #5 – Guest – Archie Campbell - 1962

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)
Chapter #3 – Show #3 – Guest –Jimmy C. Newman - 1961

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)
Chapter #4 – Show #8 - Guest – Grandpa Jones

Porter Wagoner – “John Henry”
Grandpa Jones – “Get Outta The Way Old Dan Tucker”
Norma Jean – “Unloved, Unwanted”
Grandpa Jones & Porter Wagoner – “Good Ol’ Mountain Dew”
Porter Wagoner – “I Thought of God” (gospel)
Grandpa Jones – “Sunny Town by the Sea”
Jack Little - Fiddle
Chapter #5 – Show #10 – Guest – Billy Grammer - 1962

Porter Wagoner – “Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy”
Billy Grammer – “Gotta Travel On”
Billy Grammer – “Save Your Tears”
Billy Grammer – “My Window Faces The South”
Billy 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)
Chapter #6 – Show #15 – Cowboy Copas - 1961

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”