Clyde Carol Wilson (July 14, 1910 - July 15, 1990), better known as Slim Wilson , is an American singer, songwriter, band leader and personality of radio and TV is the cornerstone of country music in the Ozarks for over 50 years beginning in the 1930s; both in themselves, and as members of The Goodwill Family and The High Timber Trio. Wilson is the flagship of ABC-TV Ozark Jubilee ; and held ABC Talent Varieties in 1955 and his own local television show in Springfield, Missouri from 1964-1975.
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Biography
Initial years
Wilson was born in Christian County, Missouri just south of Nixa to John C. Wilson and Arlena J. Wilson (nÃÆ' Â © e Goddard), who came to Missouri with a closed carriage of the Tennessee hills. She is the family's first son after six daughters: Cassie, Carrie, Edna, Bertha, Myrtle, and Vancie Martha. The whole family is known as a musical. Wilson attended schools in Harmony, Rosedale and Line, then rode a horse to high school in Nixa.
Around 1930, his father rented a house on a family farm to the Hancock family of South Dakota. A year later, Wilson married Ada Hancock. In 1934, he raised dairy cattle and cattle at 150 acres (60.7 hectares) north of Bolivar, Missouri on the Pomme de Terre River. His father bought a parcel next to each other.
The Wilson family musicians sometimes appear "together" using the phone line. Ten to 15 families can listen, and neighbors will eavesdrop on sessions for entertainment, often placing earpieces in buckets for amplification. Wilson soon won second place in local violin competition.
Radio career
Wilson formed The Goodwill Trio as "Uncle Slim" with his sister Vancie as "Aunt Martha" and her son, Herschel "Junior" Haworth. The trio first appeared at KGBX in Springfield in 1932; but moved to a joint-owned KWTO, a stronger station, soon after it was signed in 1933. The group made its first public appearance in 1936 at the local courthouse in Galena as a fundraiser for treating their father's broken leg. All three later became The Goodwill Family when Guy Smith joined them as "Uncle George."
Unable to buy a car, Wilson boarded the KWTO to perform with Zed Tennis; and then, with Si Perkins and Smokey Lohman. She is part of many artist combinations at the station, including Slim and Shorty (Nixa's neighbors); and The High Timber Trio, with Haworth on guitar and Bob White in bass fiddle. He is also "Whistler" Flash and Whistler (with Floyd "Goo Goo" Rutledge), a musical comedy duo. The station, which is heard throughout the Ozarks, is a stepping stone for many years of Wilson for musicians such as Porter Wagoner, Les Paul, Chet Atkins and The Browns.
Wilson is responsible for giving Wesley West his nickname: he introduces the West to the audience as a Western "Speedy" in social sessions and jam sponsored by the KWTO. She worked briefly on radio stations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Denver, Colorado before returning to the Ozarks. In the early 1950s, Wilson was one of the top players at the KWTO, hosting a morning show sponsored by Martha White Flour (an advertiser creating the Goodwill Family Flour brand). In 1954, he had broadcast 25,000 at the station. He also appeared on Red Foley's radio network program.
Record career
Wilson recorded many transcriptions in the 1940s and 1950s but only a few commercial pieces. He recorded songs at Universal in 1948; and Cattle Records released LP, Slim Pickens Wilson-The Idol Of The Ozarks (Cattle 121), featuring Rutledge. The Goodwill Families recorded 250 transcriptions to be shown at the KWTO when they toured.
Wilson appeared on Radiozark Transcriptions like The Red Foley Show . Rocket Records released the single Wilson 45, "The Shepherd Of The Hills" b/w "God Walk It Ozark Hills" (Rocket 103). She also appeared on the album Christmas RFD (Sony 1991) and Christmas in the Country (United Multimedia, 1994).
TV career
In 1955, Wilson became a leading member of the Ozark Jubilee for nearly six years on ABC-TV, and also hosted Red Foley. He is a versatile player on the show, serving as the front man for both Tall Timber Trio (sometimes known as Tall Timber Boys), later composed of Herschel "Speedy" Haworth, White, and "Doc" Martin (steel guitar); and Jubilee Band, consisting of Haworth, Martin, White, Johnny Gailey (drums), Paul Mitchell (piano) and Zed Tennis (violin). She and Rutledge also work together again as Flash and Whistler. On November 7, 1959, Wilson sang "Let's Go to Church" as a duet with Patsy Cline. In the summer of 1955, he hosted his own ABC program, Talent Varieties . Wilson also appeared on NBC-TV Five Star Jubilee in 1961, and performed with High Timber Trio on NBC-TV Today on the Farm from 1960-61.
He hosted The Slim Wilson Show from the KYTV-TV Springfield studio from 1964-1975. Series of one hour country music aired on Saturday from 6-7 pm. CT and featuring The Tall Timber Trio, joining Roger Blevins (steel guitar) and Buster Fellows (violin) to form the High Timber Band; The Goodwill Family; and a group of Promenaders square dancers with their callers, L.D. Keller. Haworth's daughter, Shirley Jean, also appeared, along with other local entertainers. In 1966 it was screened in color.
In July 1967, Country Music Carousel featuring Wilson was recorded on KYTV, produced by Hal Smith Television Program in Nashville, Tennessee. Sixteen performances of 30 minutes recorded in two nights; the program did not work.
Wilson has a small role as Human No. 1 in the episode of "The Silver City Dollar Fair" The Beverly Hillbillies on CBS-TV, first aired on October 8, 1969.
Personal and death
Slim and Ada Wilson have a son, John Wesley Wilson, who is also a musician. Wilson enjoys bowling, fishing, and quail hunting and travels to South Dakota every year in the 1960s for hunting pheasants. He has a cabin in Table Rock Lake.
Wilson died July 15, 1990 in Springfield and was buried at Eastlawn Cemetery there.
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Legacy
Wilson's December 1936 tape of "The Little Old Sod of Shanty On The Claim" is part of the Traditional Music and Words Catalog of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Slim Wilson Boulevard is among several streets in a residential neighborhood in the northeast of downtown Nixa named for players in the Ozark Jubilee, including Red Foley Court, Zed Tennis Street, Haworth Court and Ozark Jubilee Drive.
Muppet characters
Slim Wilson is the name of the guitar player in country band Muppet, Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers. Usually performed by Jerry Nelson, the character first appeared in episode 2.08 of The Muppet Show and was the lead vocalist and sang a duet with Lou. Wilson received his name in episode 3.22 in a rodeo sketch.
Note
References
- Binge, Dagmar Anita. "LP 121 Slim Pickens Wilson-The Idol Of The Ozarks". Dagmar Anita Binge . Retrieved 2009-09-20 . Ã,
- Christian County Republican (July 6, 1967), p.Ã, 1
- Country Gift album Music Jubilee Souvenir (third edition, 1957)
- DeClark, Dan (2009-07-23). "Slim Wilson on Rocket". Google Blogs . Retrieved 2009-10-22 . Ã,
- Erickson, It All Movie Guides
- Gage, Allen (ed) "Old-time Fiddling: Traditional Art of the People With Four Ozark Musicians" (Spring 1982), Bittersweet , Vol. IX, No. 3
- Glenn, Wayne (2005), Hits Ozarks: Photo of Music History in the Ozarks , Lito Printer, ISBN. 0 -9769660-9-3 .
- Jamboree magazine (November 1948) West Song Club, Ventura, California.
- Ozark Jubilee Souvenir Picture Album (first edition, 1955)
- Photo Souvenir Wilson Wilson & amp; Story Album (1964), High Wood Company, Springfield, Missouri Spears-Stewart, Rita (1993), Remembering the Ozark Jubilee , Stewart, Dillbeck & amp; White Productions, ISBN 0-9638648-0-7 .
- "Speedy West". Rockabilly Hall of Fame . Retrieved 2009-09-19 . < span>
External links
- Mike Breid recalls Slim Wilson
- Slim Wilson on Rocket Records
- Slim Wilson in the Search of the Mausoleum
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