Cindy Walker on film
Well, I'm not going to get time tonight to complete my blog tribute to recently departed songwriting great Cindy Walker, and I may do a series of posts rather than one long one, but for now, here's a great find on (of course) YouTube.
Although Walker made songwriting the focus of her life, all the way to the end, she was also a heckuva singer and could dance a bit, too. Here are three musical shorts featuring Cindy Walker. (If you can't see the video image below, click here to go to video on the YouTube site.) The first one is rather topical:
- Election Day, with Red River Dave
- Bearcat Mountain Gal
- Ti-Yi-Yippee-Ay, with the Red River Boys and Girls
Election Day used to be a lot more exciting.
UPDATE: These little films are called Soundies, which were made in the early '40s. They were short 16mm films projected in a jukebox-like device called a Panoram.
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I believe you are getting close to discovery of the origins of the music video. Must confess I was unaware of Cindy Walker until your post. Marvelous talent. Thanks for sharing.