Скачать или смотреть John "Doc" Riley - Faded Love And Winter Roses. (1969)

John "Doc" Riley released the song "Faded Love And Winter Roses" in 1969 on an EP titled "Country Hits With John Riley", released on the CM Twin City Label in Australia (CMEP-502). John "Doc" Riley released a number of Singles, EP's and albums in the late 1960's through to the 1980's in Australia and had toured with country music star Buddy Williams.

The song "Faded Love And Winter Roses" was written by US songwriter Fred Rose. The song was first released by "Rome Johnson and His Saddle Pals" on the MGM Label in 1948. Hank Williams would also recorded the song around the same time as part of a pre recrded radio show for "Johnnie Fair Syrup", they had recently sponsored Hank Williams at KWKH Radio station.

The radio station had purchsed two state of the art RCA Acetate cutters and Hank Williams would pre record a number of songs for his radio slot with just his guitar as backing. Some of these shows survived on acetate and ended up in the hands of Chess Records boss Leonard Chess who on sold them to MGM Records. The song "Faded Love And Winter Roses" was one of the Hank Williams songs released in 1955, with "Please Don't Let Me Love You" on the flip side ( K11928 ), two years after the singer's death.

The Band,
LEAD GUITAR: Bob Clark
RHYTHM GUITAR: John "Doc" Riley
BASS GUITAR: Lance McCulloch
DRUMS: Tom Roach
ORGAN: Helen King
HARMONICA: John Minson
Musical Arrangement, Bob Clark.
Produced by, Brian Callcott.