Oral history interview with Foy Willing; 1975 December 17; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Dec. 17.

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Oral history interview with Foy Willing; 1975 December 17; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1975 Dec. 17.

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Performer Foy Willing talks about his career. Discussion includes his Telways Radio Transcriptions from the late 1940s; comments on his overall career during the late 1940s; his early musical influences, including Nick Lucas; the development of his career; the influences of folk songs and folk singers, including Bradley Kincaid; his career during the mid-1950s, including a concert tour with Gene Autry; his recordings during the 1960s, including work with Mary Ford; the decision to disband the Riders of the Purple Sage in 1952; comments on his recording career; comments on the Republic Pictures contract; memories from his work in television; comments on his association with Roy Rogers and Gene Autry; and comments on the Riders of the Purple Sage.

2 sound cassettes (1 hour, 32 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772458

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Willing, Foy, 1914-1978

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Country performer. Born 1915. Died June 24, 1978. Singer and songwriter. Leader of the western vocal group Riders of the Purple Sage. Began career in the early 1930s in New York radio with a show for Crazy Water Crystals. During the late 1930s-early 1940s worked in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1943 formed the Riders of the Purple Sage. The group appeared on the Hollywood Barn Dance, recorded for the Columbia, Decca, and Majestic record labels and backed numerous western performers on radio and film. ...

Green, Douglas B.

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Country music performer. Born March 20, 1946. Best-known as Ranger Doug from Riders in the Sky, a cowboy revival act he co-founded in 1977. Performed as a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys during the late 1960s. Recording credits include a solo album, Songs of the Sage, released on the Warner Western label in 1997. From the description of Oral history interview with Douglas B. Green; 1993 November 23; interview with John W. Rumble. 1993 Nov. 23. (Country Music Foundation, Libra...

Willing, Foy, 1914-1978

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Country performer. Born 1915. Died June 24, 1978. Singer and songwriter. Leader of the western vocal group Riders of the Purple Sage. Began career in the early 1930s in New York radio with a show for Crazy Water Crystals. During the late 1930s-early 1940s worked in Texas and Oklahoma. In 1943 formed the Riders of the Purple Sage. The group appeared on the Hollywood Barn Dance, recorded for the Columbia, Decca, and Majestic record labels and backed numerous western performers on radio and film. ...