The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
The Porter Wagoner Show #307 featuring special guest "The Singing Ranger" Hank Snow.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #307 featuring special guest Hank Snow. Porter sings "You Got-ta Have A License" while Don Howser plugs Hank Snow's appearance and invites us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #307. Standard pre-recorded opening begins with CU of Porter s shiny red boots walking down hallway, which cuts to rear view of Wagoner s garish green Nudie suit festooned with rhinestone wagon wheels and cacti. Montage of smiling Porter happily walking through WSM-TV studio as stage hands and technicians prep show. Don Howser s voice over reads: "Direct from Nashville Tennessee, here s The Porter Wagoner Show!" Quick shots of regulars as Howser announces them: "Starring Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Speck Rhodes, Don Howser, The Wagonmasters, and today s special guest star." Momentary pause in VO (presumably left for Howser to read the guest star s name on air), then prerecorded segment ends with Howser s "...and now, here s Porter." Cut to live portion as Porter, wearing dazzling, rhinestone-studded green Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "You Got-ta Have A License" accompanied by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, Jack Little and Speck Rhodes, all but Speck in matching red Nudie suits of their own. MCU Mack's fiddling and Buck's banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Porter welcomes audience and introduces The Singing Ranger, Hank Snow. Wearing a glittery orange Nudie suit, Hank Snow plays guitar and sings "Tangled Mind" backed by his own band, The Rainbow Ranch Boys. Outstanding steel guitar, a terrific performance.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Leading the rest of The Wagonmasters, Buck and Mack trade hot licks on their instrumental "Stampede."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Now it's time for the beautiful little lady to sing one of her songs for you. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Dolly Parton plays guitar and sings "I m Doing This For Your Sake." Dolly wears a billowy silver dress with slit sleeves that look like they'd interfere with her guitar playing something fierce. You wouldn't see Chet Atkins wearing anything like that.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
In an utterly convincing depiction of marital discord, Porter and Dolly duet on "Fight and Scratch," backed by The Wagonmasters. Meow!
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Porter says he hopes you don't take any part of the show too seriously, "especially this part coming up right now," namely the weakly-- very weakly-- appearance by gap-toothed, checkered suit wearing freak of nature Speck Rhodes. The lovable cornball comic tells a joke about poodle cut hairdos that falls flat, so Porter launches into a chorus of "Fight and Scratch" to get the blood pumping before Speck himself takes the mic, singing "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
For the week's gospel song, Porter plays guitar and sings "When I Reach That City" (which he originally recorded with The Blackwood Brothers on their "Grand Old Gospel" LP), accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
After Porter's respectful introduction, Hank Snow sings "Vanishing Breed" backed by the Rainbow Ranch Boys.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Porter asks if he can impose on Hank Snow to play about a minute's worth of music. Snow, along with his Rainbow Ranch Boys, plays a bit of "Vaya Con Dios." Porter interrupts to wrap up the show.