Manuscripts Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
752.001 |
Title |
WESTERN VALLEY BOYS |
Date |
1947-57 |
Scope & Content |
WESTERN VALLEY BOYS AT MELODY RANCH, 1947-1957 The Western Valley Boys group was the house band at Melody Ranch, a country dance hall located at 2272 Roosevelt Boulevard in the Four Corners district northwest of Eugene, Oregon..The owner/operator of the dance hall was Lloyd ("Grandpappy") Smith, who also served as the band leader and played the upright bass. Other band members included Smith's young son, Leon, Robert Smith, Howard Lane, Gale Cragitt, Ivan Smith, Bob Weltzell, Red Hayes, Ralph Wigham, Leon Bell and one female vocalist, Lorane (or Lorraine) Pike. The collection includes the following: ---One CD with reproduced recordings of Western Valley Boys songs ---Two laser print photographs: one of the group with members identified and one of a drawing of Melody Ranch dance hall ---One 3-page typed history of the Western Valley Boys group and Melody Ranch, written by Victoria, with a few accounts of people who remember the group and the dance hall. |