Cowboy Sam Nichols With The Melody Rangers

Tracks recorded 1946-49 Four songs were cut during the March 8, 1949, Radio Recorders session and these were Who Put The Cat Out/Keep Your Motor Hot" and I Wonder Why I Worry Over You/You're So Heartless. For years I'd always known that Sonny Richter had played this session and was part of the touring band for Sam when Porky Freeman wasn't available. But for this LP Porky Freeman claimed he was the guitar player on all the sessions, which he certainly wasn't. When Kevin Coffey was doing a Sam Nichols CD for B.A.C.M. he had access to the session records and sent me a copy. He's admitted that he left Malcolm (Sonny's) name out simply because he didn't recognize him. So even on that retrospective he wasn't given credit. At least for this four song session, those Melody Rangers were not on board, not for the most part.