COPPOCK'S HAWAIIAN QUARTETTE
Homebase: Los Angeles, CA.
Stats: 1923-1927
Misc Notes: Steel guitarist John Coppock (1899-1959) was the son of Jesse Coppock (1863-1951) -- a Quaker Minister from Ohio who married Luella Woolverton (1875-1953) at Red Wood Falls, Minnesota, back on December 7, 1898. Born in Minnesota on October 1, 1899, John and his family -- including brother Paul (1902-1957) -- eventually relocated to Kansas. In 1909 Jesse (probably responding to a call for a preacher from the Congregational Church) came out to Peshastin -- the tiny 1890s Great Northern Railway town in the Cascade Mountains -- and acquired some acreage comprising an apple orchard and a home-site on the edge of the Wenatchee River at a spot along the roadway (known then as the "Alternate U.S. Route 10" and renamed Highway 2 in 1946). [READ MORE...]
MISC NOTES: The Sunset label mistakenly credits Dave Mahuka, as vocalist rather than Paul Coppock. Sunset is one of the earliest and rarest West Coast labels. One of these discs was gifted to Peter Blecha by John Coppock's son. Sunset is considered one of the rarest West Coast labels by astute collectors.
LOCATION: LA
RECORDING PERSONNEL: John Coppock (steel guitar); Dave Mahuka (ukulele); Paul Coppock (vocals);
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 10"
SPEED: 78 rpm
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: Massey
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B-SIDE COMPOSER: Goodwin, Shay, Huff
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