KIZZIAH and his WEST COAST RAMBLERS, TOMMY
Homebase: Portland, OR.
Stats: 1948-1964
Misc Notes: At various times over the years the band's lineup included: Tommy Kizziah (guitar / vocals); Jack Kizziah (bass / fiddle / drums); Skip Montee (steel); Evelyn Martin Kinnee (steel); Glenn Smith (lead guitar); Lewis Woods (lead guitar); Ed Zunck (guitar); Ed Whittaker (fiddle); Buddy Simmons (bass); Johnny Reese (drums).
"Tommy Kizziah and his West Coast Ramblers played at Division Street when it was owned by Charlie Ceciliani and his wife. He did a live radio show from the stage there on Saturday nights right after the Grand Ole Opry. He died in 1989, but his memory lives on. I invite everyone to visit his website at www.tommykizziah.com"
Sharon Kizziah-Holmes, March 2005 correspondence with pnwbands.com website, (courtesy of webmaster Sam Carlson)
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: T. Kizziah - D. Way
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LOCATION: Portland, OR (?)
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Buddy (Simmons) & Evelyn [vocals, A-side]
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: Nall
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B-SIDE COMPOSER: Kizziah
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MISC NOTES: One song on an eight song promotional sampler disc by 4-Star Records.
Side A: Jealous Love (by Davis Sisters with Roy Hall) / I Like to Play with Your Kisses (Hank Locklin) / Sweetheart You Know I Love You So (Webb Pierce) / Swinging on the Steel (instrumental by Jesse James)
Side B: Don't Let the Stars (by Cactus Pryor) / Wasted Tears (T. Texas Tyler) / English Sweetheart (Webb Pierce) / Ramblers Boogie (instrumental by Tommy Kizziah)
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: Kizziah - Clemons
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