Photo: Stuff.co.nz / Braden Fastier
Jim Carter, the lap-steel guitarist on the original recording of 'Blue Smoke', and guitarist on several significant early New Zealand pop records, died in October 2022, aged 103. This episode of Blue Smoke pays tribute to his contribution to New Zealand's music history.
More to explore:
- AudioCulture: Jim Carter
- AudioCulture: Johnny Cooper
- Blue Smoke: Music Hall of Fame
- New Horizons: Pixie Williams Reimagined
Music Details:
Artist: Pixie Williams
Track: Blue Smoke
Composer: Ruru Karaitiana
Album: For the Record: the Pixie Williams Collection
Label: Blue Smoke Records
Artist: Jean McPherson
Track: Whispering Hope
Composer: Hawthorne-Wynne
78rpm disc
Label: Tanza
Artist: Freddie Gore 2YA Band; arranger Bill Hoffmeister
Track: From the Land of the Sky Blue Water
Composer: Charles Wakefield Cadman
Source: Radio NZ Sound Archives, Christchurch, D149
Artist: Jim Carter
Track: Walking My Baby Back Home
Composer: Turk-Ahlert
Source: Radio NZ Sound Archives, Christchurch, D149
Artist: Pixie Williams
Track: Ain’t It a Shame
Composer: Ruru Karaitiana
Album: For the Record: the Pixie Williams Collection
Label: Blue Smoke Records
Artist: Mati Hita
Track: Girl
Composer: unknown
Source: Mac McKenzie collection
Artist: Bill Crowe and his Orchestra (Ken Avery vocal & clarinet)
Track: Paekakariki
Composer: Ken Avery
78rpm disc
Label: Tanza
Artist: Johnny Cooper
Track: Look What You’ve Done
Composer: Johnny Cooper
78rpm disc
Label: HMV
Artist: Johnny Cooper
Track: Rock Around the Clock
Composer: DeKnight-Freedman
Album: Rock and Sing
Label: HMV
Artist: Johnny Cooper (Ken Avery saxophone)
Track: Blackberry Boogie
Composer: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Album: Rock and Sing
Label: HMV
Artist: Johnny Cooper
Track: Pie Cart Rock and Roll
Composer: Johnny Cooper
45rpm single
Label: HMV
Artist: Jean McPherson
Track: Best Wishes
Composer: Sam Freedman
78rpm disc
Label: Tanza
