Six String Hayride Classic Country Podcast Episode 39. The 1940's Episode. We pay our respects to the recently departed Dickey Betts and Duane Eddy, then it's back in the time machine for the 1940s. Gene Autry, Sons of the Pioneers, and Bob Wills continue to dominate music. Rose Maddox ups the ante for Western Fashion. Franklin Roosevelt guides a nation through World War 2 with help from Rosie the Riveter. James Cagney, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Bogart and Bacall entertain us on the big screen. Jackie Robinson plays some Baseball. Chris and Jim discuss The Big Songs of the Decade, The War, and The Movies that shaped the 1940's. Chris serves up some SPAM MUSUBI and another John Wayne Cocktail and we explain our love for the music of the Andrew Sisters. In 1947, Hank Williams arrives as the Honky Tonk Poet of the Post War Years. All this and t ...