Do you remember what killed the evil martians off? It was the trailer park grandmas music? Who made that music that could kill deadly martians? None other than Slim Whitman the king of the pedal steel! For 4 years from 1996 to 2000 I had no idea who made the beautiful strange sounding music played in the Mars Attacks movie! The movie has an early cameo bit part by Jack Black as the soilder who is from the trailer park. My old friend Daniel who worked at Rasptin records in Berkeley used to call Slim Whitman the king of country cheese! Slim Whitman was very popular in England and in Europe. I just love his best songs! I love the sound of the pedal steel guitar, I loved watching and hearing it being played by southern very conservative good old boys on stage at the GRAND OLE OPRY in Nashville! My Rose Marie, Indian Love Call, Love Song On The Waterfall, are 2 of his best biggest hits! He sings very unique and sings his voice kind of like the cry of the pedal steel guitar!
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