Comment by thereallyniceman on February 24, 2016 at 19:06

Good try Marc, but Kentucky Parade was composed in 1894.

Jody:

Franchises started in the 1950s

Comment by Jody Stecher on February 24, 2016 at 19:57

Marc, fabulous. I'm sure you have hit the nail on the head. Kentucky Parade was a horse. Gotta Be!

Comment by Jody Stecher on February 24, 2016 at 20:02

Ian, but maybe Kentucky Parade was an ancestor of Grand Parade or maybe no relation at all between the horses.  What clinches it for me is the discovery that there existed any horse who had the word "parade" as part of its name. If a horse can be a parade and if Joe Morley composed a banjo solo with a puzzling name, then in the light of Morley's other horse referential titles I think it's likely that Kentucky Parade was a horse.

Comment by marc dalmasso on February 24, 2016 at 21:10

May be JM had some relatives or friends in, Kentucky  ?

on the list , we can find also " Kentucky days " & " Kentucky Jubilee "

Comment by Trapdoor2 on February 24, 2016 at 21:18

Sorry Jody, but we know GPs ancestry pretty well. No other 'parades'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Parade_(horse)

It wouldn't surprise me to find that "Kentucky Parade" was a 19th Cent. slang term. Probably for the South end of a North bound horse.

Comment by Jody Stecher on February 24, 2016 at 23:21

Marc D: the Kentucky connection for Morley is probably horse racing. There may also be a romanticized reference to what was imagined to be the Old South.

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