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For years I collected vinyl records mostly for the the quality music they provided. In later years I made hundreds of CD’s from the music on those records. Also, I used the records to DJ several events requiring music. Here’s my story. Continue reading
Ernest Tubb
Over the years I have grown to love some of Ernest Tubb’s honky tonk music. Most young people don’t even know who he is and what he did for country music. Here’s a little of my experience with him. Continue reading
He’s Still The King
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I have always loved Western Swing music even back when I was a kid and it was more or less new music. Bob Wills was one of my favorite artists from the early fifties and sixties and still at the present time. Here’s a few words about the King of Western Swing.
Raw Honky Tonk
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Classic honky tonk music is the best music in the land,
It’s good for beer drinking and makes two stepping so grand,
This poem explores the best artists and their great songs.
If you can’t get into these songs you’re lost so, so long.
Local Talent
Sometimes the local talent makes it to the big times. Here are a few of the fortunate talented people I was acquainted with. Continue reading
Aspiring Young Artists
Pam and I enjoyed and supported a couple of aspiring young artists by attending their performances in their early careers not knowing they would later become superstars in the country music feild. Here’s the story. Continue reading
I have heard stories of others having the good fortune of running into famous stars and getting to meet them, but I didn’t think it would ever happen to us. What actually happened was beyond anything I could have imagined. Here’s the story. Continue reading