Artist description Mixture of Country and Western Swing, With Fiddles and Steels, etc.Tradional 5 or 6 piece style band, sometimes with pianoSometimes work solo with guitar, fiddle or steel

Music Style Basically Traditional Country, with humor and novelty themes as well as ballads--original songs

Musical Influences Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Red Foley, Marty Robbins

Similar Artists Marty Robbins, Ballads; Kenny Rogers; Original Voice Characterizations

Artist History Varied history of and on since 1953 working in So.E. Al, Montgomery, Orlando, Flapersonnel changes from time to time and with locations. Use Studio musicians for recordings when not doing some of my own.Shared stage with a number of Grand Ole Opry Stars, worked Radio, and TV, MC Musical Concerts and Fiddling Contests, etc.

Group Members Calvin Bodiford, Roy Gibson, Buddy Hudson, Dewey Douglasand Henry Head, last two diseased to cancer in 1999.

Instruments Guitars: Flattop, Elec. and Steel, Fiddle, Harmonica, Bass Guitar, some keyboard, learning

Albums Two Christmas Albums, Three Country; 8-Tracks, Cassettes, 45's, several CD Comp's

Press Reviews Local and State Newspapers, Dothan, Headland,Montgomery, etc.Worked with Charlie Gilmore on WTVY Radio Show, Member WCOV-TV First TV show, Sat. night Barndance,Mtg., Taylormade Opry,member, Dothan, AL.Over 80 songs in BMI Catalog, etc member ISA

Location Dothan, AL - USA

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