TEXAS MUSIC HALL OF FAME

[SabreHorn]

I wasn't a teenager yet, but was so pissed I think the next concert I saw was Elvis at HLS&R, although I became a big Duane Eddy fan because of Barton & Naomi Hazlewood. Never got to see him or Nancy Sinatra live when they were all together.

 

[Chop]

but was so pissed I think the next concert I saw was Elvis

Sounds like you didn't know how good you had it.

 

[SabreHorn]

I didn't know who any of them were except Horton and Marty Robbins. When my dad heard we sat through Tillman, he said there wasn't enough money in all Jefferson County to get him to do that. He then said next time I got in trouble, making me listen to him would be worse than any whipping I got.

 

[SabreHorn]

Another group we didn't appreciate were from north Jefferson County. In the City Park in Groves was a small white building that could be rented for parties. Frequently someone would have a dance there with Jivin Gene & the Jokers or Jerry LaCroix, but usually some no names from Beaumont. Two albino brothers named Winter playing at "The Old Town Hall".

 

[Chop]

That pocket of the state (Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange / Golden Triangle) has a disproportionately high number of good musicians per capita.

Here's another real good one from that area (not Mt. Rushmore good, but good), who came from a musical family:

 

[SabreHorn]

The boys from Vidor have done well. You never know if Mark will be sober enough to sing. I prefer Tracy Bird, but most everyone prefers Clay Walker.

All of them pale compared to Possum.

 

[Chop]

All of them pale compared to Possum.

He could nearly make you cry when he sang a sad song.

 

[SabreHorn]

Imagine you come home from a long business trip and your house is empty because your wife moved across the road and in with your neighbor. Couple that with the fact that Vidor was dry, and I think you could add realism to a sad song.

I didn't talk to him for years until he showed up at the funeral home and asked if he could attend my grandfather's funeral. I told him our family would be "honored".

 

[Horn2RunAgain]

Bob Wills
Willie Nelson
Lyle Lovett
Robert Earl Keen

 

[Chop]

Chop,

The Stones doing Waylon may be the best thing you've ever posted

Here he is (probably well into his 40s at this point):



Bob Wills himself on the 1st fiddle, and that steel guitarist, wow!
I think about 1/2 his band members were typically Texans with many of the others from the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.

 

[mchammer]

Here he is (probably well into his 40s at this point):



Bob Wills himself on the 1st fiddle, and that steel guitarist, wow!
I think about 1/2 his band members were typically Texans with many of the others from the Tulsa, Oklahoma area.

I saw his steel guitarist on stage with a local country & western band from Houston about 20 years ago.

 

[Horn6721]

Sabre
Amazing clips.
In first aside from incredible performances I had never see a white base
In second? How cool and weird is it that the sheriff is shaving while his posse sings and plays even with fire arms strapped on?
Makes sense to me
Two awesome clips
Thank you

 

[mchammer]

 

[SabreHorn]

Man was a musical genius. The changes he made in music and recording is largely unrecognized by the last two generations.

Appropriately, BH left Nashville, made changes in music and the industry, and became the influence for so many of the greats of the 60s, 70s, & beyond. Waylon told Nashville to go to hell, returned to Lubbock and became a super star.

JP made George Jones a star because JP couldn't make the "popping sound" even though George spent hours trying to teach him. JP gave George his first big hit, "White Lightnin"

 

[ViperHorn]

Waylon told Nashville to go to hell

I'm glad he did. He was the force that brought a struggling songwriter from Abbott back to Texas. The rest is history.

 

[VYFan]

Speaking of which, if you want a Tejano musician on your mountain, skip Selena and put Flaco Jimenez up there!

Freddie Fender…actually “Freddy Fender,” San Benito, Tx

 

[HornHuskerDad]

Buddy Holly was in a class by himself.

 

[SabreHorn]

Buddy Holly was in a class by himself.

Indeed, but if there was a REAL Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, it would be filled with his disciples. I dare say that no other artist had greater influence on more "great musicians" than Charles Hardin Holley. I'm sure someone would have eventually come up with multi-track recording (probably Bill Lear), but he was the first.

 

[Horn6721]

Maybe there should be a category "Greatest songs about Texas and its cities "
I can think of 15 in about a minute starting with The Eyes

No other state is close.

 

[Vino Bevo]

Buddy Holly was in a class by himself.

I got introduced to his music in the early 70s by my dad, who was a huge fan. He always said had he lived, he would have been bigger than Elvis. Still stop everything and listen when one of his songs comes up.

 

[SabreHorn]

I'm not sure he would have been bigger than Elvis, but his influence over future artists including the British invasion would certainly have kept him at the forefront. I don't know that he would have ever had the financial backing he needed to independently do what he would have wanted to do.

Would loved to have heard him with the Moody Blues since both loved to have an orchestra backup. Of course that financially devastated the Moody Blues.