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On these stories I'm writing about, the dates are not in order as they happened. Mostly they will be in the order that comes to mind as I write.
One such story, Grace and I were playing and George Jones use to come where we played. He was sitting in and someone wanted him to sing "walk through this world with me." He sang one line and turned to Grace and said, "do you know the words to this ***** song. Grace looked at him and said, "I've never heard that song in all of my life." Of course it was number 1 at the time. But George didn't know what to say after that. Grace is smart and quick, and honest, don't ask if you have tender feelings.
Another one with George. I was playing with Eddy Stevens and Pearl. George came and sat in with us. He had just released, "blue is the color of the blue". On the back side of the record was Eskimo pie. Two girls came up and wanted George to sing the Eskimo Pie song. He turned to me and said, "I've never liked that **** song, I'm not going to sing it. The two girls looked at each other and walked off. Really the truth was that George didn't know the words to it.
ok, Here's a funny one. I was playing with Murphy McDowell. I was singing a song, people were dancing. All of a sudden Murphy just doubled over laughing. I could hear Johnny and Bugs laughing too. I thought I had done something wrong. I looked over at Murphy, he point out to the dance floor, I looked and there were a couple people dancing, the lady's pants had fallen down around her feet. Neither one of them knew it. Everybody around them were laughing and looking, then the man realized what was going on. Then the lady grabbed her pants and pulled them up and ran out the back door with the man right behind her. Of course a few wise cracks were made.
Another one: Troy Passmore and I were like brothers. Grace and I had been knowing Troy for several years. To say a little about Troy's talent. Troy had the fastest picking hand of anyone in the USA and probably the world. Anyone that knew him will tell you that. He was a musical Genius, He was playing on the road with a band when he was 12. When he was 16 he was playing Guitar for the best dance band in the USA. He had played in 50 states and 5 countries.
Troy showed up one day and we had a long visit, he had been out playing in and around Austin. He had tried to get a day job out there. He was telling Grace and I about applying for this job to change the money out of the washer and dryer place around Austin. Troy said they gave him a lie detector test and he answered everything truthfully. He said they didn't hire him and he didn't know why. Grace asked him what they had asked him. Troy said " they asked my name, then several other things, have you ever smoked pot," Troy said about this room full. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. Of course Troy didn't think it was that funny. Troy passed away in 1979. I'm proud to say he had turned his life over to Jesus a year before he died.
On another note, We were backing up Jimmy Newman. He had several number one songs at the time. He was going to sing "a fallen star". He turn to me and said play it in B natural. I had never played in B natural in my life. He did another one in B natural, "alligator man". That was a first for me and I still remember it. I worked several times with Jimmy after that. He's a real nice guy.
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