Zoomer Roberts: vocal, guitars, standup bass
I wrote this song about someone I used to know, recorded it, and never sang it again. The combination of standup bass and "sock rhythm" guitar has always appealed to me, although it fell out of common use decades ago. The electric guitar is a Gibson ES-335 that Buddy Winston loaned me for the occasion. The spoken comment, "Aw, Zoomer Roberts now," is a nod to Ernest Tubb. The performance is drenched in beer. Why not?
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El Paso artist Pat Olchefski-Winston (Buddy's wife) did this vibrant water color of Buddy and me in 2001. For more information about Pat and her work, go to: www.olchefski.com and www.artistsofthesouthwest.com
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What it is...
I've been playing music in the El Paso area for nearly fifty years, and I've accumulated hundreds of tapes along the way. Here they are. Most of these performances were captured with inexpensive portable equipment in living rooms, taverns, houses of worship, festival tents and theatres. Some were recorded off the radio, some directly from public address systems. A few were actually recorded in professional recording studios. Some of these hands are folded now, and some of these voices are stilled. This is what I've done, where I've been and who I've known. This is my scrapbook.
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- Home In Pasadena
- This Ole House
- Hardin Wouldn't Run
- The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
- Memories
- Brown Eyes
- Diamonds In the Rough
- Roadside Rag
- Milwaukee Rag
- Tom Dooley
- Little Darlin'
- A Teardrop On A Rose
- The Golden Horseshoe Jamboree
- Hard Travelin'
- Lovesick Blues
- I Know You Rider
- There's No U-Turn (On the Road of Life)
- Wasted Tears
- American Patrol
- Yesterday
- Weary Blues (From Waitin')
- Zoomer's Rock 'n' Roll Medley
- You're Not Mine Anymore (alternate mix)
- Crocodile Tears
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Art by Pat Olchefski-Winston
El Paso artist Pat Olchefski-Winston (Buddy's wife) did this vibrant water color of Buddy and me in 2001. For more information about Pat and her work, go to: www.olchefski.com and www.artistsofthesouthwest.com
With Ernest Tubb ~ 1980
Back in 1983 with Mickey Cochran (guitar) and Bobby Napier (fiddle). Bobby went on to bigger things, including a stint with Tammy Wynette.
1980s Bidness Card
