Recorded 12 May 1982
Byron Berline: fiddle
Zoomer Roberts: lead vocal, electric bass
Buddy Winston: lead guitar, harmony vocal
Mike Baron: banjo
Charles Harding: rhythm guitar
The El Paso Friends of Folk Music brought Byron Berline to town for their Fourth Annual Fiddle Fest at the Chamizal Theatre, and some of us locals banded together to accompany him. Byron had worked with everybody from Bill Monroe to the Rolling Stones (he didn't add our names to that list) and the gig was a treat for us. I got to sing a couple of songs, too, one of which was this little-known Cowboy Copas number. Henry Beebe used to sing this with the Shade Tree Boys, and we used his version. It teeters on the brink of collapse in places, but we got through it and the audience applauded. Fete accompli!
To learn more about Byron Berline, check out his website at http://www.doublestop.com/aboutus.php
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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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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.
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
