Performed by Avalanche
Zoomer Roberts: vocal & lead guitar
Wynn Pinkham: pedal steel guitar
Mike Bennett: bass
Bill Wilson: drums
Beverly Roberts: harmony vocal
recorded 9 December 1978
Whiskey River East, Horizon City, Texas
I had second thoughts about posting this beer-soaked track, which teeters precariously on the brink of bar band bedlam, but drummer Bill Wilson died last night, and when one of us dies, it redefines everything for those who are left behind. This recording has, to me, become as beautiful as burnished bronze -- a portrait of a time, and a place, and an aggregation that are no more. A moment frozen in amber. The drummer throws his sticks into the air, and there they remain suspended forever, never to return to their owner's hands...
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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.
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
