RIP: the "Wagonmaster"

[Schonyenko2]

Let me correct that. Willie was on the Ernest Tubbs show, not Hank Snow.
Pete you mention Bob Wills, the king of Texas swing. I've always been facinated by how different areas of the country spawned their own style of country. Texas swing is a perfect example of that. Very unique blend of several types of music to create it. Hank Thompsen also shared that style and added the waltzs.

The moon just went...behind a cloud...and I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Belair you flunked.

[737Driver]

Porter was a car guy. He ordered a new 67 427/435 Corvette coupe from Capital Chevrolet. It was Marina Blue with bright blue interior and had a tele column and bolt-on wheels. I was the first owner outside the state of TN. I ended up getting a copy of the original bill of sale from the TN DMV.
Mark

[Chevy454]

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Rob, Porter Wagner was my dad's cousin. That half of the family was all from Howell county MO. or Fulton county AR. Every time his TV show came on, my old man would tell me stories about Porter when he was a kid in West Plains.

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Dang, Hodges, I thought you acted like you had a little Hillbilly in your blood! LOL!! I'd just always heard Porter was from "Howell County", but since West Plains is the only thing worth mentioning in Howell County they kind of adopted him...seems like he was from the southern part of the county, around Moody or Bakersfield or Lanton or somewhere? Any of those ring a bell? Fulton County is directly south of Howell County...what towns are your family in, Starkey, Camp, maybe Viola or Gepp?

Mark: what happened to his 'Vette? Pretty cool car to order new!

[Chevy454]

Schonye: good point...also add Buck Owens and what he brought out of Bakersfield...in our neck of the woods we start getting pretty heavy into the bluegrass part of the world, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs & Union Station now.

Little bit of trivia, the idea/inspiration for the Grand Old Opry supposedly came from a show in Mammoth Spring, AR, which is about 17 miles south of us here in Fulton County...every year they have a "Solemn Old Judge Days" festival in honor of George D. Hay, the creator of the Grand Old Opry.

[John Brown]

All this talk about hillbilly music got me hungering for some classic country (and western) to listen too. I'm originally from Missouri and a transplanted billy myself. I've been listening to Rick Jacksons Country Hall of Fame, buy it's only three hours a week, and about the only thing I can stand on regular radio. So I looked around and found this internet music station out of Branson. Now I don't have to change the station when they start playing music with lyrics I can't understand or relate to.

Heartland Public Radio ~ Classic Country Music

Non commercial and just what I've been looking for.

Porter, old buddy, Rest in Peace.....

[737Driver]

The last I saw his Corvette, Unique had it up for sale. When I had it, it had a hit motor in it. I knew where the original was, but, couldn't work a deal on it. It was finally re-united with the car. Had the car been originally equipped with sidepipes it would have been a super big money machine.

I purchased a new Corvette ZR1 from Capital Chevrolet in 1990 from the general manager who was a salesman in 1967 and sold Porter the blue/blue 435.

[71-LS6]

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Dang, Hodges, I thought you acted like you had a little Hillbilly in your blood! LOL!! I'd just always heard Porter was from "Howell County", but since West Plains is the only thing worth mentioning in Howell County they kind of adopted him...seems like he was from the southern part of the county, around Moody or Bakersfield or Lanton or somewhere? Any of those ring a bell? Fulton County is directly south of Howell County...what towns are your family in, Starkey, Camp, maybe Viola or Gepp?


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Down 17 hiway to south of Lanton, but north of the state line. Take a left (east) for 3-4 mi. You'll be deep in the woods and surrounded by my kind. My grandpa was actually a real good fiddle player in those parts back in the 30's and 40's.