He was a bassist, fiddler and mandolin player born to a musical family in Brownwood, Texas, who started out on his musical career with Dean Beard and the Crew Cats.
His early credits include “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”, “Wabash Cannonball” and “You Can’t Make a Heel Toe the Mark” with Wanda Jackson in July 1966. After a few years with Wanda he met up with a young singer called Glen Campbell and from there he went on to enjoy a long career working with his band.
On 13th April 1970, he won Top Bass Player at the Academy of Country & Western Music Awards. He went on to win the award again in 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1980.
Recordings on which he is credited include: Are You Ready for the Country by Waylon Jennings; Blue to This Day by Mickey Newbury; Country Keepsakes by Wanda Jackson; Diamond in the Rough by Jessi Coulter; The Forgotten Trail by Poco; The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album; Here & Now by David Wood; I Am So Sad & Weary: Jimmie Rodgers Revisited; Jimmy Rabbit & Renegade; Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash by Michael Nesmith; and, Some Days You Eat the Bear and Some Days the Bear Eats You by Ian Matthews.
He passed away from a sudden illness in Goodlettsville, Tennessee in October 2019 when he was 79 years old.
Glen Campbell recordings
Southern Nights (Allen Toussaint)
Capitol 4376 S93475A
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