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Topic: Shotgun Boogie By Okie Jones |
Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Apr 2012 11:26 pm |
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Does anyone have Bio information on "Okie Jones"  |
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Diane Diekman
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South Dakota, USA
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Posted 1 May 2012 4:50 am
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I just saw Okie at the Country Music Hall of Fame on 31 March. He and his wife came to my Marty Robbins book release event. They live near Nashville. Okie spent many years as Marty's bus driver, and he helped Marty in all his businesses. I did a phone interview with him several years ago, and his information contributed greatly to Marty's biography.
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Diane Diekman
Sioux Falls SD
Author of "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story"
Author of "Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins" |
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Tracy Sheehan
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 1 May 2012 7:35 pm Re:
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| Okie used to play on the Cowtown Hoedown here in Ft.Worth,Tx. in 1957. I don't remember if he was a guest or regular at the time. Tracy |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 1 May 2012 11:09 pm
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Okie was a part of Jimmy Dickens' road group/act in the mid 50's when Buddy Emmons joined the band. According to Buddy the genius idea of guitar players cutting a mohawk hair cut on one of the gigs was Okie's. Little Jimmy Dickens didn't think much of it and ordered them to shave their heads and made them wear these hats:
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