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Darryl Hattenhauer


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Post  Posted 3 Jan 2009 2:39 pm    
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Is Buddy's "Wills Point" about the town in Texas or the Wills Brothers' nightclub "Wills Point Ballroom" in Sacramento?
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Stuart Legg


Post  Posted 4 Jan 2009 1:20 pm    
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I don't believe Buddy could have gotten much inspiration from Wills Point, TX.
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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2009 2:03 pm    
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Stuart Legg wrote:
I don't believe Buddy could have gotten much inspiration from Wills Point, TX.


HA! You got THAT right!! Laughing

It's the California amusement park (sorta) that BW owned during his stay in No. CA that is the inspiration for Big E's namesake composition.
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Darryl Hattenhauer


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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2009 3:48 pm    
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Thanks guys.
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Ernie Renn


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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
Post  Posted 4 Jan 2009 5:07 pm    
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Yes, "Wills Point" is named after the ballroom in California. Winking
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Bill Cunningham


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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2009 7:16 pm    
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I don't believe Buddy could have gotten much inspiration from Wills Point, TX.


Hey, ya'll be nice now. Smile My late mother-in-law was born in Myrtle Springs and raised in Wills Point. Her brother still lives in Edom. Van Zandt County, Texas, YES SIR! Small world.
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