From 1959 To 1972 Curtis Was The Bandleader For Country Music Hall Of Fame Member Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys.  Curtis Played Bass And Sang Very Much Like Ray Price (But With More Soul).  In The Early Days He Worked For KRBC TV And The Bill Fox Show In Abilene Plus Playing Most Of The Night Clubs In The Central West Texas Area.  Curtis Was Born In Cross Plains, Texas  (Between Abilene And Brownwood) And Was Raised In Abilene.  In 1979 He Teamed Up With Darrell McCall On An Album And Two Of The Songs Taken From The Album Eased Into The Top 100 Country Charts.  In 1996 He Was Invited To Austin To Do An Album,With Willie, Entitled "6 Hours At Perdenales" (Available On C.D. Or Cassette)  In 1950, A Young Hank Thompson Appeared On Stage (Sold Out Performances) At The Texas Theater In San Angelo.  A Number Of  Years Later, Curtis Potter, One Of The Premier Country Music Performers From The Central West Texas Area, Would Join Hank And Be A Factor In Making The Brazos Valley Boys The Nation's Top Western Swing Band For Many Years.  In The Nineties Curtis Continues To Perform Residing In His Home Town Of Abilene, Texas.

In 1956 Rick & Bobby, From Coleman, Organized Their Very First Band "The King Kats".  Bobby Played The Guitar And Sang Rock & Roll And Rick (Also Guitar) Sang The Ballads.  A Few Years Later Rick Would Form "The Rhythm Rebels" Where Bobby Would Play Keyboards.  Besides Playing The Many Area Bookings, Theaters, And Jamborees (Some With Jimmy And Dan Seals) They Also Traveled Most Of The State Playing Behind Many Of The Country Music Stars, Of The Time,Warren Smith, Bob Wills,Willie Nelson, Red Foley, Johnny Sea, Sonny James,  Jimmie C. Newman, Bobby Bare, And Little Jimmie Dickens. During One Period Their Long Time Musician Friend, Dean Beard, Became A Member Of The Rhythm Rebels Touring And Recording With Them.  Today Rick Resides In His Home Town Of Coleman, Texas. (Also, The Home Town Of Dean Beard & The Birth Place Of Country Singer/Songwriter Ronnie Dunn). Rick Sikes website.

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