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Lee Roy Was Raised On A Ranch In Stephenville, Texas. His Dad Was A Friend Of Bob Wills And Lee Roy Sang On Bob's Radio Shows In Ft. Worth At Age 7. At 14 He Was Playing Clubs As A Member Of Kinky Friedman's Jewboys. His Slide Guitar Influence Came From Duane Allman & Singing/Songwriting Influence From Haggard. In 77' He Moved To Austin Where He Played 10 Years Making As Little As $25.00 A Night. Next Stop Was Nashville Where He Would Be Discovered Playing At The Bluebird Cafe. His First CD On Arista Received Good Reviews But It Wasn't Until 2 Years Later That He Had His First Hit From The "Love Without Mercy" CD That Yielded 3 Top 5 Songs And His First #1 "Tender Moments". In 93' He Had 3 More Top 10 Songs & In 95' 2 #1's From The "We All Get Lucky Sometimes" CD. Lee Roy Has Also Been In Demand For Session Work Playing On Trisha Yearwood, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Delbert McClinton's Recordings. A Gifted Songwriter Writing Nearly 150 Songs Including "That's My Story" #1 For Collin Raye. His Band "The Hot Links" (James Pennebaker-Stephen Mackey-Kevin Mckendree-Lynn Williams) Provided Most Of The Back-up Work On His 97' Album "Every Night's A Saturday Night" A CD That Has Plenty Of (Gotta Have Em' Folks To Sell ) Rock Licks But Doesn't Overpower The Listener. Lee Roy Parnell Has Received 5 Major Award Nominations And Today Makes His Home In Fredricksburg, Texas.
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Guy Clark Was Born In Rockport And Raised In Monahans, Texas. Guy Is A Songwriter First And Then A Singer. When You Have The Talent To Write Good Country & Western Songs The Tendacy Is To Move To Nashville. Guy Moved To Nashville In The Early Seventies. In 1981 His Recording "The Partner Nobody Chose" Broke Into The C&W Top 40 At #38. His Follow-Up Release Charted At #42 Meeting The Standards For Admission "The West Texas Music Hall Of Fame Honor Roll". In 1998 Guy Was Honored With "The ASCAP Music Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award" Presented By Vince Gill And Rodney Crowell. In 1989 He Joined ASCAP's #1 Club For Songwriters Having Co-Written "She's Crazy For Leaving". Guy Wrote "Desperados Waiting For A Train" Recorded By The Highwayman (Willie-Waylon-Kris-John), "Texas 1947" (Guy Lived In Monahans In 1947) & "The Last Gunfighter" For Johnny Cash And "New Cut Road" For Bobby Bare. One Of His Very First Songs Was Recorded By The Everly Brothers. To Date Guy Has Had A Total 9 Album Releases.
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