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Bob Wills w/Ramona Reed - I'm Tired Of Living This Lie [1951].

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Channel: mrblindfreddy9999 · 2015 · Music

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[poss. Written by  Dickie McBride]
Recorded  Circa May or June 1951 as a DEMO
   by Laura Lee and Dickie McBride w/The Ranch Hands
          Unissued - Released on CD  "I Still Care For You"   [2006]

Issued  as Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys on MGM 11024 B

Recorded 28 May 1951 Dallas, TX – 
Bob Wills [ speech/fiddle], Ramona Reed [vcl solo], Eldon Shamblin [gt], 
Ocie Stockard [banjo], Bobby Koeffer [steel gt], Joe Andrews [bass], 
Joe Ferguson [bass], Paul McGhee [drums], Joe Rolley [fiddle], 
Skeeter Elkins [piano], Billy Briggs [sax]
Producer Frank B. Walker.
 
BOB WILLS 
Born James Robert Wills near Kosse TEXAS  [1905 - 1975]
           aka "The King of Western Swing"]

 1968 - Country Music Hall of Fame 
 1968 - Honored by Texas State Legislature 
                          for Contribution to American Music                    
 1969 - Pioneer Award                                                   
 1970 - Songwriter's Hall of Fame   
 1972 - Citation from 
               American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
                          in Nashville
 1995 - Western Music Association Hall of Fame
 1999 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame                              
 2000 - Texas Country Music Hall of Fame                
 2002 - Western Swing Society Hall of Fame            
 2007 - Oklahama Music  and  Jazz Hall of Fame           

Studio Recordings 1932 to 1973

Married  FIVE times  Divorced  FOUR Times

RAMONA REED
Born Ramona June Reed in TALIHINA, OK   [1930 - 2022]
1945 - 1st. Performed 
1947 - Grand Ole Opry Debut
2009 - Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

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