1 posted on
08/10/2007 2:24:19 AM PDT by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Great story, great article.
To: HAL9000
I remember Porter and Dolly hawking some detergent with a gift towel stuffed inside on UHF channels back when UHF channels required a converter.
4 posted on
08/10/2007 3:49:23 AM PDT by
Mikey_1962
(If Roger Maris got an asterisk next to his name, Bonds should get a syringe)
To: HAL9000
Does anyone have a pic of Porter in full regalia?
Leni
5 posted on
08/10/2007 3:50:52 AM PDT by
MinuteGal
(Three Cheers for the FRed, White and Blue !)
To: HAL9000
I think he was in a car racing/wrecking movie paired up with Terry Bradshaw back in the 70s. Gumball Rally maybe? Porter’s role was hysterical!
6 posted on
08/10/2007 3:52:00 AM PDT by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: HAL9000
Except for his standing gig on the Grand Ole Opry, he was mostly forgotten. I know basically nothing about country music but I always thought that appearing at the Grand Ole Opry was the holy grail of country singers.How does that equate with obscurity?
7 posted on
08/10/2007 4:35:25 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: HAL9000
Eeew, he was always beyond creepy. He could have stayed obscure. Actually, I thought he’d died a decade or two ago.
8 posted on
08/10/2007 4:43:34 AM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: HAL9000
I saw Porter Wagoner when I was a kid back in the 60's while I lived in Owensboro, Kentucky.
I was forced to go by my parents.
The one thing I remember about the concert was that he was disappointed that the auditorium didn't have more people in it.
12 posted on
08/10/2007 7:45:38 AM PDT by
Tolkien
(There are things more important than Peace. Freedom being one of those.)
To: HAL9000
Thanks for posting this article.
15 posted on
08/11/2007 2:56:50 AM PDT by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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