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  • 'Pavarotti of the Plains' Don Walser dead at 72

    09/21/2006 8:06:23 AM PDT · by weegee · 3 replies · 305+ views
    Austin American Statesman ^ | Wednesday, September 20, 2006 | By Michael Corcoran
    OBITUARY 'Pavarotti of the Plains' Don Walser dead at 72 Late-blooming musician sang and yodeled his way to country heights in early 1990s. There's never been a more special relationship between a musician and his fans in Austin than when rotund National Guardsman Don Walser started over in the music business in 1990 at the now-defunct Henry's Bar on Burnet Road. His improbable rise and signing to Sire Records, the label of Madonna and the Ramones, at age 64 was the feelgood story of the Austin music scene. Dubbed "the Pavarotti of the Plains" for his clear, powerful tenor, Walser...