This is Harmie Smith and the Ozark Mountaineers. Left to right
are Buddy, Attaway, Claude King, Harmie, Tillman Franks and Harry Todd
(age 16).
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This is me at about 15 years old in Shreveport, LA.
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Here I am about 10 months old and had just been told that my
first mandolin had been mail ordered from Sears and Roebuck.
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Here is my best friend and brother, Ralph, at about 16, picking
his old guitar.
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This is Hershal Boyett, Dobber Johnson and myself about the
time we played with Hal Burns.
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Tex Ritter used to visit and play with the band when he was
in Shreveport for a show - helped to advertise his gig. He was one very
nice person.
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This is an old song book of Hal Burns and Bill Nettles. I used
to dislike having to go out in the audience and sell these things for a
quarter to anyone who would buy one.
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A picture of Otis "Pop" Echols Band, a KWKH act.
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Bob Shelton and the Sunshine Boys were a very popular early
western swing band in the forties. Their theme song was "Let a Smile Be
Your Umbrella".
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Dick Hart called himself the "Lone Texan". Fine person to play
on shows with. Never knew what happened to him through the years.
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Me playing guitar in the Mickey Schittone orchestra in the 70s.
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Tillman Franks became a manager of some of the real great country
music stars. My good friend when we played with bands in Shreveport.
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