A
good friend of ours and a true country legend. One half of the
world famous Louvin Brothers who charted many country standards and
gospel tunes as well. If you are one of the few who don't know of
the two great gentlemen (Ira and Charlie)
we invite you to.
As
song writers we invite you to check out our song catalog at BMI.
When you get to BMI's web site look up Jack True or Roger True.
You can even find our co writers like Teresa True, Rickey Dunn and Bobby
Atkins.
By
far my and Roger's favorite song writer. He has written hits for
just about everyone in country music like Waylon
Jennings, Ray Price, Patsy
Cline, Charlie Walker, The
Judds, Conway Twitty, Melba
Montgomery and Buck Owens just to
name a few. He certainly deserves the titles of Mr.
Songwriter and The Dean of Country Music
Song Writers but I just like to call him "The
King of Country Song Writers".
The
man who sang the 1952 hit The Wild Side of Life.
which inspired the 1953 answer song by Kitty Wells It
Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels which was the first number
one charted record for a female singer.
In
the late 1950's Don and his younger brother Phil Everly were
"hotter than a tater" with hits like "Bye
Bye Love", "Wake Up Little Suzie",
"All I Have To Do Is Dream", and
many others. Their music today brings back memories of car hops,
hamburgers, french fries, soft drinks as well as necking in those
classic cars of the era. They are two of our heros with their
almost twin looks dressing alike on stage and twin Gibson J-200 guitars.
Though
they are retired today they made some great music together. I'm
talking about Harold, Phil, Don, and Lew later replaced by Jimmy
Fortune. Lew DeWitt passed away in 1990. But from 1965 with
their debut "Flowers On The Wall"
until 1989 with their last hit "More Than A
Name On A Wall" these boys come from Staunton VA and were
mainstays on the country music charts. Jacky likes Don Reid and
Roger likes his brother Harold. We think they have great 4 part
harmony.
This is our (The True
Brothers) most favorite record shop of any other in the world.
We are collectors and they have some of the hardest to find works by the widest
variety of country artists out there.
Remembered
today for his association and duets with Dolly Parton but he didn't
discover her until 1967. Porter had been having hit records for
RCA Victor all the way back to 1954 with Company's
Comin'. From then on up until 1983 he was constantly on the
charts with his solo efforts and duets with Dolly. The duo split
in 1974 and Porter seems to have got the bad end of the stick. A
Grand Ole Opry member and a true country superstar. Learn more
about him by visiting his web site. We are certainly in his
corner.
Who
don't like Buck Owens. We simply don't know, but we sure do.
With songs like "Tiger By The Tail",
"Act Naturally", "Loves
Gonna Live Here Again", "Together
Again", "My Heart Skips A Beat"
and... Oh we could go on all night,
how could Buck not be "DA MAN".
One
of the greatest song writers ever to hit Nashville and not a bad singer
either. We would love for you to check his site out and get to
know him as we do.
One
of the all time greatest Country Music vocalists. He can certainly
sing a good country song. We love his work and the way he helps
keep the Country Classics alive.
Song
writing, singing, comedy, acting... You name it he can do
it. I (Jacky) impersonate this guy in our personal appearances and
sometimes sing up to four of his hit songs so maybe that will give you
an idea of how fond we are of him. H-H-H-HE'S
THE GREATEST!
This
king of 1950's Country Music as well as The King Of The Honky Tonks,
Webb scored more hits than any other country singer of the 1950's except
for Eddie Arnold placing thirteen number ones and sixty eight top
tens. Ninety seven charted singles in all in Billboard Magazine.
From 1952 to 1975 he recorded for the Decca label with the majority of
his hits set in the time period of 1952 to 1971. A Grand Ole Opry
member on and off he had the number two tourist attraction in all of
Nashville with his guitar shaped swimming pool second only to the Grand
Ole Opry. With his rhinestone nudie suits and famous silver dollar
car he sang songs that the common man absolutely loved like "There
Stands The Glass", "Slowly",
"Wondering", "More and More",
"I Don't Care", "Love
Love Love", "I Ain't Never"
and his biggest hit "In The Jailhouse Now"
which stayed on the charts for almost half a year. He's another
one of our heroes so get caught in the "web" and check out his
site.
She's
one of our favorite female country singers. She started out
opening road shows for Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton and our heroes The Wilburn Brothers when she was still a teenager. Rumor has it
that she married their drummer but that was not the case, he was
actually a Rock -N- Roll drummer but that's the rumor any way.
She's great. Check her out.
Regular
goers of the True Brothers Show will be familiar with country star Bruce
Rouse. His new site contains his event calendar and lots of photos
including some with yours truly (The True Brothers) in them. You
can also join his Fan Club while you are there. Its great, check
it out.
Audie Murphy was the worlds most decorated
soldier. He fought in WWII. After the war he became a movie
star although he stared in films like "Bad
Boy". He was most known for his cowboy rolls in
westerns like "Night Passage", "The
Guns of Fort Petticoat" and "No
Name on the Bullet" and wrote his autobiography titled "To
Hell and Back" which is the basis of the movie "To
Hell and Back" where he also played himself.
A native of Texas, he even found time to write many hit country songs
like "Shutters and Boards" (Jerry
Wallace), "When the Wind Blows in
Chicago" (Bobby Bare), "Please
Mr. Music Man Play A Song For Me" (Dick Contino & Harry
Nilsson) and "Was It All Worth
Losing You" (Charlie Pride) just to name a few.
He stared with great actors like Burt Lancaster,
Audrey Hepburn. We lost him in
1971 at age 47 in an airplane crash. His grave today is at the
Arlington National Cemetery. His grave is the second most visited
only to President John F. Kennedy.
We have written a song to honor him and plan to have it on our next
release if all goes well. For a sample we have printed the lyrics
to "The Saga of Audie Murphy" Writen by: Jacky True and Teresa
True - Published by: Bob's Special Music - BMI Work# 7036566
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