tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post561370069469707247..comments2024-03-29T04:14:08.454+01:00Comments on Mellow's Log Cabin: Gene Walton on AlleyMellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13044405097316756294noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post-79923698776822488262017-03-16T19:13:20.833+01:002017-03-16T19:13:20.833+01:00Good to know, Mellow, thanks!Good to know, Mellow, thanks!Marti Allenhttp://www.astate.edu/museum/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post-52897592656937286272017-03-15T22:07:31.577+01:002017-03-15T22:07:31.577+01:00Hi Marti,
if you need any help, let me know. I ha...Hi Marti,<br /><br />if you need any help, let me know. I have spezialiced in Northeast Arkansas rock'n'roll for some time now.Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044405097316756294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post-71731257494357075512017-03-15T21:17:01.837+01:002017-03-15T21:17:01.837+01:00Hi to Freddie Ann,
I'm so glad you left thes...Hi to Freddie Ann, <br /><br />I'm so glad you left these comments about Gene Walton! I'm the director of Arkansas State University Museum, where we are working on developing an exhibition on rockabilly and musicians from Northeast Arkansas who performed and/or recorded rockabilly music going back to the 1950s and continuing through the 1980s. Would it be possible to get more bio information on your brother Gene Walton? Where he was born, parents, parent's occupation, Gene's early life, when he started playing music, why he recorded Josephine when he did, did he perform live, if so where, and so forth? Thanks! MartiMarti Allenhttp://www.astate.edu/museum/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post-61236389518916809402016-04-20T19:17:14.475+02:002016-04-20T19:17:14.475+02:00I forgot to mention that Gene Walton wrote and per...I forgot to mention that Gene Walton wrote and performed the song. He recorded a couple of fantastic songs, but unfortunately they never got much attention. He is a talented person and his love for music has continued throughout his life.Freddie Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post-81616948288434043772016-04-20T19:11:08.514+02:002016-04-20T19:11:08.514+02:00Hi, I am Gene Walton's sister. He now resides...Hi, I am Gene Walton's sister. He now resides in Munford, Tennessee.<br />Freddie Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6469193780924614928.post-29772793563073831902014-03-06T06:24:35.595+01:002014-03-06T06:24:35.595+01:00The year for this release is probably 1982 rather ...The year for this release is probably 1982 rather than 1972.<br /><br />According to <i>People Magazine</i> (see http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20093426,00.html ) Wayne Cryts, the subject of the song on the A-side of this single, didn't attract public attention until 1979.<br /><br />Also, the June 25, 1982 issue of the <i>Lakeland Ledger</i> contained the following article titled <b> Country song supports farmer in battle with U.S. over soybeans</b><br /><br />JONESBORO, Ark. - "There's a world of difference between law and justice, and sometimes doing wrong is right..."<br /><br />Those are a few of the words from the "Ballad of Wayne Cryts," a country tune about the Puxico, Mo., farmer who got into trouble with the law for removing soybeans from a grain elevator and refusing to tell a bankruptcy judge who helped him do it.<br /><br />Jonesboro musicians Joe Lee and Gene Walton wrote the song and recorded it here a few weeks ago. Walton said the American Agricultural Movment, which is backing Cryts in his court battle, plans to help distribute the ballad to radio stations around the country.Slim Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530874228537065367noreply@blogger.com