Updates

• Added info on Jimmy Ford, thanks to Volker Houghton. • Extended and corrected the post on Happy Harold Thaxton (long overdue), thanks to everyone who sent in memories and information! • Added information to the Jim Murray post, provided by Mike Doyle, Dennis Rogers, and Marty Scarbrough. • Expanded the information on Charlie Dial found in the Little Shoe post.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Alden 'Shorty' Holloway RIP

Country and Rock'n'Roll musician Alden "Shorty" Holloway passed away on January 1, 2013 at the age of 87. He was a native of Moko, Arkansas, where he was born in 1925. He performed professionally for a long time and appeared with such stars as Porter Waggoner, Little Jimmy Dickens, and many others. He is best remembered by Rock'n'Roll collectors for such songs as "Blast Off," which he recorded for Dixie in 1958.

Read more at hillbilly-music.com.

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