Russ, been away for awhile taking care of this real estate business in GA. I'm still excited about our new duo but I'm a little upset about your spliting part of your time in a duo with that loser "folk" dude, Tony . Also, I love HOEDOWNS; I assume we all bring our own Ho.

Gotta go now and practice those three chords (C,G,F). Did you have to make our first collaboration so darn complex? Later.

chas

Chas, if we have to bring our own Ho, I'd like to make that plural (or multiples...ha...ha)

Sorry you're upset about the other group. Let's all join forces and create a group that plays country, folk and bluegrass. And, let's add our "lady-friends" to the act. We could call it
CFGA...Country, Folk, Grass and A**!

What about it, guys...you in?

Man, I'm on a roll!

Russ "Horndog" Lay

Or,


Russ "Best" Lay

Horndog,
Off the subject a little, but did I ever ask you if you were related to Rodney Lay. He was a well-known entertainer around the Tulsa area years ago. He later played bass with Roy Clark.
I think his son is a DJ on a station in Tulsa now.
Just curious,
DonM

Hey, Don...not related, but I met Rodney at the Holiday Inn West in Lexington in the early 70's, when I played there during graduate school. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton stayed there when they were playing in the area. Buck Trent, a banjo player and Rodney were traveling with them. Buck was going to leave the group and going to work on a new TV show...one with girls with low-cut tops and old men in a cornfield. I told Buck that I thought it was the dumbest idea I'd ever heard. Later, I saw Rodney and his brother, I think, on, Hee Haw, playing matching black Carvin double-neck guitars (I have the same one in a natural finish). I believe he may have been the musical director for awhile, brought in by Buck, Buck Owens and Roy Clark. Buck was on the show for the duration, and the brother of a well-known accordian player-Tony Lovello (played with the Three Sons and was the general manager of the Campbell House when I played there in the early 80's), Sam, was the producer. Funniest thing I ever saw on Hee Haw, was a guest appearance by Tony on accordion....man was he out of place! Buck talked about me working on the show, but I was close to getting my masters, had taken a full-time job at Square D Company, and just couldn't get into it!

Ah, the choices you make...

Russ "Hee Haw reject" Lay

Hey Russ (accordian/accordion) Lay ... git it right will ya' ?!?!? ... I'm gonna be a'playin' one of those squeeze box thingys in our duo ... oooooops .... trio - sorry Chas .... so the least you could do is spell it right - accordiOn !!!
damn, these hay-seeds ...

t.

My old band back in Oklahoma was closely related to "Rodney and the Blazers". We traded guitar players now and then, and sometimes worked the same shows. This was in the early to mid 60's.
Back when I was just a tiny little Buckaroo.
DonM

Hey, tony!....The Hay Seeds or the Hayseed Hoedowners...The Hayseed Hookers...man, thr possibilities are ENDLESS!

You know who...!

Russ can't spell. I understand he once paid $50 to spend the night in a warehouse.

chas

$50.00? Man, they ain't no nice gurls like that round here. Usually, it's a corn dog, Red Bull and a ticket to a tractor pull!

Man, that's livin!

"Bubba" Lay

Hey, "Frito" Lay, ... when I was a teen a friend called his band "The Swampstompers" ...
t.