Parker, Billy - Billy Parker & Friends

Der ehemalige Texas Troubadour und sehr bekannte Discjockey hat diese Duette in den 80er Jahren aufgenommen. Das Duett mit Cal Smith war ein Hit, insgesamt genommen sind diese Aufnahmen eine Sammlung an klassischer Country Music. Alle Sänger sind entspannt und gut drauf. Sie sind alle Profis, die die Gesellchaft der anderen liebten und niemandem etwas beweisen mußten. Zu den Aufnahmen gehören Memory # 1 (mit Webb Pierce); (Too Many Irons In The Fire & Honky Tonk Tonk Gal (mit Cal Smith); Believe I‘m Entitled To You (mit Bill Carlisle); Tomorrow Never Comes (mit Ernest Tubb); Take Me Back To Tulsa (mit Johnnie Lee Wills); The Last Country Song (mit Darrell McCall); Something Old Something New (mit Jack Greene). Betty ‘Mama‘ Gibson, wife and business partner of Joe Gibson, the producer of these Billy Parker album sessions, is sure that "if you stuck a pin in Billy‘s finger and he bled, he would bleed Country Music." That sounds about right for some-one who has been picking and singing since he was eleven and for almost twenty years has been an award-winning radio man on 50,000 watt Country station KVOO in Tulsa, Oklahoma as well as ‘Oklahoma‘s Ambassador of Country and Western Music,‘ a title bestowed on him by the State Legislature. Billy himself describes his life in the entertainment business as a ‘combo.‘ Be-sides playing engagements and recording for various labels, he has also had a full-time career in radio - from DJ to Program Director to sales and advertising. ‘Working in radio has given me a unique perspective,‘ explains Parker, ‘Being able to view the industry from two different sides has truly helped my development as an artist and entertainer.‘