Well it’s time to get back to the cotton field. We moved from Houston down to a place outside of Dallas called Farmersville, TX. Started to pick cotton there again during that season. That’s when I became 18 years old. Continue reading “Johnny’s Memoirs – Radio, Jail and the Big D Jamboree” »
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Johnny’s Memoirs – Drifting and Having Fun
And like I say we lived in corpus Christi about a year. We stayed there and we moved to Houston, TX. That’s when a lot of great artists were coming out with music and great records, hit songs, and I began to play steel guitar. Continue reading “Johnny’s Memoirs – Drifting and Having Fun” »
Johnny’ Memoirs – My “Ruination”
“…..Let’s move on to Corpus Christi. Papa took a job pastoring a church there, must have been around 1950, I still wasn’t totally well from the osteo, and wouldn’t be until I was 24 years old. Continue reading “Johnny’ Memoirs – My “Ruination”” »
Johnny’s Memoirs – I Owe It All To God
“But my mamma was and is a great lady. And at this time she is 88 years old and still can shout with the best of them! I know when I was 14 years old I was stricken with osteomylitis and had blood poisoning in my blood stream. Continue reading “Johnny’s Memoirs – I Owe It All To God” »
Johnny’s Memoirs – Running Away From Home
“And during those years I was up to 10 or 11 years old. I was a rowdy little fella. Tough, mean in some kind of ways. Continue reading “Johnny’s Memoirs – Running Away From Home” »
Johnny’s Memoirs – Pickin’ Cotton and Plantin’ Churches
“We stayed in Texarkana, TN until I was 9 years old. Little did I know I about to experience what work was all about. Continue reading “Johnny’s Memoirs – Pickin’ Cotton and Plantin’ Churches” »