Randy Hughes, Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, Gone 46 Years

Gone 46 years now and still missed by the fans as much as they were the day they left us.

Top left is Randy Hughes, next to him is Patsy of course, one of the better pictures of her. Then on the second row is Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas.

Goodspeed.

Until next time, Keep On Honkytonkin'!

Mo

Carl Butler, pictured with one of his many rifles.

Carl had an absolutely hugh collection of firearms. As I understand it, (and I have been told this by more than one person), Carl sold off alot of his antiques and his collections because of, and I quote: "A rather unscrupulous woman". This was, of course, after his wife Pearl had passed away.

Picked up this great piece of sheet music from EvilBay the other day. This song was recorded by, of course, the great Carl Butler, on Okey Records back in 1954. The tune was written by Pearl Butler and George Sherry.

I learned a lesson on this purchase.

I had been "Watching" this listing on MyEvilbay and forgot about it until the auction had ended. Thankfully, it didn't sell. I emailed the seller about the item and they emailed me back saying that the item had been relisted. They even included the new auction number to make it easy for me to find.

I looked for the item, found it with no problem and to my delight, it had been relisted with a "Buy It Now" option. I clicked on the "Buy It Now" tab and made my purchase.

While going through my Evilbay purchases a day or so later to leave feedback and check to make sure I had recieved all of my items, I opened this auction and it was then that I noticed that, after showing an interest in their item and making an inquiry, they relisted it and RAISED the price of the item. Being excited about the item still being for sale, I hadn't bothered to check the price. I never ever gave it a thought that someone would RAISE the price of their item because someone had shown an interest in it and had asked a question about it. Sheesh, crooks abound on that dang site, I tell ya. Ya just can't trust anyone at all anymore it seems.

Make sure you double check every thing when you make a purchase from Evilbay folks, it will save you a few buck in the long run and maybe keep you from having to deal with crooks. Even then, sometimes, you can't be sure.

I also bought a 78 of Carl Butler's about the same time. The condition of this 78 was listed as "VG+". Heyllfar, when I got the 78 in the mail, it arrived with the packaging intact, not dents, no dings, no damage at all. I opened up the box and the 78 is cracked and has a hugh scratch and big gouge out of it one side. Either these people are just out and out crooks or they have no clue about records or they just don't pay attention to things, they don't bother to check items out before they list them for sale.

Be careful when you buy things off of Evilbay, and don't be afraid to ask questions.

Lesson learned.

Until next time, Keep On Honkytonkin' !

Mo