The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 64, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 11, 2013 Page: 3 of 40
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Texas Country Music Hall of Fame 2013
16th Annual Texas Country
Music Hall of Fame Show
The 16th Annual Hall of
Fame Show will be held on
August 17, 2013, at the
Carthage Civic Center. The
Show will feature an all-
star line-up with some very
special guests as featured
entertainers. Appearing on
the Show will be Barbara
Fairchild, Ronnie McDow-
ell, Moore and Moore, Ed
Bruce, Tommy Overstreet,
and Joe Stampley. They
will be backed by the popu-
lar Texas Country Music
Hall of Fame Band headed
up by the very talented
Shawnda Rains and Char-
lie Shearer.
Also appearing this year
will be 2002 Texas Country
Music Hall of Fame Mem-
ber Gene Watson and the
Farewell Party Band.
Gene Watson & the
Farewell Party Band
Gene Watson was born in
Palestine, Texas, in 1943. He
began his music career in
the early 1970's performing
in local clubs at night while
working in a Houston auto
body shop during the day.
His national success came
when Capitol Records
picked up his album "Love
in the Hot Afternoon." It
continued throughout the
late 1970's and early 1980's,
as he recorded several Bill-
board top-40 hits, including
Where Love Begins, Paper
Rosie, Should I Go Home or
Should I Go Crazy, Nothing
Sure Looked Good on You,
and Farewell Party, which
became his signature song
and the namesake of his
Farewell Party Band.
Gene continues to tour
with his band and is still
putting out the hits. He and
his band are popular every-
where they go and have a
very large fan base. He was
inducted into the Texas
Country Music Hall of
Fame in 2002.
Barbara Fairchild
Barbara Fairchild has
been performing since she
was five years old. She
moved to Branson in 1992 to
perform on the Mel Tillis
Show and has been an im-
portant member of the
Branson community, now
hosting her own show.
Throughout Fairchild's
exciting career she has re-
ceived many awards and
honors. Her nomination for
two prestigious Grammy
awards, one for her #1 hit,
The Teddy Bear Song and
the other for Lullaby for
Teddy highlighted her ca-
reer. She is recognized as
one of the finest female en-
tertainers in country mu-
sic. Many who visit her
show in Branson come
back again and again be-
cause of the great enter-
tainment and the personal
connection they feel after
seeing and meeting her.
Throughout her travels
across the United States,
she has a message to share
that entertains, inspires,
and encourages others ev-
erywhere she goes.
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Ronnie McDowell
Ronnie McDowell has an
amazing string of hit songs
that he has amassed over
the years, but it is his rivet-
ing stage presence and gen-
uine warmth that brings
people to see his perfor-
mances again and again.
Following the death of
Elvis Presley in 1977, Mc-
Dowell came out of
nowhere to dazzle the
world with his heartfelt
and self-penned tribute
song, The King is Gone. The
record took off immediate-
ly and has sold more than 5
million copies.
McDowell scored a second
hit title I Love You, I Love
You, I Love You". Between
1979 and 1986 every single
release became a Top 10 hit
including the chart toppers
Older Women, You're Going
to Ruin My Bad Reputation,
Watching Girls Go By, You
Made a Wanted Man of Me,
and In a New York Minute.
In 1986 he scored a Top 10
hit with It's Only Make Be-
lieve, a duet with Conway
Twitty. Two years later he
teamed up with Jerry Lee
Lewis for a rocking duet
that McDowell wrote titled
You're Never Too Old to
Rock 'n Roll. He also record-
ed another Top 10 hit with
his version of the pop stan-
dard Unchained Melody,
which also became a #1
country music video. Mc-
Dowell continues to enter-
tain audiences with his
own blend of romantic inti-
macy and country excite-
ment and seems to grow
better with each passing
year.
Moore and Moore
Having sung together all
their lives, twin sisters
Debbie and Carrie Moore
have a special close-knit
harmony. Adept at working
an audience and making
them a part of their perfor-
mance, Moore and Moore
give the all-out kind of
show that comes from the
heart.
In the late 90's, they toured
with the Statler Brothers
and many of the top coun-
try artists. Over the years,
they have received numer-
ous awards including
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