ALABAMA SLIM SHOW

ALABAMA SLIM BIO

I STARTED ENTERTAINING AT THE AGE OF 9. LATER, I MET HANK WILLIAMS SR. AND WE BEGAN ENTERTAINING AT THE COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSE IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. WE PLAYED AT SQUARE DANCES AND BOX SUPPERS.

1946:     AT THE AGE OF 16, I SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO GHOST WRITE WITH HANK WILLIAMS SR. AND OTHERS, AT FRED ROSE PUBLISHING.

I CO-WROTE AND ARRANGED MANY OF HANK WILLIAM SR.'S SONGS.

I WROTE BRIDGE TO KAWLIGA.

WORKED WITH HAwKSHAW HAWKINS, COWBOY COPAS, AND CARL SMITH.

I APPEARED WITH HANK WILLIAMS SR. ON MANY OF HIS SHOWS AND APPEARED ON THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE FREQUENTLY.

 1947:     I HAD MY OWN RADIO SHOW IN TWIN FALLS, IDAHO.

THE ALABAMA SLIM SHOW, WITH MY BAND, THE COUNTRY BALLAD BOYS. THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON MY OWN, HIGH PITCHED ARRANGEMENT OF "THE CATTLE CALL". ROY ROGERS WAS FIRST.

1953:      I HAD A RADIO SHOW IN GREELY, COLORADO, WITH CACTUS JACK.

1953-1957      TOURED OVERSEAS, WHERE I MADE MANY PERSONAL APPEARANCES AND EARNED THE TITLE,  " WORLD RENOWNED YODLER".

I EARNED ENOUGH TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 27.

ALABAMA SLIMS BEGINNING

ALABAMA SLIM WAS BORN IN EUREKA, KANSAS, ON NOVEMBER 22, 1930.

SINGING COMES NATURALLY TO ALABAMA SLIM.

HE MET HANK WILLIAMS ON MAY 26, 1949, IN TWIN FALLS, MINNESOTA.

HANK, LIKE ALABAMA SLIM, PLAYING AND SINGING AND THAT STARTED HIS MUSICAL CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS.

PEOPLE LOVE ALABAMA SLIMS WESTERN STYLE SINGING. HANK ENJOYED HIM TOO, ON HIS SHOWS.

THEN ALABAMA SLIM GOT HIS FIRST RADIO PROGRAM AT THE AGE OF 18, A COLORADO STATION. SLIM KEPT APPEARING WITH HANK.