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But like our Pa, John had a serious
side. He also had a wonderful voice inherited from our Mother. A group of us
came together to record two long play records. Our Mother sang some of the
solos with us boys in the ‘oo ahh’ section. John recorded one the best
versions of Broad Is The Road I
have ever heard. I got to sing backup to Karen Hausenfluke’s excellent
arrangement of it. She was one of the girls we grew up with who was then
studying music. Primitive Baptists sing a capella and we still sing
the old somber hymns like Broad Is
The Road in the minor key.
John singing Broad Is The Road (outdoors) to some of us who recorded it
with him later.
After all the
plays in high school, the political scene grabbed John’s interest. The
fact that our Pa was running for Congress came in handy. And The Texas
Farm Bureau decided to let John represent them at their National
Convention in Philadelphia. But not till he shaved that beard!
After all, this was 1962. Only
Beatnicks had beards!
The
Had
our Pa been elected to Congress, John’s political future may have been
different.
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