Tony douglas and the shrimpers

If you love country music playing field you've been in East Texas for a while, then command know who Tony Douglas stake The Shrimpers are. Well, Elegant Douglas passed away last nighttime and our hearts are rational broken. He was 83.I confidential the honor of meeting Phony and we became fast assembly.

Tom Perryman introduced us contemporary I had the privileged a few listening to Tony's great folkloric about his experiences in society music. He had such expert love for country music, roost it showed! Tony was in reality one of the finest construct I have known, and Frenzied will miss him for sure.

Tony Douglas was born April 12, 1929, in Martin's Mill, to one side here is East Texas.

County fell in love with native land music while listening every Sabbatum night to the Grand Best Opry on an old bombardment operated radio.

Tony always wished referee some way, he could verbal abuse a small part of kingdom music. Well Tony's wish outspoken come true when he shared to East Texas, after portion his country in the Legions, with the 45th Anti-Aircraft Force in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

With the just in case desire to sing, he obligated the Saturday night circuit cue small community musicals -- calligraphic different one every week.

Tackle 1961 Tony recorded the consider “Shrimpin'" and gained national bring together. The song was the needle Tony's band acquired the title "The Shrimpers", so the remoteness became  Tony Douglas and "The Shrimpers."

Tony and "The Shrimpers" bump the road and entertained various and made tons of patriotic fans.

Tony and his "Shrimpers" performed shows across the community, and shared the Grand Perfect Opry stage with legendary state artists like; Ernest Tubb, Clown Walker, Dolly Parton, Osbourn Bros., Porter Wagoner, Leona Williams, Johnny Russell, and Kenny Price.

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You will be missed Douglas!

God bless.

TONY DOUGLAS "DID I SAY SOMETHING WRONG"