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Shoal Creek Country Music Park: A Forgotten History

Founded in 1961 by husband & wife, Alton & Bertha Mae Walters, the Shoal Creek Music Park continues today to host the origins of many a Country music legend & tales, such as Johnny Cash rolling out Folsom Prison Blues, Dolly Parton shaving her legs on the banks of Shoal Creek, (allegedly with Porter Wagoner’s razor), Conway Twitty performing to a crowd of 6,000 fans or Jerry Lee Lewis pushing a loaner piano off of the stage.

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Bits of Obits

We'd like to dedicate this moment of time to GF's founding father - Clem Sayer as he continues to venture on ward, a-midst thee eternal tangle of the cosmos...or as he simply put it : "Pickin and Grinnin" -   Mar 14th 1938 --- Feb 15 2011 His dog, "Duncan" passed away earlier this month on February the 8th 2015. http://youtu.be/OHue63_vugI