Could this be where Weldon got his talent?

[BrianPowley]

Just pulled this out from my personal "museum" of treasures I've been collecting for the past 30 years.
If you ever get the chance to meet Weldon, ask him about his dad.
What a legacy.

 

[Weldon47]

Thanks, Brian….that made me smile!!

Weldon

 

[mdengraver]

Weldon do you play also?

 

[dlilazteca]

Cant click the like button on tappatalk app but "LIKE"

Saludos,
Carlos

 

[Weldon47]

Yes, I play too.
Our son is now carrying the torch. YouTube "Billy Lister Have you seen Emylie" for his first release. I'm the old guy at the bar...
Here's a link: http://youtu.be/xne0SUrWdDY

Weldon

 

[BrianPowley]

Here's a link to Big Bill, "Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy" on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lister

For those of you too lazy, I'll make it even easier. Here's some of the context....Take notice of the very last line:
For several years in the 1950s, he traveled with Hank Williams, Sr., as the opening act for Williams and his "Drifting Cowboys." As a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, Lister worked with most of the stars of the day, including Little Jimmy Dickens, String Bean, Minnie Pearl, Del Wood, The Carter Family, and others. He was also a recording artist for both Everstate and Capitol Records. He is probably best known for his ties to Williams' song "There's a Tear in My Beer." Lister recorded the song in the 1950s, after Williams gave him a demo recording. Years later, after Lister's wife found the old demo recording in their attic, Lister gave the recording to Williams' son, Hank Williams, Jr. Junior went on to record an overdubbed version of the song in 1988, in which (late) father and son sang together, some 40 years apart. That recording won a Grammy Award and a Country Music Association (CMA) Award in 1989.[1]

After leaving professional music in the early '60s, Lister became one of the best firearms engravers of his generation.

 

[SamW]

Lot of Frank Hendricks mixed into that history also...on the engraving side.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Weldon do you play also?

Weldon is being modest in his reply...........his guitar playing is hot!!!!!! I very fondly remember it at the Grand Masters and the FEGA show along with his son who is just as talented.

And I have a copy of that CD that Weldon so generously gave me a few years ago. A combination of story telling and music. I still listen to it and enjoy the soothing gentle ambience it brings to the room.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[DakotaDocMartin]

BIG BILL LISTER - There's A Tear In My Beer

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD9hN3qpgtM[/video]

 

[monk]

people in those days were real. when they went on stage. there was no lip syncing. you were either good, or you ended up with a lot of tomatoes to take home.i never heard music by weldons' dad. he surely chose a legendary performer to base an album on.

 

[Dulltool]

Hey Weldon......
Way back in the 1940's my uncle (Henry Brandon) wrote and his big band recorded "You make my beer taste fine". On the flip side of that 78 is "Love on a greyhound bus"
I really enjoyed hearing and seeing your son preform again.

 

[dave gibson]

Sure I've been a fan of Big Bill long before I got interested in engraving about 10 years ago. I was pleased to see his son Weldon on this site doing beautiful, expert work. I understand from Weldon's posts he learned to engrave from his father and Weldon is also a fireman. There's a lot to admire about this family.

 

[Weldon47]

Thanks Dave!
Make that "retired fireman"….!