Background: my maternal grandfather was a little, wiry guy, but he had an excellent bass singing voice that was probably as low or lower than Richard Sterban's. As such, he was quite sought-after in the area where I grew up for church choirs and the like.
I was just talking to my mom and mentioned that I'd picked up an early Ferlin Husky album at an estate sale yesterday. As it turns out, grampa sang with Ferlin when they were both in their late teens and early 20s, and Ferlin wanted my grampa to go with him to Nashville as a backup singer when his professional career was just getting started. Grampa stayed with his railroad job, though. Before he started having really big hits, Ferlin used to come home and sing with his friend on holidays and the like - my mom met him a couple of times as a kid.
Not the most momentous piece of information of all time, but still kinda cool.
I was just talking to my mom and mentioned that I'd picked up an early Ferlin Husky album at an estate sale yesterday. As it turns out, grampa sang with Ferlin when they were both in their late teens and early 20s, and Ferlin wanted my grampa to go with him to Nashville as a backup singer when his professional career was just getting started. Grampa stayed with his railroad job, though. Before he started having really big hits, Ferlin used to come home and sing with his friend on holidays and the like - my mom met him a couple of times as a kid.
Not the most momentous piece of information of all time, but still kinda cool.
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