Large and impressive collection representing a “who’s who” of country music, including signatures (some vintage) on cards, slips and album pages (many inscribed), as well as signed checks, albums, printed lyrics, programs, and more. Signatures on cards, slips, etc.: Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Maybelle Cash, Pee Wee King, Lefty Frizzell, Don Rich (killed in a motorcycle accident in 1974 at the age of 32), Owen Bradley, Chet Atkins, Kirk McGee, Tex Williams, Cowboy Copas (died in the same plane crash that killed Patsy Cline), Johnny Wright, Jack Anglin, Billy Walker, Jim Reeves (enjoyed international fame until his death in a plane crash in 1964), Marty Robbins, Nat Stuckey, Tommy Collins, the Statler Brothers, Jimmie Short, Bob Lumar, Roy Acuff, Jr., Hank Snow, Lucy Van Dyke, Jimmy Dickens, Roy Drusky, Slim Whitman, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Carl Smith, Floyd Cramer, Boots Randolph, Cal Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Anderson, George Jones, Ray Pillow, Roy Clark, the Wilburn Brothers, Smiley Wilson, Eddy Arnold, Stonewall Jackson, Brother Oswald, Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Duke of Paducah, Mel Tillis, Eddie Rabbitt, Hoyt Axton, Johnny Paycheck, J. G. Sheppard, Merle Kilgore, Eddie Dean, Smokey Rogers, Van Trevor, Dave Dudley, Merle Haggard, Warner Mack, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mickey Barnett, Earl “Snake” Richards, Jimmy Newman, Hugh Lewis, Bob Lockwood, Buck Owens, Jimmy Dean, Merle Travis, Mickey Gilley, Vince Gill, Conway Twitty, Warren Smith, Roger Miller, Dwight Yoakam, Kenny Chesney, Brooks and Dunn, Abner Weaver, Elvira Weaver, Frank Weaver, Happy Wilson, Connie Smith, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Barbara, Louise, and Irlene Mandrell, Nancy Sinatra, Melba Montgomery, Reba McEntire, Tammy Wynette, Helen Carter, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Bob Wills (credited with inventing Western swing, a lively hybrid of musical influences that added drums and a brass section to traditional country music instrumentation), Tex Ritter, Rex Allen, and others. Checks and documents: Gene Autry, Charlie and Vic Wallis, Bobby Harden, Roy Higgin, Harold Bradley, Bill Monroe, Fred Rose, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Horton (1951 royalty contract for the song “Devilish Lovelight”). Programs and songbooks: Twelfth edition of the Country Western Songbook, signed by Loretta Lynn, Tex Ritter, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Red Sovine, the Glaser Brothers, Grandpa Jones, George Morgan, Porter Wagoner, and the Statler Brothers; Porter Wagoner Show program signed by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton; Grand Ole Opry program signed and inscribed by Lonzo and Oscar; and a Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Radio and TV Album and Songbook, signed by Scruggs, Flatt, Luther Perkins (Johnny Cash’s guitarist who died in 1967), and “Little Darlin’” Kentucky Slim. Albums: Eddie Arnold, Jimmie Davis, Freddie Fender, Sammi Smith, Charlie Rich, and Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mt. Boys. In fine condition overall, with scattered light wear. A fantastic time capsule representing some of the most legendary figures in country music history! R&R COA.
