Eddie Jo Downs - Country Stars & Honky Tonk Bars [CD]

A native of Navasota, Texas, Eddie Jo Downs was entertaining radio audiences at the tender age of 13, and by the age of 15 had become a regular on the popular Town Hall Party TV show that originated in Compton, California - working with such big country stars as Tex Ritter and Lefty Frizzell. Nicknamed "The Singing Buckaroo," Downs went on to become a popular national entertainer, working shows such as the Houston Jamboree alongside George Jones and Sonny James and became part of Eddie Kirk's Hollywood Caravan. By the mid-1960's Eddie Jo had signed with Capitol records and started developing a reputation as a talented songwriter, writing a big hit for Faron Young ("An Occasional Wife") and one of his own ("Nothing But Time") which entered the top ten of the Billboard charts in 1965. In the late 1970's he formed a band called "The Electric Horsemen" and toured the country with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr.. Eddie Jo's classic album featuring all original songs, "Country Stars And Honky Tonk Bars," finally makes it's debut in the digital domain, all selections newly remastered.