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@tonyg wrote:
I’m sure LWJ already had this down cold. 😆
Gimme a break guys. Had to work today and shovel snow after our big storm.
Anyway the curly haired guy on the album cover I believe is Champ Hood.(an Uncle Walt band member)
Check out this video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWz5hru32jo
Furthermore here is a comprehensive listing of all the Kerrville Folk Festivals from 1970 to 2012.
Scroll down to 1980 and the winner ironically was Lizabeth Williams from Georgetown, TX.AND, scroll further down to 1974 to see our Lu.
http://www.happenstance-music.com/KFF_History.asplwj
Man, all you guys are good. Champ Hood also died relatively young, of cancer I think. The lone survivor of Uncle Walt’s Band (we could compromise and call it The Uncle Waltz Band) is David Ball, who had some major label solo success and hits like “Thinking Problem” on the country charts. I will try to reactivate my forum thread under Singer-Songwriters where I talk about meeting him last year at the Jackson TN VFW Post (!) and quizzing him about Lucinda.
I believe it’s Champ Hood’s nephew who fronts a band called The Des Champs Band, which put several covers of Ball, Hyatt, and Hood songs on the one record of theirs I have. Warren Hood, who I believe is a cousin and thus maybe the son of Champ himself, plays out a lot in Austin and has had some success in that scene.
I have a 20-song re-release somewhere of Uncle Walt’s Band itself, and truly roughly one third of the songs were penned by each band member. And I should dig out a bootleg early 80’s radio show where Walter and Champ, but not David, back Lucinda.
Tom, I’d love to hear of other LU memories of these guys, if she’s so inclined to reflect.
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