1980 Kerrville Folk Festival LP

I knew you would have video. Thanks! They sound good.

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.