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>I picked music since I was about 14, started in public >at 16 with my brother Faron. We grew up behind the >Rogues Club on Gertie Dr. so we heard the sounds >coming out of there. Me & Faron knew we had to play >music or bust, so we kept praticing & listening in the >alley behind the Rogues Club. We started playing small >beer joints in Corpus when I was 18 & Faron was 16, it >led to being able to play some of Tony Mershwa's deals >at the beach & in the country & at what is now called >LaBonte Park. It got Faron & me known good enough to >be accepted by the Real music guys in Corpus like Sam, >even though we were Honky Tonk Beer Joint Country Raw >teenage kids. Sam was always giving us encouragement. >I won the draft lottery & chose the USN & Faron >started a single act around Corpus til he went off to >A&M. Whenever I came home on leave Sammy always ask me >to set in. It made me feel great & I would sing the >latest I wrote while I was sailing around the world. >Sam, always the gentleman, listened & gave me true >critic. >When I was discharged I sat in again with him & only >on harmonicas, played most of the night with him. One >of my favorite times. Faron recorded an Album back in >76 and sang 3 of mine & one of Sam's. My first royalty >check. He did 'Sams A woman is the better part of >Life'. I was honored to have a song I wrote on the >same album as a Sam Neely song. >I cherish my friendship with him forever. >Houston Scooter Evans

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