Today’s post was written by Paul. Today I’m sharing a video of Pap and his brother Ray (the Wilson Brothers) covering Don Reno’s song “Tree of Life” back in the day (8/13/1989). This video is from the same VHS tape I told you about last week. They were huge fans of the great Reno & Smiley. No duets seem to do half-time singing anymore, like the tenor part on this chorus. Pap wrote a few songs featuring half-time harmony. Ira…
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Today’s post was written by Paul. A couple of weeks ago, I thought of a song that Pap and Ray…
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