Early Days: Mississippi to NYC

1958 Bretton Woods

Walter Pitts, Joe Meeks, L.W., Luke McDaniels

Ronnie Able, Al Angstadt, L.W., Bretton Woods, NH 1958

The Sundowners, Laurel, MS

Paul Winter Sextet

Bob Hayes, L.W., Dick Scott, Bill Colston, Hollis Hill, Al Angstadt, Bill Hammett - Fort Jackson, S.C. 1957

L.W., Angelo Saridis, Herschell Bernadi, Ali Hafid (“Zorba” Ed Sullivan Show 1968)

June, 1955 (Bob Saxton’s Gretsch), Laurel, MS

“Company” cast album, Columbia Studios NYC - 1965


Nashville Days

Country Music U.S.A. - Opryland

Dixieland Show, Opryland 1973

Backstage - Opryland Liberty’s Song, 1976 Bicentennial, Grand Ole Opry House

Ernie Ford, L.W., President Gerald Ford

Alameda County Fair - Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Good Time Singers

Opryland - “Showbiz is such a drag,” with the talented Diane Williams Austin

“Music, Music, Music” - Opryland

“I Hear American Singing” Opryland

“For Me & My Gal” - Opryland

“Way Out West” - Opryland

“Showboat” - Opryland

“Spirit of America” w/ Brenda Lee

“Country Music USA ” - Hee Haw

William Warfield rehearsing “Ol’ Man River ” General Jackson dedication

L.W., Church

Lloyd & Chris McDaniel, Grand Ole Opry House

Lloyd, Louise, Lauren, & Ernie Ford General Jackson 1985

Ernie & L.W. Palo Alto, CA

Interview “Easter in Song and Story” Opry House

Ernie & L.W. Phoenix AZ (1988)

Ernie Ford Bristol, TN 1991 Ernies’s last concert

Chip Henderson class - MTSU

Mentoring young musicians - MTSU

L.W., George Lindsey, Anne Wilson, Matt Davenport, Mundell Lowe, Jim Mitchell

Beegie Adair, L.W. & Mundell Lowe

Chris Brown, Roger Spencer, L.W., Mundell Lowe (at Brendan Harkins studio

Howard Alden, Jim Ferguson, L.W., Danny Coots

Jim Mitchell & Brenda Lee

(clockwise) Jim Mitchell, Mike Noble (hidden) Mundell Lowe, Steve Blailock, Mel Deal, L.W.

Jim Mitchell, L. W., Steve Blailock Mundell Lowe

L.W. & Mundy rehearsing

L.W., Frank Green, Mundell Lowe (Mundys last session)

Mundy & L.W.

L.W. & Jimmy Raney

L.W. & Mel Deal

Jim Ferguson, L.W., Jimmy Raney

L.W. & Mel Deal

Porter Wagoner, Brenda Lee at Lloyd & Mundy’s birthday party

L.W., Jimmy Raney, Jack Pearson, Mel Deal

Lloyd, Minnie, & Ernie

Ernie, L.W., & the Good Time Singers