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Lee with Emma (Adcock) Yingling, Wentworth Military Academy, 1965. |
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Lee in London on one of the MCN Country Tours to the Wembly Festival. |
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Finale, "Introspectro," By David Shelton & Lee Rector. William Jewell College Theatre Troupe for MCDA. |
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Childhood home, "the farm" in Fayetteville Arkansas, circa 1956. |
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"The Blue Hole" on the creek at the farm in Fayetteville, circa 1956. |
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I really wanted to be hugged by Jerry Clower. |
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Singer Barry White with me and Porter Wagoner. Don't we all look young? |
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Valerie Jay, my Yank girlfriend from New York, who wanted to be a country singer. |
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Treavor Swadling, Julia Fenderson, Lee and Vernon (?). Trevor and Vernon are from Austraila. This was a UB gathering. |
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Jim Edd Brown, Neil Pond and his backup singers. Jim Edd was really tall, huh? |
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In the office at the end of DJ Convention week. Get that camera away from me and bring me an Alka-Seltzer. |
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Some Brits, Tony Byworth, and that other guy, with Betty Cox, Lee, and Bill Littleton. That hopper girl from the record company. What fun. |
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Statler Bros. proof sheet. Love those stats. |
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Didn't know how to be cocky. |
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My Nashville log home. The longest place I ever lived (and loved). |
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Some publicity stunt with the Kendalls. Top Billing used to love to do this stuff. |
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Unknown on left. David Allan Coe, center, and me wonderin' what the hell am I doin' in this picture. |
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Lee with good MCN friend Sue Brewer who died of cancer. |
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Sue Brewer's son, Mike Casey. |
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See, Jerry Reed isn't that tall. Here, with me and Lydia Dixon and Neil Pond of the MCN staff. |
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This is about as long as I ever let it get. |
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Betty Cox, Lee and Don Dahlman of Multimedia at the MCN Awards Show after party, circa 1978. |
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The three: Alex Zanetis, my writing partner and friend, and this old guy from Texas, I can't remember his name, old country music promoter. |
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Lawrence Welk gives me a keychain. Isn't that sweet? |
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I needed a head shot for something. |
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Jan Otteson (Manning), Lee, and Linda Luoma, editorial conference, circa 1979. |
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Lee on Love Circle, circa 1975, age 27. |
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Marijohn Wilkin, Mayf Nutter, Lee. (My close friends.) |
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The MCN staff circa 1978, Lee, Cyndy Cox, Cindy Kent, Betty Cox, Bob Jones, Pat Taylor, Nina Nicholson, Liz Walls and Bill Jones. |
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Mr. & Mrs. Kenny ("Behind Closed Doors") O'Dell, and Liz Walls and Lee from MCN at some music event. |
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Being kidnapped by RCA. Bring it on, girls. |
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Harold Reid and the original Statlers, accepting their Truck Driver CM Award. Harold is pretending that he cares. |
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I promised Larry Gatlin I would never publish this picture in MCN. |
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Flash Gordon gives Willie Nelson a Urantia Book -- from Hal Bynum. |
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Jim Freeman, college buddy, took this picture. Accidentally on the same plane. Had a wild weekend. |
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Another Freeman photo on the beach in San Diego. Budweiser still king. |
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Tijuana. Same weekend, 1976. "Sunday Mornin' Slow in San Diego," Glen, Lana, Lee, Jim & Christy Freeman. |
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That summer, July, 1976, when MCN drove a motor home to Willie's Picnic. |
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In the office at MCN, circa 1977. I was 30 and it was time to get rid of the long hair. |
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Francyl Streano (Garwin) Mary, Lee, and cowboy Vern Grimsley, Urantia Book readers, 1983, Clayton, CA. |
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I lived with this dog -- Lassie -- for 18 years. |
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William Jewell College Theatre troupe doing "Standing Room Only" one of the MCDA plays. Dave Shelton, theatre director, on right. |
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Lee and wife, Mary, with the magnificent Jole (aged 1 -year) in Culver City, CA with "Urantian" Julia Fenderson. |
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Mary, my wife, at her office in Monterey, CA in 1990. |
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Dave Rowland (right) and "Sugar." I was crazy about the girl on the left, but she had no eyes for me. |
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Lee and Phil Pratt buy, guess what, on KA Pledge walkout. |
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I lived with this dog -- Scampi -- for 18 years. (The cat split.) |
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Alex's Trooper the dog, with Lee and Scampi. |
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Country music powerhouses: (L 2 R) Rector, Buddy Killen, John Sturdivant, Bill Hill, Frances Preston, Don Williams and Lawrence Welk(?). |
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Setting up, MCN Country Awards, 1978. |
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In my office in Tampa. Media mogul. Circa 1989. |
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Abby, the best friend I ever had in this world. Killed by a coyote at age 7. |
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Grip and grin. Barry Bronson. Hired him to edit MCN. Should have been Neal. |
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Inspecting a "Thanks" guitar back. Ernest Tubb? |
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And then I was boss ... had to wear a tie ... needed a pocket protector. |
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The girls dressed up Precious (left) and Abby (right) for Halloween. Was that a trick, or a treat? |
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