TINY LYNN- Graveyard Waltz (from Tiny Lynn, Tinymite T1001)
If he's best known for anything at all Tiny Lynn is known for Little Lehman's Half-Fast Songs which features what must surely be one of the most outlandish covers in country music. But in West Texas and East New Mexico Tiny had a career that spanned at least 20+ years beginning with Bob Tucker's Clovis based Caron Records (Sparkles, Murle Richardson) and probably finishing up with a handful of releases on his own Tinymite label. I haven't heard too much material that truly stands out, but Tiny seems to have been a bit of a funny man and steadily worked the South Plains honky tonk scene.
"Graveyard Waltz" was penned by Mr. Charlie Phillips of Borger who is best known for "Sugartime" on Columbia (covered in fine fashion by Johnny Cash).
4 comments:
Where is Tiny?
I workede with him at KZOL radio in farwell texas in the 60s
I remember Tiny Lynn in '63, he was in Clovis. I had a record of him that he gave me. Don't remember the title
Charlie Philips was from Farwell TX at the time he wrote Sugartime.
What happened to a DJ at KZOL named Jimmy Peterson? Also was a country singer from Clovis
That's really cool, I've grown up in s.c. loving west Texas east n.m. honky tonk. I've never met him but he's my moms step brother, she lived in clovis when dad met her when he was in the air force in 1966 and moved her to the dirty south lol. His record was great I love wrong place in town. His real name is leaman denison I think. He's still living, id love to meet him
Tiny is liveing in clovis N.M. doing very well happy and loveing life.We played our last dance in Ft.Sumner N.M. in 2010 for our class reunion we have not played since,he plays in church some and retirement homes.
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