Bud Deckelman With The Daydreamers

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Born Harrisburg, Arkansas, on April 2nd, 1927, Bud became a Memphis-based country singer from around 1950, who had a regional hit in 1954 on Meteor 5014 with "Daydreamin'" (written by Quinton Claunch and Bill Cantrell who also backed him as The Daydreamers) after both song and singer had been turned down by Sam Phillips. A mechanic in his day job, Deckelman is said to have repaired Meteor's delapidated tape deck before he was able to record! "Daydreamin'" was covered by Jimmy Newman on Dot and later by Wanda Jackson and Carl McVoy - a few years ago it was even converted into a deep soul classic by James Carr - and spawned at least one classic answer song - written again by Claunch and Cantrell - "Daydreams Come True" (Meteor 5027) by Buddy Bain, Kay Wayne And Merle (Red) Taylor With The Hayriders, which was also covered by Jimmy Newman and by Sue Richards at Sun accompanied by the composers. As a result of the hit, Deckelman was contracted to MGM who were still casting about for a new Hank Williams, and he unfortunately disappeared from the local scene during the important years of 1955/56, where he may have recorded some classic Memphis stuff. Despite another eight excellent Honky Tonk singles on MGM and a final try later with Eddie Bond's Stomper Time Records, another hit eluded him and he faded from the music scene to run his own interior decorating company. He resurfaced in the 1960s to run Shelman Publishing with Cantrell and played bass in the houseband on Eddie Bond's

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