Moe Bandy

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Marion Franklin "Moe" Bandy, Jr. (born February 12, 1944) is a country music singer. He was most popular during the 1970s, when he had several hit songs, both alone and with his singing partner, Joe Stampley. Marion Bandy was born and grew up in Meridian, Mississippi, hometown of the country singer Jimmie Rodgers. He later stated: "My grandfather worked on the railroads with Jimmie Rodgers. He was the boss of the railway yard in Meridian and Jimmie Rodgers worked for him. He said that he played his guitar all the time between work." He was nicknamed Moe by his father when he was a child. The Bandy family moved to San Antonio, Texas when Moe was six. His mother played piano and sang. Bandy was taught to play the guitar by his father who had a country band called the Mission City Playboys, but made little use of the ability until he was in his teens. His father's wish that Moe also play the fiddle never materialized. He made some appearances with the Mission City Playboys but generally during his high school years he showed little interest in music and a great deal of interest in rodeos. He tried bronco-busting and bull riding and by the time he was 16, both he and his brother Mike were competing in rodeos all over Texas. In 1962, tired of the bruises and fractured bones, he began to pursue a career in country music. He assembled a band that he called Moe And The Mavericks and found work playing small beer joints, honky-tonks, and clubs over a wide area around San Antonio.

top songs

albums

Moe Bandy - Cowboy Songs

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Honky Tonk Amnesia -the Hard Country Sound of Moe Bandy

Just Good Ol' Boys

I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today

Bandy The Rodeo Clown

Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley - Super Hits

Cowboy Songs

The Very Best Of Moe Bandy

The Very Best Of...Volume 1

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The Ultimate Moe & Joe

It Was Always So Easy (To Find An Unhappy Woman)

Volume 5 - Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life

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