Troy Hess

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Troy Hess was the son of Bennie Hess, a larger-than-life character standing 6'6'' and weighing 230 lbs who could only have come from Texas. Hillbilly musician, promoter, singing cowboy, recording executive, Bennie was all that and more. Bennie's father had worked on the railroad with the legendary Jimmie Rodgers, and Rodgers widow later gave his' guitar to Bennie. Some stories say that it was the the first Martin Guitar ever made, but it was probably one of the many great 000-45 "Blue Yodel" models that Rodgers played throughout his career. Reportedly, Troy recorded his first record at the age of four. His live shows were popular at state and county fairs, with Bennie, ever the showman, acting as emcee, performing magic tricks, and backing Troy on guitar as well as performing duets with him. If not for a BoingBoing posting and a disgruntled email from a Nashville songwriter, we might not ever have had the story behind "Topless." After BoingBoing posted a couple of its typical smarmy commentaries on the song, jokingly labeling it as "anti-porn art," songwriter Ron Hellard contacted them: My name is Ron Hellard. I am a writer in Nashville for the last 35 years. One day a secretary at the publishing company I was signed to, asked me to write a song for her son, Troy. I did, as a favor to her, knowing that nothing would come of it. it was just a custom deal. I sat down and wrote this extremely tongue in cheek crap in about five minutes. I slapped it on a cassette and

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God Less America

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from A-side of Janalyn 45 J-1970

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VA - God Less America LP

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Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Vol 8

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SpaceAge Santa-aMusicForManiacsCollection

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Please Don't Go Topless, Mother

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'Alabama Songs'

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God Less America-Country & Western Fer All Ye Sinners 'n' Sufferers 1955-1966

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Solid Gold Country Christmas with Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Brenda Lee, And More

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God Less America - Country & Western fer all ye Sinners 'n' Sufferers 1955 -1966 LP - va

Christmas on the Moon

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Christmas In Outer Space!

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