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Willis Alan Ramsey
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Willis Alan Ramsey (born in Birmingham, Alabama, on 5 March 1951) is an American singer-songwriter, a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas country. His 1972 self-titled record Willis Alan Ramsey was the only album he ever recorded. Raised in Dallas, Texas, Ramsey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1969, and was a prominent baritone in the school's Lads and Lassies Choir. In his senior year, he played a leading role in the musical Carousel. He released the critically acclaimed album, Willis Alan Ramsey, in 1972 on the Shelter label. The album included "Muskrat Candlelight" which was covered (under the title "Muskrat Love") by America in 1973 and by Captain & Tennille in 1976.[ His 1972 self-titled record Willis Alan Ramsey was the only album he ever recorded. Ramsey didn’t overdose on pills or die in a plane crash; he chose to walk away from the music industry on his own undisclosed terms and hasn't been back in the recording studio for decades. According to an article that appeared in The Dallas Morning News on September 16, 2009, Ramsey is prepping his second LP, titled Gentilly, for release sometime in early 2010. Willis Alan Ramsey opens with a teary-eyed confessional (“The Ballad of Spider John”) about a drifter who reflects on all his past misdeeds. This sets the tone for most of what follows. Although there are a couple of upbeat tunes, Ramsey's self-titled debut is mostly a melancholy and introspective affair. The subdued subject matter suits Ra
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Willis Alan Ramsey
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Amarillo Highway: The Texas Scene 1969-1979
Country Funk Volume II 1967 - 1974
Jamie Oldaker's Mad Dogs & Okies
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Sleeping Beauties
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MAD DOGS & OKIES
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Country Funk Vol. II 1967 - 1974
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Sleeping Beauties - Songs We Shouldn't Forget
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Sleeping Beauties [Disc 2]
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Sleeping Beauties: Songs We Shouldn't Forget (Disc 2)
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Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s
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