The Shirley and Willie Story
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| Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, Shirley drifted west with the
buffalo and first crossed paths with Willie in the Rocky Mountains where
she lived as a trapper and mountain woman, wild and untamed as the
mountains themselves. Willie raided her trap line while she was busy
buying lawn furniture for her lean-to from the Wets. But the days of
fur trapping and living off the land were soon gone, like a wisp of
smoke from a settler's cabin... | |
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...so Shirley became a trucker, driving the big rigs from coast to
coast. Here we have her posing proudly with the semi she named
Jennifer. As fate would have it, being short of funds on his motel
tour, Willie could often be found by the roadside seeking alternate means
of transportation. Shirley picked him up more than once, enough in
fact for...
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...a long distance romance to develop as they plied their way back and
forth from coast to coast. Here they are in front of the famous Dixie
Boone Motel where they plighted their troths more than once.
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| The Fifties found Shirley and Willie an item and much in demand for their rock and roll duets.
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Today Willie and Shirley spend much of their time where it all began: on
the ranch at Drumheller or horseback riding in the Rockies, but they
still tour together and sing with the Wetband whenever they can.
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