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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Official Arkansas Waltz - Cletus Jones

The Official Arkansas Waltz
Cool Oasis
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Official Arkansas Waltz
Passed unanimously by the Arkansas State Senate Sr-24 March 10, 1971
The Nashville Sound With 15 Piece Orchestra
Words by Cletus Jones
Music by Bill Urfer
Arranged by Cliff Parman

A Collectors Items
See Diammondhead on beautiful Lake Catherine Hot Springs National Park, Ark.
Cletus Jones: Writer - Vocal
Lawson Records, Inc. LLP-3004

Three versions of The Arkansas Waltz, a tune Cletus was obviously proud of, are featured on this set.

From the back cover: Cletus "Slim" Jones was born and reared on a small rocky hill-side farm in central Arkansas. "I can't remember exactly how young I started singing, but I got my first guitar when I was twelve years old," Jones said.

In the years that followed he sang at all the community get-togethers, where entertainment was needed. Drafted into the U. S. Infantry at the age of 19 years. He served in combat in Europe during World War II. When He returned home he traveled with several bands doing radio programs and personal appearances throughout the state of Arkansas. "Music has always been my first love, but it seems like I have always had to do other jobs to make a living," Jones said. He loves to entertain people, and write and sing his own compositions, of which he has written many.

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I Let Her Go
Papa's Brand New World
Sugar Creek Bottom
The Official Arkansas Waltz
The Official Arkansas Waltz
Surely God Lives In These Hills
I Wake Up In A New World Every Morning
Carpet On My Heart
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Last Request For The Arkansas Waltz

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