I watched as a kid because he was as much a "spectacle" to me as a C-W artist. The pompahair, cowboy boots, and sequin laden nudie suits, onthe tall and lanky frame with matching face was a lot to take. At the height of his career I read he himself used the total production from 2 of the 19 sequin mines in the Nashville area.
Sorry......He added to the rich fabric of C-W and certainly aided the careers of many future stars. RIP