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Thread #20527   Message #2025661
Posted By: GUEST,Claxton Family Member in TX
14-Apr-07 - 11:33 PM
Thread Name: Story Behind Wabash Cannonball & Claxton
Subject: RE: Story Behind Wabash Cannonball & Claxton
My name is Brandon and my grandfather name is Buin Claxton. He was a fiddle player. The story I have always heard, growing up, was that my grand dad did ride the trains and befriended many people. The part of the song "Here's to Daddy Claxton" was of him. Not sure how true the story is...my grand dad passed before i was born. I do know that my grandmother has a picture of my grand dad & Roy Orbison together in a hospital ward. I've always heard from many local musicians that my grand dad was a great fiddle player that just floated around. I live in a small West Texas town called Snyder TX.