Dolan is indeed the baladeer...
he does cowboy music and here
is his web page.

and here is the new christy minstrels page
Click

Wikipedia entry
from this page it says"The name deliberately evoked Christy's Minstrels, an enormously popular 19th century blackface minstrel group founded by Edwin Pearce Christy"

formed by Randy sparks in 1961...
also kenny rogers is listed as a former member.

Randy's webpage

some products are for sale here

Here is what i found on Terry Wadsworth--on Steve Mann's site


"And I was hanging out with a guy named Terry Wadsworth. Later he joined Randy Sparks and the New Christy Minstrels, and he would do Furry Louis songs, which I thought was terrific. He wrote a lot of songs, too.

While me and Mike Kramer were hanging out he turned me on to Terry Wadsworth. He was a real good singer. He worked the Boodeye In Oklahoma City and I thought he was real good. He played a little banjo too, Terry Wadsworth. I mostly learned songs and then worked up arrangements for them, didn't write many myself. I'm not too strong on the lyrics. Give me a set of lyrics and I can set them to music, but I believe I love the old blues the best. "

Steven David Mann passed away on Sept. 9, 2009 at a nursing home in San Pablo, California. www.stevemanngtr.com

here is a previous message on mudcat about a song by Terry
Click here

good luck i hope you can find some info about your dad, Summer.

-------------------- blue clickies added. Mudelf-------------