Saturday, June 22, 2013

Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr.

Country/western singer-composer -- via the New York Times. A unique and sentimental cult singer whose fame rose on the strength of his relentlessly marketed "All My Best" album. His falsetto and yodeling skills, combined with his spectacular outfits and werewolfish appearance, made him an easy target for parody -- uniquely, his voice stopped a Martian invasion in Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!" -- but, obviously, he reached a lot of people's hearts, and that's a good thing, don't you think?














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