βBorn in west Texas, grew up in East Texas,lived for brief times in central Texas, and then Illinois(got back to friendly "Tejas" as quick as I could);settled in the DFW
" Metromess" for many years,but back to my east Texas roots to stay.I am a southerner and a Texas boy, born and bred.Will travel but won't move anymore from my beloved Lone Star state.
When I was 7, my Daddy stuck an old Harmony guitar in my hand and started teaching me chords so I could "2nd" to him playing old fiddle tunes.That started my love affair with the guitar,and trust me, I have owned more than a few in the 60 some odd years since that day I first wrapped my little fingers around the neck of that guitar( still own it),that still seems as thick as a Baseball bat.I know first hand about the " Black Diamond Strings" that we bought in the variety store, because music stores in those days. were fewer and farther betweenπ
βββ The stagename "BosqueBill" was derived to distinguish between other Gene Hamiltons,and honors my mother who has a poetic side and grew up in BosqueCounty Texas;her daddy, A.P Mize,who sang old cowboy songs,and my Arkansawyer daddy,"Bill" π
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