VAUGHN MEYER

I was born at Buffalo Gap, South Dakota at an early age. Started playing piano in 1948, and still have not figured it out yet. Took up sister's accordion after her painful injuries at puberty. Played on radio and TV when most receivers ran on kerosene. Started playing rock 'n roll with Chris Cranston in high school to impress the girls. Moved to Denver.  Played at the Four Seasons night club until it burned down. I didn't burn it down. Answered an ad in Popular Mechanics magazine and became an ordained minister. Performed several hundred marriage ceremonies, some involving broomsticks and shotguns. Also some biker funerals the mortuary didn't want to get involved in. Officiate an annual "Blessing of the Boobs" every Fat Tuesday. Performed with: Jim Reeves, Slim Whitman, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Oak Ridge Boys, Marty Robbins, Ray Price, Willy Nelson, Everly Brothers, Hank Williams Jr., Tammy Wynette, Merle Haggard, Del Reeves, Faron Young, Kenny Dale, Tommy Cash, Barbara Fairchild, The Kendalls, Wanda Jackson, Hank Thompson, Jeannie C. Riley, Freddie Fender, Jeannie Seely, Tom T. Hall, George Morgan, Leroy Van Dyke, Restless Heart, Sammy Kershaw, Bobby Bare, Johnny Russell, John Berry, Doug Stone, Lynn Anderson, David Allen Coe, Moe Bandy, Archie Campbell, Narvell Felts, Joe Stampley, Freddie Hart, Gene Watson, Jody Miller, Tony Booth, Carl Smith, Jeannie Pruett, Conway Twitty, George Hamilton IV, Red Sovine, Bonnie Owens, Doyle Holly, Dave Dudley, Diana Trask, Ernest Tubb, Dicky Lee, Johnny Bush, Doug Kershaw, Tommy Overstreet, Claude Grey, John Conlee, Don Williams, Gary Stewart, Sammi Smith, Johnny Paycheck, and Henson Cargill. Many of these people are dead now. None of them are real pretty anymore. Had two spectacular car wrecks. Flew an aircraft into a thirty foot steel tower. Acted the part of a fiddle player in two movies. Playes at political rallies for Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, Drove stock cars on half-mile dirt tracks for two seasons. All 'tis true, except I don't have a sister!

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