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SO—POvSt-Herald and Register, Beekley, W. ,Va.» Sunday Morning, April 28, 1968vMvMv-vlt;v v.v.’.svK*.V-1If* iiSrf.*.V ■ -/Jk'.'.'.1. *. V. V. V.*. V. V .V .'A'.V.Ol f-AY«Vii i ''!•. i •,,,,■ • aMAVI' %•5(™~bs83w?’AVi. w .S'•## W£:**»♦A ***v4% V*ViV.V4«1*lt;giv**■'WV/.*WAv.VBig*I■H■UHl’Xl%*•.KBii'/VACCvijtf rt'.'V■3K*miri0Kjfl0Z5Sul^P9f'QI3I^Blt;tflaiMKicHK^V^-t -'• - - •’ ■!% v! v.vv:-x?v:*:v:v w::\\vW «8K,/ v.v '•.•/•.v,..........•'•.• 7......1............: Billy Edd Wheeler (right) gave an impromptu performance for Ewel and Linda Cornett, his host and hostess dur-T ji. * a*( ikt iViV.V* f’l • ♦ I*r ________ sv.va r^v.v.v.v, v.*/.. 1ing a recent visit to BeekleyWheeler sang a variety ofsongs as he accompanied himself on the guitar. lie records ★ ★ ★ ★for Capp Records and in approximately a month or so will record his newest song, “I Ain't the Worrying Kind.”★ ★ ★ *X• •• I • • ’With Honey Director, Wifei A native West Virginian who thing (speaking o£ songs) can there. BiUy had given her a« 1*__Li-__-if Ua Anmmovoinl and ctUI ho han^lmorlo hanin citiro ha Pan.ias made a name for himself !h the world of ‘ - folk-singers Visited friends in Beekley re* icntly.- Billy Edd Wheeler, who sings fad records the old mountain allads and writes some new ihes, flew into Beekley to visit Uwel and Linda Cornett, long-ime friends of Wheeler and his rife.Bom at Whitesville in Raleigh !oiraty, Wheeler said his fam-iy moved shortly thereafter to [ighcoal in Boone County, a irmer coal mining camp. When isiting West Virginia,’Wheeler lways tries to see his grandad, S. M. Wheeler of Sylvester, [e says this small community : sometimes referred to as Dogpatch.’Wheeler, who flew back Sun-ay to Nashville, came to Beck-iy following a visit to the Coun-il of Southern Mountains in «xington, Ky., where he pro-ided entertainment with his uitar.Currently the manager of fnited Artists Publishing Com-any in Nashville, Wheeler said e “was always looking for niters! He said that he was lways interested in anyone rith a song but they must be onape to receive consideration. Vheeler said th^t local persons irho wished to submit a song or mrsue the possibility of be-oming a songwriter should con-act Ewel Cornett.Cornett is the director-produc-r of the local outdoor musical-Irama, “Honey in the Rock, irid is a singer and actor. Wheeler’s link with the Cor-tetts is a special one since he iras best man and his wife Mary ms matron-of-honor at the Cor-wedding in December,be commercial and still be good, too.Billy Edd is a featured entertainer at the annual West Virginia Arts and Crafts Festival held each July 4th weekend in Ripley. He expects to play and sing there again this summer and expressed a desire to see “Aunt Jenny Wilson of Logan”handmade banjo since he cannot play this instrument.Billy Edd was the top attraction in 1965 when he attended the local Appalachian Arts and Crafts Festival held in the Armory and sponsored by the Beck; ley - .Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce and the W. Va. University Extension Service.* -* *Ewel and Billy Edd are col-borating on several songs and is is the main factor which ought Wheeler on his latest ip to Beekley. Both of them id, “Our theory is that some-
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Beckley Post Herald Raleigh Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Apr 28, 1968
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