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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2020 8:42 am |
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| I spent many a night coming home from a gig listening to Bill Mack's Open Road Show on WBAP. Tracy Pitcox posted on Facebook he had passed. |
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Tommy Shown
From:
Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 31 Jul 2020 9:43 am
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| Sad another good one has left us. I also used to listen Bill late at night, and in later years on XM Sirius radio. |
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2020 11:29 am
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| Bill Mack was the first Disc Jockey to play my song I wrote "Daddy Left Mama " On KVOO Radio Station in Tulsa,Oklahoma.... Thanks for the many years of friendship to our Country Music Family.... RIP Mr. Mack. aka SwampWater Fox ............. PS: I try calling you Tommy Shown.= Leo |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2020 11:30 am
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Bill Mack was also a wonderful songwriter for many many years he wrote the song "Blue" also "Drinking champagne" and many many others. I met and talked to him countless times I will miss him. RIP, Bill
Ricky
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2020 11:59 am
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| What a shame. Passing of another great songwriter and Country DJ. A legend in my book. Prayers for his family. |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Allan Jirik
From:
Wichita Falls TX
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Posted 1 Aug 2020 1:40 pm
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Here's a little bit of info that obit didn't include.
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Family of a radio legend beloved by truckers everywhere and whose career began right here in Wichita Falls state he has died from COVID-19.
Bill Mack got his first break deejaying at KWFT in the early 1950s, and that led to a contract with imperial records in 1951. |
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Michael Breid
From:
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2020 2:51 pm
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| I would have crashed and burned many a night on long overnight driving trips if Bill Mack and Charlie Douglas hadn't kept me awake. I owe them a lot more than I can say. Thanks to them I'm still alive today. Thanks fellas. RIP. |
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Don Kuhn
From:
Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2020 3:58 pm
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| You to listen to him when I was working late nights and he knew where every truck stop was for those hard working truckers. Bill use to be a guard in Grand Prairie @ Chance Vought aka LTV back in the 60's. Yeppers he will be missed as he was another great song writer. |
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Jack Shults
From:
Canadian, Oklahoma U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Aug 2020 1:38 pm
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I am so sorry to hear of Bill's passing. I spent many nights listening to his show on WBAP.
He and I have mutual relatives, and I always enjoyed the times I got to spend with him.
He will be missed.
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Butch Mullen
From:
North Carolina, USA 28681
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Posted 2 Aug 2020 2:39 pm
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| How true Michael Breid. I can still hear Charley saying " way down yonder in New Orleans". Butch in NC |
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Rex Lindsey
From:
Ellisville, MS USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2020 1:37 pm Bill Mack
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I listened to him during the spring & summer on 1971 while I was at Lackland AFB , San Antonio & Sheppard AFB at Wichita Falls, TX.
There was a song out [ can not remember the name ] with 2 different versions - one by a man and another by a woman.
He played them " together " so it sounded like a duet - sounded great!!
So sorry to hear of his passing. |
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Buddie Hrabal
From:
Arlington,Texas USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 9:58 am
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Sure gonna miss Bill and his knowledge of 'Country Music" Someday the world will realize what an influence he had on the music industry. He was a pleasure to work with! He shold be in the CMA Hall of Fame. RIP Bill
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Stan Knowles NC
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2020 10:24 am Bill Mack - "country Crossroads"
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It is with shock...hearing of the passing of Bill Mack!
I had the privilege of working with Bill Mack, Leroy Van Dyke and Jerry Clower for many years on the "Country Crossroads" radio show. My friend Jim Rupe was the first producer of "Crossroads" and I was the second one. We both did interviews on the show which was on the air a long, long time on thousands of radio stations around the world......and.....EVERYBODY knew BILL MACK!
Bill was an ORIGINAL! His particular STYLE was his own. He was an extremely talented songwriter and artist. But, as a country disk jockey..there was nobody better than BILL MACK!
Bill was a Christian...and is with Jesus right now!
Cindy, we are praying for you and the family!
I love you!
Stan Knowles
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