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Pee Wee Maples
PEE WEE MAPLES was yet another western swing veteran having a go at rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. Pee Wee's recording career dates back to 1947, when he accompanied legendary Cajun fiddler Harry Choates on at least one of his Gold Star sessions. By the early fifties, Maples had joined Adolph Hofner's band as bassist and chief vocalist. His velvety singing style, modeled after Tommy Duncan and Rusty McDonald, was tailor-made for Hofner's brand of western swing, and Maples can be heard on both the Pearl Wranglers' 1955 Decca session and their Sarg debut in 1956.
By the following year, he'd relocated to Houston, where he joined up with Link Davis and later, guitarist Charlie Harris. Probably recorded while he was a member of the latter's band, Now How You Gonna Act -- an offbeat rock 'n' roll original -- was pitched to Fitch in the fall of 1958. Fitch drew up the necessary contracts, but never released it. Maples eventually moved to Corpus Christi, where he died of a heart attack on October 30, 1961.
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