So l met Cyril at that point and then my folk singing became more in depth and a little less flippant, because I'd learnt songs in those days which I thought were just of entertainment value in the folk clubs. l used to do songs that felt like they meant something, but they didn't really because I didn't understand them. I mean, I used to sing "Hard Rain "s Going To Fall', Bob Dylan, and "Masters of War'. But really they didn't make me cry, not like songs I sing today do make me cry.

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) a b Adams, Greg. "The Purple People Eater [Bear Family] Review". AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2022. Wooley's work in syndicated TV series included appearances on The Range Rider, portraying outlaw Jim Younger on Stories of the Century (1954), and five appearances on The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951-1955). promoted a zillion shows in the city Organised Folk Clubs and Concerts on the pier and other venues, The CD covers all types of topics – political satire, general comedy routines + Up and Down Laundry Hill – commenting on life for the boys at HMS Ganges & Cornish Lads - A comment on the Fishing and Mining Industry in Cornwall.Dennis McLellan (September 18, 2003). "Sheb Wooley, 82; Appeared in Film, TV Westerns, Wrote 'Purple People Eater' ". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 9, 2017.

Wooley was diagnosed with leukemia in 1996, which forced him to retire from public performing in 1999. [18] After seven years of battling the illness, he died at the age of 82 at the Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 16, 2003. He was entombed in Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Hendersonville, Tennessee. [19] Awards [ edit ] a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nded.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 109. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. Wooley's big break professionally came when he was cast as the drover Pete Nolan on Rawhide (1959–1965). Wooley also wrote and directed some of the episodes.McClellan, Dennis (September 18, 2003). "Sheb Wooley, 82; Appeared in Film, TV Westerns, Wrote 'Purple People Eater' ". LA Times . Retrieved August 29, 2022. With the success of their first album, the band released another song, “I Got a Line on You.” It became their biggest hit single, reaching number 25 on the charts a month before their second album, The Family That Plays Together, was released in November 1968. (number 28 in Canada). The album followed suit, charting at number 22. In December, they performed at the Denver Auditorium with support band Led Zeppelin, who interpolated parts of Spirit’s song “Fresh Garbage” in an extended medley based on their cover of Bob Elgin and Jerry Ragavoy’s “As Long As I Have You” (popularized by Garnet Mimms) during their early 1969 concerts. In July 1969, Spirit performed with Led Zeppelin at two outdoor music festivals. And then, l suppose, I was getting older and older and more and more into it and then in 1979/1980, there was this bridge where l would do a folk club one night, a police club another night, a rugby club another night, a working men "s club another night, and then a folk club, another working men "s club. . ..l was doing all sorts of things. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wooley became a regular on the television series Hee Haw and wrote the theme song for that long-running series. On Hee Haw he often appeared as the character Ben Colder, playing him as a drunken country songwriter. [10] Outside of Hee Haw, Wooley released music and performed as Ben Colder, although he would still sing under his own name as well. [10] Wooley continued to tour internationally and make personal concert appearances until his death in 2003. Wooley recorded his last written song just four days before he died. The Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930," Raney Township, Greer County, Oklahoma, April 2, 1930. FamilySearch. Retrieved June 15, 2017.

He then in 1970 joined the Royal Naval Experimental Department and went to New Orleans for about sixteen months. Here he learnt to play guitar properly and through playing solo in bars learnt how to command the attention of an audience.Wooley was the recipient of numerous awards over the years for his accomplishments as a singer, actor, and writer for both comedic and dramatic productions. In 1968 he received the Country Music Association's Comedian of the Year Award. [20] He also received the 1992 Songwriter of the Year, two Golden Boot Awards, and he won the Western Heritage Award for nine consecutive years in recognition of his film and television work in Westerns. [5] Discography [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Year Thus it is, that since the early "80s Shep has been travelling, literally, around the world. He told me how much he enjoyed doing one man shows. 'I don't regulate myself very well in the folk clubs any more because I'm quite used to being on stage for two hours and having that floor to talk and sing and do a poem and a one-man play And that's why I travel around the world a lot “ not because with an act like mine you need to travel a lot! But because around the world I'm booked for one man shows. He has taken his one-man show to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Bermuda, all over Europe, the People's Republic of China before it was opened... and the list goes on! Randy California’s “Nature’s Way,” a small hit (No. 111) composed during a performance at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, was included on the album.