Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Lintons, others entertain crowds at Centennial Stage
From the Plainsman (Huron, SD)
Sherwin and Pam Linton have been regular performers at the South Dakota State Fair for 25 years.
Linton, 65, first performed at the State Fair in 1973 in the grandstand and on the Freedom Stage.
Since 1997, Linton has played every year at the State Fair, bringing with him a number of South Dakota performers.
That first year, he said, the guest performers included Kyle Evans of Wessington Springs, and Theresa Endres of Watertown, who was known as the “yodeling cowgirl.”
“The fans seemed to like it and the State Fair wanted me to put together a program for the Centennial Stage,” he said. The stage then was located next to the administrative office on Third Street.
(Sherwin) Linton, who now lives in Coon Rapids, Minn., is a native of Volga and graduated from Watertown High School in 1957.
After graduating from high school he attended a radio announcing school in Minneapolis, but didn’t launch a career in radio. He did work for KWAT in Watertown while he was in high school.
Linton began entertaining with his own band in Minneapolis. They have traveled all over the country since the early 1960s.
By the mid-1960s, he started working in Nashville, Tenn., and was invited to sing on the Grand Ole Opry by Ray Acuff.
He has recorded songs for several different labels. One of his first recordings was “Cotton Kings,” which also is the name of his band. Another hit song was titled, “Fender Benders.”
In 1975, the song, “When She Cries,” was ranked number one and was named the Midwest Country Song of the Year in Illinois.
Linton recorded a salute to Johnny Cash in the state penitentiary in 1971. It was entitled, “Hello, I’m Not Johnny Cash.”
After the song was released he received a letter from Cash stating that was the nicest tribute ever given to him in song.
Read the article
The Plainsman
Sherwin and Pam Linton have been regular performers at the South Dakota State Fair for 25 years.
Linton, 65, first performed at the State Fair in 1973 in the grandstand and on the Freedom Stage.
Since 1997, Linton has played every year at the State Fair, bringing with him a number of South Dakota performers.
That first year, he said, the guest performers included Kyle Evans of Wessington Springs, and Theresa Endres of Watertown, who was known as the “yodeling cowgirl.”
“The fans seemed to like it and the State Fair wanted me to put together a program for the Centennial Stage,” he said. The stage then was located next to the administrative office on Third Street.
(Sherwin) Linton, who now lives in Coon Rapids, Minn., is a native of Volga and graduated from Watertown High School in 1957.
After graduating from high school he attended a radio announcing school in Minneapolis, but didn’t launch a career in radio. He did work for KWAT in Watertown while he was in high school.
Linton began entertaining with his own band in Minneapolis. They have traveled all over the country since the early 1960s.
By the mid-1960s, he started working in Nashville, Tenn., and was invited to sing on the Grand Ole Opry by Ray Acuff.
He has recorded songs for several different labels. One of his first recordings was “Cotton Kings,” which also is the name of his band. Another hit song was titled, “Fender Benders.”
In 1975, the song, “When She Cries,” was ranked number one and was named the Midwest Country Song of the Year in Illinois.
Linton recorded a salute to Johnny Cash in the state penitentiary in 1971. It was entitled, “Hello, I’m Not Johnny Cash.”
After the song was released he received a letter from Cash stating that was the nicest tribute ever given to him in song.
Read the article
The Plainsman
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