Alton Meeks Stricklin, better known as Al Stricklin, was an American pianist.
11 Facts About Al Stricklin
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Al Stricklin started to learn playing piano at the age of four, with instruction from his father.
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Al Stricklin performed with two bands, a jazz group called The Texans and a Dixieland band named the Rio Grande Serenaders.
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Al Stricklin was responsible for auditioning performance by Bob Wills' band, and initially thought that they were performing parody music.
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Al Stricklin joined Texas Playboys in 1935, with a weekly wage of $30.
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Al Stricklin declined a reunion with the band in 1943.
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Al Stricklin still joined some of the band's performance in the ensuing decades.
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In 1973, Bob Wills called for the recording of the album For the Last Time, and Al Stricklin joined the recording under request from the label company United Artists.
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Al Stricklin made his last public performance on April 12,1986 at the Fort Worth Stockyards' White Elephant Saloon.
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On October 15 of 1986, Al Stricklin died of cancer in Fireside Lodge Nursing Center Cleburne, Texas.
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In 1999, Al Stricklin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame along with the rest of the Texas Cowboys.