Faron Young was one of a large group of country artists who grew up in and around Shreveport: Young, Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton, Floyd Cramer, Nat Stuckey, Claude King, the Wilburn Brothers, Webb Pierce, James Burton. They formed the nucleus of the headliners of the "Louisiana Hayride", the Shreveport venue that launched the careers of these and other stars, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Slim Whitman, Red Sovine and others. Hank Williams was not a native of Shreveport (though Hank Jr. was born here), but he spent a lot of time here singing at the Hayride.
Ironically, though the Hayride gave Elvis his first big break, he greatly contributed to the death of the Hayride by splitting the audience. By the time Elvis ended his two-year contract with the Hayride it could never regain the traditional country fans that formed its original base.
An interesting story is that Faron Young was dating a local beauty named Billy Jean Jones, but he made the mistake of introducing her to Hank Williams. Story goes that at some point Hank pulled a gun on Faron and informed him that from that point forward, Billie Jean was no longer Faron's girl. In 1952 Hank and Billie Jean married at a small town east of Shreveport, then again on stage at the Hayride--twice. Hank died a few months later, and Billie Jean set her sights on Johnny Horton. They married and remained here until Horton's death in the 1960s. Billie Jean used to be quite the sight about town, tooling around in her big white Excalibur. She lived next door to a friend of mine for many years, but has since moved into a local nursing home.
Faron was quite a ladies' man--threats on his life notwithstanding. A former girlfriend of mine was attending an event where Faron was present. He spotted her and approached with some line or the other. He then asked her how old she was; she told him "sixteen". He smiled and handed her a quarter. "Call me when you're eighteen", he said.
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