Big Bill Lister, country singer who first recorded "There's a Tear in My Beer" commercially
@nospamearthlink.net KF Raizor
Hank fired most of the original, best-remembered group. Hank gave Bill a
song to record and an acetate of Hank singing it.
Years later, Lister found the old recording and passed it on to Hank
Williams Jr. Hank Jr. cleaned the recording of his dad up and added his own
vocals to provide a hit: "There's a Tear in My Beer."
Big Bill Lister, who first commercially recorded "There's a Tear in My
Beer," died December 1 in San Antonio, Texas. No cause of death was given.
Lister was called "Big Bill" because he was 6'7". He had many regional hits
following Williams' death, most notably, "RC Cola and a Moon Pie." Lister
was still performing, having done shows in October 2009.
Big Bill Lister was 86.
Matthew Kruk
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His website contains quite a detailed history of him:
Nice ten minute clip of him at home in 1975:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J26OOSyL3mM
busgal
> "KF Raizor" <kSPAMITUPYOURBUTraizor @ NOSPAMearthlink.net> wrote in
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not mentioned is that Big Bill's nethew was songwriter Dave Kirby.
Bill Schenley
> songwriter Dave Kirby.
Dave Kirby wrote (among others) "Is Anybody Going To San Antone," "Down By
the River," "Sidewalks of Chicago" and "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang."