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The story goes that
little Shotgun Red was found in a Minnesota hobby shop by Steve
Hall in 1980. (If you ask Shotgun, he might tell the tale vice
versa!) Whichever you believe, Red became the emcee for Steve's
band. From there, the group's path to stardom began. After winning
a "Battle of the Bands" contest in 1982, the band
traveled to Nashville for the final competition. While in Music
City, Steve and Red "crashed" country broadcast legend
Ralph Emery's morning show. Ralph instantly took a liking to the
quick witted Shotgun Red and asked him (with his right hand man,
Steve, of course,) to come back to Nashville and be a guest with
him on TNN's new flagship series, "Nashville
Now!" The rest is history.
Shotgun Red was a regular member of the "Nashville
Now!" cast for over ten years. He also appeared for ten
years on one of country music's most successful syndicated and
cable network TV programs, Hee Haw, and even hosted TNN's
first music video show, "Country Clips," for six
years. In all this time, Steve Hall has remained with the Shotgun
Red Band and performed as their leading man on the General Jackson
Showboat in Nashville for over twelve years and more than 3500
shows. |