The

Farmer Boys

Bobby Adamson and Woody Wayne Murray

Singers, rhythm guitarists

Both born September 1933 in rural Arkansas; Adamson lives in Exeter, Murray in Visalia

• Adamson, 18, begins harmonizing to the jukebox in a Farmersville (Tulare County) cafe when Murray, 18, joins in from across the room. They become friends

• “Cousin” Herb Henson hears them at Tulare’s Happy-Go-Lucky Club, dubs them the Farmer Boys, features them on his Bakersfield TV show. They become regulars

• Henson introduces them to Capitol Records’ Ken Nelson, who signs them to a three-year deal

• First recording session in January 1955, featuring Roy Nichols on lead guitar, includes “You’re a Humdinger,” written by Tommy Collins

• Duo tours the continent with Webb Pierce, Red Sovine and then Elvis Presley

• Third recording session in May 1956 sees duo move toward rockabilly

• Final session in February 1957 produces “Someone to Love,” co-written by Buck Owens and Red Simpson; Owens plays lead guitar

• Duo plays clubs in Rosamond and Lancaster, then quits the music business in 1964