Slim Wilson
| Slim Wilson | |
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Wilson c. 1955
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Clyde Carol Wilson |
| Also known as | Slim Pickens Wilson |
| Born | July 14, 1910 |
| Origin | Christian County, Missouri, USA |
| Died | July 15, 1990 (aged 80) Springfield, Missouri |
| Genres | country music |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, radio and TV personality |
| Instruments | guitar |
| Years active | 1932–198? |
| Labels | Rocket Universal |
| Associated acts |
Speedy Haworth Shirley Haworth The Goodwill Family The Tall Timber Trio Flash and Whistler Jubilee Band |
Clyde Carol Wilson (July 14, 1910 – July 15, 1990), better known as Slim Wilson, was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and radio and TV personality who was a cornerstone of country music in the Ozarks for more than 50 years beginning in the 1930s; both in his own right, and as a member of The Goodwill Family and The Tall Timber Trio. Wilson was a mainstay of ABC-TV’s Ozark Jubilee; and hosted ABC's Talent Varieties in 1955 and his own local television show in Springfield, Missouri from 1964–1975.
Wilson was born in Christian County, Missouri just south of Nixa to John C. Wilson and Arlena J. Wilson (née Goddard), who had come to Missouri in a covered wagon from the hills of Tennessee. He was the family's first son after six daughters: Cassie, Carrie, Edna, Bertha, Myrtle, and Vancie Martha. The entire family was known for being musical. Wilson attended schools in Harmony, Rosedale and Line, then rode horseback to high school in Nixa.
About 1930, his father rented a house on the family's ranch to the Hancock family from South Dakota. A year later, Wilson married Ada Hancock. By 1934, he was raising dairy and beef cattle on 150 acres (60.7 hectares) north of Bolivar, Missouri on the Pomme de Terre River. His father bought the adjoining parcel.
The Wilson family’s musicians would sometimes perform “together" using a telephone party line. Ten to 15 families could listen in, and neighbors would eavesdrop on the sessions for entertainment, often placing the earpiece in a bucket for amplification. Wilson soon won second place in a local fiddle competition.
Wilson formed The Goodwill Trio as "Uncle Slim" with his sister Vancie as "Aunt Martha" and her son, Herschel "Junior" Haworth. The trio first appeared on KGBX in Springfield in 1932; but moved to co-owned KWTO, the more powerful station, soon after it signed on in 1933. The group made its first public appearance in 1936 at the county courthouse in Galena as a fundraiser to treat their father's broken leg. The trio later became The Goodwill Family when Guy Smith joined them as "Uncle George."
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