James C. Webb
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James C. Webb is the co-author, with Howard Hausey (later Howard Crockett), of the country and bluegrass standard “Ole Slewfoot” — the rollicking coon-hunt song that Johnny Horton introduced on Columbia in 1961 and that Porter Wagoner, Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, the Country Gentlemen, and many others have since recorded.
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- Co-wrote “Ole Slewfoot” with Howard Hausey.
- Johnny Horton recorded the song for Columbia in the early 1960s.
- The song has since been recorded by Porter Wagoner, Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., the Country Gentlemen, the Bluegrass Album Band, Tony Rice, and many other country and bluegrass acts.
