Biography
Leon Everette Baughman, 21 June 1948, Aiken, South Carolina, USA. Everette was raised in New York and had no particular interest in country music as a child. In the US Navy, he worked on an aircraft carrier in the Philippines. The servicemen passed the time by singing so he bought a guitar, learned by watching others and won a talent contest. Returning to South Carolina, he married, started a family and worked at the South Carolina Power and Gas Company. After an argument at work, Everette became a professional musician, working clubs in South Carolina and Georgia. He wanted success in Nashville and, in an extraordinary act of dedication, worked in the postal rooms of record companies while still playing in his home clubs. This involved commuting 500 miles a day! On top of this, he had to sleep and maintain a family life with his wife and three children. In 1977 the small True label gave Everette a chance - though not in the way he wanted. Within hours of Elvis...
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