European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Shelly West on her own by Jim Lewis United press International Btung a country music Star in t always living id Good life like sopping Crl Nyert Tauy with homemade biscuit Laval of Foi instance. The hmm dropped Oul of Shelly West s i Iron Homo bus on the Way to in .Il of Veteran country Singer Dottie West a j Hren blissfully asleep As inc bus travelled i1ii-j-.il it i interstate in Kentucky. Ii . Ipod about 7 that morning we had a gig thai rur Iii and we were still about 400 Miles away. The lies right under my head in the Back of the bus Whon ii foil out. I was dead asleep i Houghl lightning and Thunder had struck the bus jumped out and i screaming and Well to get 4 year old daughter toss out of her bunk then i realized we were not on Sho recalled. 1 you would t believe the incredible noise with All that Maul hemp torn up inside. Ii just Leil out on the Highway but we were Able Lopell Over. You never saw anybody jump out of that bed so last Oul of a dead Steep. As soon As i hit tha hallway of the bus i realized to were All West said she looked at her watch and realized what time it was and what had to be done. I thought. We gotta do something last gosh what a Day Hal was. We were 70 Miles on the other Side of Lexington. By we were going to Raleigh n.c., for a radio Celebration Wilh Eddy Raven. We wound up hitchhiking and renting vans. We made it to the Airport and they Neld the plans for us. Then we had to catch another log and i finally got to the show 10 minutes Early changed clothes and went on stage we flew Back Home that West said when something bad happens to a big bus it s pretty expensive. You can add a couple of zeros 1o what it would coot to be a car fixed. It Cost to ,000 and we were out of a bus Lor three weeks. These things Don t happen real often in the interim West and her band used the Crew bus owned by the judds and another owned by Tammy Wynette. My daughter liked Tammy s bus because it was designed for a woman. She called the judds bus the judges,1 weal said. Wast who la now on Warner Bros Label first became a Star in her own right when she teamed with David Frizzell brother of the late country music Singer country Singer Shelly Wmma Ortton Evera Hohlt with David Frizzell in tie Early lefty Frizzell. West was also married for a time to a third brother Allen Frizzell. The marriage ended in what she described As a Nasty her successful duet Days with David Frizzell also ended after they had recorded such top hits As you re Ifie reason god made Oklahoma Texas state of mind. And husbands and wives. Thai waa from late 1980 until 1933. West spoke candidly Aboul the dismantling of the act. I enjoyed the years with David. We Bolh wanted to pursue separate careers that s the Bottom sine. It was t like to Sang three years and got tired of it she said. She said the Opportunity fora duet came when they both played in the same band. We both jumped Al it because neither of us had a recording contract. I was the Bass player in the band and we did sing together on band stands we Sang harmonies. 1 knew our voices blended ." West said she was naive Whan she signed her recording contract but David Frizzell had a Long she said the contract called for duels with the option of Solo careers Down the Road. I would t want to Takeaway from the duets but in a hard to say t Don have a Good time singing by myself i m sure David Dees too. It was t a breakup because we continued to work together then there came the divorce. But even through my hardest limes it was a Nasty divorce David and i never had any problem with it. Things have healed Over in recent months and years. In a a piece of history now but Lika i said time lakes care of everything. Maybe in a couple of years if we find another song the you re the reason god made Oklahoma maybe Well go ahead and Cut but West said there Are no current plans along that line. Since moving Back to Nashville from the West coast West said she s been More in Contact than before Wilh her Mother i remember getting on a plane for Las vegas to get married and there she was in the first class Section and she did t even know i was getting married she said. We started sending each other our itineraries alter san hts w1 pm twas wed idly on a Lour Oluia club Acuil. Fla Gnu Intig Ina ate onto no., m. Nai Ejdel Bergup r lounge Hull Mitiu u , rut do a Jav to it Hii mum. He move Hoy. I in a can annul oud nov. 21 melb a Pali k Hawy Vul of pm Dort pm chill nor. 13, Ftp and Fanf curl top tar club 1uoi.m. Eau Nisum cent no combi of. To. St Tan Tiloi Nohrn sikh it Dae. 3 Ollu urn in Matt Hadu silo of of. 4 worm a a it no club die. 9,9 . And Rhren main As Law or club Eafon Nib a 0.e. Page 16 the stars and stripes monday november 24, 1988
