Slim Whitman, the country singer and yodeler, died a couple of days ago. He was 90 years old. I wrote on Sunday about how my daddy loved country music. Slim Whitman was one of his favorites, especially the second song on this video, Tumbling Tumbleweeds.

Whitman was apparently very popular in Great Britain? Who knew my West Texan daddy shared his musical tastes with the British?

Mr. Whitman is said to have had a three octave singing range. His original name was Ottis Dewy Whitman, but RCA gave him the name “Slim” when he signed a record deal with them in 1949.