Turkey Shoot (1969) - [feat. @HeavyWhipHand ]

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Rare 1960's bluegrass folk single presented to you by Hard Archive and Heavy Whip.

Richie Thirst and The Thirst Quenchers were a well known Appalachian mountain band of the 70’s. Not many had heard about them until they were contracted by Warner Bros and John Boorman to do the soundtrack for Deliverance. Unaware of what the movie was actually about, Richie Thirst became furious after finding out his banjo line was now notorious for a man on man love scene in the movie. Everyone was confused at his anger, thinking Richie read the script to the movie. What Richie's colleagues were unaware of, was he never learned to read. With Richie's profound handicap coming to light, Richie was convinced to go back to school and complete his grade 1 through 12.

After graduating, Richie felt his new calling in life was to help the illiterate, moving on to create a reading program he called “Hooked on Phonics”. Richie's influence was so widespread, Adam Sandler says he was the inspiration for the movie “Billy Madison”.

Richie and The Thirst Quenchers later became infamous for their dangerous post show hunting parties. After their concerts, The Thirst Quenchers would hunt whatever local game was available in that area. One night after a show, Billy “The Bass” Hunter would fall victim to a hunting accident. Billy was goofing around with the Turkey call when he was suddenly attacked by Turkeys. Trying to help Billy, Richie shot at the turkeys accidentally killing Billy. To honor Billy, Richie wrote a song about the whole incident. This is that song.