# 1 Thurman 'Sonny' Fisher was born on November 13, 1931, on a farm close to Chandler (Texas), a few miles from Tyler where he was raised. After stints in California and the Northwest, Sonny came back to Houston in 1949. His interest in music came from his father, who used to play guitar and sing cowboy songs ; however, that interest developed on a greater scale when he heard Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams on the radio.

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