I know this might make me sound old,But as a boy I worked for John Tackett on his ranch out South east of Coffeyville,We became very good friends and he would take me to his house a lot where we would eat,visit,and he had pleanty of stories he could tell about the Daltons Etc.Of course I had it made going to the old Tackett theater,Then later on I got to knoe Mr.Tal and his family when they started running the Midland and Tals Drive After a couple years in the Army in Germany I came back and married a wonderfull girl from Caney,We spent 25 years in Nashville working with the music people Now we spend most of our time in South Fl.when not in Tn.Mr Tackett died March 31st.1956 and I sure wish I had a copy of what the Journal printed about him at that time,If someone would e-mail me a copy I would shore be thankfull.Old Coffeyville Buddy
Charles L.Alexander
I know this might make me sound old,But as a boy I worked for John Tackett on his ranch out South east of Coffeyville,We became very good friends and he would take me to his house a lot where we would eat,visit,and he had pleanty of stories he could tell about the Daltons Etc.Of course I had it made going to the old Tackett theater,Then later on I got to knoe Mr.Tal and his family when they started running the Midland and Tals Drive After a couple years in the Army in Germany I came back and married a wonderfull girl from Caney,We spent 25 years in Nashville working with the music people Now we spend most of our time in South Fl.when not in Tn.Mr Tackett died March 31st.1956 and I sure wish I had a copy of what the Journal printed about him at that time,If someone would e-mail me a copy I would shore be thankfull.Old Coffeyville Buddy
Charles L.Alexander