Stoney Carlisle
& The Plaquemine PlayboysWallace in "68"(Stoney Carlisle, White Cliffs, BMI)
Prod. A.J. Landry and Stoney Carlisle
Deep Delta 7
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| Stonewall Jackson "Stoney" Carlisle (1927-1985) |
A country music singer and musician, active in Texas and Louisiana,
Stonewall Jackson "Stoney" Carlisle, recorded many records from the
mid-1940s until his death in 1985. He performed at clubs, dance halls,
festivals, and events, beginning his career in towns such as Kilgore,
Gladewater, and Longview during the golden period of East Texas dance
halls during the oil boom of the 1940s and 1950s. He also performed at
the Big D Jamboree in Dallas, a venue that was held every Saturday night
at the Sportatorium. Selected parts of the performance were then
broadcast on Dallas station KRLD and through the CBS radio network to
more than forty states. In 1959 he and his family moved to Gretna in
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, where he continued performing and creating
records. He sang his own original compositions as well as the works of
other artists such as Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb. Though he may not have
been aware of the relationship, he was a fourth cousin to Elvis Presley
who also performed in dance halls in East Texas in the early 1950s.
Stoney's wife Earlene played drums with his band which had various names
during the years such as the Plaquemine Playboys,the Country Boys,the
Western Men, or the Texas Playboys.
