
AADL Talks To: Fred LaBour, former writer for The Michigan Daily and member of the musical group Riders in the Sky

In this episode, AADL Talks to "Too Slim" Fred LaBour. Fred is a member of Riders in the Sky, an American Country and Western music and comedy quartet that has performed together since 1977. From '67 to '71, Fred was an undergraduate at the University of Michigan where he covered sports and wrote music reviews for The Michigan Daily. Fred discusses the campus culture that shaped his career and he walks us through a day in the life of a too-slim "wise ass" English major whose satirical review of the Beatles’ "Abbey Road" album propelled the “Paul McCartney is Dead” urban legend that took the country by storm.
Read Fred's October 14, 1969 "Paul is Dead" article in The Michigan Daily.
Check out Riders in the Sky in the AADL catalog. The group is also featured on the following CDs: Toy Story Favorites, Toy Story 2, Disney Pixar All Time Favorites, and Woody's Roundup.

We read the news that day, oh boy

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Popular 'Riders in the Sky' Pitch Their Tents Again At The Ark

The Cowboy Way

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Happy Trails

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Riders in the Sky Perform at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, January 1989 Photographer: Robert Chase

Year:
1989
Ann Arbor News, May 10, 1989
Caption:
He's no Will Rogers: Riders in the Sky, a cowboy quartet that brought down the house more than once, could have skipped the rope tricks -- but that wouldn't have been the cowboy way.
Riders in the Sky at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, January 1989 Photographer: Robert Chase

Year:
1989
Despite Problems, Folk Fest A Success

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Folk Festival

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Ark Brings Festival Acts To Ann Arbor

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