sequins (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> By chance, does anyone else recall an ad for sum'nutha that ended with
> a bespangled country singer smiling into the camera and saying, "But
> it was J.W. Name (i.e. the speaker) taught y'all (= other country
> singers) to wear sequins!" or something similar?
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Could "J. W. Name" have been Tony Alamo?  Tony and Susan Alamo owned
"The Alamo", a business in Nashville that sold gaudy clothes as might
have been worn by Porter Wagoner on a dress-up day.  Their tagline --
"The Alamo -- Where the Stars Shop!"

Tony later got into trouble with his "Tony Alamo Christian Ministries"
-- a cult.  His current mailing address is the federal prison in Tucson
AZ.
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