HUSKY, FERLIN
(*1927)
HUSKY, FERLIN (b. Flat River, Mo., December 3, 1927) Ferlin Husky is two performers in one: country singer Husky and country comic Simon Crum (not to mention his earliest incarnation, HONKY-TONKER Terry Preston)! Husky was raised on a farm in central Missouri, where he first heard country music and learned to play the GUITAR. After serving in the merchant marine, he began working as a country deejay, eventually settling in the vibrant country scene centering around Bakersfield, California…