McDOWELL, RONNIE
(*1951)
McDOWELL, RONNIE (b. Portland, Tenn., March 26, 1951) McDowell is a small-time country star who boosted his career by crooning over poor old ELVIS PRESLEY 's bones with the 1977 hit WEEPER The King Is Dead. After being raised on a farm, McDowell enlisted in the Navy, where he had his first experience as a performer. On his discharge in 1969, he formed his first band, The Nashville Road, which became popular on the bar circuit through the South. He struggled through the early 1970s in search of…