STAMPLEY, JOE
(*1943)
STAMPLEY, JOE (b. Springhill, La., June 6, 1943) Best known as half of the comic country duo Moe and Joe (the other half was singer MOE BANDY), Stampley had a career that moved from rock and pop in the 1950s and 1960s, to COUNTRYPOLITAN in the 1970s, and finally to hard-edged HONKY-TONK in the 1980s. Raised in northern Louisiana near the Texas and Arkansas borders, Stampley heard country music from his early days, particularly the recordings of his father's favorite star, HANK WILLIAMS . He…