Willie

Medicine man, then horse race caller, now Nashville songwriter-recording artist, author Willie Kell pens true story-

If anyone should write a book it should be Willie Kell. From bathing in the creek with the frogs back on "Grandmaw's farm" as a child, growing up to sell home-cooked medicine and then becoming a horse race caller at the tracks, on TV and radio, Willie's done it all. In fact after his children taught him to play guitar, he became a Nashville songwriter and recording artist. Willie's life is packed with adventure, and he tells it all in this book.

Willie was the fifth child of an artistic God fearing mother and a handsome horse-trading father, who later became a travelling medicine man. Willie's mother died when he was six; then, he lived on "grandmaw's farm" until she died when he was ten. Willie tells of his childhood years on the farm, reliving the time he stumbled onto the nude lovers at the creek, remembering the sexy hired girl and the big car-theft gang leader who hid upstairs. He tells, how at just 14, he left home, working as a bellhop and desk clerk at a family owned hotel, where he learned about girls, homosexuals, drug addicts and drunks.

After a stint in the army he married a sweetheart,Irene, and soon followed his father's rambling ways, selling "stove-cooked wonder medicine" and buggy horses to the Amish folks. He recalls the $200.00 "Cinderella" horse he and Irene bought, and after driving him around the country roads this remarkable horse wins a big race.

In his time, Willie has met and talked with Prime Ministers, governors, Hollywood movie stars and some of the world's greatest musicians, writers and entertainers. He has hung out with hobos and "rounders", yes he even talked with the "hangman", who was on his way to execute a young man for murder.

He worked with his children and watched them become big in music as songwriters and recording artists, making several TV appearances. Then, he followed their footsteps to become a Nashville published songwriter and recording artist himself.

An absolutely true and incredible story of one man's life, Willie makes readers laugh, cry and wonder how he did it all and live to tell about it.

WILLIE Is The True Story of a Boy Growing up in the Great Depression, Then the big 2nd. World War

The son of a horse trading, old time medicine man. When WILLIE's mother died he went to live on

"Grandmaw's farm", was educated in a one room school.

Saturday nights was bath time back at the creek with the bull frogs.

He tells the heart wrenching story of a boy and his dog "PAL".

Willie grew up to follow in his Daddy's footsteps, selling their home-cooked wonder medicine, for a time.

Then later became a famous horse race announcer at the tracks, on TV and radio.

He tells of world renowned drivers he has known and of the BIg Race he and Irene won with a $200.00 horse.

He talks of the times among his horse and buggy Amish friends.

His acquaintance with some of Hollywood's biggest movie stars.

A close encounter with MURDER and the HANGMAN.

Willie's children grew up to be well known entertainers, making several records and television appearances.

Willie himself became a Nashville songwriter and recording artist and there was the million dollar song !

An amazing story of an impoverished childhood, the tragedies and triumphs, his travels through Canadian winters and across the sunny southern U.S.A.

Willie's life is one of love,lust,heartbreak and sell-made success.

You will laugh, you will cry and you will surely be entertained as he spins his incredible story!