The Paladins Auto Gonzalez Yearsley RARE MATRIX Slim Evans SD Rockabilly NM-

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The Paladins, This is a very rare rockabilly band from the San Diego area. On Wrestler records # WR1687.  The album is autographed To My New Friend Paul.  Rare matrix has "Comb Back and See Us" in handwriting on vinyl trailoff.

This is autographed by Band Members David Gonzalez and Thomas Yearsley.  In the early 1980s, Thomas Yearsley cofounded the Paladins with high school buddy Dave Gonzalez. They would spend most of the next 20 years on the road and help propel the revival of roots rock and rockabilly. Yearsley has two children with his ex-wife, pianist-bandleader Candye Kane. Late in the day on Monday, August 16, Yearsley and his dog, an aging red heeler named Swango, headed west on Wisconsin toward the ocean for their evening walk. “It was gonna be a short one,” says Yearsley. “I’d been working, and all my tape machines were still running.” They crossed the tracks and headed north toward the Oceanside pier. On the return, Swango ambled out onto the tracks and directly into the path of the oncoming 8:03 Burlington freight. “I tried to pull him out.” Instead, a bystander managed to pull Yearsley out of harm’s way at the last second. “I got clipped,” he says. “I’m banged up everywhere.” Yearsley suffered a broken leg and various contusions, some of them serious enough that police were overheard telling bystanders at the scene that he might lose his leg. He did not. But Swango wasn’t so lucky. He died within minutes following impact with the speeding freightliner.

This is from my personal collection of QUALITY autographed records.  The collection has been well maintained and most are NM- with rare background noise, rarer tics, and hardly a pop.

Condition:  Overall NM-    Record Looks and plays NM-  Labels M, Cover NM- Autographs NM

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