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Country singer pats Aggies
By JANE G. BRUST
Battalion Staff
“l don’t know what they do at Texas A&M, but those
kids are proud of their school,” he said.
When Dickie Westmoreland wrote the song, “ATribute
to the Maroon and White,” he wanted to characterize the
Aggies as proud, he said.
Westmoreland, 39, is part of a country and western
band, The Madison Express, which consists of "three
Bryan boys and two Madisonville boys including myself,”
he said.
He said his group has played a lot of parties for Texas
A&M University students.
“The first time we ever played the ‘War Hymn' at a
party, you never heard such a reaction to it—we couldn’t
hear ourselves til we were way down into the song,” he
said.
Last April at Cell Block Five in Bryan, some students
told Westmoreland they would like a song about the
Aggies so he asked them for some ideas.
“We put legal pad on the stage and got ’em to list the
things they’re proud of,” he said. “Everything on that pad
is in the song.”
The most popular responses were Coach Tom Wil
son’s football team, the team’s winning record of the last
several games against the University of Texas and “a dog
called Reveille.”
The song dedicated to “the sons and daughters of the
maroon and white” also mentions Wednesday night at the
Hall of Fame, “doin’ the Cotton Eyed Joe,” Friday night at
the Cell Block, “dancin’ close and slow,” and Saturday
night at Lakeview, “doin’ the do-si-do.”
Westmoreland said he took two weeks to write the
song, and did some research on his own. For example, he
learned that Texas A&M provided more officers to World
War II than any other military school.
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call.”
After Westmoreland recorded his song, he decided to
do something else for the Aggies.
He contacted Robert Boone, vocal music coordinator
for Texas A&M. Then he gave the Singing Cadets the
rights to sale and distribution of the record, he said.
Hank Rorabeck, chairman of the record sales, said the
Singing Cadets have sold 1600 records since September.
Each 45 sells for $2.
Rorabeck said the Singing Cadets would like to use the
profits to finance a trip to Europe for international competi
tion that summer.
Westmoreland said he has written other songs for his
group and is working on a country and western version of
“I’d Rather Be a Texas Aggie,” which the Singing Cadets
have recorded. He said that after he records that song, he
may give those rights to the Singing Cadets as well.
With all the attention Westmoreland has given to Texas
A&M, one might find it hard to believe that he never
attended the University himself. He received a master’s
degree in technical agriculture from Sam Houston State
University and is employed by the Commission of Agricul
ture for the State of Texas.
The Madison Express, together four years, plays main
ly within Texas but has gone out of the state a few times.
“You can’t get anywhere that there’s not A&M gradu
ates,” Westmoreland said.
“We were so far back in the piney woods toward
Louisiana over a month ago, and we took requests and
someone said, ‘Hey that’s the group that does the tribute
to the Aggies.’ Sure enough there were three or four
Aggies there,” he said.
“We love to play for Texas Aggie parties,” he said.
“They’re the best damn people anywhere.”
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