East Texas’ Premier Taxidermy Studio
East Texas’ Premier Taxidermy Studio
The Sportsman’s Memory Shop
GRAPELAND- Taxidermy has been around for centuries. Saving trophies has always been one of man’s favorite pastimes. The Sportman’s Memory Shop in Grapeland, Texas has been helping hunters preserve their trophies since 1980, and has become East Texas’ premier taxidermy. Bobby Shaw and Robin “Trap” Coppedge started the business as two friends with similar interest in hunting, fishing, and taxidermy. Today they have an amazing team of artists who “bring ‘em back to life,” as they say.
The recent Pro Football Hall of Game enshrinement ceremony, held in Canton, OH, really got this country music historian to thinking about the Country Music Hall of Fame in good ole Nashville, TN. There have been plenty of individuals and groups in Music City U.S.A. who have been overlooked for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in some cases for no particular reason either. Some of the omissions have been utterly shocking and indeed inexcusable but then again there are others who over time have sadly and unfortunately faded from the collective memory of those in charge of the Hall of Fame. I have taken the liberty of compiling a list of the top twenty-five country music acts and other influential people in the business who should be given this most prestigious honor as soon as possible, and they are in no particular order:
