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‘SONGS I WROTE’

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The album artwork for Ron Dupuy’s award-winning CD “Songs I Wrote” features an old photo of the first band Dupuy ever heard of — the Terry Family Band. Dupuy’s mother is on the far right. According to Dupuy, The Terry Family Band played dances for years. “Real barn dances, in the living rooms of neighbors during the 30s, when it was one of the ways grandpa was able to keep food on the table.”

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“This is the real deal, this is writing of the very best, from experience, from the heart, from the soul ... This CD is a reflection of where good ‘real’ country music is holding forth in the upper Midwest.” So reads a review written by Bob Everhart, President of the National Traditional Country Music Association, for local musician Ron Dupuy’s newly award-winning CD “Songs I Wrote.” Dupuy was presented the 2017 “Original Traditional Country CD of the Year” award for his CD at the 42nd National Old Time Music Festival, held in Le Mars, Aug. 28 through Sept. 3. Artists from around the world performed at the event, including Dupuy.

“Well, it was exciting to be recognized,” said Dupuy. “Particularly by that organization, because it’s been around for a long, long time, and I’ve known and admired Bob Everhart for quite some time.” Dupuy grew up and went to high school in Menlo. For almost his entire life, he’s lived in the Stuart-Menlo area. How and when did Dupuy get started in music? “Oh, it’s a long old history I’d guess,” said Dupuy. “I started when my mother taught me how to play. Our family — I had five brothers Dupuy and two sisters — we were all pretty musical.” Dupuy grew up as the seventh of eight children. His family, especially his mother and sisters, taught him to play guitar and sing. “Some people have joked,” said Dupuy, “that

the reason my voice is so high is that because of my sisters, I didn’t know how high my pitch was.” The entire family would often gather on Sunday afternoons, and play and sing in four-part harmony until the songs got too rowdy. “Back in the day,” said Dupuy, “when I was 10 or so, there wasn’t much else to do. So we would sit around, particularly on Sundays when the older kids would come home, and play and sing.” According to Dupuy, it was often that his younger self would, eventually, begin to change the words to imply something other than the true meaning of the songs. This was when his mother would say it was “time to put the music away.”

Dupuy’s music Dupuy considers himself a guitarist and vocalist first. “I play the piano, too, but just enough to be dangerous,” said Dupuy. “And in bands in high school, I’d play brass, but what I’ve always liked to play is the

guitar.” Dupuy characterizes his music as “traditional country.” “I’ve always liked that,” said Dupuy. “From the 40s, 50s, 60s — and in writing music I’ve kind of patterned it after that. In writing my music, I try to tell a story. Those are the songs I like the best.” Dupuy’s musical career began sometime around his early high school years. “Back in 1963 was the first time I ever got paid to play.” said Dupuy. “I played for a church and got paid $3, I think, for gas money — which was a lot of money back then. And we had to split it three ways!” Dupuy served in the United States military after high school, but never stopped playing music. “When I was in the service,” said Dupuy, “I was fortunate enough to play for the USO quite a bit when I was in Germany. We were at the base, which was not far from Nuremberg, Germany, and we did DUPUY | 2A

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