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A true story about the unreal life of an unsung country music hero. Ben Dorcy, aka Lovey, the first and oldest roadie, | dG1fX0ZSa3k4UkV4SDg
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00:01What am I supposed to do?
00:03I do not remember meeting Ben, but it seems like he was always there.
00:08Anybody that knows anything about music or Texas knows about Ben Dorsey.
00:12Ben Dorsey was the bandboy, or the roadie. He was, I guess, the first roadie ever.
00:18He's roadied for everybody, from John Wayne to Tanya Tucker.
00:22He was the star of the Ice Capade spot in WW2.
00:25He roller-skated with Anne Margaret.
00:28He worked with Elvis, Waylon, Johnny Cash.
00:31There's no Patsy Cline stars, because she wasn't wild.
00:34It's no accident that Ben has not just been with big stars.
00:38He's been with significant stars.
00:41You know, like when you're in the Mafia, and somebody goes, you know, he's one of us.
00:46He's cool. He's a made man.
00:48He's probably God. He's probably God.
00:51He was with us on the Highwaymen show, and they swore there was more than one Ben Dorsey.
00:55He could do something with the other boys, didn't he?
00:58I swear to you, where are the trucks going?
01:01He's a kid away from me.
01:03Truly, America's number one bandboy.
01:06The singular and incomparable, Ben Dorsey.
01:09He is, like I said in the song Wild Man from Borneo, a hairy, scary, legendary, screaming souvenir.
01:17He is somebody that nobody can be. Nobody knows.
01:20He's a talk around the campfires, and the tails get mighty tall.
01:24Big Ben's a living legend, and he will outlive us all.
01:30He ought to be in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
01:33You might as well just give it to them, because they're going to take it.
01:35I don't want to get too successful.
01:37No.
01:38It's not good for them.
01:40It's not good for them.
01:41Just be with them.
01:43Some people can't have them.
01:44Just be with Ben, I've always been there.
01:46Some people can't be as humble as men.
01:48Yeah.
01:49Yeah.
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