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Dennis Ledbetter and his Music
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An FEP grad in the late-1970s named Dennis Ledbetter was also an accomplished country & western guitar player and singer. He cut a record in 1981 called TURBINE COWBOY. It was a 45-rpm disc (remember those?) and on the ""flip side" of the record had the classic song: IF YOU DRIVE ME TO DRINKIN' (I'll buy the gas). Now what FEP wouldn't chip in a few bucks for gas?
TURBINE COWBOY obviously plays on the popular John Travolta movie of that era: Urban Cowboy. We field engineers often look upon our careers (the work and travel) as if we are COWBOYS, roaming the world to work on GE TURBINES and generators.
"Turbine Cowboy" by Dennis Ledbetter is available for download in several formats:
Turbine Cowboy Real Audio formats.
Contact Dennis at turbcowboy@cox.net to purchase copies of all his other songs including the "flip side" of this record If You Drive Me To Drinkin' (I'll Buy the Gas)
More Songs
Here are some samples of other songs by Dennis in mp3 format:
If You Drive Me To Drinkin' (I'll Buy the Gas)
I Love You More When Your Not Home
ENJOY THE MUSIC!
Dennis has a few new titles (tongue in cheek)
1. "Just as soon as I find my bearings, I'm gonna get my life aligned".
2. "By the time I convinced her to crossover, I was just too exhausted".
3. "I tried for a steamy relationship, but she gave me the condensed version".
4. "He's been working hard to intercept her, so it's time to reheat our love".
5. "I'm keeping a journal, of all the times I got the shaft".
6. "Her front standard looks good now, but when I saw her Momma, I was worried about her shell expansion".
7. "I've been living in a vacuum, since I don't exciter any more".
Best Regards,
Dennis Ledbetter
This guy is great.
He is the laoving and devoted father of five children, who rang in age from early teens all the way up to early thirties.
He is a great influence in my life and he constamtly helps me in all of the activities i partake in.
thanks for all you help dad,
Turbine Cowboy Jr.
Jake
Turbine Cowboy Tape from the early 1980s
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Dennis had a boxfull of them in the trunk of his vehicle. He was the Tecnical Advisory (TA) at site for a GE G2 outage at our Cape Canaveral Plant at the time. In the evenings, he would sing at a local bar near Titusville.
Tom Reittinger
1974 FEP Graduate