I don't remember an electric keyboard being an essential of REAL country. While ETC is considered solid country gold today, at the time he was considered very pop country the same way Patsy Cline was considered "Cow"-mopolitian.
Like shamammal, I saw Dale in a small theater in Nashville. Dale was in a mood so although he was pushing his new Christmas CD he gave everyone there a copy and signed them at the door.
Hey Poo Poo, should somebody with 2 front beaver teeth be making fun of the way other people look?