Background
Bill Flagg was born and raised in Waterville, Maine.
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Childhood and youth
Shortly after the start of World World War II, the family moved to Connecticut. Flagg began his career in radio as a "singing cowboy" calling himself The Lone Pine Cowboy. Flagg is the first musician known to use this term.
The musical style as such had already existed and had been played by musicians such as Hardrock Gunter and Roy Hall.
Because of his rising popularity on the radio, he got a recording contract with Tetra Records in New York City. With his band members, Cat Gibson and Ted Barton, henceforth calling themselves The Rockabillies, Flagg recorded his first record in 1956, Howie Stange.
The first singles, including Go Cat Go and Guitar Rock, recorded with a contrabass and two acoustic guitars, did not show on the Billboard charts. The records were marketed as "rockabillie" by Tetra.
In 1958, Flagg changed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Records and released his last single.
After that, he worked in his family"s business and helped his father, who had previous suffered a heart attack. He only appeared in bars on weekends. After that, Flagg started a bluegrass band called Hobo Bill and the Last Ride.
Since then, Bill Flagg has again been making appearances in the public.
