 A little later in life while traveling in the back seat of the car going to rodeos , their mama, Jac, would teach all four of the McEntire kids, Alice, Pake, Reba and Susie, to sing three and four part harmony to keep them from fussin, fightin and gettin in trouble. Pake realized that harmony came natural to all the McEntire kids. Later in high school, Jac, who was the secretary for Kiowa High School, got together with teacher, singer, guitar, and fiddle player, Clark Rhyne, and approached the school’s superintendent, Harold Toaz, about forming a school band. At that time, all three decided the school needed a country band class with the participating students receiving one credit. That was the beginning of the Kiowa Cowboy School Band of which six of the nine students are still making their living either totally or partially by playing and singing today. The class would play for country music events of all kinds for the school and the students would even borrow the instruments to go play gigs on weekends. Clark Rhyne, who taught the class, wrote a song about Pake's Grand Pap, John McEntire, on November 19, 1970, and with Pake, Susie and Reba went to Oklahoma City and recorded their first record, “The Ballad of John McEntire”. It sold seventeen copies just like that ---and then it tapered off. After graduation in 1971, Pake ran steers in Atoka and Pittsburg Counties in Oklahoma, roped in a bunch of rodeos, and continued to play music. Pake recorded his first album “The Rodeo Man” in 1980 with the cover shot in the short go at the 1980 Pendleton Round Up Rodeo. After competing at the rodeos, Pake would walk through the grand stands pedaling his music to the crowd like a hot dog vender. Another cassette followed with sister Susie in 1983, and in 1985, Pake landed a contract with RCA for two albums, “Too Old To Grow Up Now” and “My Whole World”. The fourth CD came much later in 2003 with “And They Danced”. The title song was written by Pake's daughter, Autumn, and Ellen Tift. Today, Pake’s singing and fiddle playing tours consist of traditional country sounds with lots of easy to understand country music. BIRTH NAME: DEL STANLEY MCENTIRE LEGALLY CHANGED: NOVEMBER 19, 2003: PAKE MCENTIRE HOBBY: RANCHIN, STEER ROPING AND PLAYIN OLE HELL (CARD GAME) FAVORITE MOVIE: LONESOME DOVE (SAW IT 21 TIMES) BEST DAY OF LIFE: PENDLETON ROUND UP 1984 DAUGHTERS: AUTUMN KATE MCENTIRE, CALAMITY JO MCENTIRE, CHISM MCENTIRE BORN: YES, MCALESTER ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL 6-23-53 FATHER: CLARK MCENTIRE MOTHER: JAC MCENTIRE SISTERS: ALICE, REBA, AND SUSIE MCENTIRE BEST STEER HORSE: JED (BOUGHT FROM JED ROWE, ADA,OKLAHOMA) FAVORITE COLOR: GREEN (MY EYES, MONEY, AND GRASS FOR CATTLE) MUSIC MEMORIES: SIGNED WITH RCA RECORDS 1985, 3 TOP TWENTY SINGLES, OPENED FOR GEORGE STRAIT, REBA, SAWYER BROWN, ALABAMA, THE JUDDS, EDDY RAVEN, KEITH WHITLEY, RONNIE MILSAP. CD'S OR ALBUMS: RODEO MAN, BACK TO BACK, TOO OLD TO GROW UP NOW, MY WHOLE WORLD, AND THEY DANCED, YOUR FAVORITES AND MINE. FAVORITE SONG: AND THEY DANCED (WRITTEN BYAUTUMN MCENTIRE AND ELLEN THRIFT) HEIGHT: 5-11 WEGHT: 200 HAIR AND EYES: NONE AND GREEN FAVORITES ACTOR: TOMMY LEE JONES AND ROBERT DUVAL ACTRESS: REBA MCENTIRE SIT COM: REBA AND COACH CAR: LINCOLN TOWN CAR PICKUP TRUCK: 4 WHEEL DRIVE CLOTHES: COWBOY HAT, BOOTS, WRANGLERS, AND LONGSLEEVE WESTERN SHIRTS INSTRUMENT: 1910 GERMAN SAXON FIDDLE (BIRTHDAY PRESENT FROM MARY MUNGER JUNE 23 2000) FAVORITE RECORDED SONG: HEART VS HEART FOOD: BULL NUTS AND MEXICAN PLACE TO RELAX: LIMESTONE GAP AND CARIO, OKLAHOMA FUN FACTS FIRST MUSIC TELEVISION SHOW: ADA OKLAHOMA 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD FIRST PAYING MUSIC JOB: ABOUT SAME AGE, EDWARDS HOTEL CHEYENNE WYOMING WITH REBA AND THEY THREW CHANGE AT US. FIRST BIG BREAK: KEN LANCE SPORTS ARENA DANCE ( TOO YOUNG TO EVEN BE IN THERE) MUSIC INFLUENCE: JAC MCENTIRE, CLARK RHYNE, WARDVILLE OKLAHOMA FIRST MUSIC INSTRUMENT: MAMA BOUGHT ME A $35 WARDS GUITAR IN 1967 FIRST GROUP: SINGING MCENTIRES (SUSIE, REBA AND ME) FIRST BAND: THE KIOWA COWBOY BAND BENEFITS: NUMEROUS, COALGATE HOSPITAL WITH DR. WALLACE BYRD 1986, COALGATE, OK LIKES: WELL BEHAVED CHILDREN DISLIKES: PARENTS OF MISBEHAVING CHILDREN HERO: JOHN MCENTIRE (MY GRAND PAP AND A WORLD CHAMPION STEER ROPER) |