[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 24 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IN MEMORY OF HOUSTON COUNTY ICON GUY PORTER GILLETTE

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 10, 2014

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Western 
Music Icon Guy Porter Gillette who is being honored this weekend in 
Houston County.
  Guy left us on September 2nd, but his memory is alive and well. Guy 
was the son of famed photographer Guy and his wife Doris Gillette. He 
and his brother, Pipp, co-owned the Camp St. Cafe & Store where they 
enjoyed entertaining southeast Texas.
  The brothers were raised in Yonkers, New York, but spent their 
summers at their grandparents' Lovelady ranch. Back in their teens, the 
brothers had a band called the Roadrunners. Their lead singer was a 
young woman named Diane Keaton, who later became a movie star. Guy met 
Diane while studying at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in 
Manhattan, NY and the brothers were known for playing coffee houses in 
many states, but Texas kept a piece of their hearts.
  They inherited their grandparents' Lovelady ranch and shortly after 
Guy's return to Texas he met Cathi Stas from Wheeler. They married and 
welcomed daughter, Dorcie in 1995. After fixing up their family 
homestead, Camp Street in Crockett was their next project. They turned 
a pool hall and barbershop their grandfather built into a new music 
venue where they could entertain us with a unique mix of blues, cowboy 
ballads and Celtic folk songs. One never knew what was on the bill at 
Camp Street. It could be comedy one minute and vaudeville the next--and 
audiences loved it.
  The awards stacked up for the Gillette Brothers: the Western Heritage 
Award for Best Traditional Western CD of 2010; two Cowboy Culture 
Awards; the Wrangler Award for Best Original Composition of 2012 for 
the song ``Tradeoff''; as well as awards for their chuck wagon 
sourdough biscuits.
  While cancer may have silenced Guy's tenor voice just two weeks after 
his father's passing, Cathi, Dorcie and Pipp have wonderful memories of 
music, laughter, and love to cherish.
  Guy was a bright star that gave so much to Houston County, Texas. He 
will be missed. God bless Texas.

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