caption publishing associated_acts death_date death_place years_active alias article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
bluegrass songwriter sound of drumms music , brandykeg music publishing stacy iron horse , larry sparks , hot rize , iiird richardson tyme out , the country gentlemen and hurricane creek , andy richardson and 26 november 2010 waynesboro , tennessee , u.s. 1960s -- 2010 leroy drumm leroy drumm
 leroy drumm non_performing_personnel 26 september 1936 bluegrass , traditional bluegrass , country music leroy_drumm_1984 . jpg algonac , michigan , u.s. leroy maxey drumm songwriter , sailor , welder
leroy drumm

leroy maxey drumm -lrb- september 26 , 1936 -- november 26 , 2010 -rrb- was born in algonac , michigan is an american and a bluegrass/country music songwriter who served in the united states navy , in the 3rd division as a sonar man aboard the uss soley -lrb- dd-707 -rrb- , an `` allen m. sumner '' - class destroyer and deployed to the mediterranean from july 1956 to february 1957 .
upon leaving the navy he worked as a general laborer and welder in and around detroit , mi .
he is widely known for his collaborations with his friend stacy richardson of the hurricane creek bluegrass band and another guy named pete gobel .
leroy wrote the song `` colleen malone , '' recorded by hot rize on their `` take it home '' , that won the ibma 's song of the year award in 1991 .
