Alamo and Beyond

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The Alamo and Beyond

A Collectors Journey

When Phil Collins was a kid growing up in a London suburb, he would often watch an amazing show on his family television.  There, in black and white, was Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.  As he matured, Collins not only acted out the exploits of his new hero, but he often re-fought the Battle of the Alamo with his toy soldiers.  Even though music came to dominate his life, it was this love of history–and Davy Crockett and the Alamo in particular–that was always near by. On one musical tour, Collins encountered his first David Crockett autograph–for sale at a store called the Gallery of History.  “I didn’t know this stuff was out there, that you could own it,” the rock-n-roll legend said.  It had never occurred to him. Later, he received a birthday-present that would change his life:  a receipt for a saddle signed by an Alamo defender.  From that point forward, the drummer began building his impressive Alamo and Texas Revolution collection.