Texas native wrote a string of Number One hits for Merle Haggard in the Eighties, including "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room," "A Place to Fall Apart" and "Natural High," and also wrote George Jones' chart-topping "I Always Get Lucky With You." A longtime friend and sometime band mate of Willie Nelson, he co-produced Nelson's 1981 album, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, which went on to platinum-selling status.
In 1970 Powers took up a musical residency at the Riviera Casino in Las Vegas, mixing comic elements with his Dixieland jazz-country music. His band, the Powerhouse Four, consisted of a tuba and three banjos.
