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Trials often require recovery

I have come to the conclusion that everyone in life, no matter how blessed, finds that there are trials we must face. Sometimes these are the common trials that everyone faces in life – How do we pay a bill? Where do I find a job? How do I cope with the stresses? Sometimes they […]

Shades of Wendy Bagwell

One of my favorite people to see, hear and be around as a youth was comedian/singer Wendy Bagwell. Well, not just as a youth, I still enjoy hearing his wonderful stories that amused and his music with the Sunliters – Jan Buckner and Geraldine Morrison that uplifted.

Choices for Living

In life, we are constantly faced with choices. We are blessed or cursed with the gift of free will, depending on your prospective. From the smallest detail of “Do you want fries with that?” to “Do you take this woman to be…?,” in America, we have endless choices.

How long will CDs last?

I found myself in yet another conversation with one of my fellow entertainers recently discussing what we will be selling, as the future becomes the present. Many performers sell their own products at concerts including CDs and DVDs, that fans buy and often hand to us to receive an autograph.

American scenes embolden me

I watched this string of youth all under eight-years-old, their hands behind their backs and their faces buried in a green and yellow watermelon rind resting on a white table. They only stopped long enough to spit a seed. Each was trying to win the title and the prize in the contest. This was shortly […]

Stand still

As I stood upon a chair hearing my friends play outside, I just knew that I was going to miss something. Every fall, I always knew that some of my time would be spent standing on a chair as my mother knelt with straight pins gripped in her mouth measuring the cuffs in my new […]

The show must go on

This past weekend I thought I was over the worst of dealing with several days of fever with no other symptoms. Of course, I had committed to be in North Carolina, so I crawled in the car and away I went praying for the strength to do His work. Thankfully He did, getting me there […]

So, you want to have a show in your town?

“Where have all the people gone?” is a question that I often find myself discussing as I visit with other musical performers and event promoters. What they mean is where are those who once came and filled the seats in a thousand seat auditorium and helped the promoters make enough money to pay the entertainers, […]

Overcoming Rejection

I took the antique cedar box and polished it until it had a shine like a brand new nickel. In the inside of the upper lid, I pasted a photo of me playing the fiddle on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium. It is amazing what we might think will serve to convey the feelings […]