It is amazing how a sight, a sound or a smell can carry you in your mind’s eye to some distant place and time. I came upon a patch of white daisies this week as I was walking along the back road in my hometown. All of a sudden I was four years old again […]
As we watch television classics, there are many character actors that have made their marks and found niches that have allowed them to keep in front of the American public for years and years. One of those actors was introduced to the American television family in the 1960s.
How many times have you flipped through the 70 or so channels which most basic subscribers receive and said, “There’s nothing on.” Just imagine — all these choices, but nothing, absolutely nothing to watch.
As an entertainer you spend a lot of nights on the road stopping to catch some rest or a shower in every kind of hotel imaginable along the way. A few weeks ago as I had come down from an overnight stay to partake of the continental breakfast, I bumped into another gospel music mainstay […]
When I think of movies of the last 30 years, some that rise to the top of the list are “The Big Chill,” “The Untouchables,” “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” “Dances with Wolves,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “The Bodyguard,” “Wyatt Earp,” “Tin Cup,” “The Postman,” “Thirteen Days,” “Open Range,” “The Guardian” and “Swing Vote.” […]
When he came on the music scene years ago, he was heralded as part of the wave of traditionalists that were taking the music industry by storm. His voice combined with solid country arrangements ushered him into the hearts of true country music fans.
One of the most prolific groups in country music history also shares one of the longest tenures in the business – The Oak Ridge Boys. The group actually began as the Oak Ridge Quartet a gospel offshoot of Georgian Wally Fowler’s Georgia Clodhoppers. They were a regular part of the Grand Ole Opry ® in […]
Songwriters are the life’s blood of the music industry. They create the tapestry upon which every artist creates their careers and their legacies. Often we never learn their names unless they are also an artist. One of my favorite songwriters who is also an artist has created some of the songs country listeners know by […]
In my music career I have had the honor to come to know many of those who have found success on the country music charts. Some have made us think with their lyrics, moved us with their performances; mirrored our lives as they reflected the human condition. Some years ago, my late mother and I […]
My mom, my dad and me have just finished a wonderful Saturday night meal of slowly cooked pot roast, tender potatoes and carrots, as we sat around the kitchen table, with the evening news on the black and white Zenith. We hurry through the clean up as we move into the living room and dad […]
