As incredible as it seems to me, I was present at the 70th Birthday party for a life-long dear friend, Fred Satterfield… This man and I go back to 1973, if my memory serves me correctly, and we have been as Thick as Thieves ever since (An Historic Understatement, if
Paul is Dead? …that didn’t turn out to be true, so the Ron is Dead thing works out kind of the same… I’ve been immersed in working on a new album project for some time now and somewhere in there came the 67th Birthday… that one was kind of hard
If you were around during the heyday of TNN (The Nashville Network), you probably caught the unique and hilarious comedy of Williams and Ree (aka, “The Indian and The White Guy”). They appeared on Florence Henderson’s cooking show called Country Kitchen and did a stint on Hee Haw for 2
Anytime you think God doesn’t have your back… Consider this…for over 40 years I had a recording studio in the same building in downtown Hendersonville, TN. I did hundreds of recording projects, maybe thousands. The list of people that worked there is long and storied. I also was the owner
The cold weather has finally hit here in East Tennessee… but it’s fine… I’ve been locked away in my studio. I don’t ever remember a time when I’ve had more music in the works. Last month I upgraded the computer to the latest and greatest Mac with the new M4
Well… It’s official…. I have retired from my position with the Oak Ridge Boys. It’s been a long journey and so much of it was beyond anything I could have imagined. The places we have been and the experiences we had are almost beyond comprehension. I love these guys and
They are blowing… What a whirlwind of a year and we still have this ridiculous election to suffer through…hahaha. Looks like 2 clowns with nothing more than different colored suits vying to see who believes whose lies the most… Oh well, I have bigger fish to fry. I’m still missing
As we are all aware of by now, we lost Joe Bonsall this month. Joe battled some intense medical issues in recent years and unfortunately they were insurmountable. I have known this man for 50 years and worked very closely with him for 45 years in the Oak Ridge Boys
I am still not over hearing the news this week that my lifelong friend Rusty Golden has passed. I’ve been friends with Rusty since 1965. I grew up with him and us learning to play music together in all of our formative years. He played drums and I was on
Sometimes… but very rarely… you’re in the right place at the right time. In the early 80’s The Mighty Oaks Band was on fire and we had the chance at a record deal with MCA… which never panned out… but we still had the opportunity to record at the legendary