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Keep Your Friends Close

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, ifContinue readingKeep Your Friends Close

New Music: Rewind

About the new music…I have been working over the past 2 years on a very special project with Ginger Eldridge. It’s an album called Rewind, a collection of 14 songs that we both thought deserved to be reimagined. At its core, it’s a tribute to the writers and performers behindContinue readingNew Music: Rewind

Celebrating Terry Ree, Friendship, and Life

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 2Continue readingCelebrating Terry Ree, Friendship, and Life

Remembering Rusty Golden… My Lifelong Friend

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 onContinue readingRemembering Rusty Golden… My Lifelong Friend

Carson, A Beatle, A Comedic Icon and… me?

The date was May 6th, 1981… The Oak Ridge Boys did the old Tonight Show… the REAL Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In the afternoon we would have a rehearsal and afterwards we would adjourn to the famous Mexican restaurant across from NBC Studios in Burbank. We did just thatContinue readingCarson, A Beatle, A Comedic Icon and… me?