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
One week ago, we released REWIND, a 14-song collaboration with Ginger Eldridge that’s been two years in the making. I’m really proud of this one. It started when I heard Ginger singing Foreigner’s “That Was Yesterday.” That’s not an easy vocal…. Lou Gramm is a beast…. but she nailed it
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
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 that
The Oak Ridge Boys have played in Laughlin, Nevada for over 30 years… we no longer DO, but the memories of those times will never go away… some good… some really bad… usually MY fault… Guilty as charged… but just today I was thinking of a great memory…….a few years