Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.
I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.
A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.
Redd Foxx was the same gruff old codger you saw on television.
I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.
I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.