Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.

My biggest successes were mainly in the pop market during the 80s.

And I think that we're more of an alternative act in that sense, and that flavor comes across to the audience.

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.

And looking at today's music scene, I think it's cool that there are a lot of consumers and fans not limited by what radio and the record companies tell them to buy.

But these days, I get a lot more attention and airplay from the Adult Contemporary and country radio stations, and I feel comfortable saying I'm a part of that.

I'm not a toy boy, bellybutton band, so I don't have to worry about that. Actually, I never did.