The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.

After I found April Barrows, I felt I had found a soul mate. Her stuff is exactly what I was looking for.

For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.

A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel.

Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today.

I think somewhere in the back of my mind I've always wanted to make a whole swing album.

I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.