Hi Gang:What a difference a month makes!This time last month I was telling you about the recent Nashville tornadoes and asking you to keep our city and our people in your thoughts and prayers. Then I told you that I was heading into the studio to record some new music, preparing for my annual trip […]
Hi Gang: It’s hard to think about working and playing music and smiling onstage right now following the terrible destruction that tore through Nashville earlier this week, but I guess at some point we need to get back to doing the things we normally would be doing. So I sat down this afternoon to write […]
Hi Gang: And welcome to our February newsletter. I just hope this month is as full of music and fun as January turned out to be. We kicked off the new year with a fantastic swing through Texas, stopping in Kenney, New Braunfels, Victoria, and Kerrville. When the tour was over, I told […]
Hi Gang: And welcome to our first newsletter of the new decade! I hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas, and I hope you know how much I appreciated all the beautiful Christmas cards and messages that you sent. I hope, too, that you’re as excited about moving into a new year as I […]
Hi Gang:Sorry we’re a couple of days late with our December newsletter, but there was a special announcement made in Nashville at noon today, and I wanted to be able to share the news with you.The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum has announced their upcoming exhibits for 2020, and one of them is […]
Hi Gang:Let me begin this month by thanking each and every one of you who reached out and wished me a happy birthday on November 1st. For what may have been the first time ever, I worked a concert on my birthday, and the folks in Scottsburg, Indiana, couldn’t have been nicer. When I came […]
Hi Gang: Well, the calendar says it’s October, but you’d never know it by the 90-plus degree temperatures that we’re still having here in Nashville. It feels more like the Fourth of July! Fortunately, I was able to spend last week up in Maine, enjoying cooler temperatures, lower humidity, nice breezes, and fresh lobster. You’ve […]
Hi Gang:Well, with Labor Day now in our rear view mirrors, I guess we can declare summer to be officially over. Not on the calendar, of course, but most folks I know get in the mood for fall right about now. I hope each of you had a great “end of summer” weekend. I did.It […]
Hi Gang:July was quite the month here in Whisperville, and there’s lots more fun-in-the-sun coming up here in August. Let me bring you up-to-speed on a few things:First, thank you so much for all the congratulatory messages, e-mails, texts, etc., that you sent me on my 58th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member last […]
Hi Gang: We waited until after the July 4th holiday to get our newsletter out, figuring that you were too busy grilling out, shooting off fireworks, and celebrating our nation’s birthday to read about the wanderings of a whisperin’ hillbilly singer. I hope each of you had a great holiday…but I guess it’s time now […]