Hi Gang:Do you sometimes feel as though we’re all actors in the movie, “Ground Hog Day?”I sure do…one day after another with very few changes. Oh well, it is what it is, and we just have to stay strong, hang onto our faith, and believe it will all be behind us someday soon.Actually, life is […]
1) I have been a fan of yours for many years, and I know you have an Opry ring. I have always been curious to see what it looks like up close. Is there any way you could show a picture of it? When the Grand Ole Opry celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1975, they […]
March 3, 2015 Hi Folks: I don’t know about you, but I’ve about enjoyed as much winter as I can stand! When I saw the word “March” pop up on the calendar, it gave me hope that the snow, ice, broken water pipes, downed trees, leaky roofs, and frigid temperatures would soon be behind us. […]
February 9, 2015 Hi Folks: I have just escaped and returned home from having been held prisoner on a cruise ship in the Caribbean for the last eight days and seven nights. It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it! I’m kidding, of course. We had a marvelous time with just over […]
January 6, 2015 Hi Folks: This is our first newsletter of the New Year, and it comes inside a bag of very mixed emotions. The downside, of course, is the passing of Little Jimmy Dickens. I have been asked to speak at his service on Thursday and to also serve as a pallbearer. I am […]
November 4, 2014 Hi Folks: And thank you so much for remembering my birthday on November 1st. So many of you reached out to me via e-mails, birthday cards, text messages, and through Facebook and Twitter to let me know you were thinking of me, and it meant more than you’ll ever know. Kind of […]
October 2, 2014 Hi Folks: I guess by now most of you have heard that our six-day run of Country’s Family Reunion shows, scheduled for the Starlite Theater in Branson October 21st through the 26th, has been canceled. Many of you have written to me asking if I’m sick, but rest assured I am fine. […]
Bill and Jan Howard singing one of their famous duets on Country’s Family Reunion; Bill and his longtime Opry buddy, George Hamilton IV; and Bill being dwarfed by a statue of his late friend, Jimmy Dean. The statue was unveiled at the Jimmy Dean Music Festival in Richmond, and will have a permanent home in […]
July 1, 2014 Hi Folks: Summertime is officially upon us, the 4th of July is just around the corner, and things are heating up here in Whisperville. I told you last month that I might possibly have some exciting news for you in this newsletter, and while I can’t tell you everything just yet, I […]
June 2, 2014 Hi Folks: It’s hot, it’s humid, and the streets of downtown Nashville are beginning to look like a cross between the midway at a county fair and the world’s largest parking lot. That can only mean one thing: It’s Fan Fair time in Music City! OK, I had to call it by […]