Hi Gang: And welcome to “birthday month” in Whisperville! I appreciate very much all the cards, e-mails, and text messages you sent my way over the past several days in celebration of one more candle being added to my birthday cake on November 1st. I had a great day laughing, eating more than I should, […]
Hi Gang: And welcome to my favorite month of the year. Baseball, football, cooler temperatures, bright fall colors….it doesn’t get any better than October! Lots of good things are happening music-wise this month as well. I told you last time that I was hoping to be able to share some news about some upcoming record […]
Hi Gang: August went out with a bang and now, following Labor Day, here comes September in with a roar. Things are never dull in Whisperville. I guess by now most of you have seen the footage of my asking Sara Evans if she would like to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry […]
Hi Gang: I wish you all could have been there! What a night we had on July 22nd celebrating my 62nd Grand Ole Opry anniversary and the fact that I have now been an Opry member longer than anyone else in history. I’m still having trouble believing it all. By now you […]
Hi Gang: And to all our friends and fans in the United States, here’s to a Happy 4th of July! This is going to be both an interesting and a fun month here in Whisperville. After some pretty extensive research, it has been determined that when my 62ndanniversary as a member of the Grand Ole […]
Hi Gang: Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would be writing you in early June telling you that we have completely sold out of our initial order of the “1984” CD that just came out in May! More of you are evidently missing the traditional sounds of country music than I […]
Hi Gang: They call it the “Merry Month Of May,” and let’s hope that’s exactly what it turns out to be for all of us. Here in Whisperville, it’s definitely starting off on the right foot. Our “1984” CD is out and available to our fan club members ahead of its national release date of […]
Hi Gang: I didn’t have much news for you in March, but I’m about to make up for it in April. And the good news is that most of the news I have is good news! First, the Country Music Hall of Fame told me four days before my “As Far As I Can See” […]
Hi Gang: I told you in our February newsletter that I was scheduled for some elective surgery on February 27th and that I’d be taking the month of March to rest and recuperate. Well, that procedure was postponed, and I have very little news to report in this month’s letter. So I’ve decided to use […]
Hi Gang: Well, I had hoped to start off our February newsletter by telling you that I was safely home from California with my first-ever shiny new Grammy Award tucked up under my arm. But, alas, a funny thing happened on my way up to the podium. They gave “my” Grammy in the American Roots […]