I hope while you are out today enjoying your grill, your boat, your ice cream freezer, your nearby lake or beach, that you don’t forget to pause and remember why we celebrate Memorial Day in the first place. An awful lot of brave men and women have laid down their lives over the years so […]
Hi Y’all: Due to several unforeseen circumstances, the elective surgical procedure that I told you I had scheduled for February 27th has been postponed. Many of you have reached out to me saying that you’ve had me in your prayers, and I appreciate that more than you know. At the moment I don’t know just […]
I’ve been getting quite a bit of mail lately from folks wishing me good luck at the upcoming Grammy Awards and telling me that they’ll be watching the telecast. I appreciate that, but I thought I should let you know that the category in which I am nominated, American Roots, will not be featured on […]
Hi Gang: I just wanted to send some warm wishes across the chilly miles and say that I hope each of you has a very Merry Christmas. Remember the reason we celebrate this special day, and enjoy it with the ones you love. Thanks for being the greatest friends and fans a guy could have. […]
My dear friend, co-author, and musical co-hort, Peter Cooper, passed away last night, the result of a fall he suffered last Thursday afternoon. So many of the good things that have happened in my career these last few years can be traced back to Peter, including the autobiography we wrote together, “An Unprecedented Life In […]
My 14-year-old granddaughter, Hallie, called it, “the best night of my life,” and it was a high-water mark for mine when I took her with me to the CMA Awards on November 9th. She loves country music more than any of my grandchildren, and experiencing “country music’s biggest night” with her was something neither of […]
The world has lost a treasured icon, and I have lost a friend of more than sixty years. I have so many wonderful memories of touring with Loretta, sharing stages all over the world, laughing together, and admiring her strength and tenacity. She was one of a kind as a singer, songwriter, and human being. […]
I am shocked and saddened along with the rest of our country music community over the passing of Naomi Judd. I’ll never forget meeting her for the first time when she was a contestant on a TV game show I was hosting. I asked her to identify herself for the audience and she said, “My […]
July 17th was quite a night as you’re about to see. It started when backstage guard, Jim Schuermerhorn, greeted me and pointed me toward what seemed like hundreds of flowers sent to me from fans and friends all over the country. Thanks to fan club members Kris Larabee, Judy Hamilton, and Amy Hudson for […]