Meade Sings

This is a song from my debut album "Songs By Meade Skelton", 2001. I was in a Honky Tonk phase back then , and into writing and performing a more Blusey style of Country music- reminiscent of Hank Williams Sr and Patsy Cline's early recordings. It's not my true style, like "Sweet Tea", but it was a local favorite among the Floating Folkers. The Floating Folk Festival was formed in 1997, and I got involved with them in the early 2000s.

These promo pictures were taken at Clark's Barn near Richmond in December, 2001. This is when I was just starting out in the local music scene here.

I have seen the cost of fame in many people in the entertainment world. I find that it's not worth it.  As a non-famous person, I can live my life in solitude. I can go out in public and no one bothers me. No one  has to know who I am, where I am, or what I am doing.  I have freedom. I'm not bound by pressures of the outside world.   Years ago, I wanted fame badly. But only to prove myself to those that were mean to me in my schooling days. Those days are long gone, and many of my enemies then have long forgotten me already. Even if I became a "Star", many of them would either not know, or not care. Most people are  too consumed with the goings on of their own lives and too busy to notice or keep track of how others did in their graduating class , especially after 20 years or more have passed. The expression "What price glory?" often refers to what people give up when they pursue fame. If they make it, they find out it's not what they thought it would