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Musical Influences: Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'

Johnny Tillotson is one of my vocal influences. I used to listen to the Oldies station as a child, and they played the 1960's music , which I loved at the time and still do. This song is Classic Country, but would have been played on most Pop stations of the time. I remember it well. I used to sing it to my horses.

Meade Skelton- Throw Back Thursday

From July, 2011. I was 32 years old.  

Failed Singer

In the dawn of 2017, now in my late thirties, I have come to realize something which I might have known already: I am a failed singer. I have never had the opportunity to sing on national television (only local). I have never held a recording contract, or sung on the Grand 'ol Opry, or the famed Ryman auditorium. All of which I dreampt about since I was a teenager. And yet, I still refuse to give up. I keep plugging along. I will write, sing, and sing again until I draw my last breath on earth and return to Jesus. As conceited as it may sound, there are people of lesser talent than I who have accomplished much in life. I know that I will not give up, and never never will I quit. I don't know where this road will end, where it shall take me, or how I'll even manage. But years ago I decided I wanted to be a professional singer and perform in front of audiences far and near. Every time I get up and sing, I am living that dream. I sing in church, I sing in front of a small g...

Oh Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas 2016