The Whole House Came Up And I

There Are More Serious Problems In Life Than Financial Ones, And I’ve Had A Lot Of Those. I’ve Been Broke Before, And Will Be Again.

Where I Grew Up, Bob Wills And His Western Swing Was Very Popular. And Western Swing Is Not That Far From Jazz And Blues.

A Lot Of Country Music Is Sad. I Think Most Art Comes Out Of Poverty And Hard Times. It Applies To Music. Three Chords And The Truth - That’s What A Country Song Is. There Is A Lot Of Heartache In The World.

There's So Many Things Going On In The World, Babies Dying. Mothers Crying. How Much Oil Is One Human Life Worth. And What Ever Happened To Peace On Earth.

My First Job Was In A Bohemian Polka Band, The Rejcek Family Polka Band In Abbott. The Old Man In The Band Had Another Blacksmith Shop In Abbott, But He Liked Me. All He Had Was Horns And Drums, And I Was Set Up Over There With My Little Guitar With No Amps Or Nothing. I Would Play As Loud As I Wanted To, And Nobody Could Hear Me.