"I've had 9 weeks off in 54 years...playing at least 4 gigs a week."

WOW! You got time off? How did you swing that? I guess it was the short hours and high pay. Just kiddin' Russ.

My musical career didn't begin till I was 17, which was when I got my first paying job playing a beat-up 6-string and singing with a bluegrass band. At age 70 I'm still at it, still playing country and still having a ball. I have just as much fun playing Folsom Prison Blues today as I did when it first came out. And, the first country song I performed in public was in 1957 when I played and sang Old Mountain Dew.

Cheers,

Gary