Man, I only do Country music the way it is supposed to be done....so yes, that is a steel guitar, a real piano, twin fiddles and a hollow back 550 Gibson guitar on this song. There is a Christmas song coming out for the second year in a row to boost this release, "The Reason For The Season". 8 songs are completed to final mix. I have 2 more songs to sing and 4 to have backing vocals on and then those have to be mixed...then the album has to be mastered like "I Know That She Can". It has been a long process on this album. I had a lot of tracking sessions on this album until I found the right combo of musicians that could capture the sound I wanted, the way I did Country music back in the day. I fired a lot of so called great players, some that had played on some big records. In the end, I found the right guys like Chris Leuzinger on Lead Guitar (my session leader and he played on all of the Garth records), Owen Hale on Drums (he has played on a lot of old George Strait hits among others and just had gotten off the road playin' drums for Lynnyrd Skynnryd for two years), Sonny Garrish on steel Guitar (lot of major classic hits and even some for Alan Jackson, Kenny Chessney and Shania), Dirk Johson on Piano (played on You Can Be A Star and has played on some Gene Watson stuff as well as for The Hensons), Mark Casstevens on Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica/Banjo (plays on all of the Garth records, Brooks and Dunn records and even plays on the Opry), Rob Hajacos on Fiddle (plays on all the Garth records, Brooks and Dunn records, some Alan Jackson records and was the fiddle player on "Unwound" by George Strait), Mike Brignardello on Bass (plays on all the Trace Adkins records and Sara Evans records), Aubrey Haynie and Joe Spivey on Mandolin. I use John Wesley Ryles on all of my BGVs and he is the guy you hear singing harmony with Ronnie Dunn on the Brooks and Dunn records....it ain't Kix I promise you. The lady I use on BGVs is Diana Dewitt. But all this does not work without a great engineer and I have a great one...Frank Green.

I had some success in the Country Gospel field, but did not have the caliber musicians or engineer I have now. It has taken a lot of networking to get to these guys, but they are great friends now. I saved my Country songs until I felt I had the players and the engineer to make it sound major label. Keep your fingers crossed as this is and has been a big investment.

Rat. one of my songs on this new CD is called Dixie Queen and it mentions NASCAR, dirt tracks and Dale Earnhart. But I like your lyric....LOL!!