AS A FORTY SOMETHING…THAT WISHES TO BE YOUNGER, MOTHER OF BEAUTIFUL 4 YEAR OLD TWINS, I LOVE MY COUNTRY MUSIC.

KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE NEW ARTISTS LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD, AS WELL AS, LOVING COUNTRY GREATS OF LONG AGO LIKE, CONWAY TWITTY, LORETTA LYNN AND TAMMY WYNETTE, IS A GREAT PASTIME FOR ME.

I LOVE TAKING SHOPPING TRIPS TO “NASH-VEGAS” WITH THE GIRLS, BUT ALWAYS END UP VISITING THE HONKY-TONKS ON BROADWAY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS.

MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL, LOVING, HUSBAND WHO UNDERSTANDS MY NEED TO GET AWAY AND HAVE MY NASHVILLE FIX.  HE HAS TAKEN ME TO CONCERTS AND INTRODUCED ME TO SOME OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS, LIKE TOBY KEITH, MONTGOMERY GENTRY, VINCE GILL AND RASCAL FLATTS. THIS SUMMER HE TOOK ME BACKSTAGE TO MEET KENNY CHESNEY, AND KEITH URBAN.  ALSO, LEEANN RIMES, GARY ALLAN. YES MY HUSBAND IS PRETTY MUCH PERFECT…BUT IF HE ONLY PLAYED A GUITAR

I AM A SECOND GENERATION COUNTRY MUSIC “BAND AIDE”, MY MOTHER INTRODUCED ME AND SIS TO COUNTRY MUSIC AND BACK IN THE DAY TAUGHT US HOW TO GET “BEHIND THE ROPES”.  SIS AND I ARE GROOMING MY TWIN NIECES TO TAKE OUR PLACE IN THE MEET-N-GREETS AND HOPEFULLY MY DAUGHTER WILL CONTINUE ON THE LEGACY.  OF COURSE, I WILL HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH HER AND SHOW HER WHAT MY MOMMA SHOWED ME.  AS FOR MY SON, WELL I TOLD HIM TO LEARN THE GUITAR.  GIRLS LOVE GUYS THAT PLAY THE GUITAR.

MY SCOOP SISTA BARBARA JEAN, IS EVEN MORE CRAZY ABOUT COUNTRY MUSIC THAN I AM.  SHE REALLY KNOWS ALL THE SCOOP THAT IS BUZZING AROUND THE MUSIC CITY.  SHE WAS COUNTRY BEFORE JOHN TRAVOLTA EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT RIDING THAT BULL AND BEFORE GARTH WAS SWINGING FROM THE ROPES PLAYING TO SEVERAL THOUSAND “NEW” COUNTRY FANS.  SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND AND HAS BEEN FOR 30 YEARS AND TWO HUSBANDS AGO.  WE, ALONG WITH MOTHER AND SIS HAVE TRAVELED THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS SMELLING THAT SWEET DIESEL FUEL FOLLOWING OUR FAVORITE STARS OF THE MONTH.  WE HAVE MET A LOT OF STARS IN OUR DAY AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.  OF COURSE, IT WAS ALL SO INNOCENT AND IF WE WEREN’T SO YOUNG AND DUMB AT THE TIME, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT PART OF THE STORY A BIT.

THAT IS A LITTLE ABOUT ME.  MAYBE AFTER WE KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER, I WILL TELL YOU THE REST OF THE STORY…