April 13, 2025 • 16 mins
Tony Mantor hosts a special remote podcast from Nashville Palace supporting "An Acoustic Evening for Autism." Country music artists Daryl Worley and Dillon Massengale share their personal connections to autism awareness and how music has become a platform for making a difference.
• Daryl Worley explains how friends with an autistic child inspired his commitment to the cause
• Worley discusses establishing his foundation and the challenges of fundraising for charitable causes
• Finding purpose through helping others becomes a central theme of Worley's career journey
• Dillon Massengale shares his story of being diagnosed with high-functioning autism at age four
• Despite doctors' predictions of limitations, Dillon became a professional musician
• Dillon credits his success to proper treatment, family support, and his faith
• Comes from a musical family with deep roots in Branson, Missouri
• Has performed at the Grand Ole Opry and worked with notable country music artists
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to why Not Me , the World Podcast, hosted by
Tony Mantor, broadcasting fromMusic City, usa, nashville,
tennessee.
Join us as our guests tell ustheir stories.
Some will make you laugh, somewill make you cry.
Their stories some will makeyou laugh, some will make you
(00:28):
cry real-life people who willinspire and show that you are
not alone in this world.
Hopefully, you gain moreawareness, acceptance and a
better understanding for autismaround the world Understanding
for Autism Around the World.
(00:51):
Hi, I'm Tony Mantor and welcometo today's episode of why Not Me
, the World.
We're recording live at theNashville Palace for a special,
remote podcast, unscripted,unedited and full of heart.
Tonight's episode supports anacoustic evening for autism, a
show happening right here thisevening.
(01:12):
We're thrilled to bring youthis country experience and I
hope you enjoy it as much aswe're enjoying sharing it with
you.
We've got two fantastic guestsjoining us tonight.
This is week number two out ofthree that I'll be featuring two
guests per episode to dive intoeverything we're covering right
here tonight.
(01:32):
Thanks for tuning in.
Okay, I'm here with DarrellWorley.
Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Man, yeah, I'm glad to be on here and to hear what
all the good work you're doing.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
that's awesome well, I appreciate it.
So we're here at the umnashville palace and we're going
to do a concert tonight forautism.
What led you to be part of this?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
oh, years ago we had a couple of of uh friends and
and they had a child that wasborn autistic and that kind of
started the whole thing for me.
So anything that came along nottoo long after that, I wound up
doing this show down onBroadway every year at one of
(02:17):
the bars down there, and wewould have this big benefit show
and bring in all kinds ofartists and songwriters for
cystic fibrosis oh, okay, andbecause we had a family member
who died with that disease andso it was always close to our
hearts and I did that for yearsand I thought to myself, you
(02:39):
know, because we had seen howother lives were affected by
autism, autism that if I everhad a chance to do something
along those lines, that I wouldjump right in there, and that's
how this started.
So I think I've been doing thisfor several years.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Oh, that's great.
You know we are unfortunately acountry of if it doesn't affect
our family, we don't getinvolved country, or if it
doesn't affect our family, wedon't get involved, you know.
And learning about autism andhow it affects people, you know
it's something that needs to getout there for people to learn
and understand that.
That is something that we allneed to help absolutely.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
I think, uh, and you know we've mentioned cystic
fibrosis and autism, and there'sa thousand other things that
people are, and some of them Imean I've just I've been close
to people with musculardystrophy and MS, and it goes on
(03:37):
and on.
And you know, to be perfectlyhonest with you, none of this
stuff we're talking about is forthe faint of heart.
It's a difficult thing to dealwith and in some instances some
are not as bad as others, butit's still a challenge for every
person that's involved.
And so you know, whatever wecan do to help at the end of the
(03:57):
day that's why we're put hereis to love one another and to
help out Exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
You know I found that when I first started this
podcast about autism I didn'tknow anything about it and now,
over the last year and a half,I've learned so much and it's
just those things that thestories that you hear from
people that have that are livingit, that go through all the
challenges and you sit back andgo.
You know we complain sometimesevery day, but we don't have to
(04:27):
deal with some things, so it'sgood that we can help out when
we can.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Well, I, I just feel like you know people have always
, uh, even made jokes about that.
I used to.
They used to call me benefitDaryl because, because I would
just do any body's benefit.
That came along and you know,growing up in music you got
people used you like that a lot.
(04:51):
They'd say hey, can you guyscome out?
Which I'm not saying in a badway, I'm saying we were thankful
to be used in that way, Right.
And then I got to a differentlevel and started doing this on
a national scale and you know,all of a sudden I'm like, oh my
gosh, this is bigger than I everdreamed it could be with my
(05:15):
career and stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
And the first thing that occurred to me is man, I'm
really going to be able to helppeople now.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, you know that was going to be my next question
.
For you is this one thing whenyou're doing bars and clubs and
across the country, but thenwhen you elevate yourself with
hit records and get to the pointof where you can go out and do
concerts, then all of a suddenyour platform can help so many
people just by using your voice,by just telling people you need
to help people.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, I mean we do that in a lot of different ways.
I have help people.
Yeah, I mean we do that in alot of different ways.
I have my own foundation, thedaryl worley foundation is is
alive well and active.
I mean we are, we are, we arereally, really making a
difference in in our region,which would be like west
tennessee, right uh, south, uh,north mississippi, north alabama
, all there, but but we helppeople all over the country and,
(06:04):
oh, it has really grown.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
And we've been so blessed.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
And we look for other smaller startups that we know
are doing good work and we tryto donate to them and help them
figure it out, because we wentthrough a lot of time when it
was not easy.
those first few years I'm like,oh my gosh I'm gonna wind up
being in debt yeah, so it's awhole different world when you
get into helping people likethat because, because people
(06:35):
don't understand the challengesthat you have to go through in
order to help well, and thebottom line is you, you've just
got to come up with free moneysomehow, yeah, and and when you
say free money, people go whatis that exactly, and that's well
.
Where are you give me money tohelp people?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
yeah, exactly for us it's free money for those people
.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
It's free money but but it doesn't come free it.
There's a lot of work that goesinto it, yeah, but every bit of
it's worth it.
It's probably, you know, I lookback on it all and I I think my
travels to the war zones andentertaining our troops and
doing all that stuff that'sgoing to be huge on the
(07:14):
highlight reel, but leaving thefoundation behind it's a work
that will continue long afterI'm gone.
I know it will, because goodpeople are involved.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Good people want to be involved in things like that
and I think we're about to startmaybe getting some sponsors on
the corporate level oh nice,that'll be huge for us yeah, and
then the good news is is we'lldo the right thing with it yeah,
you know, the one great thingabout doing this is when I'm in
(07:46):
the studio doing production workand everything.
I finish it up, I feel goodthat, oh man, this is good.
But when I finish an episode onmy podcast and I'm talking with
autistic people and thechallenges and I finish it
editing, it feels like I'veaccomplished something.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Oh yeah, well, that's because you're helping somebody
.
Yeah, I mean you know I can sithere and harp on it all day
long, but you know, I'm aspiritual person and I'm a
born-again Christian.
I love Jesus Christ.
I don't preach to people.
That was my daddy's job.
He's really good at it, but Isaid I don't think that's going
(08:20):
to work for me.
Right, I can tell you without ashadow of a doubt that man my
convict convictions in this areaare very, very strong.
Yeah, but that's how each of uswas designed, whether we know it
or not yet.
Yeah, we may not, you may notknow it yet, but that's how you
were designed, and you won'tfeel real accomplishment, you
won't feel real, uh,effectiveness in your life until
(08:43):
you've done that helpingsomeone else yeah that you
didn't have to help.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Someone that that you just thought that person needs
help.
I'm going to step in.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Whether it be stopping on the side of the road
and helping some old ladythat's changing a tire.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
I don't care what it is.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Those acts of kindness and acts that you do
out of your heart, that you donot have.
That's the good stuff.
Absolutely and that's what kindof thing my mother always said.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Those are the things that put the silver lining on
the clouds yeah, yeah,absolutely well, I tell you, I
really appreciate you coming on.
I'm looking forward to showtonight and thank you, and I'll
have to get you back to on my onmy real project get you come
talk about autism, oh my yeah,yeah, I'd love to sounds like
life with Darryl Worley.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
You love it, man oh, I love it.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Yeah, all right, well , I appreciate it, thank you all
right.
Okay, we're here with DylanMassengale.
Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
So tell me a little bit about your story and how you
came to be doing this showtonight.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Well, about four and a half years old, I was
diagnosed with high-functioningautism.
How bad.
And doctors told my parents andmy family and my friends,
telling me that I would never beable to get to perform, never
be able to carry a conversation,never be able to carry a job,
not to be able to do anything.
(09:57):
But with the right treatmentsand the right detox and with my
mom helping me out so much.
I would not be doing this if itwasn't for her and thanking my
good Lord and Savior foreverything that they've done for
me.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Good, good.
Now where are you originallyfrom?
Speaker 3 (10:15):
I'm originally from Missouri, out of the southwest
Missouri area.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Okay, what made you decide to move to Nashville?
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Well, I actually, I mean, I come to visit Nashville.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I actually am currently living in Branson,
missouri, okay, sure, but Iactually come to Nashville about
once or twice a year.
Okay, and I've been a part ofthis great cause of this show.
I was a part of it, the firstone, last year oh nice, at the
Troubadour Nashville, and I wasnominated last year for the
Josie Music Awards.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
It's held in Tennessee.
That's held in Tennessee.
That's held at the Grand OleOpry.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Yeah, but yeah, I make a lot of trips to Nashville
and it's good to see a lot ofgreat friends out here.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah.
So now, what are you doingmusically?
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Well, musically, I'm a bass player, I get to play
bass, and the rest of my family,I mean I could play guitar, but
it's not really really good,okay.
But I mean my brother, he's adrummer himself, nice.
And my dad, he is a fiddleplayer Okay, and my mom is a
singer and a fiddle player andacoustic guitar player as well,
okay.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
That's all in the family.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I grew up in a musical family.
My dad actually has been inthis business now going on for
45 years in Ozark MountainCountry there in Branson.
He actually started a show whatwas the third founding show in
Branson called the PlumberFamily Country Visit Show.
That was found.
And then after that he made themove and he got to tour five
(11:45):
years and even got to spend histime here in Nashville with the
late, late great mr roy clarkfrom out of tulsa and uh played
the grand olabri and played, uh,the last three seasons of hee
haw.
Okay, and uh.
After that he made the move tobranson's.
He's been there ever since andmy mom she actually um, both of
my parents were born and raisedin the state of arkansas.
(12:07):
Okay, they were born out ofarkansas.
My mom was originally born fromout of Des Arc, arkansas, on the
east part, closer towardsMemphis, to the state.
She actually made the move toBranson about I would say about
early 1990, I think at the timeshe made the move and she worked
(12:28):
with a group called the TexasGold Miners that was based out
of Fort Worth, texas, and theymade the move to Br.
She worked with a group calledthe Texas Gold Miners they were
Texas and they made the move toFrance and they did a show.
Then, after that, she workedwith different names.
She worked with names likeBarbara Fairchild, mickey Gilley
.
She worked with the late greatMr Joe Diffie as well.
She's been a part of so manydifferent shows, including a guy
(12:50):
that's actually written somesongs for the late great, mr
george jones, by the name of mrbilly yates that she's worked
with, but my brother, on theother hand, he has actually
worked with a bunch of differentartists.
He has worked with the nameslike martin wills, yeah, ronna
vincent genie, seeley mo bandy,just to name a few.
And, uh, he has been.
(13:10):
He's been playing drumsprofessionally at the age of 14
years old and now he's 24 yearsold and he recently was just
awarded from the Terry MusicAwards there in Missouri for
2020 Forge Rover of the Yearover the last year.
And I couldn't ask him more.
I am talented and I'm soblessed to be with my family.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
That's great To be where I'm at.
So so how many songs are youdoing tonight?
I am doing two songs tonight.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Okay, all right.
Your own songs.
I'm actually doing some coverstonight.
Oh, okay, I'm actually pullingout a Buck Owens song.
But my favorite artists whoever did it but they actually
did a CD release party hereyears ago and he played here
many times was the late greatDaryl Singletary.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Daryl Singletary.
He did Love's Gonna Live here,and then I'm on to another cut
of what he did, but it was acover, but it was called I Never
Go Around Mirrors Tonight.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Yeah, and that's great.
Well, good, I'm looking forwardto seeing what you do, and
we're going to have to get youon to my normal podcast and get
a full episode in for you,absolutely.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
I would love to be on there and I'm so grateful for
the opportunities that my Lordand Savior has given to me, my
family and a special thank youto the artists who have
supported me all through theseyears.
Special thank you to RhondaVincent.
She was the one that actuallymade my debut at the Grand Ole
Opry a couple years ago Nicenice Special thank you to her
(14:39):
Junior Brown.
Yeah, let's see.
Leona Williams, jimmy Fortunefrom the Statler Brothers and
other names like T Green Brownand even I've known for the
longest, but Miss Allison Krauss, yeah.
I'm privileged to know her.
Well, great, but it's been afun ride.
Yeah, I'm enjoying every minuteof it that I love.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Well, you need to, and I appreciate you coming on.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Thank you so much for having me All right Thanks,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule
to listen to our show today.
We hope that you enjoyed it asmuch as we enjoyed bringing it
to you.
If you know anyone that wouldlike to tell us their story,
send them to TonyMantorcomContact then they can give us
their information so one daythey may be a guest on our show.
(15:36):
One more thing we ask telleveryone everywhere about why
Not Me?
The world, the conversationswe're having and the inspiration
our guests give to everyoneeverywhere that you are not
alone in this world.
Welcome to why Not Me , the World Podcast, hosted by
Tony Mantor, broadcasting fromMusic City, usa, nashville,
tennessee.
Join us as our guests tell ustheir stories.
Some will make you laugh, somewill make you cry.
Their stories some will makeyou laugh, some will make you
(00:28):
cry real-life people who willinspire and show that you are
not alone in this world.
Hopefully, you gain moreawareness, acceptance and a
better understanding for autismaround the world Understanding
for Autism Around the World.
(00:51):
Hi, I'm Tony Mantor and welcometo today's episode of why Not Me
, the World.
We're recording live at theNashville Palace for a special,
remote podcast, unscripted,unedited and full of heart.
Tonight's episode supports anacoustic evening for autism, a
show happening right here thisevening.
(01:12):
We're thrilled to bring youthis country experience and I
hope you enjoy it as much aswe're enjoying sharing it with
you.
We've got two fantastic guestsjoining us tonight.
This is week number two out ofthree that I'll be featuring two
guests per episode to dive intoeverything we're covering right
here tonight.
(01:32):
Thanks for tuning in.
Okay, I'm here with DarrellWorley.
Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Man, yeah, I'm glad to be on here and to hear what
all the good work you're doing.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
that's awesome well, I appreciate it.
So we're here at the umnashville palace and we're going
to do a concert tonight forautism.
What led you to be part of this?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
oh, years ago we had a couple of of uh friends and
and they had a child that wasborn autistic and that kind of
started the whole thing for me.
So anything that came along nottoo long after that, I wound up
doing this show down onBroadway every year at one of
(02:17):
the bars down there, and wewould have this big benefit show
and bring in all kinds ofartists and songwriters for
cystic fibrosis oh, okay, andbecause we had a family member
who died with that disease andso it was always close to our
hearts and I did that for yearsand I thought to myself, you
(02:39):
know, because we had seen howother lives were affected by
autism, autism that if I everhad a chance to do something
along those lines, that I wouldjump right in there, and that's
how this started.
So I think I've been doing thisfor several years.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Oh, that's great.
You know we are unfortunately acountry of if it doesn't affect
our family, we don't getinvolved country, or if it
doesn't affect our family, wedon't get involved, you know.
And learning about autism andhow it affects people, you know
it's something that needs to getout there for people to learn
and understand that.
That is something that we allneed to help absolutely.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
I think, uh, and you know we've mentioned cystic
fibrosis and autism, and there'sa thousand other things that
people are, and some of them Imean I've just I've been close
to people with musculardystrophy and MS, and it goes on
(03:37):
and on.
And you know, to be perfectlyhonest with you, none of this
stuff we're talking about is forthe faint of heart.
It's a difficult thing to dealwith and in some instances some
are not as bad as others, butit's still a challenge for every
person that's involved.
And so you know, whatever wecan do to help at the end of the
(03:57):
day that's why we're put hereis to love one another and to
help out Exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
You know I found that when I first started this
podcast about autism I didn'tknow anything about it and now,
over the last year and a half,I've learned so much and it's
just those things that thestories that you hear from
people that have that are livingit, that go through all the
challenges and you sit back andgo.
You know we complain sometimesevery day, but we don't have to
(04:27):
deal with some things, so it'sgood that we can help out when
we can.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Well, I, I just feel like you know people have always
, uh, even made jokes about that.
I used to.
They used to call me benefitDaryl because, because I would
just do any body's benefit.
That came along and you know,growing up in music you got
people used you like that a lot.
(04:51):
They'd say hey, can you guyscome out?
Which I'm not saying in a badway, I'm saying we were thankful
to be used in that way, Right.
And then I got to a differentlevel and started doing this on
a national scale and you know,all of a sudden I'm like, oh my
gosh, this is bigger than I everdreamed it could be with my
(05:15):
career and stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
And the first thing that occurred to me is man, I'm
really going to be able to helppeople now.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, you know that was going to be my next question
.
For you is this one thing whenyou're doing bars and clubs and
across the country, but thenwhen you elevate yourself with
hit records and get to the pointof where you can go out and do
concerts, then all of a suddenyour platform can help so many
people just by using your voice,by just telling people you need
to help people.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Yeah, I mean we do that in a lot of different ways.
I have help people.
Yeah, I mean we do that in alot of different ways.
I have my own foundation, thedaryl worley foundation is is
alive well and active.
I mean we are, we are, we arereally, really making a
difference in in our region,which would be like west
tennessee, right uh, south, uh,north mississippi, north alabama
, all there, but but we helppeople all over the country and,
(06:04):
oh, it has really grown.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
And we've been so blessed.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
And we look for other smaller startups that we know
are doing good work and we tryto donate to them and help them
figure it out, because we wentthrough a lot of time when it
was not easy.
those first few years I'm like,oh my gosh I'm gonna wind up
being in debt yeah, so it's awhole different world when you
get into helping people likethat because, because people
(06:35):
don't understand the challengesthat you have to go through in
order to help well, and thebottom line is you, you've just
got to come up with free moneysomehow, yeah, and and when you
say free money, people go whatis that exactly, and that's well
.
Where are you give me money tohelp people?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
yeah, exactly for us it's free money for those people
.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
It's free money but but it doesn't come free it.
There's a lot of work that goesinto it, yeah, but every bit of
it's worth it.
It's probably, you know, I lookback on it all and I I think my
travels to the war zones andentertaining our troops and
doing all that stuff that'sgoing to be huge on the
(07:14):
highlight reel, but leaving thefoundation behind it's a work
that will continue long afterI'm gone.
I know it will, because goodpeople are involved.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Good people want to be involved in things like that
and I think we're about to startmaybe getting some sponsors on
the corporate level oh nice,that'll be huge for us yeah, and
then the good news is is we'lldo the right thing with it yeah,
you know, the one great thingabout doing this is when I'm in
(07:46):
the studio doing production workand everything.
I finish it up, I feel goodthat, oh man, this is good.
But when I finish an episode onmy podcast and I'm talking with
autistic people and thechallenges and I finish it
editing, it feels like I'veaccomplished something.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Oh yeah, well, that's because you're helping somebody
.
Yeah, I mean you know I can sithere and harp on it all day
long, but you know, I'm aspiritual person and I'm a
born-again Christian.
I love Jesus Christ.
I don't preach to people.
That was my daddy's job.
He's really good at it, but Isaid I don't think that's going
(08:20):
to work for me.
Right, I can tell you without ashadow of a doubt that man my
convict convictions in this areaare very, very strong.
Yeah, but that's how each of uswas designed, whether we know it
or not yet.
Yeah, we may not, you may notknow it yet, but that's how you
were designed, and you won'tfeel real accomplishment, you
won't feel real, uh,effectiveness in your life until
(08:43):
you've done that helpingsomeone else yeah that you
didn't have to help.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Someone that that you just thought that person needs
help.
I'm going to step in.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Whether it be stopping on the side of the road
and helping some old ladythat's changing a tire.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
I don't care what it is.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Those acts of kindness and acts that you do
out of your heart, that you donot have.
That's the good stuff.
Absolutely and that's what kindof thing my mother always said.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Those are the things that put the silver lining on
the clouds yeah, yeah,absolutely well, I tell you, I
really appreciate you coming on.
I'm looking forward to showtonight and thank you, and I'll
have to get you back to on my onmy real project get you come
talk about autism, oh my yeah,yeah, I'd love to sounds like
life with Darryl Worley.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
You love it, man oh, I love it.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Yeah, all right, well , I appreciate it, thank you all
right.
Okay, we're here with DylanMassengale.
Thanks for coming on.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
So tell me a little bit about your story and how you
came to be doing this showtonight.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Well, about four and a half years old, I was
diagnosed with high-functioningautism.
How bad.
And doctors told my parents andmy family and my friends,
telling me that I would never beable to get to perform, never
be able to carry a conversation,never be able to carry a job,
not to be able to do anything.
(09:57):
But with the right treatmentsand the right detox and with my
mom helping me out so much.
I would not be doing this if itwasn't for her and thanking my
good Lord and Savior foreverything that they've done for
me.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Good, good.
Now where are you originallyfrom?
Speaker 3 (10:15):
I'm originally from Missouri, out of the southwest
Missouri area.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Okay, what made you decide to move to Nashville?
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Well, I actually, I mean, I come to visit Nashville.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I actually am currently living in Branson,
missouri, okay, sure, but Iactually come to Nashville about
once or twice a year.
Okay, and I've been a part ofthis great cause of this show.
I was a part of it, the firstone, last year oh nice, at the
Troubadour Nashville, and I wasnominated last year for the
Josie Music Awards.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
It's held in Tennessee.
That's held in Tennessee.
That's held at the Grand OleOpry.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Yeah, but yeah, I make a lot of trips to Nashville
and it's good to see a lot ofgreat friends out here.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Yeah.
So now, what are you doingmusically?
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Well, musically, I'm a bass player, I get to play
bass, and the rest of my family,I mean I could play guitar, but
it's not really really good,okay.
But I mean my brother, he's adrummer himself, nice.
And my dad, he is a fiddleplayer Okay, and my mom is a
singer and a fiddle player andacoustic guitar player as well,
okay.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
That's all in the family.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
I grew up in a musical family.
My dad actually has been inthis business now going on for
45 years in Ozark MountainCountry there in Branson.
He actually started a show whatwas the third founding show in
Branson called the PlumberFamily Country Visit Show.
That was found.
And then after that he made themove and he got to tour five
(11:45):
years and even got to spend histime here in Nashville with the
late, late great mr roy clarkfrom out of tulsa and uh played
the grand olabri and played, uh,the last three seasons of hee
haw.
Okay, and uh.
After that he made the move tobranson's.
He's been there ever since andmy mom she actually um, both of
my parents were born and raisedin the state of arkansas.
(12:07):
Okay, they were born out ofarkansas.
My mom was originally born fromout of Des Arc, arkansas, on the
east part, closer towardsMemphis, to the state.
She actually made the move toBranson about I would say about
early 1990, I think at the timeshe made the move and she worked
(12:28):
with a group called the TexasGold Miners that was based out
of Fort Worth, texas, and theymade the move to Br.
She worked with a group calledthe Texas Gold Miners they were
Texas and they made the move toFrance and they did a show.
Then, after that, she workedwith different names.
She worked with names likeBarbara Fairchild, mickey Gilley
.
She worked with the late greatMr Joe Diffie as well.
She's been a part of so manydifferent shows, including a guy
(12:50):
that's actually written somesongs for the late great, mr
george jones, by the name of mrbilly yates that she's worked
with, but my brother, on theother hand, he has actually
worked with a bunch of differentartists.
He has worked with the nameslike martin wills, yeah, ronna
vincent genie, seeley mo bandy,just to name a few.
And, uh, he has been.
(13:10):
He's been playing drumsprofessionally at the age of 14
years old and now he's 24 yearsold and he recently was just
awarded from the Terry MusicAwards there in Missouri for
2020 Forge Rover of the Yearover the last year.
And I couldn't ask him more.
I am talented and I'm soblessed to be with my family.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
That's great To be where I'm at.
So so how many songs are youdoing tonight?
I am doing two songs tonight.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Okay, all right.
Your own songs.
I'm actually doing some coverstonight.
Oh, okay, I'm actually pullingout a Buck Owens song.
But my favorite artists whoever did it but they actually
did a CD release party hereyears ago and he played here
many times was the late greatDaryl Singletary.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
Daryl Singletary.
He did Love's Gonna Live here,and then I'm on to another cut
of what he did, but it was acover, but it was called I Never
Go Around Mirrors Tonight.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Yeah, and that's great.
Well, good, I'm looking forwardto seeing what you do, and
we're going to have to get youon to my normal podcast and get
a full episode in for you,absolutely.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
I would love to be on there and I'm so grateful for
the opportunities that my Lordand Savior has given to me, my
family and a special thank youto the artists who have
supported me all through theseyears.
Special thank you to RhondaVincent.
She was the one that actuallymade my debut at the Grand Ole
Opry a couple years ago Nicenice Special thank you to her
(14:39):
Junior Brown.
Yeah, let's see.
Leona Williams, jimmy Fortunefrom the Statler Brothers and
other names like T Green Brownand even I've known for the
longest, but Miss Allison Krauss, yeah.
I'm privileged to know her.
Well, great, but it's been afun ride.
Yeah, I'm enjoying every minuteof it that I love.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Well, you need to, and I appreciate you coming on.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Thank you so much for having me All right Thanks,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (15:16):
Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule
to listen to our show today.
We hope that you enjoyed it asmuch as we enjoyed bringing it
to you.
If you know anyone that wouldlike to tell us their story,
send them to TonyMantorcomContact then they can give us
their information so one daythey may be a guest on our show.
(15:36):
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