This may have been before we moved to Texas, but I remember staying in some road-side motels and going with my daddy to some of his shows with my mom and my brother. He traveled a lot with a big group of singers, including Buck Owens. The fun part for me was playing back stage with the props that were there from other shows. They performed these concerts in big auditoriums.

My daddy had a song that he wrote called "Daddy's Girl". I can proudly say he wrote that one for me. He was a regular host of a local TV program called "Panther Hall". My first ever television appearance came about one night when he set me on his lap...