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Getting my playing back

Well it’s been a while but I’m back here writing some. I’ve been playing a lot of gigs around Texas. I think I’m getting my playing back up to par. Still got a little to go to get back into playing automatic. (playing without thinking). But I’m getting there. Thank everyone for the comments on [...]

I’m back playing again

Well I’ve start back playing out again. I played for the steel guitar show in Tyler Texas on Sunday afternoon. 6-26-10. We had a great time. Junior Knight was there playing the steel guitar. Junior is one of the top player in the country. He played with LeAnn Rymes band. Also Charley Tilley was playing [...]

Learning how to fill-in with guitar

This information is for playing good country music. I’ve been teaching country guitar lessons for several years now and one of the most asked questions is,” how do you play behind a singer?” Most people don’t know how to do this. They just play notes all the time while the singer is singing. This is [...]

How a country star was born

Back in the 60′s, Grace and I had our own band. We were playing 6 nights a week all over the gulf coast of Texas. We had three girls in the band. Grace, Billie Jo Spears and Betty Spears.

The Lawnmower Story

THE REAL STORY OF GEORGE JONE’S LAWN MOWER STORY by Woody Bridges The story that has been circulated about George Jones and his riding lawn mower is completely wrong. I don’t know who told this story, but it is incorrect.