Nationally-recognized radio personality, Mitchell Keller of the popular syndicated program, "The Back Porch Show" based in Portland, Oregon (www.backporchshow.com), has invited me to perform in a very exciting event in Waxahachie, Texas--the most historic town in the state, where KBEC AM radio hosts deejay Gary Barton's acclaimed Texas Music Theater, playing only the best in Texas! I'm looking forward to getting back out to Waxahachie, where I appeared live on AWA winner Mark "The Cobbler" Miller's radio show last summer on my way to perform at the legendary Bill's music store in Dallas, which is the subject of a new film called "The Last Record Store," making its debut at Disney Studios in Los Angeles this month. Mitchell is flying in to Texas from Portland for this great event, which will include live music by some of Texas' most prominent recording artists. Representing Houston will be myself and my good friend, KrissAnn, one of the finest songwriters I know. Others on the bill will be up-and-coming Maren Morris, whom I've shared stages with several times in her hometown of Dallas, as well as Miranda Lambert, Jolie Holliday, Deryl Dodd, Todd Fritsch, Larry Joe Taylor, Lisa Dames, Stephen Pointer, Allie Danielle, and many more. From Waxahachie, I'll be heading out to the world-famous Cactus Cafe in Austin on the University of Texas campus, where I played last month on the Texas Angels Tour with Sarah Sharp and Ginger Leigh of Austin. It's going to be a BIG music week! In the meantime, producer John Evans and I will be back at historic Sugar Hill Studios here in Houston to mix my version of Willie Nelson's "The Family Bible," originally recorded at Sugar Hill by Claude Gray back in 1958. The song will be included on my next album and on the new Sugar Hill compilation of hits originally taped at the studio during its decades as the oldest continuously operating recording facility in the region. My appearance on the Great Day morning show on Houston's CBS affiliate, Channel 11, has been postponed due to the station's decision to air a fundraiser instead. I'll keep you posted on the new date and everything else that's in the works, but for now I want to wish you all the best this 4th of July holiday. I imagine it's going to be "hot as a firecracker" here in Houston. More summer fun . . . more memories in the making. Y'all come!