My mother was a strong, hard-working woman. When I was a kid, my mother would sing to me. I was really into music as far back as I can remember, singing along with the radio, performing in the Church at 5 years old, putting on shows at home for the family. When my mother wanted to sooth me to sleep, or if I was sick, she would either sing old hymns or old country music. The main song she would sing, The Browns; The Old Lamplighter. One night, years later, in about 2001, about 4 o’clock in the morning, I was awakened by George Jones’ voice in my head singing a chorus: Mama used to sing, The Old Lamplighter, and what I wouln’t give, to hear her sing it once again. So as much as I hate to be woke up, I got up and wrote the chorus down and went back to bed. The next day the verses came to me and I completed the song. The problem was, the song mentioned her death so I never could sing it for her. So after a while I changed the lyric about her being gone and made it more like she was just getting old. Well as many of you know, after beating lung cancer, she developed Pancreatic Cancer. During this time, I was trying everything I could to raise the money to go to Nashville and record with Doc Holiday. Well it never happened while she lived, but it has happened now, and now the song given to me so long ago, will be released this coming week. Here is a sample of the song, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, and thank you God, for all you’ve given me, including my mother.
