Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent (Dailey & Vincent) came up to our Church By The Lake on a beautiful September Sunday morning and shared their incredible musical talents with our congregation. Darrin even tied his own personal testimony into what the preacher spoke about…the fact that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. It was a beautiful time in one of the most beautiful settings that I know of. The book in my right hand is the very first Bible I ever owned…a New Testament with Psalms…that my Grandpapa Anderson gave me on my 7th birthday. It’s well-worn now, as you might imagine, but I wanted to read from it that morning and I did. I shared Psalm 100 which I felt was appropriate in that it talks about coming before God’s presence with singing. Thanks to Jamie and Darrin, we did exactly that. Thanks, Guys. You were amazing!

As I mentioned in my letter, I recently appeared on a podcast with Rusty Gaston, head of the Nashville division of Sony Music Publishing, where we talked about my career from the songwriting perspective. I’ve never devoted an entire interview to nothing but the writing of songs, and it was a fun visit. Rusty and I posed for this picture after the show was recorded. I hope lots of you will tune in to listen and watch our conversation.

This is an old picture from the vault (as you can tell) of a young Marty Robbins and an even younger Bill Anderson. It was taken at the old WSM radio studios in Nashville in the summer of 1955, which means I would have been all of 17-years old. I never dreamed back then that I’d get to know Marty, let alone tour with him, do television with him, and listen to him sing a song I had written. Can you see the stars in my eyes in this picture? Maybe not, but they were definitely there!