“I forget who all was with us on that tour (to Canada), I never really bothered about the other artists, cuz I was too busy doing something probably something I wasn’t supposed to be doing. But I enjoyed the tours with Johnny Horton, made quite a few of them.

Then I played a date in San Antonio, Texas, somewhere back then, I remember Faron Young, Don Gibson, and there was a boy named Roy Orbison, if ever a man can sing it was Roy Orbison. And I enjoyed being at the show with Roy.”

Note about Johnny’s Memoirs: Prior to Johnny’s stroke in 1999, he had sat down at his typewriter and began to share stories about his life and music. We are sharing these excerpts in Johnny’s own words… just as he told them.