Dolly Parton

Jeannie C. Riley rocketed to the top of country music with the smash country crossover hit, “Harper Valley PTA” in 1968. Her stratospheric rise put her in the same orbit with country music luminaries such as Merle Haggard, Johnny Paycheck…

Although Ray Benson and I have never met, we’ve covered “miles and miles of Texas” together. He and his band, Asleep at the Wheel, have provided the soundtrack for my roadway ramblings since the days I was a fledgling writer exploring the…