| General | Music and all forms of communication and the people involved | | Music | BUDDY HOLLY,ELVIS,RICK NELSON,THE EVERLY BROTHERS,CONWAY TWITTY,CHUCK BERRY,MUDDY WATERS,HANK WILLIAMS,BROOK BENTON,THE CARTER FAMILY,JOHNNY CASH,CARL PERKINS,and all the DOO-WOP and MOTOWN GROUPS AND PLAYERS,BILL MONROE and classic songwriters DANNY DILL.DON WAYNE,JIMMY PAYNE,DON FELLER plus many others and all the GOSPEL MUSIC GROUPS,THE BEATLES,THE ROLLING STONES,THE SEARCHERS,GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS,THE BEACH BOYS,CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL,THE MOODY BLUES,MANFRED MANN,JAN AND DEAN,THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL,THE YOUNG RASCALS,all instrumental groups especially THE VENTURES,THE SURFARIS,RAY CHARLES,STEVIE WONDER,AL GREEN,CHICAGO,THE ASSOCIATION,THE OUTSIDERS,TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS,JOHNNY RIVERS,BOB SEGER,CREAM,BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND,THE BYRDS,JIM CROCE,THE EAGLES,LYNYRD SKYNYRD,THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS,THE OUTLAWS,JACKSON BROWNE,LINDA RONSTADT,NEIL DIAMOND,CAROLE KING,GERRY GOFFIN,JERRY LIEBER,MIKE STOLLER,JAMES TAYLOR,ERIC CLAPTON,ROGER MILLER,BILL MACK--the Satellite Cowboy on XM Satellite Radio--who has been a good friend for many years and is from my hometown of Shamrock Texas,HANK WILLIAMS JR.,MARK KNOPFLER AND DIRE STRAITS,KRIS KRISTOFFERSON,THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND,CROSBY-STILLS-NASH AND YOUNG,ALABAMA,THE OAK RIDGE BOYS,MONTANA-THE BAND,TEXAS-THE BAND,THE BELLAMY BROTHERS,JOHN FOGERTY,DAN SEALS,RANDY TRAVIS,WILLIE NELSON,WAYLON JENNINGS,BLACKHAWK,TOBY KEITH,KEITH URBAN,VINCE GILL,RICKY SKAGGS,TRAVIS TRITT,STEVE WARINER,MARTY STUART,ALISON KRAUS AND UNION STATION,DIAMOND RIO,GARTH BROOKS,BROOKS AND DUNN,RASCAL FLATTS,RADNEY FOSTER,RODNEY CROWELL,MAC DAVIS,GLEN CAMPBELL,HARLAN HOWARD,SHELL SILVERSTEIN,my daughter SHAWN-MICHELLE SURBER AT MORNIN' LIGHT MEDIA,SUNNY,BELLA,my friend and multi-instrumentalist/harmony vocalist/sound engineer and producer CHIP MARTIN AT CHIP MARTIN PRODUCTIONS, our drummer/percussionist BRIAN PRUITT,DAVE NELSON,CLUTCH,LORETTA MARTIN,WESLEY,POO-BEAR,MARC-ALAN BARNETTE,TRAMPER PRICE,WILL AND VIRGINIE JORDAN AT WWW.RIBMAG.COM and of course my friend and our outstanding sound engineer WAYNE HALL | | Movies | THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY, CROSSROADS, THAT THING YOU DO,
ET--the extraterrestrial, HEAVEN CAN WAIT and many others to be added as I recall them | | Television | Highly variable and ever-changing | | Books | THE BEATLES-The Biography-by BOB SPITZ
IF YOU'VE GOT A DREAM I'VE GOT A PLAN-by KELLEY LOVELACE
THE SOUL OF A WRITER-by SUSAN TUCKER and many more to be added as I choose my favorites
| | Heroes | My Dad
All our United States servicemen serving at home and abroad
All of my many mentors and teachers without whom I would never have accomplished anything.
My Higher Power who decided my fate many years ago and continues to direct me toward my destiny. |
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