I'll be the first to tell anyone how blessed my life in music has been. How many can honestly say they met and became friends with their music idol? Very rare indeed! I had the blessing of meeting a legend in country music!

I met Johnny Cash for the first time in 1973. After the first night, I met Johnny Cash in Maryland before his show. I never dreamed.

A few weeks later, I would get a call from the man in black himself! We quickly became friends, and that friendship lasted until the day Johnny Cash died in 2003--thirty years of blessed friendship. Johnny Cash introduced me to so many music legends not only in country music but also in rock and roll and folk music. I am blessed to know the man in black and deeply thankful for his friendship.