That's the thing about these songs, they're not about hot licks. They're about the stories. It was tempting to do these songs very modern. But I kept them very minimal.

It feels like the music and the songs are blowing in the wind down there. It's so peaceful. I'm happy that Bruce (Sherman, the executive director of the HRPAC) got to me and asked me to perform.

I'm excited about this year.

He's steady and competitive and I think he'll fill in the No. 4 slot pretty well.

I did want to get some Western stuff on here. But I wanted to get stuff from the Civil War and patriotic stuff. So, I did a medley of 'Yankee Doodle' and 'Dixie' to contrast the two.

We'd just go up and play a bunch of fun cover songs.