They stacked (the wagons) up from the most expensive on the bottom to the cheapest on top, and Dad had to go for the one on top.

Dad went back to that Western Auto store. The wagons were still stacked the same way. He pointed to the wagon on the bottom and said to the salesman, 'That's the biggest one you have, but not the biggest one you sell, right?' The salesman told him he could order a bigger one. Dad told him get it ... and when they put me in that wagon, and you couldn't see me from under the (wood panels) on the side. ... That was what 'Blue Suede Shoes' meant to him.

We are the only ones that do this. Most wouldn't let these wagons out, but we run them in the parade.

Now the records are done and we're back to 0-0. The bottom line is that you want to get to the state tournament. Ideally, you want the No. 1 seed and the first-round bye, but we'll take No. 1 or No. 2 as long as we're in the tournament.

I was a chunky little kid, and when they sat me in that wagon, it tipped backward and I banged my head on the (concrete) floor. I was howling pretty good, but Dad went outside and cried his eyes out.

It really starts with the day Elvis Presley went to Sun Studios to record a song for his mother. Sam Phillips didn't like his singing, but a secretary did and kept his phone number. Sam Phillips said one day he needed a white kid who could sing black, and she had Elvis' number in her drawer.