My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the nest string instrument
players in our town.he could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could
play it. When he was younger, he was a member of a small country music band.
They would play at local dances and on a few occasions would play for the local radio station.
He often told us how he had auditioned and earned a position in a band that featured Patsy
Cline as their lead singer. He told the family that after he was hired he never went back. Dad
was a very religious man. He stated that there was a lot of drinking and cursing the day of his
audition and he did not want to be around that type of environment.