The marked tree fell in the river but they dug it up and you can look at it. They say Indians marked the tree before John Murrell did. He wasn’t a real preacher, they just called him that. When I was a kid I played outlaw all by myself. I didn’t play much after I got the guitar. I played the guitar though, that was why.
Q: You know a lot about history it sounds like.
A: Only from around here mostly. Daddy takes me to West Memphis to read the papers on microfiche. He’d leave me there all day. I’d never tell him I read the ads too. He’d think I wasn’t serious. There was a history column for years. I read books too. I like to read books about music though. That’s because I play the guitars. Everything has a song. If you learn the song right you’ll know the reason for the song. That’s how I fix the engines, I listen to them sing.
Q: Do you still live with your parents?
A: I live with my folks house. I play guitar and work on engines in  the shed out back. I can play the guitars in the middle of the night and nobody gets upset. They get upset when I start an engine to play a duet though. There’s a song in everything.