The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that.

I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically.

I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time.

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite my deficiencies.

The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand.