playing harmonica. He’s my knee doctor. He fixed my knees when they were messed up and he keeps me in good shape on stage. I just threw him out there on stage and put up a microphone and made him go for it. And he said “Wait a minute!” (Laughs)
Ever since I saw you and the rest of The Outlaws at that 3rd & Lindsley show you guys so kindly did for me up in Nashville, I said I can’t wait to see them again. Oh my God, somebody is putting on the old school Southern Rock shows again, putting the show into it again, with the heart and feel- ing, and with the twin leads and all that. That’s my favorite thing. And Henry Paul brings that. This is my opinion. The country element that Dickey Betts brought to the Allman Brothers, and Toy and Tommy brought to Marshall Tucker, that’s what I like most of all. It’s kind of a real mix of country and rock and roll and all that good stuff. I was telling that to Henry the other day. We talked for a good long while and I wanted to keep talking and bragging about how much I like you and Chris together. How is that for you, playing with Chris Anderson? Do you enjoy that? Very very much. Chris, next to my brother, he probably challenges me harder than any- body I’ve ever worked with before because he‘s such an intense player and he plays from the heart and he gets out there and just goes after it. And it pushes me hard- er so we work off of each other really, really well - kind of the way Tommy and I worked together. Tommy was such a great player. He did the same thing. Tommy Crain never fell. He would go months without playing when he was doing carpenter work and then he would pick up a guitar after not playing
two or three months and just burn it up. And I always thought “How do you do that Tommy?”
When we were sitting around the stu- dio talking when he came and did that album with me, I remember saying, “Tommy, I just can’t believe you. You’re kinda like a gift from God to help me out like this and make me sound good.”
He was a gift from God. He’s the one who got me started playing and he was just amaz- ing talent.
I’ll never forget that day, Billy, when he said, “Well, I do pretty good, but you need to hear my brother Billy”. Aw, he was my biggest fan and I don’t know why because he was... I mean, what a player he was, and above that, what a person. I mean Tommy Crain never said anything bad about anybody and was always my role model in this business. He had time to sit and talk to anybody and everybody. He was just a friendly guy. He was just amazing. I miss him so much. I want to talk to you some time - he was so fond of you and y’all were so close about maybe having a show one night - All Things Tommy Crain - and have people calling in and tell stories about TC. I think that would be fun to do. You know - the guy who was playing drums with him - Towsend? He’s all into that, too, so we’ll go ahead and do that. We’ll put that down and make a big plan to do it - it’ll be two of the happiest hours I’ve every done. It‘d be fantastic - there are so many stories out there. We played with Charlie Daniels the other night and we were telling Tommy stories and it just brings a smile to every- body’s faces. (Note: The Tommy Crain Tribute Radio Show will air on January 6, 2013, marking
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