Chris Gage Horn blowing and name dropping

I've played some great gigs,......Carnegie Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, The Fillmore West, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, The Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw, Caesar's Palace, Lake Tahoe, Nashville Now, The Greek Theater, Antones, The Continental Club, Donn's Depot and a million other places. Tours have taken me to Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, the former U.S.S.R., down the Rio Grande, and more. What a life, and to quote Butch Hancock...."what a planet."

I've been lucky enough to tour with Roy Clark, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Boxcars, Red Willow Band, Butch Hancock, and Christine Albert. I've done gigs and/or sessions that allowed me to play and hang out a bit with Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, Nanci Griffith, David Byrne, Natalie Merchant, Joe Ely, Michelle Shocked, Roy Acuff, Toni Price, Marcia Ball, Peter Rowan, Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Betty Elders, Jimmy LaFave, The Flatlanders, Augie Meyers, Rusty Weir, Roger Miller, Bob Hope, Jimmy Buffet, Johnny Lee, Hank Thompson, Fiddlin' Frenchie Bourke, Bill Kerchum, Fred Koller, Dak Alley, Tracie Lynn, Buck Owens, Williams and Ree (The Indian and the White Guy), The Dirt Band, Mudhoney, Rodney Crowell, Tish Hinojosa, Monte Warden, Rosie Flores, Mandy Barnett, Matraca Berg, Darryl McCall, Jack Greene, Faron Young, Johnny Gimble, Bruce Robison, Charlie Robison, Mickey Dolenz, Jimmy Dean, Floyd Cramer, Floyd Domino, Beth Williams, Boots Randolph, The Oak Ridge Boys, Glen Campbell, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Kelly Willis, Donn Adelmann,The Gatlin Brothers, Eldon Shamblin, Mel Tillis, Kenny Rogers, Ray Stevens, Marty Stuart, Rhett Akins, Grandpa Jones, Tiny Moore, Tanya Tucker, Lee Greenwood, Charley Pride, B.J. Thomas, Johnny Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hank Locklin, Billy Walker, Charlie Walker, Jean Shepard, Hotcakes, Heroes, Daddios, Ted Roddy, 8 1/2 Souvenirs, and hundreds of other equally talented musicians, singers and songwriters.
It makes me smile to read this paragraph.