arcadeown at the penny in beaumont. it was a sunday. there is nobody downtown on a sunday. stand,p on the shoeshine the fellow was there shining shoes. ands playing and singing all of a sudden, one or two , three or four getting out of church or a movie. they would stop and listen for a minute. all of a sudden, people started throwing nickels and dimes and quarters and pennies and a dollar bill or two. when it was all over with, i had $24. i had never seen that much money in my life. i went crazy. the arcade was right behind me. i had a ball. that is what happened to me a lot. >> what ever happened to the money? early on, you found out that you could earn your way by singing. religion forto a me, country music. i loved it so much. that people like to hear me as much as i like to sing to them, i could make a living at this. >> did you knew -- did you know what you had? johnny cash said, people ask me who is my favorite country artist and i say, beside george jones? is that what it is, the sound that you have? >> some of us are blessed in this business with a little different