over the last few decades his talents have made leavell one of the most soughtafter musicians in then apply to another. that has really been the great experience of my career, is having this diversity and always learning something and being in different settings. ♪ >> reporter: but music, he'll tell you, is only one of his three passions. there's his family, his wife of 38 years, rose lane, their daughters and grandsons and his beloved home, charlane plantation. 3,000 sprawling acres in rural georgia, which have been in his wife's family for generations. >> in 1981er are grandmother passed on, leaving her this plot of land and this house we're in now. and it became our responsibility to carry on this generational heritage stewardship of the lands. >> reporter: what leavell thought might be an adventure as a gentleman farmer quickly became a calling to foresty and conservation. now he's an honorary forest ranger. >> i've got the hat and everything. >> reporter: can you call smokey the bear? >> very tight, very tight. >> reporter: kidding aside, there's no denying his dedication. >> yo