Last Fall, Dan Fiorentino, Music Historian for NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants), came to Ellis Piano to interview owner/presid

Go take your brother a hundred dollars; he needs it.  This is the message from the Good Lord that Aunt Dorothy McKelvey kept getting.

In 1987, my hometown friend, Billy Heard, came to our family recording studio, "Studio Z," in Jackson's Gap, AL, and played us a great...

"The South . . . where tea is on ice and folks are nice!" Quote by Sean of the South . . . one reason I love the South AND my beloved...

"Your dad is such a sweet man." "Your dad is such a good man." "Your dad is such a Godly man." "Your dad is a remarkable man." "Your dad...

In recognition of Black History Month, I have to target Music History in this category. This photo was taken March 15, 1975, backstage at...

In 1959, the Dadeville High School Future Farmers of America Club commissioned my Dad to write a song for their club band to play in a...

Despite the wet, cold, dreary weather, the graveside service for my Mom couldn't have been warmer or more beautiful. My Dad and I got in...

It started out a few years ago as a call to get the morning obituaries, but the truth of the matter is, it was more about getting to talk wi