Tom Wright has been familiar as a musician to fans in Indiana and beyond for more than half a century. His voice has always dazzled, but another talent truly sets him apart: his gifts as an emcee and raconteur.Tom’s stage repartee began as a way to keep listeners engaged while brother Tim changed or tuned his instruments between songs. It soon blossomed into an important feature of the band’s shows, often leaving audiences laughing, crying, or both.His stories, often blending fact and fiction, are often rooted in the unusual town where he was born: French Lick, Indiana, a tiny hamlet with an exotic history as a playground for the rich and famous. Also located in Springs Valley are West Baden, Sulphur Creek, and the Hoosier National Forest, all of which loom large in Tom’s memories and stories.Many of the tales in this collection have their roots in stage presentations, the band’s “Hoosier Jubilee” radio variety show (broadcast from the French Lick Springs Hotel), and a host of fond reminiscences and observation. They are Tom’s salute to a life of family, faith, music, and memory, celebrating those down-home verities. He sees beauty and pathos in the nostalgia, finds humor in the exaggeration, and locates the universal in the specific.Reading this book, Tom’s follow-up to Through the Sycamores, you’ll feel as though you’re sitting down for a warm, engaging chat with a a funny, wise, thoughtful, and sentimental old friend.