Worked at a supper club run by his grandmother while he was in school
After he finished his work, the house band would allow him to join them on stage
Worked in the oil fields of Oklahoma after graduating high school
Met his wife, Tricia, in 1979 at a club where his band, Easy Money, was performing; they dated for three years before marrying
For two years during the early '80s, played defensive end for the Oklahoma Drillers, a semipro team affiliated with the USFL's Oklahoma Outlaws
His 1993 self-titled debut went platinum; and the single "Should've Been a Cowboy" from that album went onto become the most-played country song of the 1990s
Wrote the 2001 single "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" in response to the September 11 attacks and as a tribute to his late father's patriotism
Established his own record company, Show Dog Nashville, in 2005
First album released under the new label was 2006's White Trash With Money