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Podcast: You Just Have To Laugh
Episode: 635. Follow your heart and passion and Jim Stringer proves that with an illustrious musical career for over 55 years.
Description: It was 1956. Jim was eight years old. Elvis Presley had recently been featured on Ed Sullivan's and Steve Allen's television shows. The impression cast was indelible. An unrelenting campaign against his parents finally resulted in a Christmas present. A rough but playable ¾ size guitar. Decorated with a picture of Roy Rogers atop trigger. Jim remembers playing Red River Valley, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain. They were in the book that came with the guitar, not exactly the rock and roll he envisioned, but it was his start. Today, 2025, 69 years later Jim has cre...