I will never forget the first time I met Johnny, it was 1977 in Brampton. Johnny was setting up for another Opry North show and I caught him on stage. I was in awe. I was only 13 and here was one of my music hero's. He gave me an autographed picture that day...

The thoughtfulness and generosity of this man are remarkable as many will attest to I am sure. My examples of these two qualities is as follows About 14 years ago we moved into our little town of Newcastle from the big city of Toronto . My wife and I ha...