“I grew up on the Massey plantation on Highway 1. In 1965, I was six years old when they put the hoe in my hand and I started chopping cotton. I made a dollar a day. I still love the Massey family today. Hoeing cotton is tough in the heat and you have huck a burr weeds and coffee bean weeds. You have to clear out the weeds before you get to the cotton. A row is a mile long and it takes hours to get one row done. My mama raised 11 kids. Super Chikan, the bluesman, is the oldest one and I am the knee baby. Mississippi is a good place but I moved to Indiana. I wanted to see where the buffalo roam and I had a sister who lived there. I like the cornfields and the silhouettes of life. I can fish and hunt there too. My heart is meant for working and getting paid. My mama taught me if you want something, you need to work for it. Growing up in the South made me a man. I am a carpenter and build houses. I can build whatever you want. I like to hunt rabbits and I have some good beagles. I like to eat wildlife and we had coon and dove today. A coon is one of the cleanest animals in the world, it is good with sweet potatoes. This is my son, he is the only boy I have out of four kids. He is a handsome kid.”