Lee with Emma (Adcock) Yingling, Wentworth Military Academy, 1965.

Lee in London on one of the MCN Country Tours to the Wembly Festival.

Finale, "Introspectro," By David Shelton & Lee Rector. William Jewell College Theatre Troupe for MCDA.

Childhood home, "the farm" in Fayetteville Arkansas, circa 1956.

"The Blue Hole" on the creek at the farm in Fayetteville, circa 1956.

I really wanted to be hugged by Jerry Clower.

Singer Joe Simon with me and Porter Wagoner. Don't we all look young?

Valerie Jay, my Yank girlfriend from New York, who wanted to be a country singer.

Treavor Swadling, Julia Fenderson, Lee and Vernon (?). Trevor and Vernon are from Austraila. This was a UB gathering.

Jim Edd Brown, Neil Pond and his backup singers. Jim Edd was really tall, huh?

In the office at the end of DJ Convention week. Get that camera away from me and bring me an Alka-Seltzer.

Some Brits, Tony Byworth, and that other guy, with Betty Cox, Lee, and Bill Littleton. That hopper girl from the record company. What fun.

Statler Bros. proof sheet. Love those stats.

Didn't know how to be cocky.

My Nashville log home. The longest place I ever lived (and loved).

Some publicity stunt with the Kendalls. Top Billing used to love to do this stuff.

Unknown on left. David Allan Coe, center, and me wonderin' what the hell am I doin' in this picture.

Lee with good MCN friend Sue Brewer who died of cancer.

Sue Brewer's son, Mike Casey.

See, Jerry Reed isn't that tall. Here, with me and Lydia Dixon and Neil Pond of the MCN staff.

This is about as long as I ever let it get.

Betty Cox, Lee and Don Dahlman of Multimedia at the MCN Awards Show after party, circa 1978.

The three: Alex Zanetis, my writing partner and friend, and this old guy from Texas, I can't remember his name, old country music promoter.

Lee and buddy Joe Sun.

Lawrence Welk gives me a keychain. Isn't that sweet?

I needed a head shot for something.

Jan Otteson (Manning), Lee, and Linda Luoma, editorial conference, circa 1979.

Lee on Love Circle, circa 1975, age 27.

Marijohn Wilkin, Mayf Nutter, Lee. (My close friends.)

The MCN staff circa 1978, Lee, Cyndy Cox, Cindy Kent, Betty Cox, Bob Jones, Pat Taylor, Nina Nicholson, Liz Walls and Bill Jones.

Mr. & Mrs. Kenny ("Behind Closed Doors") O'Dell, and Liz Walls and Lee from MCN at some music event.

Being kidnapped by RCA. Bring it on, girls.

Harold Reid and the original Statlers, accepting their Truck Driver CM Award. Harold is pretending that he cares.

I promised Larry Gatlin I would never publish this picture in MCN.

Flash Gordon gives Willie Nelson a Urantia Book -- from Hal Bynum.

Jim Freeman, college buddy, took this picture. Accidentally on the same plane. Had a wild weekend.

Another Freeman photo on the beach in San Diego. Budweiser still king.

Tijuana. Same weekend, 1976. "Sunday Mornin' Slow in San Diego," Glen, Lana, Lee, Jim & Christy Freeman.

That summer, July, 1976, when MCN drove a motor home to Willie's Picnic.

In the office at MCN, circa 1977. I was 30 and it was time to get rid of the long hair.

Francyl Streano (Garwin) Mary, Lee, and cowboy Vern Grimsley, Urantia Book readers, 1983, Clayton, CA.

I lived with this dog -- Lassie -- for 18 years.

William Jewell College Theatre troupe doing "Standing Room Only" one of the MCDA plays. Dave Shelton, theatre director, on right.

Lee and wife, Mary, with the magnificent Jole (aged 1 -year) in Culver City, CA with "Urantian" Julia Fenderson.

Mary, my wife, at her office in Monterey, CA in 1990.

Dave Rowland (right) and "Sugar." I was crazy about the girl on the left, but she had no eyes for me.

Lee and Phil Pratt buy, guess what, on KA Pledge walkout.

Mom and dad's house.

I lived with this dog -- Scampi -- for 18 years. (The cat split.)

Alex's Trooper the dog, with Lee and Scampi.

Country music powerhouses: (L 2 R) Rector, Buddy Killen, John Sturdivant, Bill Hill, Frances Preston, Don Williams and Lawrence Welk(?).

Setting up, MCN Country Awards, 1978.

In my office in Tampa. Media mogul. Circa 1989.

Abby, the best friend I ever had in this world. Killed by a coyote at age 7.

Grip and grin. Barry Bronson. Hired him to edit MCN. Should have been Neal.

Inspecting a "Thanks" guitar back. Ernest Tubb?

And then I was boss ... had to wear a tie ... needed a pocket protector.

The girls dressed up Precious (left) and Abby (right) for Halloween. Was that a trick, or a treat?