Greetings from Cow Creek,

Hello, Dillo-Heads, once again from the beautiful Texas Hill Country. It’s so good to be back in Texas, but I must admit I miss my horses and cows and all the critters on the ranch, and the outdoor activities that go along with that lifestyle. I’ll always be a “Cowboy at Heart”! The ranch is still for sale, but we are getting some serious interest from potential buyers.

It will be a bitter sweet occasion if and when it ever happens, as it will be the end of the dream I’ve always had of having a “kids farm” there, where we would take troubled and disadvantage kids and put them together with senior volunteer mentors, and just keep them busy growing gardens and orchards, raising animals and producing their own food and learning “life” skills. “DEVELOP HUMAN ENERGY” would be the theme. Of course it always depended on me getting a giant “hit record” or striking oil on the place. We’re doing okay but we’re talking “trial lawyer money” or “government grants”!

Speaking of doing okay, our latest CD, “SOMETHNG FOR THE TRAIL” is really catching on, while the “WHAT I LIKE ABOUT TEXAS” CD continues to be the best seller. The new band is working out great. I haven’t had so much fun since the days of the Sparkles or the Lost Gonzo Band. The band consists of Gary Herman on bass, Treavor Labonte, on lead guitar, and Ed Miles on drums. They are all really good players with great attitudes, work ethic, and they just love to go out and play good music. Joe C., our sound tech and road manager also contributes tremendously with his many skills. It’s taken us since the 1st of the year to get settled with the tunes and each other, but we’re at the point now where I feel the confidence to get in the studio and record another CD. I’m writing a few songs and have collected a great group of tunes out of Nunn Publishing Co. that I am anxious to record. They are road tested and have all passed the test. This will be number 14, which is something I never dreamed of, but if you just take one step forward after another, after time you will have “covered some ground“.

The music business in Texas has gone through tremendous growth in the last few years with lots of young talent coming on the scene, but I proud to say that “we’re holding our own” and making progress! People say, “how is it going”? I tell them it’s like driving from Texas to Santa Fe, NM. It seems like your traveling on flat ground, but when you get there you realize that you’re a “mile high“!

The family is all good. Ruthie has just completed a huge porch, deck and hot tub project on to our new house. She always has some construction project going on. She orders the materials, she measures it, she saws it, and she “screws it down”. All I do is haul the materials. She has taken up “paddling”. She and her neighbor friend acquired some river boats at Rockin’ R River rides in Gruene, Texas, and spend their early morning hours exploring the upper reaches of Lake Travis all the way to the dam in Marble Falls. She’s developed a great tan and I don’t arm wrestle her any more!

Julian just turned 20 and is a junior at Texas State. He’s still doing really good in school and playing rugby. He spent a couple of months this summer doing construction work on the island of Hawaii which was a real learning experience for him. Big brother, Lukin, is still in Nashville and working for an internet “Whole Foods-type” store. People e-mail in their orders, and they deliver them. He’s also writing songs and has made a couple of CD’s featuring the ukulele which he plays very nicely. I’m trying to get him to move back to Texas as I sure miss not being able to spend more time with him and grandson, Sylas T. Nunn and his mom, Amanda, who has become a recording engineer. Sylas skipped Camp Stewart this past summer but I think he’ll be back. Hey, I’m getting carried away, but I always do!

Earlier this year I had the pleasure to produce a CD titled, “I’M READY”, for a talented and good-looking young band out of Denison, Texas, known as “SPUR 503”, and I invite you to keep and eye out for them and “check ’em out”. I particularly like their song, “I was born a Texan,---That’s what’s wrong with me”. Producing is something I’ve been anxious to get involved in since I repatriated to Texas. I’ve done lots of unofficial producing in my time and the results have had longevity, which leads to me to believe I may have a knack for it.

It’s the same with my publishing company. I’ve had flurry of requests lately by record companies, television and movie production companies for the use of songs in the Nunn Publishing Catalogue. “LONDON HOMESICK BLUES” aired this past week in the pilot for the TV series, “SURFACE”. It takes time, but they do come around.

ROADTRIP/SEA-CRUISE ALERT!
“Baby, let me take you on a,…..Sea-Cruise”!
We are getting really exited about the “GARY P. NUNN CORONA CON LIMA CRUISE” disembarking from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on Dec. 10th and returning the 17th. We’re had tremendous response with lots of people signing on and we hope you will join us for this fun-filled week in the eastern Caribbean with stops in Puerto Rico, St. Marteen, La Romana and Cayo Levantado. The whole band is going and we plan to do three shows with everyone on board being invited to our final show. It would be great Christmas present for that special someone in your life. Contact Sherri Tinerella at 800-822-1287 or e-mail her at stinerella@aol.com Order your cruise T-shirts now from the Bunkhouse Store.

HELP ME LOCATE: James “Tex” Randall from Oklahoma and Michael Halvorsen from Wisconsin Anyone with any information, please contact me. Thanks.

We invite you to check out the Gary P. Nunn Road Dates schedule and make plans to be with us whenever we come to your area. We have some great shows coming up which are “Roadtrip” candidates and excellent opportunities to get out and explore the great state of Texas and hear some good Texas Music too. We’ll look forward to seeing your smiling faces and wear your dancing‘ shoes! Until then, please accept a heartfelt “thank you” for all your support and friendship. Pray for our fellow countrymen and women and children who are experiencing tremendous hardships as a result of the recent hurricanes.

God bless us all,
Gary P. Nunn and family