Long before we started doing any recording, there was a lot of planning and strategizing to do. A lot of that began at the Hippie Chick Twang Records office on Music Row in Nashville. To inspire us, I bought a life-size cutout of Gene, and was carrying it under my arm into the office for one of our first meetings. A young lady, about 30-ish, far too young to be a Gene Autry fan, I thought, was walking by and said, "Who's that under your arm?" I said, "Well, let's see if you know who this is," and turned the cutout around so she could see his face. "Why, that's Gene Autry!" she exclaimed. "How do you know about Gene?" I asked, and she said, "Oh, I'm from Oklahoma, and everybody in Oklahoma knows about Gene Autry!"

The making of "Boots Too Big To Fill"

Here it is, the inside story, the secret stuff, the behind the scenes drama. The production of this historic masterpiece took a full year, and it was full of twists, turns, fences to jump, and the pure joy of making great music with some of America's finest artists. All in tribute to a true pioneer, Gene Autry.