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Dillon Massengale

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63 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And I've been a part of this great cause of this show. I was a part of it the first one last year. Oh, nice. At the Troubadour Nashville. And I was nominated last year for the Josie Music Awards. It's held in Tennessee. That's held at the Grand Ole Opry. Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, I make a lot of trips to Nashville, and it's good to see a lot of great friends out here.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

Well, musically, I'm a bass player. I get to play bass. And the rest of my family, I mean, I could play guitar, but it's not really, really good. Okay. I mean, my brother, he's a drummer himself. Nice. And my dad, he is a fiddle player. Okay. And my mom is a singer and a fiddle player and acoustic guitar player as well. Okay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

Well, musically, I'm a bass player. I get to play bass. And the rest of my family, I mean, I could play guitar, but it's not really, really good. Okay. I mean, my brother, he's a drummer himself. Nice. And my dad, he is a fiddle player. Okay. And my mom is a singer and a fiddle player and acoustic guitar player as well. Okay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

Well, musically, I'm a bass player. I get to play bass. And the rest of my family, I mean, I could play guitar, but it's not really, really good. Okay. I mean, my brother, he's a drummer himself. Nice. And my dad, he is a fiddle player. Okay. And my mom is a singer and a fiddle player and acoustic guitar player as well. Okay.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

I grew up in a musical family. My dad actually has been in this business now going on for 45 years. And that was our mountain country there in Branson. He actually started a show, what was the third founding show in Branson called the Plummer Family Country Visit Show. That was found.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

I grew up in a musical family. My dad actually has been in this business now going on for 45 years. And that was our mountain country there in Branson. He actually started a show, what was the third founding show in Branson called the Plummer Family Country Visit Show. That was found.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

I grew up in a musical family. My dad actually has been in this business now going on for 45 years. And that was our mountain country there in Branson. He actually started a show, what was the third founding show in Branson called the Plummer Family Country Visit Show. That was found.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And then after that, he made the move and he got to tour five years and even got to spend his time here in Nashville with the late, great Mr. Roy Clark from out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. and played the Grand Ole Opry and played the last three seasons of Hee Haw.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And then after that, he made the move and he got to tour five years and even got to spend his time here in Nashville with the late, great Mr. Roy Clark from out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. and played the Grand Ole Opry and played the last three seasons of Hee Haw.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And then after that, he made the move and he got to tour five years and even got to spend his time here in Nashville with the late, great Mr. Roy Clark from out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. and played the Grand Ole Opry and played the last three seasons of Hee Haw.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And after that, he made the move to Branson's. He's been there ever since. And my mom, she actually โ€“ both of my parents were born and raised in the state of Arkansas. Okay. They were born out of Arkansas. My mom was originally born from out of Des Arc, Arkansas, on the east part, closer towards Memphis to the state.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And after that, he made the move to Branson's. He's been there ever since. And my mom, she actually โ€“ both of my parents were born and raised in the state of Arkansas. Okay. They were born out of Arkansas. My mom was originally born from out of Des Arc, Arkansas, on the east part, closer towards Memphis to the state.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And after that, he made the move to Branson's. He's been there ever since. And my mom, she actually โ€“ both of my parents were born and raised in the state of Arkansas. Okay. They were born out of Arkansas. My mom was originally born from out of Des Arc, Arkansas, on the east part, closer towards Memphis to the state.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And she actually โ€“ Made the move to Branson about, I would say, about early 1990, I think, at the time. And she made the move, and she worked with a group called the Texas Gold Miners. Okay. We're Texas, and they made the move to Prince, and they did a show. Then after that, she worked with different names. She worked with names like Barbara Fairchild, Mickey Gilley.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And she actually โ€“ Made the move to Branson about, I would say, about early 1990, I think, at the time. And she made the move, and she worked with a group called the Texas Gold Miners. Okay. We're Texas, and they made the move to Prince, and they did a show. Then after that, she worked with different names. She worked with names like Barbara Fairchild, Mickey Gilley.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

And she actually โ€“ Made the move to Branson about, I would say, about early 1990, I think, at the time. And she made the move, and she worked with a group called the Texas Gold Miners. Okay. We're Texas, and they made the move to Prince, and they did a show. Then after that, she worked with different names. She worked with names like Barbara Fairchild, Mickey Gilley.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

She worked with the late great Mr. Joe Diffie as well. And she's been a part of so many different shows, including... A guy that's actually written some songs for the late great Mr. George Jones by the name of Mr. Billy Yates that she's worked with. But my brother, on the other hand, he has actually worked with a bunch of different artists.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

She worked with the late great Mr. Joe Diffie as well. And she's been a part of so many different shows, including... A guy that's actually written some songs for the late great Mr. George Jones by the name of Mr. Billy Yates that she's worked with. But my brother, on the other hand, he has actually worked with a bunch of different artists.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

She worked with the late great Mr. Joe Diffie as well. And she's been a part of so many different shows, including... A guy that's actually written some songs for the late great Mr. George Jones by the name of Mr. Billy Yates that she's worked with. But my brother, on the other hand, he has actually worked with a bunch of different artists.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Country Music Meets Compassion: How Artists Are Making a Difference for Autism

He has worked with the names like Mark Wills, Ronna Vincent, Jeannie Seeley, Mo Bandy, just to name a few. And he's been playing drums professionally at the age of 14 years old, and now he's 24 years old. Okay. And he has โ€“ he recently was just awarded from the Terry Music Awards there in Missouri for 2020 Forge Rover of the Year last year.