هرگز به صندلی های خالی نگاه نکن ۲۰۱۷
Never Look at the Empty Seats 2017

1. Contents

2. Preface

3. Chapter 1: First Things First

4. Chapter 2: School Days and the Real World

5. Chapter 3: That’s a Big Ol’ World Out There

6. Chapter 4: Three Chords that Changed My Life

7. Chapter 5: Finishing Up and Starting Over

8. Chapter 6: Another Move, and This One Hurt

9. Chapter 7: Paying Dues on the Installment Plan

10. Chapter 8: Sometimes Fate Just Walks Right through the Door

11. Chapter 9: Blast from the Past

12. Chapter 10: Midnight Madness and Wild Oats

13. Chapter 11: Burned Fingers and Burned Bridges

14. Chapter 12: New Beginnings or Last Stand

15. Chapter 13: Just a Stop Along the Way

16. Chapter 14: Tonight I Met the Girl of My Dreams, for Real

17. Chapter 15: The Show Not Only Must but Will Go On

18. Chapter 16: Happiness Comes in Swaddling Clothes

19. Chapter 17: Oh the Joys of Living the Honkytonk Life

20. Chapter 18: Music City, Here I Come

21. Chapter 19: Opportunity Knock, Knock, Knocking on My Front Door

22. Chapter 20: The View from the Other Side of the Control Room Window

23. Chapter 21: Bird on a Wire

24. Chapter 22: Youngblood and New Ground

25. Chapter 23: What Goes Around Comes Around

26. Chapter 24: Gearing Up for the Long Run

27. Chapter 25: A Long Road and a Little Wheel

28. Chapter 26: Red Hot Chicken and the Advent of the Volunteer Jam

29. Chapter 27: Always Works Out for the Best

30. Chapter 28: Demise of the Uneasy Rider: New Rides

31. Chapter 29: Decisions, Decisions

32. Chapter 30: It Was October in St. Louis Town When We Heard that the Free Bird Had Fell to the Ground

33. Chapter 31: A Million Miles, A New Face, and the Devil Went Down to Georgia

34. Chapter 32: Urban Cowboy

35. Chapter 33: Big Show, Big Crowds, Big Crew

36. Chapter 34: Broken Arms and Grammys

37. Chapter 35: Just a Hill with Some Tall Trees Where a Creek Comes Bubbling By

38. Chapter 36: You Never Did Think that It Ever Would Happen Again

39. Chapter 37: Talk to Me Fiddle, Tell Me About the Time When You Came Across the Sea

40. Chapter 38: Cardboard Critics

41. Chapter 39: High Lonesome, Our Little Piece of Tennessee

42. Chapter 40: Heart of My Heart, Rock of My Soul, You Changed My Life When You Took Control

43. Chapter 41: Many, Many Years Ago God Came to Abraham, He Said I’ve Chosen You to Carry Out My Plan

44. Chapter 42: Falling Down and Getting Up and Digging Out

45. Chapter 43: Homesick Heroes

46. Chapter 44: Next of Kin and Simple Men

47. Chapter 45: The Door

48. Chapter 46: Saying Goodbye to Momma

49. Chapter 47: Changes Going and Coming

50. Chapter 48: I Ain’t Nothing but a Simple Man, They Call Me a Redneck, I Reckon that I Am

51. Chapter 49: There’s a New Train Coming, Get On Board or Just Keep Walking

52. Chapter 50: The Cowards Came by Morning and Attacked Without a Warning, Leaving Flames and Death and Chaos in Our Streets

53. Chapter 51: A Friend Who Affected My Life

54. Chapter 52: Close Call in the Rockies

55. Chapter 53: Ain’t It Good to Be Alive and Be in Tennessee

56. Chapter 54: This Is a Righteous Cause, So Without Doubt or Pause I Will Do What My Country Asks of Me

57. Chapter 55: A Heart’s Desire Answered on the Stage of the Ryman Auditorium

58. Chapter 56: Ain’t No Fool Like an Old Fool

59. Chapter 57: And the Lonesome Boy from Dixie Made It Home

60. Chapter 58: The Way I See It

61. Chapter 59: Another Blip on the Screen

62. Chapter 60: There Are Some Things in This World You Just Can’t Explain

63. Chapter 61: I’ll Always Remember that Song

64. Chapter 62: We’ve Traveled Our Highways and Toasted Our Times in Rotgut Whiskey and Fine French Wines, Old Friend We’ve Been a Mile or Two Together

65. Chapter 63: Icing on a Very Special Cake

66. Acknowledgments

67. Notes

68. Photos