I had a phone interview with The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban for a story for the annual Bagel Gazette, and he sang his part from "Elvira" to me ("Giddyup, a-oom pah pah, oom pah pah mau mau"). As if that weren't enough, I also got the opportunity to meet the group backstage before their Bagelfest concert in July 2001.

Here are some pictures Mom took of me with the Boys.


I'm the one looking at the camera...
The others are, from left, Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, Joe Bonsall and Richard Sterban.
 


I think this is when Richard Sterban informs me that he was wearing swim trunks during our phone interview. The revelation doesn't daunt Joe Bonsall, who is concentrating on signing my story in the Bagel Gazette.
 


"Mountain Man" William Lee Golden and me.
 


Duane Allen was the last one I rounded up for a picture and an autograph.
 
 

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