Honkytonks, Hymns, and a Hickory Stump
Life and Songs of Mark Winston Hagood

 

Introduction

I didn’t set out to become a musician.

Music was already there—waiting on me.

This is the story of where it started, the roads it followed, and the songs that came along the way.

 

Table of Contents 

Chapter One – Did I Choose Music, or Did Music Choose Me?

Chapter Two – The Hickory Stump and the Harmonica

Chapter Three – The Church Piano and the Gate

Chapter Four – From the Pews to the Plains

Chapter Five – Nashville Hopes and a Missed Opportunity

Chapter Six – Ranch Hand and the Road Back

Chapter Seven – The Big Red Binder

Chapter Eight – A Reflection at Sixty

Epilogue – The Tackle Box

Stories Behind The Songs