Thomm talks about growing up in a village in the Black Forest of Germany, being inspired to start playing guitar after seeing Bobby Bare on TV, hanging out on a Canadian military base in Germany, playing with an Elvis impersonator, getting shaken down by Swiss border police with Richard Dobson, moving to Nashville, touring with David Olney, Steve Young, Mary Gauthier and Nanci Griffith, road stories, seeing Bobby Bare at the Bluebird, The 1861 Project, becoming an American citizen, etc.