LIKE EVERY DOG THAT LIKES TO HOWL AT THE MOON, TYSON WENT TO NASHVILLE WANTING
TO BE A FAMOUS SINGER. EVERY MAJOR LABEL TURNED HIM DOWN, EVEN THE NASHVILLE
STAR CONTEST COULDN'T FIND A FIT. BY THEN HE WAS SO BROKE HE HAD TO STAY. DAYS
FOUND HIM HANGING AROUND RECORDING STUDIOS, TRYING TO SING FREE AT TOOTSIES,
BUT EVEN THEY RAN HIM OFF, THINKING HE WAS JUST BUMBING FOR SCRAPS. EVERYONE
TOLD TYSON NOT TO GIVE UP HIS DAY JOB (CHASING SQUIRRELS, BIRDS AND CATS).
HIS SMILE TURNED INTO SAD EYES, BECAUSE NO ONE TOOK HIM SERIOUS. THEN ONE DAY A
GUY STEPPED OFF HIS BLACK TOUR BUS AND NOTICED A BEAUTIFUL WHITE DOG AND WAS
WILLING TO VISIT WITH HIM FOR A WHILE. FEELING SORRY FOR HIM BEING HOMELESS AND
DOWN ON HIS LUCK, HE SHARED HIS HAMBURGER AND FRIES AND OFFERED TO GIVE HIM THE
WRANGLER SHIRT OFF HIS BACK. TYSON TOLD HIM HOW HE HAD BEEN SINGING SINCE 3
YEARS OLD AND HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM "SON" GO TO NASHVILLE AND BE A STAR...BUT
AFTER BEING IN NASHVILLE 3 YEARS, HE WAS READY TO GIVE UP.....SO THE ARTIST
KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD HEART....TOLD TYSON TO COME ON IN TO THE RECORDING STUDIO
AND IF HE COULD MAKE THE CUT, THAT HE HAD A PERFECT SONG THAT THEY COULD RECORD
TOGETHER.
END OF THE STORY, TYSON MADE THE CUT AND THE SINGER THAT GAVE TYSON HIS BIG
BREAK IN NASHVILE WAS NO OTHER THAN "SONNY BURGESS". THEIR DUET, "THE MORE I'M
AROUND PEOPLE, THE MORE I LIKE MY DOG" IS MAKING DOG LOVERS ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY CHUCKLE AND HAS PEOPLE HUMMING THE TUNE IN LINES AT THE POST OFFICE,
AND GROCERY STORES.
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