The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour; now is the only time you own, live, love, toil with a will; place no faith in time for the clock may soon be still.
One of my favorite photos of my father William
@wlgolden
. He joined a gospel quartet called the
@oakridgeboys
in 1965. They started singing country music in 1977, sold over 40million albums & are members of the Grand Ole
@opry
,
@countrymusichof
(Hall of Fame). I am a proud son.
I'm so happy to see that my father
@wlgolden
is back home and feeling better after a few weeks of battling bronchitis and influenza. I hope it won't be long before he is back onstage with
@oakridgeboys
doing what he was put on this earth to do....bringing joy to their many fans.
✝️Until The Lord calls me away from this world to the next, I want to make it clear that I believe in Jesus Christ as the true Lord and Savior. I believe that Jesus is the Son of God, was sacrificed on the cross, died for our sins, and rose again. HE loves us.
JOHN 3:16✝️
Happy Birthday to one of my dearest friends
@joebonsall
(seen here with my father
@wlgolden
).
We met in the early 70s when he joined the
@oakridgeboys
(many birthdays ago).
May the Good Lord continue to bless him with many more 🙏 ✨️
📸: Michael Jenkins Photography
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During last night’s show, we paused to remember a beloved member of our Opry Family we lost earlier this week, Norah Lee Allen.
For decades, Norah Lee added her voice to Opry performances as one of our background vocalists, our Opry Singers.
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2. I'm proud of you
3. I'm sorry
4. I forgive you
5. I'm listening
6. You've got what it takes
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Please say a little prayer for me tonight as I travel from the Middle East to the 🇺🇸USA🇺🇸. I trust in the Lord to protect me and my fellow travelers as we try and get back home to our families. ✝️
Thank you so much!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to
@DuaneAllen32993
, who has been in my life since I was 8 years old in 1966. Much love and respect always and forever ACE ⚡️💥📀🇺🇸❤️🤍💙💥⚡️
As I get older I tend to get quieter because I realize how much nonsense I've wasted my time on.
Now I know that peace is more important than just about anything else.
Mom didn't have to pose to smile. I miss her so much, but we still laugh and cry together. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers even if they are living in your heart ❤️ 💙 💜.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. I appreciate everyone who has followed and supported my father,
@wlgolden
, his singing partners, The
@oakridgeboys
, and subsequently my own musical journey. As the ORB continue their Farewell Tour, I hope you will keep following
@wlgthegoldens
🙏🙏
Happy Birthday to our friend Willie Nelson.
The world is a better place because of his remarkable life and catalog of songs that will live forever and ever.
📸: July 4th 1986 at Farm Aid 2 in Austin TX.
You can't make old friends. My buddy and bandmate, when we were teenagers
@RonFairchild
He's the most talented keyboard player I know. Thankfully, we are still friends. My mother requested him to play at her Celebration of Life in 2020.
Even Covid couldn't keep him from it 🙏
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I was thrilled 2 hear my father,
@wlgolden
sing my 1st Christmas song called 'Christmas Again' from an album with the same title ❤️.
During the years, I had 3 songs sung by each singer except 4
@joebonsall
. Hopefully, they will get back 2 the studio. I have 1 just 4 him 🙏 🙏
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He's been jumping and kicking onstage while singing and doing pretty much all the talking to the crowds since 1974.
He was the energetic one with the mustache for the people who may not necessarily know them by name.
Thanks,
@billboard
for letting the 🌎 know about our Joe.
This young lady is my niece Rebekah (brother
@thechrisgolden
daughter). Today she is graduating from high school before heading to college in Chicago. Join us in congratulating her on this honor and praying for as she starts her life from this day forward 👩🎓
Happy Birthday 2
@MileyCyrus
who turns 26 today. This photo was taken 10 yrs ago onstage during her 'Hannah Montana' phase. Whatever your opinion of her career moves since, I promise she is a smart talented lady who knew exactly what she needed 2 do 2 reinvent herself. She did!
The 60s. This photo was taken in the living room of the house Dad was raised in. We are grateful that it's still in the family and hopefully will be for generations to come 🙏
This is where our family is from. We moved to Tennessee in 1965 for Dad to join his favorite gospel group, the
@oakridgeboys
We are thankful and blessed to be able to get back to the FloraBama line where so many of our family still live and farm the fields of home.
Pix: Dad
Nobody has it easy.
Everyone has issues.
You never know what someone else is going through.
So pause before you start criticizing, judging or mocking others. Everyone is fighting their own unique war.
@joebonsall
APRIL 30, 2020
Me and
@wlgolden
making sure his vocal instrument is strong and in tune for whenever or wherever needed (onstage or in recording studio).
Happy to report that the
@oakridgeboys
have 3 new songs just in case 😎 🎹🎶🇺🇸✝️💿🙏
📷:
@michaeljenkinsphotos
Mom loved to wear scarves. And she loved for ME to wear them too.
We gave each other scarves & fragrances throughout the years.
This year I will also be celebrating my mother's 2nd anniversary of independence of all things of this world.
🐸🌠❤🧣🇺🇸
📷:
@michaeljenkinsphotos
So proud of my father
@wlgolden
@DUANEALLEN
@joebonsall
and
@RASterban
plus ALL the members of their touring and office staff for keeping the wheels turning on their phenomenal career.
2020 better "Look out, man" !!!!
After 116 regular shows, 31 Christmas Shows, 8
@opry
appearances, and recording the
#DownHomeChristmas
project our 2019 comes to an end! We are Thankful for these many blessings... Never taken for granted Lord... Put a candle in the window girls ... We are rolling home...
When you have Buddy Cannon, Blake Chancey, Ben Isaacs and Michael Sykes in the control room at the same time, odds are SOMETHING is gonna sound great.
#GoldensRule
@wlgolden
@oakridgeboys
I love you Dad and am so happy to see you are home and feeling better.
I look forward to the time I am back home to see you and spend time with you again. Until then know that you are in my heart 💗
I'm so thankful to
@oakridgeboys
for including 2 of my songs on this album, the much anticipated follow up to the phenomenon titled 'FANCY FREE' which included a little ditty called 'ELVIRA' . 📀🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜
Dad's view from his perch on his porch yesterday. Didn't it rain???? Yessir it DID.
Electricity was out for 12 hours.
Don't take a hot cup of coffee for granted.
BTW: melted ice cream, anyone???
(Joke)
Me and my beloved Marie, ready for the red carpet at the
@ICMAssociation
awards shownat the
@opry
house. My father
@wlgolden
won Living Legend, and I was blessed to receive Producer of the Year, and to close the show with help from my friends
@tommy_brandt
T2, and
@hinson_family
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my father William Lee Golden
@wlgolden
. This photo shows a young man with dreams of getting off the farm and being a successful singer. It's been working over 50 years with the
@oakridgeboys
.
(the toddler is me).
@RonFairchild
is my oldest friend since 1965. He is one of the most talented people I know.
Selfie: Backstage at the Gaylord Opryland Resort hotel during the
@oakridgeboys
Christmas residency through the 25th.
Tuesdays are dark.
This is probably one of the first times I ever remember seeing my father 'on the job' (so to speak). I am so proud of my father,
@wlgolden
, and his various singing partners with the
@oakridgeboys
since this photo was taken. Dad is the 2nd Boy standing from L2R, where he STILL is.
The Oak Ridge Boys- 1965 - 66
@oakridgeboys
photo L 2 R Tommy Fairchild, Piano. Herman Harper, Bass. William Lee Golden, Baritone. Smitty Gatlin, Lead vocals. Little Willie Wynn, Tenor.. Nashville, TN
I don't have a picture to show, but last night's show in
Georgia was one for the books. All 3 older brothers, along with Elizabeth and Elijah, make this particular concert just amazing. We performed over 30 songs during our 3 hour show. What a great crowd, too.
Thanks again 🙏
If you ever feel like you're losing everything just remember that trees lose their leaves every year and they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason.