You d be hard pressed to find a successful country musician who hasn t done their time in Nashville. However, when it comes to building a life sometimes you have to move away from the bright lights.
You d be hard pressed to find a successful country musician who hasn t done their time in Nashville. However, when it comes to building a life sometimes you have to move away from the bright lights.
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"It's mind-blowing for me to remember that because of one single request from my band director, my life has had such an incredible journey," says Tommy Dobbs, assistant professor of percussion at Oklahoma City University and principal percussionist with the Fort Smith Symphony. "If you would have told 14-year-old me that one day I would be a marimba soloist with a professional orchestra, I would have literally said, 'What's a marimba and what's an orchestra?' I'm actually laughing and tearing up a bit."