Keepin' It Country: 60 Years with Award-Winning Broadcaster and Legendary DJ Tom Perryman

Book Synopsis: Keeping It Country covers 60 years with award-winning broadcaster and legendary DJ Tom Perryman. Perryman played authentic country music on the radio for eager listeners from East Texas to Nashville and beyond. His ability to select music that touched a chord with his listeners was his biggest commitment as he did radio “for the people” rather than conforming to the directions of “corporate conglomerates half a country away.”

Tom Perryman was among the first in the industry to bring the music of up and coming performers into homes across the country and was instrumental in their becoming Country music stars. He shares his personal accounts of entertainers including Elvis Presley; Faron Young; the Wilburn Brothers; Jimmy C. Newman; Jim Ed, Maxine, and Bonnie Brown; Tom T. Hall; Slim Whitman; Bob Wills; Hank Thompson; Ferlin Husky; George Jones; Ray Price; Willie Nelson; Loretta Lynn; Patsy Cline; Tex Ritter; and his dear friend Jim Reeves just to name a few.

Until he was almost 90 years old, he continued to bring the best in Country music to fans across East Texas every weekday from 9 to 11 a.m. on KKUS 104.1 The Ranch out of Tyler, Texas, as well as from AM stations in Longview and Marshall, Texas, and had fans around the world through TheRanch.fm. Married to his “special angel” Billie since his career began, the two had a great time doing live remotes for the radio station all over East Texas.

Whether in the studio, at a remote or other public appearance, Tom’s amazing stories of the people, places, and things that shaped his life never wavered from keepin’ it country.