If you ask Bodie Powell where he was born he'll tell you Nashville, TN but got to Texas as fast as he could. He grew up in Music City but as soon as he started touring Texas he knew this was where he was meant to be. Bodie has been around country music all of his life. In the early years, Opry stars Ernie Ashworth and Red Sovine were his neighbors and their children were his playmates. Many times he accompanied his friends to the concerts where the country music greats performed. It wasn't long before Bodie knew that this was what he wanted to learn how to do, so his parents bought him a guitar and he and his friends formed a band. Straight out of High School, he started touring all over the US and Canada playing bass and fronting for different stars of the day. These stars included Dave Dudley, Razzy Bailey, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Wanda Jackson, and Susan Raye.
