Roger Alan Wade has done something he’s never done before. Earlier this year, the Brainerd guy who has had songs recorded by George Jones and Waylon Jennings and had his own music on movie soundtracks recorded a record stone-cold sober.
” I really, really didn’t know if I could do it, but I am having so much fun with it, it is ridiculous,” he said.
“I knew staying straight meant more to me than making records, but I thought what will I do if I can’t do it. Would I have to take up a shovel or a hammer?
“I truly didn’t know if I was any good. Has this been some 29-year joke, and this is the punchline?
“It turned out just like I wanted it to, and I really love it.”