Meet the Walters

In June 1999, when Faron's then girlfriend Lorrie first met Tracy Leslie, who was in the Jack Bowsher ARCA car, Jennifer Smith, Lorrie's friend from Ranburne, Alabama, saw some of the ARCA stars in Michigan. Jennifer and Lorrie ran into Cavin Councilor from Flint, Michigan, same as Paul Krause and Craig Morton, the sponsor said "Mothers Against Drunk Drivers," Lorrie said, "It's like the first line of Hank Williams Jr.'s "I'm for Love" lyrics." Jennifer dated Cavin, and Lorrie was still with Tracy talking about the Marla Talks TV show from last year. David Keith from Kentucky won the race. Tracy's brother Lee was the crew chief for Cavin, and Jimmy Langston works with Mark Gibson. Jennifer remembers Tracy in 1989 where he had a sweep in Talladega. The first was in May where she attended, and had a picture taken by her mom, and Jennifer wasn't there in the last race. In 2002, Jimmy was killed with his sister Pam of the car accide...

On Aug. 9, 1997, Micah Medders is now married to Angela Heaton in Asheville, North Carolina. Reid Jones was the ring bearer and Cheyenne Langston was the flower girl. Little Thunder was there at the time. Micah's aunt Marla and Tracy Leslie sing "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" during the wedding party. This was from the off race week before Michigan. In addition to Thunder, Micah and Angela had one more child, a daughter Xandrie (real named Alexandria Victoria). Micah and Angela were married for 27 years until he died in January 2025.

Guest: Bluest Eyes in Texas - Restless Heart Regular Music Video: She Made a Memory Out of Me - Aaron Tippin (Burton Brothers) Song for Marla: In My Heart (with Larry Stewart) Medley: 1960 Honky Tonk Girl - Marla Just One Time - Elton and Patty Let's Think About Living - The Burton Brothers (Jeff sang the lead) Please Help Me I'm Falling - Tracy Wishful Thinking - Marla Guest: Long Lost Friend - Restless Heart Gospel: Are You Washed in the Blood - Marla and the Burton Brothers Lynn Vrat is the model in a regular music video. Greg Jennings had the ending role.

On June 28, 1997, Micah and his cousins Faron, Randy, Dwight and Justin were in Watkins Glen for the autograph signing, but Steve Bird, the crew chief for Randy LaJoie, told Micah that his girlfriend, now wife Angela is preparing to have a baby. That night, they welcomed a son Tracy Eugene Medders. The nickname of the boy is Thunder. The first name is in honor of Tracy Leslie, whose real name is Tracy Allan Leslie. Tracy reveals Thunder's birth after he finished 13th.

Guest: Houston - Gatlin Brothers Regular Music Video: Houston Solution - Ronnie Milsap (Tracy) Comedy about hard loving in 1978 Medley: 1966 Waitin' in Your Welfare Line - Marla Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down - Tracy For Loving Me - The Burton Brothers (Jeff sang the lead) Almost Persuaded - Elton and Patty There Goes My Everything - Marla Guest:  All the Gold in California - Gatlin Brothers (The Burton Brothers, Tracy and Marla joined the final chorus) Gospel: I'll Fly Away - Marla and the Gatlin Brothers Hey Dude's Kelly Brown had a cameo of the regular music video. Steve and Rudy Gatlin had the ending role.

On Oct. 2, 1998, another celebrity race was held two days after Adam Petty won the race in Charlotte for ARCA. Rusty Wallace won the pole for the draw. 10 Busch and 10 Winston cup drivers, 2 ladies and two Medders cousins are competing for the race. Adam Medders was driving for Wally Dallenbach Jr. in his #50 Budweiser car, and Jeremy Medders in a #97 Chad Little car. Lynn Marie Peterson in a #90 Dick Trickle car, and Tabitha Welch in the #33 Ken Schrader car. Randy LaJoie had an accident in the first caution, and Robert Pressley's right shoulder is sore, and Tracy Leslie, who was not in the Winston and Busch rides, gets in relief. Marla Medders interviewed Robert after Tracy gets in. Before that, she interviewed Tracy. This is the last time Tracy was interviewed clean shaven before he had a goatee. Elliott Sadler had the handling problem before Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon crashed. Ed Berrier also had a handling problem as Marla interviewed him. Two Dales, Earnhardt and Jarr...

Cheyenne Langston reveals before Shane van Gisbergen won the race in Charlotte that this will be having two rare albums for the Marla Comedy Show, a gospel album, and a Christmas album. Twenty songs to be exact, according to Cheyenne, and will be released on Dec. 5. It was recorded between 1993 and 1997. Christmas 1. Have Yourself A Merry Christmas (1994) - Tracy and Marla 2. Silent Night (1995) - Reid 3. Let it Snow (1997) - Cheyenne 4. Joy to the World (1997) - Tracy, Marla, Reid and Cheyenne 5. Christmas to Me (1994) - Tracy, Elton, Marla and Patty 6. An Old Christmas Card (1993) - Tracy (spoken instrumental break by Marla) 7. Jingle Bell Rock (1997) - Reid and Cheyenne 8. Baby It's Cold Outside (1997) - Joe and Kristen (Carlene) 9. Winter Wonderland (1994) - Joe and Karen 10. O Holy Night (1995) - Marla and Patty Gospel 1. What a Friend We Have in Jesus (1994) - Marla and Tracy 2. Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (1997) - Tracy, Marla, Reid and Cheyenne 3. Oh How I Love Jesus (19...

In 1991, Shelly Walther had a music video with a song called "Cool Down Lover." Chuck Bown plays Shelly's ex-husband in this video, and Gailard Sartain and Bill Byrge, who both died five months apart this year, were also in this video.

John Wesley Ryles, the session background vocalist passed away two days ago exactly a month before his 75th birthday. He was married to Conway Twitty's daughter Joni. His hits were "Kay" and "Once in a Lifetime Thing." One of his last hits, "Louisiana Rain" was covered by 15-year-old Denny Streeter in 1988, and John Wesley sang with Alan Jackson several times, and Faron Reeves in a song called "Yes Yes Nanette" with several NASCAR drivers as choir members.

Marla will have the commercial for kidney people in December including Lee Roy Jordan, D.D. Lewis, Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers and Keith Fahnhorst. Marla talks about the story of Phenix City, Alabama's Mike Frost, who had kidney disease and died almost 25 years later in 2019. Nick Mangold was also on the list.

The thirteenth episode in 2024 features the Cincinnati Bengals. Grace talks about 50 players. 1. Anthony Munoz 2. Ken Anderson 3. Ken Riley (d. 2020) 4. Chad Johnson 5. Joe Burrow 6. Geno Atkins 7. Lemar Parrish 8. Isaac Curtis 9. Reggie Williams 10. Boomer Esiason 11. Tim Krumrie 12. Cris Collinsworth 13. A.J. Green 14. Max Montoya 15. Corey Dillon 16. Bob Johnson 17. Willie Anderson 18. Bob Trumpy (d. 2025) 19. Jim LeClair (d. 2019) 20. Mike Reid 21. Andy Dalton 22. James Brooks 23. Carlos Dunlap 24. Andrew Whitworth 25. Carl Pickens 26. David Fulcher 27. Ja'Marr Chase 28. Louis Breeden 29. Carson Palmer 30. Eddie Edwards 31. Bill Bergey (d. 2024) 32. Tommy Casanova 33. Pete Johnson 34. Rudi Johnson 35. T.J. Houshmandzadeh 36. Jim Breech 37. Joe Mixon 38. Tee Higgins 39. Rufus Mayes (d. 1990) 40. Ross Browner (d. 2022) 41. Dave Lapham 42. Eddie Brown 43. Rich Braham 44. Brian Simmons 45. Leon Hall 46. Darnay Scott 47. Jeff Blake 48. Essex Johnson (d. 2020) 49. Coy Bacon (d. 2008)...

In 1989, Marla was in Talladega meeting with 15-year-old Kyle Wimbish from Andalusia, Alabama. He was the huge Tracy Leslie fan, even Davey Allison and Marla herself. Marla was wearing the Keith Whitley shirt at the time as Tracy had a final Talladega win that July. The first was two months prior. Kyle did it again in 1990 with his family at Daytona Beach. In 1993, Kyle saw Marla and Tracy on TV on their comedy show until 1998, and Kyle was blessed to be part of it, but made it briefly in the "Trade in Or Trade Out" episode where he buys Dick Brooks' big Chameleon Sunglasses die cast. Kyle was in Daytona Beach in 1994 taking photos of Tracy, and there was almost 2-year-old Cheyenne Langston, who was in Tracy's race car, Kyle said she was a scene stealer. Kyle was the video camera man for little Cheyenne's scene stealing moments when Tracy and Marla were around. Kyle was also a photographer for the rest of the drivers like Tracy, and he usually gets pranks with Tra...

Natalee's stepson Merle and his wife Jessy welcomed their second and third sons, the twins, Tuffton Glaser and Gosdin Lane. They were born at 5:00 am today as the Daylight Savings Time was on it. The brothers were joined by big brother Abner Randon.

Guest: Walk on Faith - Mike Reid Regular Music Video: You Lie - Reba McEntire (Patty) Comedy with Jeff Burton about winning in South Boston Medley: 1959 Heartaches By the Number - Marla White Lightning - The Burton Brothers (Ward said Pop a Top before the end, and Jeff said "No, No, No, White Lightning") I Ain't Never - Elton and Patty He'll Have to Go - Tracy What I'd Say - Marla (The Burton Brothers joined at the end saying What I'd Say) Guest:  Till You Were Gone - Mike Reid Gospel: Farther Along - Marla, Patty, Elton and Tracy Tracy's best friend Marty Langston played Patty's husband in a regular music video. Marla and Patty sang the only verse in the gospel finale. Mike was wearing his own #74 jersey at the end of it.

Yesterday, Cheyenne Langston had a new single where she wrote a song for Tracy Leslie called "I Love Him Like a Daddy." The music video was aired that same day exactly a week after Tracy's 68th birthday. Tracy first heard the song, and it was terrific. Cheyenne was in the TV show "The Marla Comedy Show" for four seasons with her TV parents Marla Medders and Tracy. Cheyenne said, "This wonderful song about my TV dad was the sweetest thing I ever heard. Tracy called me this morning as he saw the music video, and it tears me up to see him cry."

In January 1991, Denny Streeter had a music video of the Ricky Skaggs cover "He Was On to Something." That song is from Quadruplets in Love soundtrack and was written by Sonny Curtis, who died in September of this year. Marla Medders, Maverine Michael, Lynn and Gwynn Pomeroy had a cameo appearance. Maverine was wearing the Wally Hilgenberg jersey, and Rodney Combs also had a cameo dancing with Marla. Rodney also appeared in a Tracy Lawrence music video "If the Good Die Young."