Daddy Had A Cardiac Mama Got A Cadillac

Buck Norris sings “Daddy Had A Cardiac Mama Got A Cadillac” by Billy Yates. Billy Yates Solo: www.youtube.com Country artist Billy Yates rolled the dice in 2001 when he walked away from Columbia Records Nashville to form his own company, MOD (My Own Damn) Record Label. At the time it was unheard of in Music City for an artist to make such a move. Yates’ decision to go independent was brazen considering the fact the singer/songwriter had yet to build much of a fan base while signed to a major label. During a meeting with (then) Columbia Nashville label chief Allen Butler, Yates voiced his desire to make an old-school country album free from the restrictions of a major corporation. Once it was clear that Yates wasn’t leaving to join a competitor’s roster, Butler released the singer from his contract. The very next day, Yates began work on what would become his first indie release, the critically acclaimed If I Could Go Back (2001). Born into a musical family, Yates got his start singing alongside his father (Sunday mornings before church) on a local radio program. The future country star grew up on a farm, where the family “lived off the land” and raised its own “beef, pork and poultry.” A steady diet of hardcore country music — artists like Jim Reeves, Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard — helped form the musical foundation on which Yates would later build his career. At one point too shy to perform in public, Yates eventually summoned the courage to approach the …
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