A Cup of Joe with Greg Marlow

Finally, after a year of emails, text messages, Facebook Messenger, and phone interviews, I was going to meet another great Outlaw Country artist, Greg Marlow.

I first heard of Greg when I found some of his music on social media. I watched the video for "2nd Chances" over a year ago when we started the radio station KTFR. I contacted Greg, and our relationship began.

This morning, as I drove to one of my favorite Ma & Pa restaurants to meet with Greg, I
already had an image of him from his videos: long gray hair, overalls, and a ballcap.
Well, I had the hair and ballcap correct and was a little bit in shock that he was wearing
blue jeans! This is why we never look at the outside of someone, and I was about to get
to experience what was in the man. I am so glad I was able to have a Cup of Joe with
Greg Marlow.

Greg and I sat at that restaurant for nearly two hours, having breakfast, drinking coffee,
and laughing. Greg, who is an amazing Outlaw artist, started out in Bluegrass. I promise
not to hold that against him, since he has some of his classic Bluegrass being converted
to the Outlaw sound—I hope in the near future!

If there is one thing I found out this morning, it is the heart of this Outlaw. Greg's song "2nd Chances" is a testimony song. I don’t have the space to put everything, but I will say that as we sat there and Greg shared his heart, I knew I was in the presence of someone who had one goal in life, and that is to hear Jesus say: "Well done, good and faithful Servant.” Greg has a heart to share the gospel and use the talents that God has placed in him, allowing those that God has put in his path, such as the original Godfather of Outlaw
Gospel, Cody McCarver, to guide him. Greg gave a lot of credit to Cody on how he had
directed him and been upfront in Greg's music and videos, providing great support and
help. Don’t we all need a guy like that in our corner?

Greg had to get back to West Plains, but wanted me to hear a song or two that he had
talked about, and of course, the DJ in me loves to hear the song before it is finalized or
released. It makes the story behind the song even better when you get to hear the story
in progress. I jumped in this Outlaw's traveling Jukebox and enjoyed the music and the
stories, especially Greg's Godly passion talking about the upcoming songs and videos.

If you have not heard of this guy, Greg Marlow, you need to tune into KTFR to listen,
and ROKU on CAYA-MTM to watch his videos. I'm going to part with something Greg
shared with me (and this is not a direct quote): A friend of Greg's had passed away, and
he listened to Greg's song "2nd Chances" every night before he died. Greg will be
singing that song at this man's funeral. Singing in the circle at the Grand Ole Opry was a
huge honor for Greg, explained to me, and I can understand that—I had the honor to
stand there as well. But Greg continued, "it is nothing like the honor of singing his song '2nd Chances' at his friend's funeral, because his friend got the message."

Calling gospel singers/artist, Is your music on our station? Want to share
your story?
We're inviting inspiring musicians for a relaxed "Cup of Joe with Cup of
Joe" coffee interview.
It's a quick chat to promote your work. Interested? Contact Joe Inman at
ktfr@usa.com for details!
Send us your mp3 if you're new to KTFR. Be sure to have meta data filled
out.