Songwriter/artist Ron Thompson is a real world Tennessee hillbilly who grew up in East Tennessee and obtained a degree in Electrical/Electronics engineering. Ron studied piano as a child and taught himself to play rythym and lead guitar. He also plays harmonica, bass guitar, and electronic keyboard. Ron first began recording music in the sixties and did a couple of pop 45 singles which he never released to radio. A couple of years back Ron recorded an album and other songs produced by recording industry legend Col. Buster Doss. These recordings were done on Music Row at Nashville, Tennessee and released on the Stardust of Nashville Label. Over the past several years Ron has released music via various labels including Nite*Sky Records, Glory Train Records, Stardust of Nashville, Hilltopper Music Group, and MTM Records. Ron wrote the majority of the songs on this album as a memorial to his real world redneck ancestors who were Covenanter Scotts who migrated to America because of religious persecution. These people signed the Scottish National Covenant using the blood from their own bodies as ink. They wore a red scarf around their necks as a symbol of support for this religious document. ONLY those Scottish descendants have the true right to call themselves "Rednecks" and Ron wrote the song "Redneck Preacher Man" as a tribute to his great great grandfather Rev. William Thompson who was a civil war era minister. That song was chosen for the title of this album since a majority of the songs on the album have a true background in Ron's youth and ancestry. The song "Momma's Hillbilly Boy" was in several top 40 charts including the East Coast Review (100 reporting stations) independent country chart for three months and topped at #19. It charted in the top 20 songs of the Joyce Ramgattie international charts. It peaked at #12 in the most plays chart of the European Country Music Association. Ron's songs were also included in the top 40 charts of Airways International. Several other songs on this cd charted top 40 and some songs charted number 1 in ECMA most play charts for various European Countries. An actual compilation of charts is available for review but the magnitude of paper is about four inches thick. Among those other artists who have released songs on the same labels and compilation cds with Ron are Joann Cash, Tommy Cash, Ernie Ashworth, Andrew Dean, Beau Renfro, The Helms, River Jordan, Marvin Marrow, Larry Cochran, Carol Decker, the Son-Liters, Bob Mayfield, and Kimberley Bibb-Marrs accompanied by Marty Stuart. A bluegrass instrumental featuring Ron and the Carter boys was released on an MTM label compilation which featured Elvis Presley Jr. on an adjacent track. Ron Thompson is also a featured songwriter/artist on the Rev. Wayne Graham's internationally syndicated Gospel Classics Program. He is also included in the affiliated Dave Spurlock Country Nights syndicated program. The playlists from these programs are sent to 1000 total national and international stations.