Bubba
Harper grew up around music and always considered himself a performer
and writer. His father was an entertainer and had a band called
The Waterhole Gang. The first person Bubba ever performed with was
Tanya Tucker when he was 5 and they sang "Delta Dawn".
As he grew up he started bull riding and competing in rodeos. He
decided to stop competing in the sport because in his words "I
think more of them covered me than I was covered" but music
played a key role in his decision to leave the rodeo circuit. Bubba
has always created and performed country music.
In 1996 he moved to La Vergne, Tennessee and did a live show with
Vern Gosdin where 9 songwriters were invited to perform their songs
with Vern. That was a highlight for Bubba. His music is his own
style with his heart and soul in it. He has been influenced by George
Strait, Merle Haggard and George Jones.
Bubba moved to Nashville and recorded a CD "Heart On The Line"
and got a lot of airplay on Nashville's WSM-FM. Through the years
in Nashville and Texas, Bubba enjoyed the lifestyle that was presented
to him from the music industry.
Over time he realized he needed to do something different or his
lifestyle was going to be detrimental to his life. He has 2 children
that he needed to be the dad he knew he wanted to be. At that point
in his life he turned to God and put his total trust in Him to get
his life back on track.
Since that time, Bubba continues to perform for groups but has put
his effort into writing and performing Country Christian music.
Bubba plays in his Church's band, North Texas Trinity Cowboy Church,
on Sundays and the Wednesday night worship service. He has performed
at area churches, gatherings and events in the Dallas/Ft. Worth
area and has finished recording a Country Christian CD.
God has walked with him in every area of his life and he knows God
wants him to devote his time, talent and love for music to honor
Him through performing and writing music.
One of Bubba's biggest blessings to date is that his son and grandson
came to church with him on Father's Day and was moved with so much
emotion and led by the spirit that his son decided to pursue God
a little further.
After seeing how God had changed his dad's life, he decided to continue
to go. His son, daughter-in-law and 2 grandchildren not only attend
church but have become an active member. Bubba feels that is his
biggest accomplishment.
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