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HAPPY TALK INTERNATIONAL
Ormond Beach, Florida
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DALTON ROBERTS
INTRODUCTION SHEET
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Dalton Roberts is a humorist, musician, poet,
songwriter, author, newspaper columnist, politician and front porch philosopher
As a politician, he served 16 years in the highest
elective office in
Hamilton County, Tennessee and was given the honorary title of County
Executive Emeritus. A professorship in Public Administration has been
established at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in his name.
As a musician and songwriter, he has played the Grand
Ole Opry, wrote a
hit country song, as well as an NBC-TV theme song. Five CDs and tapes of
his
music have been released.
His popular columns in the TIMES-FREE PRESS, as well
as several other
newspapers and magazines feature humor, politics, human interest
stories,
religion and philosophy, and just about anything that fascinates his
uncommon
curiosity.
He has written two books, Things That Really Matter
and Kickstarts. His
writings have appeared in dozens of national magazines
He was honored by the National Management Association
as the Outstanding
Manager of The Year in 1991. During his tenure as County Executive his
administration won over 100 national awards for excellence.
So ladies and gentlemen, here to share some downhome
tales stir-fried in
front-porch picking, is the downhome philosopher from downtown
Watering
Trough, Tennessee.....DALTON ROBERTS.
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