After 40-plus years as a performer, he’s scored a string of chart-topping hits, recorded with everyone from George Jones to Marty Stuart—not to mention his iconic brother—and been designated an honorary colonel.

Nevertheless, at 69, the living legend known as Tommy Cash is far from retirement. These days, in fact, he’s touring in support of his newly released, 15-song Fade To Black CD from InLight Records, logging more than 120 shows annually, with no signs of slowing down.

Never one to ride coattails, the hit-making Cash named Tommy entered the country realm as a professional entertainer after serving in the U.S. Army. And while his eldest brother had long since hit music’s big time, for Tommy, making music was a calling that couldn’t be denied.