Fiction Story by: Gail Nobles
Art by: Gail Nobles
All voices and vocals by: Gail Nobles
Music by: Gail Nobles
© 2020

Allen Ray: Hello everyone. My name is Allen Ray. Yes, I'm that Allen Ray that the Bumblebee plays on the Buzz AMB. If you haven't heard, I sing Together Forever. And I know I sound fuzzy and buzzy when I say stick to those marriage vows. What do you think Bumblebee?

Bumblebee: I hate to say it Allen, but I'm like a honey bee, and I do my shoppin around.

Allen: Well, that's alright.

Bumble: I haven't found the right lady yet.

Allen: Well, keep shoppin around man. Keep shopping around.

Bumble: So what made you write this song, Together Forever?

Allen: All the years that I've been married. All the experience from that marriage. The ups and the downs and being in love.

Bumble: I suppose that's what makes you a great songwriter.

Allen: The more you know about life and love, the more you can write. But really, I had some help in writing the song in how to put it together.

Bumble: I see.

Allen: I want to thank you Bumblebee for playing my song and for helping it get heard on your podcast audio station.

Bumblebee: You're welcome and thanks for coming by for the interview. So what made you want to be a singer?

Allen: Hearing those greats oldie sounds. My father and mother had a lot of old 45's and albums and 8 track tapes. I would listen to them and all the singers and groups. I was like boy, I want to sing like that. I use to sing in school and got involved in a singing group. After high school, we all went our separate ways, but I never stopped singing.

Bumble: So did you sing in the church choir?

Allen: A few times I sung in church. It was quite an experience for me in those days because I was learning how to sing with other voices. I had to learn how to sing out more, and I was learning how to sing. Church is where I learned that other folks had a bigger voice than me and had more experience. And church began to rub off on me. I learned a little more from church. (singing) When I was singing like this. (singing) But church taught me to add more volume to my voice.

Bumble: I see. So you're choice was to sing about love.

Allen: We'll I'm often criticized when I do it all. We need to sing praises to God , and we need songs about love too. Now that is my belief. God is the creator of love. I see a lot of people not living the life of love and not singing it.

Bumble: I see where you're coming from. We'll, we're running out of time now, and I hope that you'll be back soon.

Allen: I will. Thank you!

BB: You've just heard the interview, Allen Ray. You're listening to America's Bumblebee, The BUZZ.