Tommy Newsom loves the small town life.

He's been police chief in Jones for more than 15 years.

Yeah.

Smaller town.

It's easier going, people are more friendly.

Doesn't seem like it's the hustle bustle.

Like you get in the bigger cities, and, it makes it a lot nicer to do your job out here, though once in a while, a big city problem does drive into Jones, which is just northeast of Oklahoma City.

We get a lot of traffic from Oklahoma City, so we never know when on a day to day basis who we're going to stop for, what we're going to find when we make that stop.

Working at the Jones Nursing Home.

Kristy Swearingen sometimes faces that same uncertainty each day can bring a new challenge, whether it's putting together furniture or working with patients.

American ships are still going to go out onto the ocean, right?

Okay.

If a British warship sees an American merchant ships, what do you think they're going to do?

And a different kind of patience is something Stan Higdon needs.

He teaches history at Jones State Center Middle School.

I've been teaching here for two.

I'm in my 17th year now, so I taught over here at the elementary for about 11 years and then moved out to the middle school about six years ago.

And it's just, well, I see these kids and, you know, that's a special thing for me, always has been.

There is another special gift.

These three people and three of their friends like to share with anyone who will listen.

Their mutual love of music.

Music was my first love.

Law enforcement was my second.

Then it kind of got flipped.

So I ended up doing the second.

First instead of actually getting into the music business.

I'm gonna go on a little bit.

Just an emotional release more than anything else, is something that I've always done, like serious relaxation.

Sure.

Like in, like, sit around my house and just play my guitar and kind of let me get away from all the other things just going on.

And now you.

Know, we all stand Higdon, Tommy Newsome, Kristi Swearingen, Tammy Taylor and her son Justin and uncle Stuart Hall are taken care of business, a band that formed friendships First and discovered each had musical talents from long ago and have probably about 15.

They used to have these dances at clubs.

I grew up the clubs if I went up and kind of watched their guitar players, and I went home, just kind of taught myself how to play.

So did Stuart Hall.

I started when I was like ten years old.

For the next 55 years, Stuart played around the neighborhood and across the country and then retired.

But the music never really left him.

It's always been in my blood.

I always loved to play, even when I wasn't playing, I wanted to play, but it was until I met these people here that I really, really want to play again.

I mean, they they brought my spirit back up and made me really want to play again.

You see, Stuart's wife had died.

He moved back to Jones from Ohio to be closer to family.

Tammy and Justin wanted to learn to play.

There was no better teacher than Uncle Stuart.

I had originally started playing guitar and it was too difficult for me.

I have short fingers, didn't work real well, and really didn't have anyone around to teach me until Uncle Stuart came back from Ohio and my original love was the bass.

So I decided to pick it back up Justin and decided to learn two and he sits in with the band when it doesn't conflict with schoolwork, we're doing family oriented stuff.

We don't have to worry about him not being able to come, or we have two other small children that so it works real good that they can always be there with us.

They've only been playing together for a few months, but they've learned to respond to each other's every move.

The musicianship is is tight enough to where you don't have to do as much rehearsal.

And once again, the chemistry between us.

We can kind of feel each other, what we're going to do.

John and I love the closeness and the tightness that the band has together, and the fact that we all interact and kid each other and joke around and have fun as well as being able to perform for the audience and and give them a little bit of music and relaxation and entertainment.

Right now they can play about 80 to 100 songs, all different kinds of music.

And once in a while the chief likes to be the king.

Please give a warm welcome to Mr.

Elvis Presley.

He's on his way.

He's coming to Memphis.

I see you around.

I see you, too.

But it's not part of our average show.

But occasionally we do get.

We throw it in there.

When people ask if Elvis is going to appear.

Have you ever been love you?

Never.

You might have come home with a black wig, sunglasses and a spandex suit.

Transforms the chief into the king.

I would.

Be glad to.

They'll play sometimes from sundown to midnight.

If folks are still listening and dancing and having a good time, we just all have fun and just play and try to make people happy just for the fun, just to making people happy.

That's what we're all about.

That is indeed taken care of.

Business.

License here and oh, see you on the other two years in a row.

Yes, I do.

Love you.

Get up and.