Songwriter & Multi-instrumentalist
Michael D. Herring presents...

You can take me back to the Orange Groves,
a Picker's Paradise
I don't need no cold winds blowin'...Orange Blossom Honey's on my mind
The legacy of Shorty Medlock lives on with Dolly Parton's release of Train, Train in 1999.
Read about it


Michael playing harp and sitting in with oldest brother Rick and Blackfoot at the Bowery in West Palm Beach, Fl in 1992

Michael is the youngest grandson of the late
Shorty "Train, Train" Medlock of Blackfoot & Lynyrd Skynyrd fame.
THE LIFE & TIMES OF THE RAILROAD MAN...
Listen to the song that made Shorty a legend,
as recorded by various artists throughout the years. Shorty Medlock was an inspiration for the song "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe" written and recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
SMILIN' JACK HERRING & HIS SWINGBILLYS...
consisted of a wide variety of some of the best musicians in North Florida at that time, featuring such acts as The Louvin Brothers, Jeannie Shepard, Little Jimmy Dickins, Marvin Rainwater, Eddie Hill and Hawkshaw Hawkins.
Listen to some originals here:
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