 Her family's band included her mom and her two brothers, and her dad was the manager of the band. They played regular four-hour sets at Elk Lodges and American Legion Halls, all within a three-hour radius of her home from the time she was 12. So she got 50 bucks a gig. Can you imagine? 50 bucks a gig. She was rolling in it at a young age, and she used to take her friends all out to eat all the time. Her new album is called Ramblin' Soul on 30 Tigers Records. That was Melissa Carper.