No doubt about it, in the 21 years since he released his first single, Neal McCoy – the one-of-a-kind country singer and consummate live performer – has enjoyed every minute of his long, successful career. Even with 11 albums, over 25 charted singles and countless thousands of touring miles already under his big belt buckle, the Longview, Texas-based artist has no intention of slowing down.

"I'm still on the road 220 days a year," McCoy says. "It's crazy, but I really do love it."

Whether he's delivering a stirring version of "America the Beautiful" in front of 65,000 standing, cheering fans in Texas Stadium, performing for our nation's troops in any number of harrowing, far-flung locales, or coming out of nowhere with a Top-10 comeback single on his own independent label, critics, radio programmers and legions of die-hard fans have come to know that they can always expect the unexpected from Neal McCoy.

At the same time, McCoy is that most reliable and predictable of artists. He's certainly seen his share of success in the record business, and even as that industry undergoes convulsive changes brought on by the digital revolution, McCoy, like some musical Energizer bunny, just keeps going and going. That's because, for all of his success in the record business, McCoy is, always has been, and always will be, in the entertainment business. In fact, now that James Brown has left the building, McCoy could easily adopt the appellation of "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business."