The host of The Arkansas Flyer is David B. Treadway. Treadway is a native of Friendship in Hot Spring County. Treadway says he has been in radio for 39 years, "meaning I've never actually had to work for a living." He took up the guitar at the age of 13, intending to look "as cool as George Harrison." He settled for just learning to play. In addition to the guitar, he plays at least a dozen instruments, "and a couple of them pretty well." Treadway says he is a great fan of mountain music and Arkansas people. "There's nothing like either one anywhere." He says he thought Arkansas was the greenest place on Earth until he saw Ireland. About music, Treadway says, "Earl Scruggs is God, John Lennon died for your sins, Johnny Cash is the King Of Rock And Roll." About food, he says his favorite meal is "fried potatoes, turnip greens cooked all morning, cornbread (hold the sugar), cold sliced tomatoes (REAL ones), iced tea (WITH sugar) and pork chops cooked over a wood fire outdoors. In other words, the traditional Arkansas breakfast." Billy Jones and his crew are the house band for the show. Jones was born and raised in North Little Rock. He grew up listening to records by great blues legends like Elmore James, B.B. King, Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Muddy Waters, and seeing blues artists perform at his grandfather's cafe. At eleven, he convinced his father, who had worked as a driver for Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin' Wolf, to buy him a guitar. It was love at first sight. In his early years, Billy became understudy to such blues greats as Little Johnny Taylor, Larry 'Totsie' Davis and Rufus Thomas. He formed his own group in his early twenties and toured all over the United States as The Incredible Rock City Band. Over the years, Jones has developed a style that puts a contemporary spin on the traditional sounds of his "old-skool" teachers. He calls it "tha' Bluez" and that was the title of his first album released with the Black and Tan label in 2005. Billy has become very popular in Europe with series of tours in 2005 and 2006. Readers of Soul Bag, the leading blues/soul magazines in France, voted his album BILLY JONES: tha' BLUEZ number 3 on its list of the 10 Best Blues Releases of 2005. Billy released his second CD with Black and Tan Records, My Hometown, in 2007. Jones and his band will provide music between segments and play some of their favorite songs. John Philpot spins some Arkansas humor on the show. For many years, Philpot has entertained folks with his stories, both on the air and at meetings and conferences. Raised in Mena, Philpot has a B.S. degree in agriculture and a master's degree in educational media from the University of Arkansas. Philpot was an assistant extension agent in Clark and Miller counties and a radio and television specialist in the state extension office. He was founding president of the Arkansas Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists. Philpot worked as a farm director at KAAY radio in Little Rock and held similar positions at KATV Channel 7 and the Arkansas Radio Network. In 1985, he launched his own advertising agency. He was named to the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame in March 2005. He has hosted Arkansas Outdoors on the Arkansas Educational Television Network since its inception in 1992.