BRYON CHERRY'S LETTER TO THE FANS
HELLO DUKES NATION!
YEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS IS "COY DUKE” HERE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME THINGS WITH YOU ALL. I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY WITH 4 KIDS, THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, TEACHING KARATE, DOING COY DUKE APPEARANCES ALL OVER THE U S OF A. AND EVEN INTO CANADA.
I LOVE GETTING OUT AND MEETING THE FANS. IF YOU KNOW ME YOU WILL REMEMBER A SMILE. I LOVED STARRING ON THE SHOW WITH GOOD OLE "VANCE DUKE". HE WILL BE COMING AROUND THE CORNER REAL SOON.
I RECALL DOING THE 1ST EVER DUKES EVENT HELD IN 1998 WITH JERRY RUSHING. THE DUKES OF HAZZARD FAN CLUB AND WAYNE WOOTEN HOSTED THIS EVENT. WAYNE EVEN HAD THE FAMOUS ORIGINAL "CLOSE UP” CAR THAT I SLID ACROSS DURING MY FIRST PRESS PHOTO SHOOT IN BURBANK ON DISPLAY. IT WAS A GREAT TIME BECAUSE IT WAS PERSONAL. I WANT TO ATTEND THIS CRUISE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE SAME ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CREATED FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED “FANS AND CAST”
I THINK WAYNE PRETTY MUCH STARTED THIS WHOLE "DUKE" THING. JERRY RUSHING IS THE ONE AND ONLY "DUKE BOY". HE LIVED THE LIFE. YOU ALL SHOULD BUY HIS BOOK. I LOVE THIS GUY. HE LIKES TO HUNT AS WELL, AND SO DO I.
AS YOU ALL KNOW I WAS UP TO BE "CAST AS THE PART OF "BO" DUKE. I WAS ONE OF THE FIVE GUYS IN ATLANTA THAT WARNER BROTHERS WANTED TO SEE; UNFORTUNATELY WHEN CASTING CAME TO AUDITION ME I HAD FLOWN TO MIAMI TO TRAIN WITH THE AIRLINES.
BUT AS IN HAZZARD .......THINGS WORK OUT THE WAY THEY WORK OUT “WITH THEM DUKES THEM DUKES” TO QUOTE OLE BOSS HOGG. WHEN JOHN AND TOM QUIT PRODUCTION CASTING CAME BACK TO ATLANTA AND REQUESTED TO SEE ME. AMAZING... I WAS STUDYING ACTING AND WAS VERY CONFIDENT THAT THIS TIME.....I WOULD GET THE PART.
SO I DID AUDITION WITH THE PRODUCER AND A CAMERA, HE WAS READING THE OFF STAGE LINES WHICH WAS A FEMALE "DAISY MAY", LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT I WOULD SOON HUG THE REAL “DAISY MAY”. YES I WAS ON A PLANE THE NEXT DAY!
IN CALIFORNIA DOING A SCENE WITH THE REAL "DAISY MAY" WHAT CAN I SAY SHE WAS SO NICE AND SWEET TO ME. SHE GAVE ME A HUG AND CALLED ME "COY". I KNEW I HAD IT, “THE JOB”!
I WILL BE SHARING LOTS OF RECOLLECTIONS LIKE THESE ON THE "HILLBILLY CRUISE". YEAR’S AGO WAYNE USE TO TALK ABOUT DOING A DUKES CRUISE AND I AM EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. WAYNE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO HONEST WITH ME AND MY FAMILY AND STANDS BEHIND THE WHOLE DUKES THING 100 %. SO IF YOU ARE A DUKE FAN I WANT TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU TO BE ON THE CRUISE.......................IF YA CAN’T MAKE THE WHOLE CRUISE, DO ONE OR TWO LEGS OF IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AND MEETING AND TALKING WITH YOU. YOU WILL NOT EVER HERE ME COMPLAIN. IT’S A BLESSING TO HAVE STARRED ON ONE OF THE GREATEST "FAMILY" SHOWS IN HISTORY. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT FOR SOME REASON VISIT MY WEBSITE www.coyduke.com . I PERSONALIZE ALL PHOTO REQUESTS AND PLAN TO CONTINUALLY EXPAND THE SITE WITH MUCH MORE TO COME.
SEE YOU ALL SOON, AND ONE MORE THING,
YEEEEEEEEEEEE—HAAAAAAAA!!