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Fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. Thirty pounds at seven and a half months.

Jimmy’s second birthday, Hatfield, Arkansas, 1960.

Second-grader in Mount Holly, Arkansas. Just being happy there’s no Internet.

My dad, me, Jimmy, and little brother John David. Probably before or after church, 1968.

My grandparents, Claude David Faulkner and Maude May Faulkner.

Me and my brothers John David and Jimmy, Christmas 1975.

The band Hot ’Lanta in 1974 or ’75. We weren’t from Atlanta, but Arkansas was hot. “Hot ’Rkansas” didn’t sound good.

Onstage around 1975 or ’76 with our band Nothin’ Doin’. That’s old friend Mike Shipp on the left playing bass. I think this was Morrilton, Arkansas.

With old buddy Broderick Collins on a bridge somewhere. Looks like I’m holding something. Probably 1979 or ’80, just before coming to L.A.

Karl Childers, with books and french-fried potaters. Photograph by Michael Yarish. Courtesy of Miramax.

With the late great J. T. Walsh. From Sling Blade. Photograph by Michael Yarish. Courtesy of Miramax.

With Billy Wilder at his office, 1996. Great director. Great man.

With June Carter Cash at the Carter family home in Virginia.

Bridget Fonda, Bill Paxton, and me on the set of A Simple Plan. Bridget didn’t want the watermelon to get too cold. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

In paradise with Sam Raimi on the set of A Simple Plan. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

John Cusack and I on the set of Pushing Tin. Looks like a serious conversation. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

Trout fishing in Canada. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

With the Cards greats Mark McGwire and Bob Gibson. Photograph by Jim Herren, St. Louis Cardinals.

At Oceanway Studios in Nashville. Great time there doing demos in 2000 or so. Jim Cox and Jim Mitchell.

With Randy Scruggs in some airport. Probably Nashville ’cause we look depressed.

With the great Bruce Dern. We’re pretending to be Dizzy Dean and Paul Dean. We have our own Gashouse Gang.

Holding Dan Lanois’s bird in Silver Lake, California. Hey, not a bad song title.

With great drummer and pal Brady Blade and road crew Jim Mitchell, Micro, and Dirty Don in Stockholm, maybe 2000? Photograph courtesy of Felicia Molinari.

Visiting Eleanor Rigby’s grave. Photograph courtesy of Felicia Molinari.

Shaved my head, went on tour, and acted like a tourist along the way. Strawberry Field, Liverpool. Photograph courtesy of Felicia Molinari.

Actually on “Ferry Cross the Mersey” with Gerry Marsden. Photograph courtesy of Felicia Molinari.

In the Cavern Club with Gerry Marsden, Liverpool. Now that’s history! Photograph courtesy of Felicia Molinari.

Here’s how it looks when a 140-pound guy with arms like noodles cuts sleeves off of an Irish rugby jersey. Photograph courtesy of Felicia Molinari.

No comment. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

With John Prine on the set of Daddy and Them. This was moments before we got married. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

With Patricia Arquette on the set of The Badge. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

Lost in a field with Barry Levinson, one of my favorite directors. Photograph by Richard Cartwright. Courtesy of MGM Media Licensing.

On Bandits, somewhere on the Northern California coast. A rare peaceful moment in my noggin. Photograph by Richard Cartwright. Courtesy of MGM Media Licensing.

Bruce and I once again facing off on Bandits, fighting over Cate Blanchett. We both won. Photograph by Richard Cartwright. Photograph courtesy of MGM Media Licensing.

With my ’67 Chevelle, Beverly Hills. 2001, I think.

Lynne Eagan, Kristin Scott, Joani Yarbrough: make-up, personal assistant, and hair stylist. Respectively, Lynne sixteen years of service, Kristin twelve years, and Joani fourteen years. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

On the set of Travis Tritt’s video “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde.” Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

Standing by a graveyard during Monster’s Ball. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

On the set of Monster’s Ball. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

This is either me on the set of Levity, or my friend Rickey Medlocke, guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

As Davey Crockett on the set of The Alamo. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

In Austin moments after getting a REMEMBER THE ALAMO tattoo. Think I was also peeing on the floor.

Back when I was an astronaut. I think this was Mars … could’ve been Saturn … Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

With my longtime stunt double Mickey. Thank God for him. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

Killed by The Rock. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

Boxmasters, Continental Club, Austin, Texas. J.D., me, Mike Butler. Photograph © by Van Redin.

Playing drums on “A Fool for Your Stockings,” Fort Worth, Texas. ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard enjoys a break. Photograph courtesy of J.D. Andrew.

Onstage in Salina, Kansas. Photograph courtesy of J.D. Andrew.

Same show. By the second half of shows, the suits come off and we get louder. Photograph courtesy of J.D. Andrew.

Well over a decade ago, I shook a chicken foot at my head and the next morning I’d grown much more hair. Photograph courtesy of Sandrine Lee.

Then just a few years back, I shook an entire chicken at myself and my hair returned to its original color. Even darker. Unfortunately, it also gave Brad Davis hemorrhoids. Photograph courtesy of Aymeric Montouchet.

Me and J.D. at Shannon’s in St. Louis with Bobby Knight, Tony La Russa, and Jim Leyland. These guys are the real thing.

Ritchie “Cat Daddy” Montgomery, me, J.P. Shellnutt, and J.D. Andrew on the set of Baytown Disco. J.D.’s bleeding ulcer evident in this photo. Photograph courtesy of Lynne Eagan.

With Tom Epperson getting lunch packed for work during Tom’s visit to Georgia. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

Coming home from location scout for Jayne Mansfeld’s Car. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

Bella and me. Beauty and the Beast, thank goodness her mom’s pretty. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

Connie and Bella in their ’60s getups in Cedar Town, Georgia, first day of JMC. Photography © by Van Redin.

First assistant director Jim Hensz, me, Duvall, Cedar Town. Here’s how I direct Bobby. “That’s great, Bobby!” Photography © by Van Redin.

Planning a shot in Cedar Town. (Left to right) camera assistant Steve Search, cinematographer Barry Markowitz, me, Jim Hensz, and script supervisor Anne Rapp, headless, holding script. She does very good work regardless of the no-head thing. Photography © by Van Redin.

Two Beauties and the Beast. On the first day of JMC. Photography © by Van Redin.

In director uniform on set of JMC, La Grange, Georgia. Photography © by Van Redin.

Mom with Kevin Bacon on JMC set. They later married. My stepdad’s an actor. Cool.

Bella, proud of a grasshopper on her arm on the set of JMC. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

At endangered frog aquarium with Bobby Duvall. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

One of the great pleasures of my life, a walk with Bella. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

Can’t deny this rascal. Me and my son Willie, I think 2009. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

Christmas at home, 2010. Me, niece Ginny, Mom, Bella, Willie. Photograph courtesy of Connie Angland.

With Dan Lanois at the Cave in mid-interview. Courtesy of Keisha Kalfn.

My boys Willie, eighteen, and Harry, seventeen, at home.

Fourth of July, Georgia. Me and the girls with the great John Hurt.

J.D. and I enjoying an adult beverage in Atlanta.

Bella playing a video game, Connie talking to Tom E. The other two guys are just morons.