Dick Flood began his professional career in the music business shortly after he was discharged from the U. S. Army. He teamed up with an army buddy by the name of Billy Graves, and they landed a job as duet on the Jimmy Dean CBS's morning TV show. They called themselves "The Country Lads", and they both received vast amounts of fan mail from all over the country! That job lasted about two years until CBS took Jimmy Dean to New York for a show with less of a cast. The Country Lads split up, and Dick eventually moved to Nashville so that he could pitch his songs to the many country music artists he had met while on the Dean show. He also recorded several noteworthy records, and was booked on road shows with the hottest country acts of the era. Among them: Red Foley, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Don Gibson, Tex Ritter, Ferlin Huskey, Jim Reeves, Faron Young, just to mention a few. He was also invited to perform on the Grand Ole Opry almost every Saturday Night for several years.*
* See our AKA Dick Flood Early years page for more details.
In 2018 Dick Flood returned to the country music scene with fifteen of his best songs all recorded 60's style country!. The CD is entitled "The Way it Used to Be", and it is available on this website!
Recording In Columbia SC
In The Studio
Bill Macky At the Mixer
WSM in Nashville Nov 19 2011
Interview at WSM
2011 Dick Flood with radio host Eddie Stubbs At WSM
Bill Macky, Dick Flood, Heyward Clamp Jr. Opryland Hotel
2011Back stage at the Opry with long time friend Little Jimmy Dickens
2011Back stage at the Opry with long time friend Jim Ed Brown. We both had a hit with THE THREE BELLS.
Vickie Harris & Dick Flood
Filming a TV Show in Nashville
2011 Back stage at the Opry with old friend Bill Anderson. Bill introduced me during the Grand Ole Opry & thanked me for my contribution to Country Music. as a singer, songwriter and entertainer.
2011 Back stage at the Opry with Jean Shepard
The Country Lads back in the day
Johnny Moore, Vickie Harris & Dick Flood
With Joann Cash after my performance at The Cowboy Church in Nashville TN
Dick Flood & Johnny Moore
Gospel TV Program-Singing songs from my BECAUSE I BELIEVE album.
Wedding Performance
Dick Flood and his Pathfinders back in the dayf
Okefenokee Swamp Park 70th Anniversary
2014 Okefenokee Joe returns for the 70th Anniversary of the Okefenokee Swamp Park
Singing songs from his latest Traditonal Country Album THE WAY IT USED TO BE as featured songwriter at a house concert.
2015 Okefenokee Joe autographs his audio book which features original stories & songs