ASA DUNNINGTON was born June 7, 1939, in Logan, Iowa. He has had a wide variety of fascinating jobs, from writing for a newspaper to serving in the Air Force to working on a Presidential campaign. His first wife was Emmett Long's niece, and when Dunnington met Emmett on a family vacation, he knew he had found someone special. Asa agreed to record Emmett's life. Asa is now married to his second wife, Cheryl. He has three children and nine grandchildren. He's also written his autobiography, What a Life!