Earl Bates has appeared in numerous television and radio commercials, training films and movies, including: Miracle of the Heart - A Boys Town Story, Omaha (the movie), A Conversation with an Alien, The Rice Poindexter BBC Documentary, and Power Slide. He was the longtime host of KYNE-TV's Contact Omaha, a weekly live phone-in talk show.

His experience includes his award-winning performances in the title role at the Omaha Community Playhouse productions of the Will Rogers Follies. He has also performed at the Young People's national tour of Hansel and Gretel, which appeared at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Earl was the Creative Drama Teacher in residence at the Nebraska School for the Deaf for over 9 years.

Earl sings "Soldier Song" on this CD, which is from the Javitch-Jabenis musical, From Generation to Generation.