Home > Articles > The Sound > The Richest Man Balsam Range’s Buddy Melton, Caleb Smith, and Tim Surrett performing at ROMP 2021. Photo by Dan Miller The Richest ManWritten by Casey L. PennPosted on November 1, 2021The SoundFacebookTweetEmailPrint“When COVID-19 hit, it was obvious things were going to slow down,” recalled Buddy Melton, lead Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.