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Tuesday June19th, 2007

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STORY BEHIND THE SONG

Loretta Lynn is famous for saying for what’s on her mind and her 1973 number one, “Rated X,” was a prime example of just that!

Loretta commented, “X rated movies were big back then so I got this idea to write a song about a woman who had been married and was divorced, so that’s what I did. I had about eight of my songs banned by some of the radio stations and everyone of those songs went to number one, so I wasn’t worrying about that. Some radio stations started out banning this one too because they thought it was dirty, but the song wasn’t dirty and when they finally started listening to it, they made it number one.”

Record producer Owen Bradley once compared Loretta to Kitty Wells—although their records were exactly opposite.

Owen said, “Kitty Wells was a mistreated housewife and Loretta Lynn was the housewife who wasn’t going to take anything from anybody. I wish I could say that I planned it that way but I didn’t. It was an accident.”

Loretta’s “Rated X” made the country charts December 9^th, 1972 and made it to number one the week of February 24^th, 1973. it was her 34^th charted song and was on the charts for 16 weeks.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTION: I heard that Don Williams got some kind of Pioneer Award. Do you have any information?

ANSWER: Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings and Don Williams will receive the Cliffie Stone Pioneer award from the Academy of Country Music during a reception on June 20^thin Nashville, Tennessee

QUESTION: My neighbor says there is a new Johnny Cash website but doesn’t know where. Do you know anything about it?

ANSWER: JohnnyCash.Com Radio is streaming weekly broadcasts featuring interviews with Cash family members, associates, friends and fans, plus discussions of Johnny Cash's 50-year long career, music, sound bites from the Man In Black himself, interactive contests and more.

QUESTION: I heard that Porter Wagoner was playing with some rock band. Is that true?

ANSWER: Porter Wagoner will open for The White Stripes at Madison Square Garden in New York City on July 24th. The following night Porter will guest on CBS' "Late Night with David Letterman."

QUESTION: Do you remember a song from the 60’s about “Sheepskin Valley?”

ANSWER: “Sheepskin Valley” was a # 12 hit for Claude King in 1963

QUESTION: Have you heard or heard of a song by a girl singer about “Trying To Fool A Fool?” My mother in law talks about this song and says it was on the radio in the early 80’s.

ANSWER: “Trying To Fool A Fool” was the flipside of Janie Fricke’s 1983 # one, “He’s A Heartache-Looking For A Place To Happen.”

QUESTION: There was a song on the radio sometime in the 60’s by a guy about “There’s Better Things In Life.” Do you know who had that record?

ANSWER: Jerry Reed scored a # 20 hit with “There’s Better Things In Life” in 1969

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COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP TUNES IN:

1946
New Spanish Two Step - Bob Wills

1954
I Don’t Hurt Anymore - Hank Snow

1962
She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones

1970
Hello Darlin’ - Conway Twitty

1978
Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris

1986
Life’s Highway - Steve Wariner

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

By: Bill Morrison

Howard Dixon, of the “Dixon Brothers” born Darlington, SC 1903.

Lester Flatt, singer/guitarist/mandolinist born Overton County, TN 1914.

Pat Buttram, actor/comedian born 1915.

DeFord Bailey, aka “The Harmonica Wizard” debuted on the Grand Ole Opry in 1926. Bailey was a member of the Opry cast for fifteen years, and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

Norman Bullock born 1932.

Hank Williams released “I’m A Long Gone Daddy,”/”The Blues Comes Around,” 1948.

Carl Smith released his debut record “Guilty Conscience,” 1950.

Johnnie and Jack released “Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight,” 1954.

Hank Snow’s single “I Don’t Hurt Anymore” went to # 1 1954.

Doug Stone, born Marietta, GA 1956.

Marty Robbins released “Cowboy In The Continental Suit/Man Walks Among Us” 1964

Emmylou Harris’ “Two More Bottles of Wine” topped the charts 1978.

Boxcar Willie debuted on the Grand Ole Opry 1980.

Riders In The Sky joined the Grand Ole Opry 1982.

Steve Wariner topped the charts with “Life’s Highway” 1986.

Bobby Helms, age 63, died 1997. Inducted RHOF 2003.

“The Best of Asleep at the Wheel” was released in 2001.

by: Bill Morrison www.rockabillyhall.com/billmorrison.html

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MUSICIANS ON THE ROAD: THE KIDNEY STONE ADVENTURE.

By: Jack Blanchard

We were standing in line for the CMA Awards Show in about 1973 or '74, and talking to friends waiting with us.

Faron Young was right in front of us, and he gave Misty a big kiss and hug.
I didn't get one. He had recently been in a car crash, and I asked him how he was doing.
He said that he'd split his tongue. Wise guy that I am, I said this: "Can you do any birdcalls?"
We all laughed. That's what we all do when we're not winning the awards that year.
We stand in line and make each other laugh. George Morgan was just behind us, and we got talking to him.
Somehow my kidney stone problem was brought up. I had been to a doctor because of an abdominal pain,
and he told me what it was, and that I would have a lot of them. I never did...just that one, but it was a lot of fun.

George told me not to have surgery... just to buy a case of beer and drink one after the other.
It made a weird kind of sense because beer is a diuretic and a sedative.
I should have gone home and followed his instructions that minute. "Home" was our motorhome parked in The Music City Campground,
in LaVergne, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. After the awards we went home to bed and forgot to buy the beer.

I woke up in agony around 2 AM. If you're a guy who's never had the thrill of a kidney stone, it's a lot like giving birth to a porcupine.
I asked Misty to kill me or get me to a hospital. She chose the latter,
and took off for the Murfreesboro Hospital at about 60 miles an hour, with cans and dishes flying out of the cupboards,
and the TV antenna still up. I was moaning on the floor in a fetal position, hoping to be struck by lightning.

We got to the Murfreesboro city limits, when we realized something...
We had no idea where the hospital was. Just then a cop pulled us over.
He said, "Follow me", and shot away like a bullet. Misty tried to keep up, but he must have turned off somewhere,
because we lost him. Somehow, we eventually found the hospital and the nurses put me on a cot in the emergency room,
and went to The Bahamas. A month passed. Well, maybe an hour, and no doctor came to see me.
I would have welcomed Kavorkian. Misty stormed down the hall, saw a guy with a stethoscope around his neck,
and asked him if there was a doctor employed there. He was miffed that she didn't recognize him as a doctor, \with his new stethoscope and all.
He said these exact words: "I'm not going to give drugs to every hippie that comes in off the street."
They weren't used to my haircut in those days. She assaulted him verbally for a few minutes,
and then dragged him by the ear out to look at our motorhome, which had our names and "Columbia/Epic Records" written on it.
He made a couple of phone calls and verified our identity, and suddenly became a bowing headwaiter.
He quickly gave me a shot and some pain pills, and put me up for the rest of the night in the children's section.
I don't know why. I woke up at 7 AM to Donald Duck wallpaper, and cartoons blaring on the TV.
It wasn't the kids running the television, but another full-grown idiot in the next bed.
I got up, walked out to the parking lot, and woke Misty up to go find my clothes.
She'd had a bit of wine after the ordeal, and neither of us felt great.
We left the Murfreesboro Hospital in our dust and vowed to never pay them.

The pain pills ran out the next evening, and we got the case of beer George Morgan had prescribed.
I took it like a good boy. I'd finished twelve or so bottles, and was still feeling some pain, but I didn't much care.
I went into the bathroom, and in the silence Misty heard "PING!" And she heard me say "AHA!"

She said "Let the man who is without sin pass the first stone."

Jack Blanchard
THE JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN HOME PAGE:
http://jackandmisty.com

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“Country Classics ~ Music From The Heart”

By: Bill Morrison

Quote: “There should be music in all our lives. It would take away much of the grimness and sorrow, and to those of us who have been gifted with that greatest of all gifts, the singing voice, comes the great duty of giving what joy our voices may bring to those less fortunate.” --Hank Thompson from his induction page at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Who Am I? I was a member of the Grand Ole Opry, a member of the Gideon Bible Society, a Baptist deacon, and the best friend a funny story ever had.

The Ryman Auditorium was constructed in Nashville in 1892. The building was originally named the Union Gospel Tabernacle.

Emmylou Harris won the “Miss Woodbridge, Virginia” beauty pageant while she was still in high school.

Song Of The Day: “The Wild Side Of Life” recorded by Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys in 1952, hit the country music charts in March. The Capitol single remained on the charts for 30 weeks, 15 of those weeks in the #1 position. The song was written by Arlie Carter and William Warren. This was Hank’s 10^th chart hit, and his first #1. Henry William Thompson singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica, was born in Waco, Texas, on September 3, 1925. As a teenager, Hank was the featured artist on “Hank, The Hired Hand” show on radio WACO, in Waco, Texas. After high school, Hank joined the Navy, and continued his radio broadcasting in the South Pacific on a military radio network. Hank Thompson was one of the best educated entertainers of his day. He attended Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas, and Princeton University, earning a degree in engineering. During his career Hank recorded for a number of record labels, but with the help of Tex Ritter, Hank was signed to Capital Records in 1948. The handsome Texan, charted 79 country single hits on the Billboard charts, and 19 albums. He appeared as a guest on the Grand Ole Opry several times, but never became a member. Today’s Song Of The Day was the song that brought about Kitty Wells stardom, after she recorded the answer “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels.” Thompson hosted a variety show on WKY-TV in Oklahoma City for almost four years in the 1950’s, and recorded country music’s first “live” country album “Live at the Golden Nugget” in the early 1960’s. Hank Thompson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. Hank’s band, “The Brazos Valley Boys” were voted the #1 Country Western Band for 14 consecutive years during the 50’s and 60’s. Hank Thompson…thanks for the memories.

Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana sang in public for the first time in church as a young boy.

During her career Tammy Wynette charted 73 hit singles on Billboards chart, and 47 albums. Tammy died on April 6, 1998, at the age of 55. I believe that more than one person contributed to the untimely death of this superstar, but we’ll never know the whole story.

Ernest Tubbs’ father gave him the nickname “Slick” when he was a young boy.

The Homeless Shelter in Athens, Georgia, was started and financed by Kenny Rogers.

Bobbie Nelson, Willie’s sister and piano player was married to Bud Fletcher, the man who had a band that Willie played in when he was 13 years old.

Book Of The Day: “True to the Roots: Americana Music Revealed” –By Monte Dutton ©2006

Radio & TV’s Finest Hours: “Pee Wee King & the Golden West Cowboys” WAVE-TV, Louisville, Kentucky (1948~1957)

***Who Am I? Jerry Clower 1926~1998

Thought For Today: God’s strength shines the brightest through human weakness. And that makes my heart happy. If it were not so, how could a simple singer of sad songs serve the King of Kings? Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

BillMorrison2002@hotmail.com

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FOOD FOR THE SOUL:

Jesus speaking: “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, you must be born again. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” John 3: 5-8 NIV

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