C O U N T R Y M U S I C C L AS S I C S
Doug Davis
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Tuesday September 11th , 2007
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Some songs written as solos turned out to be duet recordings and vice versa.
According to Glenn Sutton, The David Houston / Tammy Wynette hit, “It’s All Over” was one of those songs.
Glenn commented, “That was their first duet record and we wrote that song especially for that recording session. In fact that was written as a solo song and we changed it to a duet for them. That was also one of the first ten or so songs that Billy Sherrill and I wrote together.”
“It’s All over” entered the country music charts January 20th, 1968 and peaked at # 11.
It was on the charts for 14 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: Do you know anything about Willie Nelson in a new movie?
ANSWER: Willie Nelson is part of the cast of a political comedy titled “Swing Vote.” . The film is being produced by Kevin Costner's Treehouse production company and will also feature Dennis Hopper, Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez and Costner. No release date has been announced.
QUESTION: I would like some information on Jerry Lee Lewis performing at some kind of school benefit. My brother says it was on TV entertainment news.
ANSWER: Jerry Lee Lewis and Tom Waits will join Neil Young for his annual
QUESTION: Do you have any information about Ricky Skaggs and The Whites having a new gospel album?
ANSWER: Ricky Skaggs and the Whites have recorded their first album together, “Salt of the Earth,” set for September 25th release on Skaggs Family Records. The project features Ricky Skaggs, his wife Sharon, sister-in-law Cheryl and father-in-law Buck. Skaggs' band, Kentucky Thunder, performs on the album as well.
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QUESTION: The radio guys mentioned Vince Gill doing something at the hall of fame. Do you know when?
ANSWER: Trisha Yearwood and Vince Gill will take part in a special benefit performance for the museum on October 10th in
QUESTION: Do you remember a song about “the class of 1949?” My sister in law says it was on the radio back in the 60’s.
ANSWER: “Class of 49” was a # 44 hit in 1966 for Red Sovine.
QUESTION: My neighbor talks about the song “Faded Love And Winter Roses” and that it was a big hit for Hank Williams. Is that true?
ANSWER: “Faded Love And Winter Roses” was not a hit for Hank Williams, but it was on the flipside of a hit, “ Please Don’t Let Me Love You,.” which peaked at # 9 in 1955.
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FROM TANDY RICE:
To: My Friends in Doug Davis Nation
I'm still drawing copy stories from the early years, and I have thoughts about Faron Young, "The Sheriff".
First time I saw Faron in concert and backstage he stood out like a lightning bolt. He and his band "The Deputies" were magnificently turned out in colorful uniforms and he immediately cast himself to me as being different.....in charge....in total command of the stage. What a singer! What a showman! I became totally infatuated with him and decided to be his dedicated fan. I loved his looks, sound, swagger and.....even smell. To me, he always smelled like aftershave lotion and Brylcream hair tonic.
Faron and Hilda Young created a beautiful family that was much adored by the music community.
We all know of Faron's many "antics" and escapades. So be it. Maybe that just added to the lustre of his stardom. But I came to learn aspects of Faron's life that weren't commonly known.
Like Carl Smith, mentioned earlier, Faron was one straiught-ahead guy. He would not welch on his word, and his handshake was his contract. He was a softty for anybody down on their luck and would absolutely take the shirt off his back and give it to a stranger in need.
Faron Young was fabulous in my eyes. When he left us, I wish he'd known how many people loved him like I did. I don't think that point ever got thru to him.
Have a Rice Day,
Tandy Rice---
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COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP TUNES IN:
1945 ---You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often -
1953 ---A Dear John Letter - Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky
1961 ---Tender Years - George Jones
1969 ---A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
1977 ---Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
1985 ---I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me - Rosanne Cash
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THIS WEEK IN:
1983, unknown singer/songwriter Kix Brooks debuted on the country charts with the song “Baby, When Your Heart Breaks Down.” The song was a failure – it only reached #73. Eight years later, Kix was number one with his new partner Ronnie Dunn, and their first single, “Brand New
1982, the “Highways & Heartaches” album by Ricky Skaggs was released.
1988, the first Elvis Presley credit card was issued.
1955, Elvis Presley topped the country charts with his most successful release on Sun Records, "I Forgot To Remember To Forget." Here's a fun fact for you – Elvis made five singles for Sun records, each of them combining a blues song on one side with a country song on the other, but both sung in the same vein.
1987, the albums “Merry Christmas To You” and “The Last One To Know” by Reba McEntire were released.
1975, "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell peaked at number one on the pop singles chart – two weeks after it topped the country charts.
1980, Johnny Lee's "Looking For Love," which was featured in the movie "Urban Cowboy," reached number one on the country charts.
1985, Willie Nelson's “Half Nelson” album was released.
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A SONG FOR THE SEASON.
by Jack Blanchard
Autumn is on its way... my favorite time of year.
It's a colorful, yet melancholy season,conducive to thoughts of home,
echoes of good old times,and memories of those we loved and lost.
We are thinking of taking a trip to
to see the leaves, which should start turning color in a few weeks,
and to be with family.
Who knows when we'll get another chance?
As I write this,
September 7th, 2007 is on its way out,
and will be gone forever in a few short minutes.
One of our songs concerns this date.
It's an autumn flavored song,
taking us from summer's end to bleak early winter...
Part of it goes like this:
"It was the seventh of September, nineteen hundred sixty nine,
95 degrees and rising, we crossed the
We paid a judge our last ten dollars to bless us with his legal seal.
I guess that puttin' love on paper doesn't always make it real."
A song for the season,
and if you care to, you can listen to it here:
http://www.kokosuniverse.com/avi/jm/wma/second_tuesday.htm
Jack Blanchard
THE JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN HOME PAGE:
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REMEMBER WHEN
by: Pete Stamper
Even after 70 years, every now and then some one will pay us a visit and ask the question, “What kind of dance is a barn dance?” The name barn dance has about faded from the scene, except here in
I went back in the Bugle fifty years to a story Mr. John Lair wrote about the subject and here is what he had to say.
In the beginning of Country Music radio, most stations featured this type of program called a barn dance. This was before Shindig”, “Hayride” and the more popular “Jamboree” were used to designate such presentations. Feature writers with the usual tendency to write a lot about a subject of which they knew little, set out to inform the public on this new type of entertainment and the derivation of the word, barn dance. One excellent historian and writer who certainly should have known better, came up with the weird theory that the term had originally been “bran’ dance. He explained that in the old days, backwoods people scattered bran on their rough floors to make them a little slicker and easier to dance on and that a dance on such a floor was called a bran dance. In our neighborhood we used corn meal on our floors but I never heard anybody mention attending a meal dance.
Farm folks in the mid-west, and a little beyond were more familiar with the barn dance and knew well why they were called that. Many of the earlier settlers in this area were from
When I left WLS, I brought the same format to
Where ever the name came from, the word barn dance calls to mind, laughing, bright-eyed boys and rosy-cheeked girls having as good time together with lively music and romping feet playing their part.
It has had its inception in the grass roots and has through out the years proven its popularity with all sorts of people in all parts of the country. Why should it be so hard to believe that a form of entertainment originating among the plain and common people without benefit of artificial artistry and direction would be appealing to the same kind of plain and common people wherever found. And the plain and common people are the ones who really count-make no mistake about that! They can claim a clear majority and we can chalk up another credit to the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln who once said “God must have love the common-people, he made so many of them”
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TWENTY THREE YEARS! IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SHORT TIME AGO SINCE ERNEST TUBB PASSED AWAY........ by: David McCormick
23 years! Where has it gone? It seems like such a short time ago when Ernest Tubb passed from life to eternal life. There has and will always be a void in my life since he left this earth at a young age of 70. His career spanned more than five decades, a pillar of the Grand Ole Opry and trailblazer that brought his famous "honky tonk" sound to the Opry and stages around the world and established
Today I ran across a photograph made in 1951 in
Today, as I remember, I have to thank God for a "divine appointment" He gave to me when he sent Ernest Tub into my life. My 16 years of working for him will always be one of the highlights of my life. Never have I known a man of such caring and compassion for others. I'll forever be grateful to my Savior and Lord for all these years. Though he has been gone 23 years, his spirit remains alive and well and a lot of that is because of a wonderful group of people from Nashville to Pigeon Forge and Ft.Worth, Texas who give of themselves every day to preserve and continue his legacy. I'm grateful to all of these wonderful folks, more than 50 of them who give of themselves every week and do a wonderful job of maintaining standards of excellence that you don't find a lot of anymore. Mr. Tubb treated his fans with all the respect and dignity that has made him a legend with country music fans around the world. Today, the Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Texas Troubadour Theatre and Midnite Jamboree family strive hard to honor and maintain what he would have expected of anyone who worked for and with him. Let me say a special "Thanks A Lot" to every single one of them. Without them, the country music fan wouldn't still be hearing Ernest Tubb played on radio and remembered with such honor that he so richly deserves.
As I think back to 23 years ago today, I vividly recall a sweet peaceful and gentle way he seemed to slip away. The last two years of his life had been a struggle. Breathing was difficult and became labored toward the end, but some how, some way, I felt an awesome presence fill his room and the sweet peace the only Jesus can give became his. I was so grateful he died with such peace and dignity, much like the way he lived his life.
For some reason, God has laid it on my heart today to urge those of you I know who are smokers to think about the consequences of the harm this could cause you. If he were here, he would, out of genuine caring and concern, remind you of his own experiences and urge you to make an effort to give it up as he did in 1965. Personally, I have no authority to point a finger at anyone. I've had and have things in my own life that could stand some improvement. I'm just following what God has laid heavy on my heart today. Today, I stood at his earthly body's final resting place to watch the sun rise. I'm burdened down today for so many people. God has just laid it on my heart. I'm not sure what is going on in your life right now, but I wrote down a lot of names today in a journal and lift you up to God to meet whatever needs you have. I pray that God will richly bless you in a special way and that you will feel His abundance of Love, Peace, Comfort and Healing for whatever needs you have, and we all have needs but Jesus went to the Cross to bear them for us! That's the good thing!!! Today, I celebrate the life of Ernest Tubb. In his own way, he pointed many people to the Lord. I'm so grateful for him and for you. There will always be an "empty chair" at the "Ernest Tubb Table" but only for a short while. We will all be home before we know it. Time is passing by swiftly and compared to eternity, we're here but for a short while. I pray God's blessings and his abundant love and joy to fill you up and overflowing! Let's be good to one another, love one another, take care of one another. That's what Ernest Tubb spent his life doing, and what a wonderful and rich legacy he has left. I pray that it continues, long after I'm gone. If it hadn't have been for him, I would not have gotten to know so many of you. I'm grateful and count my blessings for you being a part of my life.
The Ernest Tubb story is one that has effected thousands of people and it will continue to do so for many decades to come. Thank you all for being in my life. I have been richly blessed and as E.T. would say....."be better to your neighbors and you're gonna have better neighbors.....dog gone ya!"
Blessings on you,
DM
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THIS I BELIEVE:
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life (John 3:`16)
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