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Friday November 2nd, 2007

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STORY BEHIND THE SONG

Several songwriters have said that the titles of their songs were “conjured up,” whatever that means.

And according to Norro Wilson, Tammy Wynette’s 1975 hit, “You Make Me Want To be A Mother” was one of those songs.

Norro commented, “That’s just another conjured up title. I don’t remember who came up with that title….but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t me. So that had to be Billy Sherrill’s idea. But the idea behind that….it’s just a man thinking …or a man’s version of what he thinks a woman would say or how she would react to that idea. We’d just sit around and hear a title or someone would grab an idea out of thin air and then we’d just work around that.”

Tammy’s Epic Records single, “You Make Me Want To Be A Mother” entered the country music charts February 15^th, 1975 and peaked at # 4. It was her 31^st charted song and was on the charts for 16 weeks.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTION: There was an item on the TV news about the Johnny Cash movie winning some kind of award. Do you have any information?

ANSWER: The 2005 Johnny Cash film "Walk The Line," which starred Joaquin Phoenix as the singer, and Reese Witherspoon as Cash's wife June Carter, ranks first among most of the two-thousand plus film fans who answered the survey conducted by the British DVD rental company Lovefilm.com.

QUESTION: Do you have information about the “dead celebrities list?” I heard about it on radio. They said that Elvis was at the top of the list.

ANSWER: Elvis Presley is back on top of "Forbes" Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list. This year the world marked the 30th anniversary of the death of the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and his posthumous income grew by roughly seven-million-dollars over last year. The raise also facilitates Presley's return to number one, after being bumped last year by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

QUESTION: Our radio folks were talking about a re-released Conway Twitty Christmas album. Do you have details?

ANSWER: A remastered and remixed version of the Conway Twitty's holiday classic "A Twismas Story" is being reissued through the singer's official website, www.conwaytwitty.com, or fans can download the material from any of the digital download sites. The album's original concept was that of a storybook in music form. "A Twismas Story" tells the tale of Conway, Twitty Bird, Happy the Christmas Clown, The Twitty Birdies, and all their little friends in Toyland Town. It includes a number of holiday classics, such as "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Jingle Bells,” which are woven into the story as the characters travel through a Christmas wonderland.

QUESTION: Do you know anything about Ricky Skaggs performing a cancer benefit concert?

ANSWER: Dierks Bentley and Ricky Skaggs recently performed a benefit concert for Butch Baldassari. The Nashville musician, record producer and adjunct associate professor of mandolin at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music is battling cancer.

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QUESTION: Back in the 60’s the radio stations played a record by a guy about “time not erasing this wound” or something like that. It was a great record. Do you have any information?

ANSWER: A Wound Time Can’t Erase” was a # 3 hit for Stonewall Jackson in 1962

QUESTION: There was a couple on radio many years ago with a song about “Cause I Love You.” Do you know their names?

ANSWER: “Cause I Love You” scored a # 64 hit for Don Gibson and Sue Thompson in 1972

QUESTION: “Golden Ring” by George & Tammy was my mom’s favorite song. Do you know who wrote it?

ANSWER: “Golden Ring” was written by Bobby Braddock and Rafe Van Hoy

QUESTION: Do you know Lefty Frizzell’s real name?

ANSWER: Lefty was born William Orville Frizzell in 1928

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COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP TUNES IN:

1949 Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely

1957 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers

1965 Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright

1973 We’re Gonna Hold On - George Jones & Tammy Wynette

1981 Never Been So Loved (In All My Life) - Charley Pride

1989 High Cotton - Alabama

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A new link to the new page for "Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story": http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/f07diekman. A bookplate can be requested from http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/Diekman.BookplateRequest.pdf.

FARON YOUNG, TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO: On Halloween night in 1986, Faron appeared on the TV show "Nashville Now" as Spike Cruncher, a convict dressed in a prison uniform of black and white stripes. "I used to be a sheriff," he said. "Till I got a divorce, and this is all she left me." He swung a 5-inch black ball attached by a chain to his wrist, and Ralph Emery asked, "You mean that little ball there is all you got left?" Faron said, "One ball, pal, one ball." Amidst the laughter, Ralph asked, "What else did she take you for?" Faron answered, "A fool." After a discussion of Cruncher's prison garb, Ralph asked, "Do you have a number?" "Yeah, I got a number," Faron said. "It's called one hundred and six thousand." Johnny Russell, another guest that evening, collapsed in laughter. He obviously knew that Faron's recently announced divorce settlement was $106,000.

BOOK RELEASE PARTY IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE Saturday, 10 November 2007:

1:00-3:00 -- Book signing at Ernest Tubb Record Shop on Broadway Avenue.

7:30-10:00 -- Faron Young tribute show at Texas Troubadour Theatre in Music Valley 12:00 -- Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree (broadcast over

http://www.wsmonline.com/) and Country Deputy reunion

(http://etrecordshop.com/mj.htm)

LETTERS

Sharon Stich, who is responsible for Faron's "Young Sheriff" moniker, says,

"I wanted soooo much to come to the Book Release Party but I have a brother

that isn't doing too good so I am going to have to pass. It would have been

an exciting time I know. Give my best to those that are there and I will be

thinking of you all. God Bless."

My brother, SGT Ron Diekman, writes from Balad, Iraq, "I'm where I'm going

to be for the winter, living in a trailer with concrete anti-mortar barriers

all around. I've been up here for a couple of days now after a fairly smooth

mobilization process starting departing Rapid City SD down to Ft. Benning GA

for a record 5 days before deployment to theater. We spent around 3 days in

Kuwait at Camp Beuhring and then flew up here to Balad a couple of days ago

on a comfy C-130 courtesy of the Air Force. . . . I'll spend my free time

today going through my gear and getting all my flight equipment/body

armor/survival equipment all put together and mission ready for being a

flight engineer on a C-23 Sherpa cargo airplane."

Fred Vail, president of Treasure Isle Recorders, Inc. in Nashville, writes,

"The fans have certainly embraced 'Live, Fast, Love Hard'--the book you

worked so long and diligently on. I try to read your regular e-mails and now

that Faron is completed I assume your attention has begun to turn to the

Marty Robbins book. I wish you equal success on it. . . . Marty--more than

most--had a special gift for embracing a song--even though he was often

competing with the original 'pop' release, and, in the case of 'Singing The

Blues,' his competition came from within his own label, Columbia:)"

Jessica Jacobson says, "Just wanted to let you know that I made a request at

my local library that they buy your book."

Gloria Oren writes, "Thought you'd be interested to know that the King

County Library System purchased your book 'Live Fast, Love Hard: The

Faron Young Story,' and it is now available for loan. Just got notice in the

new book alert I get from them. This is the library system that serves King

County in Washington state. So you never know where your books will end up."

John Morris in Canada says, "We are just about to start the last chapter of

your great book. I will say this and have said it many times to people I

know. If you call yourself a true Faron fan like me then you have to get

this wonderful book that is a fair portrait of his colorful life. You did a

fantastic job Diane and the book deserves the 5 star rating it is getting.

Now more Faron news for you. Bear Family is putting out 4 DVDS of the TV

show Country Style USA for the US Army. Faron has shows on the first 3

seasons but season 4 is all his own. I can't wait to get it. Again great job

and congratulations."

Diane Diekman

Washington DC, USA

altruria@verizon.net

Faron Young info: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/id8.html

Newsletter archive: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/blog

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/190250842

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REMEMBER WHEN:

by: Pete Stamper

I have just returned from Nashville Tennessee where I went to pay my respects to my friend Porter Wagoner. As most of the world knows by now, Porter passed away last Sunday, of lung cancer. He had been my friend since 1954 when we first worked together in Springfield Mo. If I had to give credit to the person or persons who has had his hand in my career more than any one else, it would have to be Porter and his manager, Don Warden. During my years in Springfield, I traveled more miles with this fine show that any one else. When I left Springfield to try my luck in Nashville it was Porter that included me in his road show there, as much as possible and made me a guest on his long running TV show many times over the years. No one has come close to recording as many of my songs as did Porter Wagoner.

I know that many others are able to say the same thing about their friend too.

Because of my job here in Renfro Valley, I was unable to stay for the funeral, but no one would have understood that more than Porter. He was a dependable trooper all through his career. At the funeral home I had a chance to get re-acquainted with his three children. It had been many years since I had seen them. I also had an enjoyable visit with my friend, Norma Jean. I hadn’t seen her in four or five years. The last time was when she made a trip through this part of the country and stopped off in Renfro Valley to look over the place she had heard so much about. I was happy to learn that she is keeping real busy out in Branson. She has a very interesting project going that she was excited about. It’s called “The Cowboy Church”. I’m sure you will be hearing more about that before long. I also had a brief visit with Brenda Lee. I worked with her out on the Ozark Jubilee in the early 50’s when she was only 12 years of age. I had seen Brenda not long ago when she brought her show here to the Valley.

Porter has been heavy on our play list here at WRVK every since we went on the air fifty years ago and will continue to be in the future I’m sure. We will always have his music, but we are going to miss him I know.

www.wrvk1460.com/petestamper.htm

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ONE FLU OVER TENNESSEE.

by: Jack Blanchard

We've made the trip from Florida to Tennessee many times...
mostly to make records, TV appearances, and like that.
This was to be a vacation, and it started off smoothly.
The weather was good, the traffic was moving right along,
and we had no idea that we were to be imprisoned
in a tiny motel room for about a week,
with no telephone, no internet, a cell phone that didn't work,
and the flu.
The first three days were one big family reunion, and lots of fun,
including front porch pickin' two nights in a row.

Our daughters, Kathi and Michele, and our other wonderful descendants,
showed us plenty of love, hospitality, and good food.
I think I gained eight or ten pounds.

Then the Grim Reaper made a grab for us.
It started with sniffles that we said was just a mild allergy,
and it went immediately into a week long near death experience,
and a marathon coughing fit, which is just now winding down.
Driving home, our coughing and sneezing made it rough on the cruise control,
by causing the car to jerk around.
We were apparently trying to cough up Linda Blair.
Here's a picture taken before the flu.
Some our young Tennessee family is gathered on Michele's porch.
(The house is over a hundred years old,
and is also known as "The old Dumas Walker house".
You might like to Google "Dumas Walker".
The Kentucky Headhunters wrote about him in a song.)
Misty and I are in the doorway.
Click here for the picture: http://tinyurl.com/2mj6vp
All in all, the fun part outweighed the plague,
and we're sure to do it again...
but not right now.
We hope you all got along okay without us.
Love,
Jack & Misty

Jack Blanchard

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

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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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