Janne Lindgrens nyhetsbrev 2003 november

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 93 3 november 2003

Hej vänner! Inte lyckades jag få ut mitt nyhetsmail igår på söndagen. Nej, det blev en återhämtningsdag efter lördagens resa till och spel i Norrköping. En farbror till Carolina Åkerlind fyllde 60 så hon och jag stod för musiken, dels som underhållning till maten och dels till dansen. Maten som födelsedagsbarnets hustru hade fixat var verkligen av hög klass. Superb! Drickan som bjöds på var också väldigt god!

Grattis till Susanne Franke som finns på stor färgbild på mittuppslaget i fredagens (31 oktober) nummer av Dagens Nyheter. Grattis också till Hasse Edler som artikeln på samma uppslag handlar om. Äntligen börjar massmedia förstå vad vanliga människor egentligen gillar. Och det är ingen tvekan om att Hasse Edlers satsning på helsvenska artister går hem i stugorna. Hur kommer det sig annars att hans galor drar fulla hus? Redan nu kan ni boka in den 27 oktober nästa år. Då är det dags för en countrygala igen. Även då på Tyrol i Stockholm. JL.

Ska förresten passa på och tacka dej för det stora jobb som du lägger ner genom att på detta - och många andra sätt - sprida countrymusiken i Sverige.

Radio Lidingö 97,8 sänder en hel del countrymusik - både i programmen och i den s.k. melodiradion. Men eftersom Radio Lidingö är en närradiostation, så hörs den bara över Stockholm med omnejd. Nåja, i alla fall stora delen av Stockholm med omnejd. Och som nämnts - frekvensen är FM 97,8.

Janne Lindgren sänder sitt mycket uppskattade "Country Country Musik" direkt på tisdagar kl. 20,00-21,30, med repris på lördagar kl. 15,00-16,30.

Göran Geson spelar oftast ett antal countryplattor i sitt program "Jukboxen", som sänds på söndagar kl. 12,00-13,00.

Och inom kort startar ett nytt program på Radio Lidingö 97,8 - en serie med rubriken "Mötet", där kända personer intervjuas och spelar sin musik. Programledare är Susann Thorngren och Göran Geson. Bland de gäster som har anknytning till countrymusiken kan nämnas Ben Olander, upphovsmannen till detta nyhetsbrev - Janne Lindgren och Pelle Ljungström i Wildwood. På önskelistan finns dessutom ytterligare ett antal "countrykändisar". Håll utkik i Lidingö Tidning och i detta nyhetsbrev, så kommer information om när programmen kommer att sändas. Tills dess: Må vänliga vindar blåsa er i ryggen!

Danne Ekbäck sänder oss nomineringarna till årets CMA Awards och de ser ut som följer:

ENTERTAINER
Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw
MALE VOCALIST
Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, George Strait
FEMALE VOCALIST
Terri Clark, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Martina McBride, Dolly Parton
HORIZON
Gary Allan, Buddy Jewell, Joe Nichols, Blake Shelton, Darryl Worley
VOCAL GROUP
Alabama, Diamond Rio, Dixie Chicks, Lonestar, Rascal Flatts
VOCAL DUO
Bellamy Brothers, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry, Sons of the Desert, The Warren Brothers
SINGLE OF THE YEAR (Goes to artist and producer)
"Beer For My Horses"—Toby Keith w/Willie Nelson; Produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith; DreamWorks Records Nashville
"Celebrity"—Brad Paisley; Produced by Frank Rogers; Arista Nashville
"Have You Forgotten?"—Darryl Worley; Produced by Frank Rogers/James Stroud; DreamWorks Records Nashville
"Hurt"—Johnny Cash; Produced by Rick Rubin; Lost Highway Records
"Three Wooden Crosses"—Randy Travis; Produced by Kyle Lehning; Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Records
SONG OF THE YEAR (Songwriter and primary publisher)
"Beer For My Horses"—Toby Keith/Scotty Emerick; Tokeco Tunes/Big Yellow Dog Music
“Celebrity"—Brad Paisley; EMI April Music/Sea Gayle Music
"Have You Forgotten?"—Darryl Worley/Wynn Varble; EMI April Music/Pittsburg Landing Songs/Warner-Tamerlane Pub.
"Red Dirt Road"—Kix Brooks/Ronnie Dunn; Sony/ATV
"Three Wooden Crosses"—Doug Johnson/Kim Williams; Mike Curb Music/Sweet Radical Music/Sony/ATV Tunes
ALBUM
American IV: The Man Comes Around; Johnny Cash; Produced by Rick Rubin; Lost Highway Records
Home; Dixie Chicks; Produced by Dixie Chicks/Lloyd Maines; Open Wide/Monument/Columbia Records
Man With A Memory; Joe Nichols; Produced by Brent Rowan; Universal South
Tim McGraw And The Dancehall Doctors; Tim McGraw/Dancehall Doctors; Produced by Byron Gallimore/Tim McGraw/Darran Smith; Curb Records
Unleashed; Toby Keith; Produced by James Stroud/Toby Keith; DreamWorks Records Nashville
VOCAL EVENT
Toby Keith duet with Willie Nelson; "Beer For My Horses"; DreamWorks Records Nashville
Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett; "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"; Arista Nashville
Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow; "Picture"; Lava/Atlantic Records
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Johnny Cash; "Tears in the Holston River"; Capitol Nashville
Tracy Byrd (with Andy Griggs, Montgomery Gentry and Blake Shelton); "The Truth About Men"; RCA Records

Hej Janne.

Mitt namn är Carina Lindkvist och jag har ett band som heter Dottie&the Wolfpack. Vi kommer ut med en country /rockabilly cd till våren-04 som är inspelad på Tailrecords i Jönköping.

Country music history may have sung a different tune had Roy Drusky recorded the song he was offered in 1961. That's when legendary producer Owen Bradley suggested Roy try his mellow baritone on a tune called "I Fall to Pieces."

"I told Owen, 'I think it's a great song, but it's a girl's song.'" recalls Roy, now 73. "He replied, 'If you don't want it, I've got a girl that will do it.' He played it for Patsy Cline, she recorded it - and that's history."

The Atlanta native doesn't bemoan the loss - after all, he did enjoy 14 Top 10s from 1960 to 1970, including "Three Hearts in a Tangle," "Another" and "Second Hand Rose." He also wrote hits for others, including Faron Young's 13-week chart-topper "Alone With You," whose success inspired Roy to move to Nashville in 1958.

But that wasn't the career path he had imagined for himself. "I wanted to play baseball," admits Roy. But after an unsuccessful tryout with the Cleveland Indians, he joined the Navy in 1947 and fell in love with music.

"We had a little band on the USS Toledo, and that's where I got an interest in country music," he remembers. "After I'd watch the guitar player, I would go back to my bunk and try to play like him."

After the Navy, Roy briefly attended Atlanta's Emory University to become a veterinarian - but music, he says, "was tearing at me." Roy formed a band, got his own 15-minute radio show in Decatur, Ga., and eventually traveled to Houston and Minneapolis as a musician and DJ.

Once in Nashville, he quickly began stacking up hits - including his biggest, 1965's "Yes, Mr. Peters," a duet with Priscilla Mitchell recorded on the spur of the moment. "We had completed a session and had about 15 minutes left," Roy recalls. "We ran over the song once or twice, and then recorded it. That was it."

These days, Roy lives on a small farm in Portland, Tenn., with wife Bobbye and their dogs. He says most of his days are spent "enjoying my four grandkids." While he describes himself as semi-retired, Roy sings gospel occasionally and occasionally appears on the Grand Ole Opry, where he's celebrating his 45th year as a member.

And even as he looks back on a string of hits that stretched into the mid-'70s, Roy now regrets that he focused so much on his singing career. "If I had to do it over, I'd probably concentrate on songwriting," he admits. "The royalties are insurance for your old age."

Country singer Charlie Walker had a sporadic career with one major highlight, his 1958 classic hit release of Harlan Howard's "Pick Me up on Your Way Down." Texas-born Walker began in the early '40s as a vocalist in the Cowboy Ramblers. After several years singing with the Bill Boyd-led group, Walker briefly retired from the performing side of the business to work as a DJ. A recording contract with Columbia brought him back to performing, though, and it was then that he scored with Howard's classic composition. Minor hits followed, including a trilogy of honky tonk-inspired tunes, "Close All the Honky Tonks," "Honky Tonk Season," and even a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women." After the hits dried up, Walker moved to the land of mediocre performers, Las Vegas, and sang there for several years before attempting an unsuccessful comeback with MCA in 1986.

Hej Janne
Kan du i nyhetsbrevet upplysa om ett par gig i Sydsverige för min del vore jag tacksam.
Den 22/11 spelar jag tillsammans med Jake & the Spitfires på Saloon Easy i Färingstofta mitt i Skåne. Det är julbordspremiär.
Den 28/11 är det Gisleparken utanför Gislaved i Småland som får besök av samma eminenta konstellation.
Hemskt kul om så många countryfrälsta/-intresserade som möjligt dyker upp och hjälper oss göra november lite ljusare och gladare.
All the best

MONICA SILVERSTRAND

Självklart, men glöm inte att Country Minstrels spelar i Gisleparken redan den 14 november.

Email: steelguitar@swipnet.se

Nyhetsbrev nr. 94 5 november 2003

Ikväll är det en den största kvällen för året i Nashville. Country Music Association Award Show sänds under 3 timmar på TV över hela USA. Allt sänds från Grand Ole Opry House strax utanför Nashville. Förhoppningsvis går alla priser i år till de som håller på den traditionella countrymusiken. Men så blir det oftast inte och den nedklippta version (1 timme) som visas i Europa brukar inte innehålla så mycket tradition, om den nu kommer att visas över huvud taget? Se vidare på CMAs egna sidor nedan! Janne Lindgren

RED CARPET ARRIVALS at 5:00 PM/EST
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Vid några tillfällen har jag fått följande mail tillbaka. Om ni känner personerna i fråga så meddela att mina nyhetsmail inte kommer fram. De är: Kurt Larsson, S Madsen, Jimbob Cowboy och Athner Hedman. Tack för hjälpen! JL.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question One:
I heard on the radio that The Gatlin Brothers performed some kind of
special tribute to Texas country music. Do you know anything about that?
Answer:
New York City's famed Carnegie Hall recently went country as the New
York Pops Symphony opened its 2003-2004 season with a celebration of
Americana and country music.
The Gatlin Brothers were a part of that concert and during their
performance, they paid tribute to Texas country music icons Floyd Tillman,
Willie Nelson, Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb and Roy Orbison.

Question Two:
My brother used to have a tape recording of a song about "Guess We Thought
The World Would End." He recorded it from the radio in the late 50's or
early 60's but never knew the name of the singer. Do you know?
Answer:
"Guess We Thought The World Would End" was the flipside of Bobby Helm's
1960 number 16 hit, "Lonely River Rhine."

Question Three:
The radio guys were talking about one of Johnny Cash's relatives' being
found dead. Do you have any information?
Answer:
Rosey Nix Adams, the 45-year-old daughter of June Carter Cash was found
dead near Nashville on Oct. 24. Found dead with her in a bus near
Clarksville, Tenn., was a well-known musician. Jimmy Campbell, 40, had been
Bill Monroe's fiddle player and worked with other bluegrass ensembles,
including Jim and Jesse and The Sidemen. No cause of
death has been reported, although officials speculated that carbon monoxide
may have been a factor. The Montgomery County sheriff's department said the
bodies were discovered by Adams' husband, Philip Adams. An emergency medical
services worker at the scene reported that drug paraphernalia was found in
the area of the bodies. Rosey Nix Adams was the daughter from June Carter
Cash's second marriage, to Nashville police officer Edwin "Rip" Nix.

Question Four:
Back in the 50's and 60's, there was a young man who sound like Johnny
Cash. His name was also Johnny but I don't remember his last name. He had a
record on the radio about "My Baby Walks All Over Me." Do you know his
last name and is any of his music still available?
Answer:
That young man was Johnny Sea (born: John Seay). His recording of "My Baby
Walks All over Me" peaked at # 27 in 1964. Yes his music is still
available. For information, email to Classics@countrymusicclassics.com
with "Johnny Sea" in subject line.

Question Five:
I saw on the news that The Opry is moving out of the Grand Ole Opry House.
Do you know why?
Answer:
The Grand Ole Opry returned to the Ryman Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 31 for
a four-month run at the historic downtown Nashville venue. .
Opry at the Ryman will host two Friday night shows Oct. 31 through Dec.
12 (with the exception of Nov. 7), in addition to its regularly
scheduled two Saturday evening performances. Tuesday Night Opry
performances run at the Ryman Oct. 28-Dec. 16. The Opry will return to
the newly-renovated Grand Ole Opry House on Friday, March 5, 2004.
For Opry ticket information, please call (615) 871-OPRY, or log on to
www.opry.com

Question Six:
Back in the 60's there was a song on the radio about "Drinking Champagne."
Do you know the name of the guy who had the record?
Answer:
"Drinking Champagne" was Cal Smith's 5th chart single. It peaked at # 35
in 1968 and was charted for 7 weeks.

Question Seven:
The radio D. J's were talking about a new book on Johnny Cash, written by
his record producer. Do you have any information?
Answer:
A 104-page clothbound book is included in the new Johnny Cash five-CD boxed
set, "Unearthed," set for November 25th release.
The book features one of Cash's final interviews, in which he and
record producer Rick Rubin talk about coming together, selecting songs and
creating what became a monumental body of work. The interview also includes
extensive
comments from Rosanne Cash, John Carter Cash, Tom Petty and more. An added
highlight is a track-by-track discussion of each song by Cash, Rick Rubin
and others.

Question Eight:
Back in the mid 70's, there was a song on the radio about "I Love A Rodeo."
Do you know the name of the singer and was the record a hit?
Answer:
"I Love A Rodeo" was Roger Miller's 36th chart single. It peaked at # 57 in
1975 and was on the charts for 10 weeks.

Question Nine:
Is Reba McEntire retiring from doing concerts?
Answer:
Reba McEntire has announced that she will do a tour next year--about 30
shows--and plans to perform even more in 2004. Dates and cities have not
been announced.

Question Ten:
Who was the guy who had a record about "Just Give Me One More Cup of Coffee
And I'll Go" from back in the 60's?
Answer:
"I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee, Then I'll Go" was Claude Gray's 2nd chart
single.. It peaked at # 4 in 1961 and was on the charts for 23 weeks

Question Eleven:
It was on the radio that Connie Smith and Marty Stuart were performing
together in some kind of "South Rhythms." Do you have any information?
Answer:
Marty Stuart and Connie Smith will perform in "Rhythms Of The South.," a
program to increase interest and tourism in Nashville, Tennessee.
The pair will also conduct a question and answer session for international
tourists, tour operators and journalists during the November 27th event.

Question Twelve:
I heard on the radio that Jimmy Dean had a "yard sale" at his home. Does he
need money that badly?
Answer:
Jimmy Dean recently held a yard sale at one of his homes near Richmond,
Virginia. Included in sale items was a framed photo of he and Elvis
Presley. Profits from the yard sale went to The Dean Foundation, a
scholarship fund for students and teachers at an area school. The Deans
also recently sold their Dallas, Texas condominium and their 141 -foot
yacht.

ON THIS DATE: Country Music's Top Tunes Were:
1950 I'm Moving On - Hank Snow
1958 City Lights - Ray Price
1966 Open Up Your Heart - Buck Owens
1974 I Overlooked an Orchid - Mickey Gilley
1982 Close Enough to Perfect - Alabama
1973 Dolly Parton's #1 single "Jolene" debuted on the chart
1961 Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose are the first inductees
into the Country Music Hall of Fame
1950 The Stanley Brothers recorded "The Lonesome River" for Columbia
1953 Pee Wee King recorded "Changing Partners"
1953 Pee Wee King recorded "Bimbo"
1953 Pee Wee King recorded "Huggin' My Pillow (And Dreaming Of You)"

Hej Janne!

Reflexen räddar liv!

Vintermörkret gör dig svår att se på vägarna och vi vill göra dig mer säker. Mejla till mig så skickar jag en reflex som gör dig synlig på vägarna! Skicka gärna med några åsikter om P4 Västmanland så blir jag glad. joel.linderoth@sr.se
Tack! Joel Linderoth, redaktionschef

Sedan kan du ju lägga till att alla som bor inom 10-15 mil bort kan höra Radio Västmanland på 100,5 Hz
och alltså även önska mer Country i Radion. Gäller alltså även Stockholmare bl a.

I Radio Västmanland har tidigare Stefan Lanehed gjort många Country-program, så de har ju programledaren redan anställd!

På min NYHETS-sida finns inte bara dina nyhetsbrev utan just nu la jag dit nedanstående.
Ska tipsa honom om att sända promotion-CD till dig:

Ny norsk countrykille Ove Støylen släpper sin första CD i nov.
Ove mailar mig nu i oktober och berättar att han ger ut sin första CD nov 2003. Ove har bott ett år i USA, perfekt country-språk, Alan Jackson-fan, de båda gratislåtarna på den ovanligt fina hemsidan för en nykomling, låter jättebra och riktigt för mig som gillar Alan och riktig gammaldags country.
Skulle kunna tänka mig att Oves CD skulle kunna bli en favorit på skivtallriken om alla låtarna håller provlyssnings-klass. www.ovestoylen.com

Om du åker till Spanien så missar du det vackra höstvädret och den fina luften att andas in! Men ha det så trevligt där nere i södern och tack för info!

Hoppas alla ni andra också får en fortsatt trevlig vecka och helg! Vi hörs sannolikt på söndageftermiddag!
Hälsningar, Janne Lindgren

Email: steelguitar@swipnet.se

Nyhetsbrev nr. 95 november 2003

+ Entertainer Of The Year....Alan Jackson
+ Horizon Award...Joe Nichols
+ Female Artist Artist Of The Year... Martina McBride
+ Vocal Group Of The Year...Rascal Flatts
+ Country Music Hall Of Fame...Carl Smith & Floyd Cramer
+ Male Vocalist Of The Year... Alan Jackson
+ Album Of The Year... Americam IV "The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash
+ Song Of The Year... "Three Wooden Crosses" Randy Travis
+ Single Of The Year..."Hurt" Johnny Cash
+ Vocal Event Of The Year...Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
+ Music Video Of The Year...Johnny Cash
+ Vocal Duo Of The Year... Brooks & Dunn
+ Musician Of The Year... Randy Scruggs

Nu är arbetet igång med att undersöka möjligheten att få ett suveränt Countrymusic-paket på några svenska scener sommaren 2004. Bifogat finns en fil som berättar lite mer om artisterna.

med vänliga hälsningar,

Johnny Sandberg
Sunjay Production AB
Box 139 52422 Herrljunga Tel 0513-12345 / mob. 0708-540606 epost:
sunjay@sunjay.se

Info. om "Countrypaketet" lämnas fortsättningsvis via www.sunjay.se

- AUSTIN, U.S.A

En av dom absolut mest lovande countryartisterna idag. Wallaces har tre utgivna album (CD) som hyllas av en enig kritikerkår. Tidningen Country Music People skrev bl.a, I samband med första plattan “Hillbilly Heights”, "the most impressive new voice to emerge from the Austin talent pool".

Roger Wallaces framför countrymusik, djupt rotad i Lonestar honky-tonk traditionen. Egna låtar såväl som suveräna covers från Kristofferson, Wynn Stewart eller Buck Owens.

”Music that has been ”lost” on today´s commercial countryradio is found on this project. If you´re a lover of great, true to form traditional countrymusic. The “Lowdown” is a MUST HAVE!

skrev R.W Storm/twangcast.com i sin recension av Wallace´s senaste platta ”The Lowdown”

The Austin Chronicle's Jim Caligiuri proklamerade "one of the best singers, not only in Austin, but in all of country music”

Teri är en välrenommerad låtskrivare. Hennes låtar har bl.a spelats in av, Roger Wallace, Marti Brom och Ted Roddy. Repertoaren är genuin country, med mycket influenser från sextiotalet och är starkt influerad av damer som Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette och Rose Maddox. Teri´s duetter med Roger Wallace är lite av legendariska i Austin, vi hoppas få njuta av dom på svensk scen.

GARY CLAXTON

Sångare och gitarrist i Austins mest populära countrygrupp “Heybale”, där bl.a Earl Poole Ball medverkar samt f.d. musiker från bl.a Mavericks, High Noon och Asleep At The Wheel En talang som bara måste höras! Sjunger sina Hank Williams och tidiga George Jones låtar så att man definitivt får gåshud.

JIM STRINGER

Omtalad, hyllad och välkänd gitarrist som de flesta Countryband drömmer om att ha med i bandet. Ingår i Teri Joyce Austinband The Tagalongs och flera andra konstellationer. Flitigt anlitad gitarrist.

YTTERLIGARE AUSTIN-ARTIST(ER) TILLKOMMER.

Kontakta Johnny Sandberg, tel 0708-540606, eller 0513-12345, för detaljer/bokning.

SUNJAY PRODUCTION AB

Box 139 52422 Herrljunga, SWEDEN Tel 46+ (0)513-12345 Email: sunjay@sunjay.se Internet: www.sunjay.se

Born 1936 in Olivehurst, CA Died Nov 4, 1990

by Sandra Brennan
Phil Baugh was one of the best session guitarists in Nashville during the 1970s and '80s. Born and raised in Northern California, he began playing guitar and performing in churches as a child, which led to band and nightclub gigs. He got his first big break playing with Ray Price, who helped him get a recording contract with Longhorn Records in Dallas. In 1964 Baugh and Vern Stovall recorded the album Country Guitar, which contained two major hits, "Country Guitar" and "One Man Band." In 1965 he was named Best Guitarist by the ACM, Outstanding Instrumentalist of the Year by Billboard, and Instrumentalist of the Year by Cashbox. Baugh rejoined the Ray Price band as a lead guitarist in 1969. He moved to Dallas two years later and became a prominent studio musician for commercial jingles and album projects. Baugh moved to Nashville in 1975 and there became one of the hottest session players in town. His unique sound stemmed from his invention of the "Phil Baugh Pedal," comprised of six pedals that bent the strings of an electric guitar to produce sounds similar to that of a steel pedal guitar. Baugh formed the Superpickers in 1980, which included steel guitarist Buddy Emmons, drummer Buddy Harmon, bassist Henry Stryzlecki, pianist Willie Rainsford, and percussion/harmonica player Terry McMillian. During the early '80s, Baugh also embarked on a successful producing career. He suffered a coronary in 1985, but continued working on the Nashville Network's Church Street Station. However, he never fully regained his health and died in 1990 at age 53.

Phil Baugh var en sanslöst bra gitarrist och jag har själv några superplattor där han är med och spelar. Förhoppningsvis kommer något av hans material att släppas på CD så småningom. JL.

Vidaresänt av Per-Uno, är inte hundra på att du har infon, men du borde ju fått den.

Linda Gail Lewis kommer till Sverige. Tisdagen den 18/11 spelar hon med sitt band på Nalen i Stockholm. Förband: Emil Sigfridsson.

Som syster till Jerry Lee Lewis har Linda sjungit och uppträtt sedan hon varit liten. Linda har medverkat på många album och släppt egna solo CD:s. Linda har på senare tid turnerat med bl.a. Van Morrison, som hon också har släppt en duettplatta (”You Win Again”) med. Dessutom har hon hunnit med att gifta sig åtta gånger. På senaste plattan ”Out of the shadows” rör sig Linda Gail Lewis mellan country och rock’n’roll med små inslag av både sydstatsblues och soul. Support på spelningen är Emil Sigfridsson som Linda Gail Lewis gjort duetten ”Have I told you lately” tillsammans med. Singeln släpps den 17 november i Sverige.

på samlings-CD'n "Country Showtime " i Norge av skivbolaget "Showtime Records".

Samlings-CD'n sålde till 6.plats i Norge i vecka 37 (oavsett musikstil) enligt VG-listan.

Tack för bidraget Thor! Liana sjunger verkligen bra, men jag har stor anledning att betvivla riktigheten av listorna ECMA ger ut! Det skulle vara mycket intressant att veta vad deras listor baserar sig på och framför allt hur många DJs som sänder sina bidrag varje vecka! Trots detta så är det ju skojigt att Liana hamnat så högt! JL.

han sjöng dom gamla klassikerna,mycket nostalgi,och mycket tjööööööt.giget var i FLODA ,som ligger mellan ALINGSÅS-GÖTEBORG ca 150 pers inte så tokigt

Fin bild, men dessvärre kan jag inte ta in bilder i nyhetsbrevet. Hälsa Alf då du träffar honom nästa gång! JL.

Tack för dina eminenta nyhetsbrev, det är kul varje gång jag får dem. Visserligen har jag sett det mesta av de nyheter som kommer utifrån, eftersom jag får 3-5 nyhetsbrev själv varje vecka, men det är kul att få alla andra nyheter och synpunkter.

41st Annual ASCAP Country Awards
Craig Wiseman got the “good stuff” at the 41st Annual ASCAP Country Music Awards. Not only was he named ASCAP Songwriter of the year, but his song “The Good Stuff,” performed by Kenny Chesney, was honored as ASCAP Country Song of the Year. His other hits included “American Child,” “The Cowboy In Me” and “Young.” Alan Jackson took home the Songwriter/Artist award for his compositions “Drive (For Daddy Gene),” “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” and “Work In Progress.” The Publisher of the Year award went to EMI Music for hit copyrights including “19 Somethin’,” “Forgive,” “Have You Forgotten,” “I Just Wanna Be Mad,” It’s A Great Day To Be Alive,” “One More Day,” “The Impossible” and more. Among the evening’s highlights was the posthumous presentation of The ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Awards to the late Johnny Cash and the late June Carter Cash. John Carter Cash, son of Johnny and June, and granddaughter Chelsea Crowell accepted the award on behalf of the Cash family. The Partners In Music Award, which honors an ASCAP licensee who has shown exceptional dedication to promoting and expanding the reach of country music, was awarded to Wal-mart.

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Craig Wiseman

SONGWRITER/ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Alan Jackson

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
EMI Music Publishing

SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Hal Blair
Rodney Crowell
Paul Overstreet
John Prine

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Three Wooden Crosses,” written by Kim Williams and Doug Johnson; performed by Randy Travis

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Jeffrey Steele

SONGWRITERARTIST
Toby Keith

TEN SONGS I WISH I'D WRITTEN AWARD
“A Lot Of Things Different”—Bill Anderson and Dean Dillon
“Almost Home”—Craig Morgan and Kerry Kurt Phillips
“Celebrity”—Brad Paisley
“Drift Away”—Mentor Williams
“I Believe”—Donny Kees and Skip Ewing
“Somebody Like You”—John Shanks and Keith Urban
“Stay Gone”—Billy Kirsch and Jimmy Wayne
“The Impossible”—Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller
“Then They Do”—Jim Collins and Sunny Russ
“Travelin' Soldier”—Bruce Robison

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 96 9 november 2003

Hej vänner, just hemkommen från en promenad utmed Mälaren här i Skärholmen. Luftfuktigheten var säkert 100% men härligt att promenera i.

Emmylou Harris kommer til Cirkus i Stockholm den 11 november (tisdag) och jag förmodar att det blir ganska fullt hus. Hon har ju blivit någon form av kultfigur. Men förvänta er inte allt för mycket countrymusik i hennes show. Det var länge sedan hon ägnade sig åt den musikformen!

Nedan hittar vi ett inlägg från Thor J Gilhus angående olika spellistor som förekommer i tidningar och på Internet. Den här saken tål att diskuteras!

Tack för ditt senaste "newsletter". Jag hade kanske inte väntat att jag skulle få en öppen kommentar i din "newsletter" om Liana's resultat på ECMA Airplay Chart.

Oavsett... ECMA sammanfattar spellistor från deras registrerade DJs med ca. 120 personer i hela Europa. Bland dessa DJs hittar jag också dig, Janne. http://www.europeancma.org/stations1.htm Jag tror därför att du redan hade svaret på din kommentar; "Det skulle vara mycket intressant att veta vad deras listor baserar sig på...".

När allt kommer omkring så finns det på något sätt "anledning att betvivla riktigheten av listor" i allmänhet. Tittar man t.ex. på den så kallade "VG-lista" i Norge, som skall spegla hur många CD-skivor som blir sålda i landet, så är denna baserad på branschaffärer.

CD'n sålda på bl.a. bensinstationer är inte med. För ett skivbolag som Showtime Records ger detta en negativ effekt av deras marknadsförning och senare försäljning. Detta kan du läsa mera på här:

Jag tror också att även Billboard's listor kan diskuteras. Mitt påstående är att denna lista är mer eller mindre "köpt och betald för" av de stora Major skivbolagen. Antingen köper skivbolaget själv sina egna CD'n i ett tusental för att Billboard skall visa en större försäljning av deras artister, eller så köper dessa skivbolag sina resultat på listan på annat sätt. Vem vet? Det finns kanske anledning att betvivla absolut ALLA listor som finns! Hoppas din duo går bra. Det är skojigt att se den uppmärksamheten ni har fått i bland annat i "Big River Post".

Ps: Jag vill också gärna veta hur många DJs som sänder sina bidrag varje vecka!

Hej Thor och tack för ditt inlägg. Det var absolut inte meningen att förringa din och Lianas CD som hamnat högt på några listor. Du vet att jag verkligen tycker om Lianas sång och att hon är värd att finnas med bland de främsta är ingen tvekan om.

Beträffande ECMA (European Country Music Association) så har Rafel Corbi som startade organisationen för ca. 10 år sedan sänt ut spellistor varje vecka. Dessa spellistor har varit tagna helt ur luften och det finns ingen substans och ärlighet bakom. För några år sedan gjorde en svenska DJ en test genom att sända en (1) platta till ECMA. Plattan hamnade på första plats (om jag minns rätt) bara efter någon vecka! Flera andra DJs i Sverige som finns med på rapportlistan säger sig heller inte skicka in veckorapporter, trots att ECMA hävdar att så är fallet. Att jag själv finns med i organisationens lista över rapporterande DJs är något som jag inte visste om. D v s någon rapport över spelade låtar har jag aldrig sänt ECMA i syfte att de ska användas i deras spellistor. Mina spellistor hamnar på väldigt många olika ställen och det är lätt för vem som helst att hämta ned dem.

Du har helt rätt Thor att man kan diskutera alla spellistors värde, men den som ECMA skickar ut varje vecka är nog den man ska tro minst på av alla! Jag ser fram emot lite fler inlägg i den här frågan och kanske någon DJ i Sverige kan ge oss lite mer "kött på benen" framöver och bekräfta mina misstankar om listfusk från ECMA. Tack på förhand! JL.

Hej Janne
Inför upptryckningen av vår julsingel fick jag en idé att vi kanske skulle se oss om efter andra alternativ till DCM som ju är ganska dyra. Är det någon som har tips på prisvärda ställen att vända sig till är jag mycket tacksam för dessa.
All the best

MONICA SILVERSTRAND

Tack Monica, ett bra initiativ att efterlysa billigare CDtillverkare! Har ni tips så skriv en rad till nyhetsbrevet! Men det ska vara pressade CDs inte hembrända. Hembränt kör vi med själva och där är kvaliteten ojämn! JL

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Cash Also Receives The Irving Waugh Award of Excellence

NASHVILLE - The night belonged to the Man in Black, Johnny Cash, and Alan Jackson during "The 37th Annual CMA Awards." Both men won three trophies each during the evening. Cash received trophies for Single and Music Video of the Year for "Hurt" and Album of the Year (with producer Rick Rubin) for American IV: The Man Comes Around, which Cash once called, "The best record we've done." Cash last won Album of the Year in 1968. Cash died Sept. 12 at the age of 71.

Jackson received Awards for Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year (which he won in 2002) and Vocal Event of the Year with Jimmy Buffett for their chart-topping hit "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere." His latest Awards bring Jackson's career total to 16.

Son John Carter Cash and daughter Kathy Cash accepted their father's Awards on his behalf. "My father's work came to completion at the end of his life not at the end of this record," John Carter Cash said. "I've never seen a man more dedicated and stronger than that man. My father's memory will live on in my heart, and I know in all of your hearts."

Cash was also named the fourth recipient of the Irving Waugh Award of Excellence. The award is given to an individual who is an originator and caretaker of demonstrated ideas and actions that have dramatically broadened and improved Country Music's influence on a national or international level for the benefit of the industry as a whole, and also has a proven historical impact on Country Music. The CMA Board of Directors selected Cash for this honor earlier this year.

Friends and admirers of Cash paid homage to the Country legend in a moving musical celebration to close the last musical performance of the Awards. Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, who were part of The Highwaymen with Cash and Waylon Jennings, performed "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk The Line," respectively. Travis Tritt and CMA nominee Sheryl Crow, who had performed at both June Carter and Johnny Cash's memorial services, joined musical forces for "Jackson." Hank Williams Jr., who joined forces with Cash in 1988 on a song called "That Old Wheel," performed one of Cash's most popular hits "Ring of Fire." All the performers joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who were nominated with Cash for Vocal Event of the Year, for "Will the Circle Be Unbroken."

Reigning 2002 Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride picked up her second straight Award in that category. "I am so honored to be in this category with the women that are in this category," said McBride. "I don't know why it is me up here, but I am very grateful and proud." Close friend Faith Hill presented McBride with the Award after McBride performed her latest single, "In My Daughter's Eyes," from her eighth RCA Records album Martina.

Brooks & Dunn picked up their 11th Vocal Duo of the Year trophy. "We are working on our second decade," said Ronnie Dunn. "Thanks for keeping us around."

Since releasing their first Arista Nashville album more than a decade ago, Brooks & Dunn have sold more than 27 million albums and have garnered 21 No. 1 hits. The duo performed their new single "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out of the Girl."

The 2002 Horizon Award winner Rascal Flatts won Vocal Group of the Year, a first for the trio. In an emotional acceptance, the group gave their Award to "our heroes," retiring group Alabama. Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney have two Platinum albums to their credit and seven Top 10 hits, including "I Melt," which the group performed on the Awards.

Joe Nichols took home the coveted Horizon Award, which is given to the artist who has demonstrated significant growth in Country Music over the past year. Nichols' debut album, Man With A Memory, spawned two No. 1 hits including "Brokenheartsville," which he performed.

Songwriters Doug Johnson and Kim Williams won their first CMA Award for Song of the Year for "Three Wooden Crosses" by Randy Travis. "You know, our world needs hope," Johnson said backstage. "And if any of us can give anyone hope, well, we've done our job."

Country Music Hall of Fame member Dolly Parton teamed up with five-time GRAMMY award winner Norah Jones on "The Grass Is Blue," a Parton classic that Jones recorded for the tribute album Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton. The performance also included Rhonda Vincent on background vocals.

Entertainer of the Year nominees Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney each performed poignant coming-of-age songs. McGraw sang "Red Ragtop," the controversial single about regret and forgiveness from his nominated Album of the Year Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. "There Goes My Life," Chesney's first single from his upcoming album, follows a father through the birth of his child, to giving her away at her wedding.

Top nominee Toby Keith performed his 18th No. 1 hit, "I Love This Bar," in front of a backdrop of neon signs and barroom images.

Female Vocalist of the Year nominees Terri Clark and Patty Loveless performed up-tempo songs "I Wanna Do It All" and "Lovin' All Night," respectively. In 2003, Clark was the only female to have a No. 1 hit in 82 weeks with "I Just Wanna Be Mad." Loveless' newest album On Your Way Home, her first studio project in more than two years debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and received critical acclaim.

Country Music's brightest new stars in the Horizon Award category each performed songs that in the past year established them as viable hit-makers. "Nashville Star" winner Buddy Jewell sang his Top 5 hit "Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)," a tribute to his daughter; Blake Shelton performed his family-oriented No. 1 song "The Baby;" Gary Allan sang "Songs About Rain," his second single off his fifth MCA Nashville album See If I Care; and Darryl Worley sang "I Will Stand My Ground," from his Platinum album Have You Forgotten?

George Strait, the CMA Award's top-nominated artist of all time with 71, performed his new single "Honk If You Honky Tonk." Highest-selling Country female in history, Shania Twain, sang "She's Not Just A Pretty Face." Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Alison Krauss collaborated with her band, Union Station and Musician of the Year nominee Jerry Douglas, on "Every Time You Say Goodbye."

Three-time CMA Award winner Brad Paisley offered the comic relief of the night with a little help from his friends. "The Bachelorette" star Trista Rehn and "Star Trek" captain William Shatner introduced Paisley, who performed "Celebrity," the tongue-in-cheek satire on stardom.

Guitarist Randy Scruggs received his second Musician of the Year trophy and dedicated his Award to some of his biggest influences. "I'd really like to say a personal thanks to the Cash family and the Carter family for the many years of inspiration," Scruggs said.

Capitol Nashville recording artist Dierks Bentley introduced a commercial break with his No. 1 single "What Was I Thinkin'" from his debut, self-titled album.

Adding some comedic moments himself, Vince Gill hosted the CMA Awards for the 12th consecutive year. Gill also took to the stage and performed "Young Man's Town," a reflective look at the differences in the past and the present from Gill's album Next Big Thing, with background vocals from his daughter Jenny.

Country legends Floyd Cramer and Carl Smith were officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Cramer, know for his progressive piano playing style, died in 1997. Singer-songwriter Smith, who attended the Awards, wrote some of the biggest hits in Country Music in the 1950s, including "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" and "Are You Teasing Me."

Presenters on "Country Music's Biggest Night(tm)" included Trace Adkins, Tracy Byrd, Chris Cagle, Anthony Clark and Mike O'Malley from CBS' "Yes Dear," Kellie Coffey, Sara Evans, Jennifer Hanson, Rebecca Lynn Howard, George Jones, Lonestar, Jo Dee Messina, LeAnn Rimes, Kid Rock, Marty Roe, Keith Urban, Mark Wills and Wynonna.

The industry professional members of the Country Music Association vote to determine CMA Award winners. The CMA Awards were produced by Walter C. Miller, directed by Paul Miller and scripted by David Wild. The event was broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. MJI Programming, a Division of Premiere Radio Networks, is the official radio packager of the CMA Awards, which includes the stereo-radio simulcast of the gala event. The Awards was also seen around the world, including BBC Television in the UK. The CMA Awards became the first music awards show to be broadcast on network television in 1968.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: (Award to artist and producer)
American IV: The Man Comes Around JOHNNY CASH
RICK RUBIN, producer

SONG OF THE YEAR: (Award to songwriter and primary publisher)
"Three Wooden Crosses"
DOUG JOHNSON and KIM WILLIAMS
Mike Curb Music/Sweet Radical Music/Kim Williams Music/Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Cross Keys

SINGLE OF THE YEAR: (Award to artist and producer) "Hurt"
JOHNNY CASH, RICK RUBIN, producer

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: (Awards to artist and director) "Hurt"
JOHNNY CASH, MARK ROMANEK, director

VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR: ALAN JACKSON and JIMMY BUFFETT
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"

Tack Danne för att du sänder oss information direkt ifrån Nashville. Det är alltid intressant att läsa de artiklar m m du sänder oss! JL.

AFF har saker på gång: James King Band på torsdag den 20 november på Bysis i Stockholm. På fredag den 21 november är de i Konserthuset, Gävle. Gå in på deras hemsida www.AFF.just.nu och kolla efter fler begivenheter. Gillar du bluegrass och amerikansk folkmusik av alla slag så bör du vara medlem i den här föreningen. JL.

Could be! Terri was mighty easy on the eyes of Playboy.com's poll takers - so much so that she was the second highest vote-getter in a recent online poll to determine country's hottest female! Terri gained more votes than Faith Hill, Leann Rimes, and other country beauties. Now Playboy.com has offered Terri a nude photo shoot - and she's seriously considering it.

Det är stort för vår musik (som förstås innefattar mera än country, men ändå) och jätte roligt för oss som band.

Virgin Records släpper samlings skiva med bland annat Eva Eastwoods "Wendys wedding". Andra artister är bland annat ZZ top (?), Jack Baymoore och en hel del riktiga legender ifrån 50-talet. Reklamen kommer att köras på Tv 4 i december.

Janne Lindgren

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Nyhetsbrev nr. 97 12 november 2003

Ni som inte har bestämt er för om ni ska åka till Gisleparken i Gislaved nu på fredag (14 november) bör kanske göra det ganska snart. Country Minstrels med Carolina Åkerlind och Per-Erik Jonsson (ni vet han som alltid spelar piano med Wanda Jackson då hon är här) finns med i bandet! Det blir en höjdarkväll kan jag lova! JL.

Jag heter Kaj Carlsson och bor i Trollhättan.Jag är medlem och Vice ordförande i Brålanda Country &Western Music Club.Via vår ordförande Börge Christensen brukar jag få dit nyhetsbrev,men jag vill gärna få det direkt från dig.

Vi har tänkt prenumenera på en countrytidning från USA,och vi undrar om du har någon bra att rekomendera.

Jag har planer på att åka över till USA nästa år, och undrar om du kan komma med något bra förslag på ställen som man bör besöka i Nashville,Memphis och omnejd.

Det var många frågor på en gång! Kul att du gillar mina nyhetsmail! Du får dem direkt fr o m nu! Countrytidningarna i USA är lite osäkra kort. De kommer och går! Men den engelska Country Music People är nog den bästa av alla! Nashville känner jag väl till men dessvärre inget om Memphis. Återkom då du är på gång. Jag kommer själv att ordna en resa nästa höst med några personer här i Stockholm. Resan kommer att kosta ca. 15 - 16.000 kronor/ per person inkl. flyg, hotel och bilhyra och meningen är att vi ska besöka Texas en vecka och Nashville en vecka. Kanske något för dig?

Om man åker till USA finns det vissa saker man ska tänka på enligt min åsikt:

3. Planera aldrig att stanna för lång tid första gången. 10 - 14 dagar är max.

4. Läs olika reseskildringar skrivna av erfarna resenärer, t ex mina i KK.

Det finns givetvis mer att tänka på men de här tre punkterna brukar folk göra som misstag. Beträffande hotel så finns det många bra billiga sådana men låter man t ex en resebyrå ta hand om den bokningen då blir det dubbelt så dyrt. Läs som sagt mina reseskildringar så får du ut mycket bra som du kan använda. JL.

Question: Some days ago I found an old LP of David Rogers in a second hand shop. He
was famous in the 70th (1973-77), and with this LP I had three of him. But I´ve never heard anything about him since this time. Can you please tell me, what's about him today?
Answer:David Rogers placed 37 songs on the country charts between 1968 and 1984,
but only two of them cracked the top ten: "Need You" in 1972 and Loving You Has Changed My Life," in 1974. Both songs peaked at # 9.

I did promotion work for David for a couple of years back in the 70's. He
was one of country music's most unrecognized talents, a nice guy and a good
person. David Rogers died in 1993 at the age of 57.

Jag vill tillägga att jag faktiskt har 4 olika kanonLPs till salu med David Rogers. Nya osprättade ex som är på märken Atlantic och Republic. (Obs! LPs inte CDs). JL

Ang. diskussionen i ditt nyhetsmail ang. ECMA och deras playlist kan jag inte låta bli att sända dig några rader. Den DJ du nämner som fick upp en svensk platta på första plats var nog jag. Det måste ha varit runt -98, och jag hade under några år sänt playlist regelbundet till Rafel Corbi och ECMA för mitt radioprogram Country Saloon. Jag började bli misstänksam på alla mysko låtar som dök upp på listan efterhand, så jag beslöt att göra ett litet test. Jag satte upp Sigge Hill´s låt "Riksväg 83" på min playlist en vecka och döm om min förvåning när den låten direkt låg på första plats på en ny lista som enbart innehöll skandinaviska artister! Jag tvivlar ju starkt på att ett antal DJ samtidigt som mig hade grävt fram denna platta från -93 och valt just denna låt som ju är på svenska dessutom. Nej, jag litar absolut inte på ECMA och deras listor, det är lite synd att amerikanska artister sväljer dessa listor med hull och hår.

Förresten, när det gäller Liana Wallinder så håller jag med föregående talare: Liana har en otroligt bra röst och jag väntar med spänning på en full-cd från henne. Här har vi en artist som kommer att bli stor!

Tack Thomas för dessa rader. Du belyser exakt vad jag ville få fram, ECMAs listor kan ingen lita på. Men självklart ger de ändå en del reklam för de som syns på listorna! JL.

Innan alla julbord, luciavakor och julottor kommer igång träffas vi och värmer oss med årets avslutande countryjam.
Speedzone bjuder till Countryjam på Raiway Saloon i Sundsvall tisdag 18/11.
www.speedzone.info.se

Tjena Janne!
vi vill gärna ha ditt nyhets brev mail= country.cream@spray.se
Kolla gärna www.cream.just.nu
Keep it country och hade bra
Country Cream / Thomas

Visst Thomas, nyhetsmailet kommer i din epost nästa gång. Country Cream lirar i Ingatorp i Småland den 22 november och det är i Bygdegården festen hålls. Lokalen är ganska liten och det blir säkert fullt hus! Arrangör är Smålands Country Club. Kontakta Lars Thell på lars.thell@home.se Jag har själv varit där med Stetson vid några tillfällen och det är ett mycket trevligt ställe. Dessutom goda hamburgare!

Glöm heller inte bort DCMCs jamsessions i Kvarnsvedens Folkets Hus. Endast ett jam kvar för året och det är den 27 november. Country Cream är husband förstås! JL

Hi guys and gals,

I really appreciate all the email response I got from the last newsletter about the history of one of the great Sho-Bud guitars, the Super Pro II, but I was reminded that even though it's history for you, for me it's memory.

That's what started me thinking about this weeks newletter … my memories of the Grand Ole Opry.

Upon moving to Nashville in the sixties, one of my first road jobs was working with Stonewall Jackson, one of classic, traditional country singers and Opry members. I remember being home one Thursday afternoon and having Stonewall call me and say that we were working the Opry Saturday night and then leaving after the show and playing southern Georgia Sunday afternoon. I put very little thought into the significance of me actually playing the Opry because to me, at the time it was just another job to get paid for. I remember loading up my car, driving down to the Ryman and pulling in to park behind Sho-Bud, whose back door butted right up against the back door of the Opry. I grabbed my guitar … there were no pack-a-seats in those days … went up the seven steps to the backstage area, past Mr. Bell the security guard who really had nothing to do with security because in those days, it wasn't needed. This was mid-summer and of course, there was no air-conditioning in the Opry! because as I remember, backstage it was near a hundred degrees, not that I cared or noticed much due to all the excitement of being backstage at the Opry and knee deep in musicians and sharing the common experience of playing in this great and famous auditorium, the mother church of country music.

As I was setting up my steel guitar in one of the small cramped dressing rooms, it seems like everybody stuck their head in to say hello. Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Dolly and Porter, Jim and Jesse, Faron Young, Roy Acuff, Marty Robbins, Sam McGee and the Fruitjar Drinkers, June Carter, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Jean Sheppard, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Buddy Charlton, Big Jim Webb, Weldon Myrick, Hal Rugg, Sonny Burnette and of course, the great Shot Jackson. The pressure was starting to mount. Luckily I was very familiar with Stonewall's material having already worked with him for three weeks and being pretty easy material to start with. After tuning and getting ready, I heard the announcement that we were on next. Leaving the safety of the dressing room and pushing my way through the legends of country music backstage, I was suddenly exposed to the audience and the world through 50,000 watts of clear channel power from WSM radio. I had the intro on Don't Be Angry, Regg! ie Allie, our guitar player, had the first fills and when it came time for the turnaround, Hal, Weldon, Buddy, Shot and Sonny ran up behind me on the stage yelling "You can do it … you won't mess up much … and look boys, he's shaking." along with Shot hitting me on the head with his fist. I don't know why, even laughing out loud, I played the best instrumental break I had probably ever played in my life. I could hear this hoard of steel guitar players as the retreated backstage and Hal Rugg saying "Hey, he did pretty good." and Shot saying "Next time I'll cut his strings off".

I'll never forget the response of the crowd and my initiation to the Opry from the singing legends and the great steel guitars that I had appreciated growing up.

The camaraderie, respect and love that I feel for the Ryman and it's glorious past will always be a part of me. The significance of all this didn't hit me until I walked back down those seven steps into the evening air and put my guitar back in the car, drove away and turned the Opry on on my radio. Suddenly it hit me as I was listening to Marty Robbins that I was just there. That's when it all fell into place.

Some people say country music isn't the same as it was in those days and I won't take sides pro or con, however and this could be because of my age at the time but that magic Opry at the Ryman in the fifties and sixties … those cramped dressing rooms, the lack of air-conditioning, the great acoustics, the monitoring system on the stage which I loved, and all the sights, sounds, smells and memories … well, it just can't get any better than that. One of the things I remember most about the Opry of those days is how much fun it was and how much love everybody had. After growing up on a dairy farm 650 miles from the Opry and listening to it every Saturday night, to actually be there with the people I had idolized all my life … and here they were, treating me like they had known me all their life, what else could a steel guitar player wish for … besides sharing a dressing room with Dolly and getting paid for it … which also happened!

It may be history for some, but it's memories for me.

Your buddy,
Bobbe Seymour

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question One:
I heard on the radio that Alan Jackson is recording with The Bellamy
Brothers. Is that true?
Answer:
Alan Jackson has joined the Bellamy Brothers on a re-make of their hit,
"Whistlin' Dixie," for the brothers new album.

Question Two:
My mother used to sing a song about "This Haunted House." She said it was a
Loretta Lynn record. Do you have any information?
Answer:
"This Haunted House" was the flipside of Loretta Lynn's 1964 # 3 hit,
"Wine, Women And Song."

Question Three:
My sister says the radio guys were talking about Randy Travis having a new
gospel album. Do you know anything about that?
Answer:
"Worship And Faith", Randy's new 20 song gospel album, was released
November 11th.

Question Four:
My uncle used to sing a song about "Make Way For A Better Man." He said it
was on the radio by Willie Nelson. Is that true?
Answer:
"Make Way For A Better Man" was the flipside of Willie Nelson's 1967 # 24
hit, "The Party's Over."

Question Five:
I heard that Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are featured in some
magazine. Do you have any information?
Answer:
Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are featured in the November issue of
Reader's Digest, in a story titled "Country Takes Over."

Question Six:
Who was the singer who had the record of "Lovin' Machine" back in the 60's?
Answer:
"The Lovin' Machine" was a # 8 hit for Johnny Paycheck in 1966. It was his
3rd chart single and was on the charts for 19 weeks.

Question Seven:
I heard on the radio that Jerry Reed has something to do with a musical. Do
you have any information?
Answer:
Jerry Reed produced an original musical, which was staged November 7th in
Franklin, Tennessee. "Cod Roaster" was written by Bryan Kennedy and
featured three men singing by a campfire.

Question Eight:
Who was the singer who had the record about "Hard Luck Joe" back in the
60's?
Answer:
"Hard Luck Joe" was a # 54 hit for Johnny Duncan in 1967. It was his first
chart single and was on the charts for 7 weeks.

Question Nine:
Will Rosanne Cash perform on The Johnny Cash Tribute and will it be on TV?
Answer:
Rosanne Cash did perform on the November 10th Johnny Cash Memorial Tribute
and it will be seen on CMT on November 15th.

Question Ten:
There was a country song on the radio several years ago about "Poor Folks
Stick Together." Do you know the name of the singer and what happened to
him?
Answer:
"Poor Folks Stick Together" was a # 61 hit for Stoney Edwards in 1971. It
was on the charts for 7 weeks. Stoney died in 1997 at the age of 67.

Question Eleven:
The radio guys were talking about Ricky Skaggs releasing a DVD. Do you have
any information?
Answer:
Ricky's first DVD, "Soldier Of The Cross," was released October 28th. Ricky
recorded the concert in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000.

Question Twelve:
I heard that Jerry Lee Lewis was separated from his wife. Did they get a
divorce?
Answer:
Jerry Lee Lewis is now legally divorced from his 6th wife.

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Countryartister avlöser varandra just nu och det är skojigt! Igår var Emmylou Harris på Cirkus i Stockholm och det skulle vara kul att få några kommentarer om det. Någon som var där?

Det här blev ett ovanligt långt nyhetsmail, men ibland kommer det in så många intressanta saker att jag bara måste förmedla dem vidare till er. Det har kommit in ganska många nya "prenumeranter" till nyhetsmailet de senaste veckorna och till er vill jag säga välkomna. Hoppas att ni finner något intressant i mina utskick. Skulle ni (och andra läsare) tröttna på mina nyhetsmail så är det bara att skriva en rad med namn och emailadress så stryker jag er blixtsnabbt. Jag vill inte att ni ska känna att ni får ännu ett "junkmail"!

Hör gärna av er om ni har varit ute på något kul. Några korta rader räcker oftast!

Jag räknar med att nästa nyhetsmail ska komma på söndag. Vi ses kanske i Gislaved!

Email: steelguitar@swipnet.se

Nyhetsbrev nr. 98 november 2003

Just hemkommen från Gislaved och vårt jobb med Country Minstrels i Gisleparken, så känner man sig ganska nöjd faktiskt! Det blev en härlig honky tonkkväll i fredags med mycket folk och hög stämning! I bandet hade vi även Per-Erik Jonsson och då han svänger loss med sin Jerry Leecountry, då sitter ingen still. Ett jättetack till Ingemar Elf som är en eldsjäl beträffande countrymusik! Kul också att Micke med kompisar kom från Ljungby för att dansa och ha kul. Förhoppningsvis får vi några skrivna ord från några som var där. Janne Lindgren

One of the greatest virtuosos that country music has ever produced, Speedy West bridged the western swing and rockabilly eras with eye-popping steel guitar. Besides contributing to literally thousands of country sessions, West cut many of his own instrumentals, as a solo act and with his guitarist partner Jimmy Bryant. Adept at boogie, blues, and Hawaiian ballads, West played with an infectious joy and daring improvisation that, at its most adventurous, could be downright experimental. It's doubtful whether anyone could collect all of Speedy's solos under one roof, but it was his sessions of the 1950s and early '60s — especially those with Jimmy Bryant — that found his genius at its most freewheeling and dazzling.

Ännu en steel-legend borta! Speedy West var en fantastisk innovatör och många, många är vi som försökt plagiera hans musik och spelsätt. Jag är glad att jag vid några tillfällen träffat Speedy och jag minns att han blev otroligt glad då jag berättade att hans musik andvändes på Musikmuséet i Stockholm för några år sedan. JL.

Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant "Flamin´ Guitars" på Bear Family kan beställas hos steelguitar@swipnet.se Boxen innehåller 112 låtar och en 52-sidig bok. En kanonbox för steel pickers!

Janne och alla andra tipsas härmed om countryklubben A six-pack to go som torsdagen 27 november spelar den bästa countryn som någonsin pressats på vinyl. Allt från Rose Maddox och Merle Haggard till Louvin Brothers och Johnny Cash. Södermalmsrestaurangen Bröderna Olsson håller vi till på, Folkungagatan 84, 21-01 och fri entré! Kolla gärna www.six-pack.has.it för mer information. mvh, Micke

Se og fortæl om dette spændende varme country arrangement på en kold årstid og dans og hyg jer til musikken. Sæt det venligst på opslagstavler og i country bladene.

Der bliver opbygget saloons, whiskeybar små sandområder med kaktusser, arrangeret Line Dance og Square Dance som opvisning og meget, meget mere i løbet af aftenen

Se særskilt musikprogram og menu. Odense Congress Center tilbud i forbindelse med Country night 19.03.2004 Pris: kr. 325,- pr. person

Overnatning:Pris: kr. 695,- pr. Person inkl. Country Night 2004, overnatning i dobbeltværelse på vort 4-stjernede hotel samt morgenmad.

Odense Congress Center A/S, Ørbækvej 350, 5220 Odense SØ, Tlf. 65 56 01 00

Hej Mary, självklart tipsar jag om kommande evenemang. Det här ligger visserligen ganska långt fram i tiden, men kanske några vill planera en resa till Odense och samtidigt inhandla lite billig öl och sprit i Danmark? JL

President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush to Present the Honor to Strait in the Oval Office

Washington, D.C. (November 12, 2003) - President George W. Bush today announced that George Strait is one of ten recipients of the 2003 National Medal of Arts. The National Medal of Arts is the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence and is given to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth and support of the arts in the United States. The President and First Lady Laura Bush will present the awards in an Oval Office ceremony at the White House later today.

“I’m deeply honored to be named as a recipient of the President’s National Medal of Arts,” said Strait. “To think that my career has taken me from the honkytonks of South Texas to the White House is really remarkable. I’m also extremely flattered to be named alongside the other honorees.”

Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts seeks nominations from individuals and organizations across the country. The National Council on the Arts, the Endowment’s Presidentially appointed advisory body, reviews the nominations and provides recommendations to the President, who selects the recipients. The other honorees are Austin City Limits, PBS television program; Beverly Cleary, children’s book author; Rafe Esquith, arts educator; Suzanne Farrell, dancer/choreographer/company director/educator; Buddy Guy, blues musician; Ron Howard, actor/director/writer/producer; Mormon Tabernacle Choir, choral group; Leonard Slatkin, symphony orchestra conductor and Tommy Tune, dancer/actor/choreographer/director.

Söndagen den 7:e December presenterar COUNTRY & STEEL music club
det moderna dansanta countrybandet SLIDEBAR & Maria-Helena på scen

SLIDEBAR & Maria-Helena från Uppsala med sin fräsha framtoning och breda repertoar är ett modernt countryband med kvinnlig sångerska och steel guitar i sättningen som blandar eget material med låtar från artister som Carlene Carter, Danni Leigh, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, LeAnn Rimes, Dwight Yoakam med flera. De turnerar runt på Skandinaviens festivalscener under sommaren och under övriga året på klubbar, danser, företagsfester m.m.

SLIDEBAR & Maria-Helena startades 1997, och har under åren medverkat vid en rad olika arrangemang runt om i Skandinavien under åren. Bland annat kan nämnas scener som Lida-, Duved- och Furuviks Countryfestival, Westernfest i Valne, Fyrisfestivalen, CountryEvent i Sindal och Truckerfestivalen i Vejle, bägge på Jylland i Danmark.
Maria-Helena är dessutom sveriges första Allan Edwall-stipendiat och har genom åren arbetat med en rad olika artister samt medverkat i TV-sammanhang bland annat tillsammans med artister som Anna-Lisa Ericsson, Kjell Lönnå, Alf Robertsson, Sickan Carlsson och Mats Rådberg.

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Den nya modena countrymusiken breder för närvarande ut sig runt om i Skandinavien genom radiospelande artister . Dixie Chicks, Danni Leigh, Shania Twain, Jo Dee Messina, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes med flera har hjälpt trenden på traven. Svenska artister som Jill Johnson, Monia, Monica Silverstrand med flera följer också i dessa fotspår. Linedance, ett självklart dans- och showinslag på countryarrangemang är också numera den snabbast växande dansformen i Sverige.

Countryklubben COUNTRY & STEEL som startades år 2000 arrangeras och presenteras av två medlemmar från SLIDEBAR & Maria-Helena i syfte att skapa möten mellan turnérande band, artister och countryintresserad publik.

Flera arrangemang har bedrivits under åren på FREDMANS i Uppsala där artister som bland annnat ”Country Minstrels & Janne Lindgrén”, ”Albert Lee”, ”Wanda Jackson”, “Steve Haggard”, ”Eva Eastwood & The Major Keys”, “Wildwood”, "Lisen Elwin Band", “Western Satellites”, “Hazard”, “Kentucky” och “Honky Tonk Brothers” har medverkat.

Alan Jackson (news) and Martina McBride (news) are teaming up for a concert tour next year, which is expected to stop hit about 50 North American arena dates beginning in late January. Fans can expect a complete show since there will be no opening act and both artists will play complete sets. The pair is riding high on their recent successes at last week's (Wednesday, November 5) CMA's where Jackson took home the award for best male vocalist, and McBride scored the trophy for best female vocalist. McBride stands alongside Tammy Wynette (news), Loretta Lynn (news) and Reba McEntire (news) as the only women to have won three CMA female vocalist of the year awards.

When it comes to setting career goals, Martina McBride told LAUNCH that she doesn't make any specific plans. "You know I really, believe it or not, don't really plan things like that," McBride said. "I don't really have any big plans. I kind of, you know, take things as they come, hopefully make good decisions--smart decisions for a, you know, long career. I just really hope that I make decisions that will allow me to do this for a really long time because I love country music, and I love this career and, you know, I want to be making records and singing for a long time, so I really just kind of take it as it comes."

McBride's new self-titled album debuted at Number One on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and it was recently certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites). McBride will kick off her Joy Of Christmas tour on November 28 in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Jackson's been awarded a total of 16 CMA Awards, making him the second most awarded artist in CMA history. He's scheduled to perform at the American Music Awards on Sunday (November 16) in Los Angeles. It airs on ABC at 8/7 Central.

Just nu verkar Alan Jackson vara enormt populär och det ska vi vara glad för, då det är en av få superartister som verkligen håller sig inom countrymusiken gränser. JL.

I nyhetsmail nr. 96 efterlyste Monica Silverstrand billigare CD-pressbyråer, jag har hittat några företag med annonser där de påstår sig vara billigast i Sverige. Jag har inte någon egen erfarenhet av "byråerna", men skickar med några länkar så får ni prova er fram själva :

Tack Kriztina, kanonbra uppgifter! Du har förmodligen räddat många sköna tusenlappar framöver hos många band. JL.

Question: Please settle an argument. My wife says that Eddy Arnold had the hit record on the song "Room Full Of Roses." I say it was George Morgan. Who is right?
Answer: You won this round! George Morgan, Sons Of The Pioneers, and Mickey Gilley each had hits of "Room Full Of Roses." Eddy Arnold's "flower song" was "Bouquet Of Roses."

ON THIS DATE(November 15): Country Music's Top Tunes Were:
1946 Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis
1954 More and More - Webb Pierce
1962 I've Been Everywhere - Hank Snow
1970 I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me - Charley Pride
1978 Sleeping Single in a Double Bed - Barbara Mandrell
1986 Diggin' Up Bones - Randy Travis

1929 "C.W. McCall" of "Convoy" fame, born William Fries in Audubon, Iowa
1970 Jack Ingram born in Houston, Texas
1977 Gospel songwriter Albert E. Brumley ("I'll Fly Away") died at age 72
1980 Judy Lynn retired after 21 years as featured act at casinos
1956 Elvis Presley's First movie, "Love Me Tender," opened in New York City
1985 Alabama's "Alabama Christmas" album is certified gold & platinum
1950 Patsy Montana joined WQAM Radio in Miami, Florida

Det var allt för den här gången! Vi hörs igen om ca. 4 dagar! Hälsningar,

Janne Lindgren

Email: steelguitar@swipnet.se

Nyhetsbrev nr. 99 18 november 2003

WSM Radio Nashville is reporting: Grand Ole Opry Star Don Gibson has passed away.
He Was 75 years old. Don Gibson was a member of the Country Music Hall Of Fame and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. It is reported that he died of natural causes. WSM-AM 650 Radio will pay tribute to Gibson after the Tuesday Night Opry. More details as they are reported.

Med risk för att det blir för mycket med tack som skickas mellan varandra så måste jag ändå starta med att skicka ett jättetack till er alla i Country Minstrels era förstärkningar inbegripna. Det var ett helt perfekt och varierande program som ni bjöd på i fredags och bättre företrädare för den Svenska Countrymusiken är svårt att hitta.

Kan vi hålla denna nivå på arrangemangen med GP Country så måste detta bli något som har en framtid.

Det är verkligen roligt att se ungdomar som kommer för att dricka lite öl efter en bowlingrunda och upptäcker att detta ju är något som svänger och sedan befolkar dansgolvet hela kvällen. Några av tjejerna som provade Linedance för första gången såg efter ett tag ut som om de hållt på ett bra tag.

I debatten om Linedansare och klädsel så vill jag säga att Linedansen har kommit för att stanna och jag som tillhör den skara som är för feg att gå upp och prova måste säga att det är roligt att se dansarna i sin utstyrsel stampa loss på golvet. Ärligt talat så blir Countrytillställningarna lite trista om alla i publiken var som jag. Däremot så känner jag mig lite naken om jag går på Country och inte har bootsen och västen på mig.

Till sist måste jag skicka ett tack till Peter Bruhn med personal på Gisleparken som förverkligar dessa arrangemang. Trevligare och lättare folk att jobba med kan jag inte tänka mig. Jag ser fram emot nästa gång som är den 28 november med Jake & the Spitfires med Monica Silverstrand.

Hej Ingemar och tack för de raderna. Vi tycker det är fantastiskt roligt att det blev en så fin kväll med mycket folk och hög stämning. Precis som på ett äkta honky tonk i Texas. Vi i Minstrels som hade Per-Erik Jonsson med som extra artist älskar den här formen av speltillfällen, då vi får blomma ut ordentligt. Vår specialitet är just danskvällar i honky tonkmiljö och vi brukar få publiken att dansa tills de nästan ramlar omkull. Så också i fredags! Per-Erik kommer förresten att jobba med oss nästa år också.

Det är bättre att sända några extra tack än att glömma bort att tacka för saker man känner starkt för. Så jag vill i första hand än en gång tacka dig Ingemar (och dina kompisar) och givetvis Peter Bruhn och hans jättesnälla personal för en toppenkväll. Stugorna vi sov i var också kanonmysiga. Vi ser fram emot nästa säsong och hoppas att vi blir inbjudna igen! Hälningar från hela Country Minstrels.

Det var verkligen en kanonafton. Närmare ett honky tonk går nog inte att komma här i Sverige.

Minstrels har nog aldrig låtit bättre och jag tror att ni hade lika roligt som vi.

Hej Micke, tack för de orden! Ja, vi hade verkligen kul och vi såg att du och publiken var i god form! Det här lever vi länge på! JL.

Hur är läget?
Här har det varit klubbfest tillsammans med vår linedancekurs.
En imponerande lista på festdeltagare, vi var nästen 60 pers.
Både folk från linedancekursen och klubben samlades för ett knytkalas som varade i nästan 9 timmar.
Kvällen startade med en välkomstdryck som klubben bjöd på, sedan fortsatte vi med att käka våra picknickkorgar.
Kvällen varvades med både linedance och underhållning av våra eminenta musiker som vi har förmånen att räkna till vår medlemsskara.
Jag kan bland annat skryta med Tony Karlsson, sångare i Western Satellites, Leif Porres från gamla Daltons och sist min inte minst Reijo Palola vår alldeles
egen Merl Haggard.
Man kan se, om när konceptet är rätt, kommer också folk och jag kan nästan lova att alla hade väldigt roligt.

Jag vill tacka all countryvänner för ett mycket bra countryår och hoppas nästa blir minst lika bra. Nu återstår inte mycket än att vänta på julen och årsskiftet, sedan står det inte på förens det är dax för klubbens årsmöte och avspark inför 2004.
Och jag kan redan nu säga att det finns planer för nästa år, som dessutom är klubbens femte.
Med tiden har vi skaffat oss både erfarenhet och större ekonomiska resurser, det ger oss möjligheter att arrangera lite större saker under 2004.

Ha det gott och hälsa Carolina!
//Bosse Radeck, Ordförande i Aros RAWHIDE country music klubb i Västerås.

Hej Bosse, det är kul att se att det rör sig över hela Sverige och att klubbarna är aktiva. Vi behöver all denna aktivitet för att stärka countrymusikens ställning i vårt land. Inte minst skapa speltillfällen för våra svenska band som i sin tur gör massor av reklam för vår musik varhelst de spelar och på så sätt ser till att musikformen överlever här. Vi får ju knappast någon större hjälp ifrån Sveriges Radio som tyvärr inte sköter sina åtagande på ett tillfredsställande sätt. Ett undantag från Radio Jönköping som faktiskt intervjuade Carolina och mig då vi var på väg till Gislaved. Det tackar vi för.

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STORY BEHIND THE SONG

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According to Tom T. Hall, his 1968 hit, "Ballad Of 40 Dollars" was a hard
song to
title!
Tom T. said, "The idea for that song came from the observation of a small
town funeral. And the song deals with hypocrisy too---because people
pretend to be sad and downhearted when someone dies. But the fellow in the
truck who's reciting the conversational song is looking at the situation
much like someone who's seeing such a tragedy outside his family and he's
having real honest feelings and thoughts."

"The song is sort of a confession of a real human being of this day and
age---watching a funeral procession--like his thoughts of "I wonder who's
going to get that truck,"/ "I wonder what his finances were," and the fact
that the guy has to go back to work but he says in the song, that he would
go and see the man put down, but he doesn't own a suit."

"So ...this is the big line---in the song because he doesn't feel that he
belongs to that class of people. It's too bad that one of them died but he
has his own troubles and he doesn't have a suit and that's the thing that's
really bothering him--and not the fact that the guy died and is being
buried."

Tom T. added, "So the song has a message--but I don't know if it came off
like that to very many people. But I have known several people like that
fellow who sat in that truck like he does in the song. And those people
seem to be happier people because they don't pretend to be something
they're not. They're just real people."

He concluded, "The guy doesn't say a thing disrespectful and he hopes the
dead guy rests in peace--but the trouble is the dead guy owes him forty
bucks. One of my jobs as a kid was working in a cemetery--mowing around the
tombstones. You start thinking about all those folks that are gone and you
begin to get an attitude toward it."

"Ballad Of Forty Dollars" was Tom T. Hall's 4th chart single.
It entered the country music charts November 16th, 1968 and peaked at # 4.
It was on the charts for 18 weeks.

Så har då ännu en av de stora hjältarna försvunnit ur tiden! Don Gibson var en fantastisk songwriter och sångare. Hans platta Oh Lonesome Me (LPM-1743) köpte jag redan den 16 september 1963 och här finns låtar som "I Can´t Stop Loving You", "Take Me As I Am", "Heartbreak Avenue","We Could" och förstås titellåten. Det här är fortfarande en av mina riktiga favoriter i min samling. Bear Family har givit ut några boxar som täcker upp väldigt mycket av Don Gibsons karriär. Köp dem, de är countryhistoria!

Det var allt i detta extra nyhetsmail, men som vanligt är jag tillbaka på onsdag!

Email: steelguitar@swipnet.se

Nyhetsbrev nr. 100 20 november 2003

100 mail har jag hunnit med i år och det ska vi fira med att jag faktiskt gör ett litet uppehåll i nyhetsflödet i ungefär två veckor. Bli inte oroliga, jag kommer tillbaka med ny kraft i början av december. Ibland kan det vara bra att vila ifrån saker man gör ofta.

Jag publicerar här en lite mer utförlig historia om Don Gibson och som jag tror kan vara intressant för er. Ha en trevlig läsning! Janne Lindgren

Don Gibson has passed away.
He was born: 4/3/1928
Birthplace: Shelby, NC
Year of Grand Ole Opry Membership: 1958

When considering great country music talents, Don Gibson's name has to be high on the list.
As a songwriter/artist, Don has composed such classic standards as "Oh, Lonesome Me"
and "I Can't Stop Loving You."

More than 150 artists have recorded the later classic, including Elvis Presley three times.
Don's reap from the song even includes a gold record for the Ray Charles version.

Don knew he had something special the day he composed "I Can't Stop Loving You."
He thought less of "Oh, Lonesome Me," written the same afternoon. "I thought it was nothing at all, so I sent it to Nashville and said, 'Give it to George Jones.'
I had no idea I'd ever cut it, but Chet Atkins and Wesley Rose said
that was the one they wanted me to record. I said, 'I don't want to do that junk. I thought you'd given it to George.' Well they insisted, so I said, 'I'll do it if you let me put 'I Can't Stop Loving You' on the back. I think it's the best song.' They didn't want to. Then they said they would but weren't going to push it , and they didn't."

Gibson also wrote such songs as "Blue Blue Day," "Legend in my Time," "Sweet Dreams," "Too Soon To Know," "Guess Away The Blues," "Country Green," "Who Cares" and scores of others.

As a teenager, he worked at a variety of jobs, including one in the textile mills in his native North Carolina, "hopping curbs and even delivering baby diapers," he recalled.
He worked to make enough money to finance his efforts to be an entertainer and songwriter.

He was still a youngster when he moved to Knoxville to perform on the WNOX Tennessee Barn Dance and Midday Merry-Go-Round. He soon organized his first band in the area.
He then met Wesley Rose, president of Acuff-Rose Publishing in Nashville.
Rose heard some of Don's songs and sought him out. And just as Rose's father, Fred, discovered Hank Williams, Wesley discovered Don Gibson.

Don signed a songwriting contract with Rose and a recording contract with RCA. His first single was "Too Soon To Know," and the second "Oh, Lonesome Me," swept every major award in the country music field in 1958. During this period, Don joined the Grand Ole Opry as a regular. He rejoined the Opry in 1975. But the nicest thing that ever happen to him, in his own words, "is her," his wife, Bobbi, a beautiful, charming girl from his hometown.

Question: Back in the 60's, there was a great song on the radio about "A Stranger Was
Here," but I don't remember the singer's name. Do you know and was the record a hit?
Answer: "A Stranger Was Here" was Darrell McCall's first chart single. It peaked at
# 17 in 1963 and was on the charts for 8 weeks.

ON THIS DATE (November 18): Country Music's Top Tunes Were:
1949 Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
1957 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
1965 Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright
1973 Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
1981 My Baby Thinks He's a Train - Rosanne Cash
1989 Bayou Boys - Eddy Raven

Mer om Don Gibson:
The songwriter and singer who wrote three of the most famous songs in country music history has died in Nashville. Don Gibson was pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital on Monday evening (Nov. 17). He was 75, and death was due to natural causes.

Although well known as an artist, Gibson once said, "I consider myself a songwriter who sings rather than a singer who writes songs." One of those songs was "Sweet Dreams," which was a 1956 hit for both Faron Young and Gibson and which landed Gibson a songwriting contract with premier Nashville publisher Acuff-Rose and a record deal with MGM. He wrote his other two landmark songs in a Knoxville, Tenn., trailer park in one afternoon: "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me."

After charting a No. 9 hit with his single of "Sweet Dreams," Gibson left MGM for RCA. Chet Atkins produced his first singles in 1957. The recording of "Oh Lonesome Me" went to No. 1 and is now regarded as one of the prime early examples of what came to be known as the "Nashville Sound." With its use of piano, drums, guitars and background singers -- in place of the traditional steel guitar and fiddle -- "Oh Lonesome Me" set the prototype
for the cleaner, sweeter sound that Atkins at RCA and Owen Bradley at Decca were championing.

He was born as Donald Eugene Gibson on April 3, 1928 in Shelby, N.C. Influenced by the mellow country sounds of Red Foley and Tennessee Ernie Ford, he began working local clubs while still in high school. After graduation, he pursued music while working a series of jobs as soda jerk, baby diaper deliveryman and dishwasher. He worked his way onto the local
radio station, WHOS, with a group called Sons of the Soil, in 1948. With some early success, he recorded briefly for Columbia. He moved to the regional country music center, Knoxville, and played on the WNOX Midday Merry-Go-Round and Barn Dance series there. Wesley Rose of Acuff-Rose signed him to a writing contract after seeing Gibson perform in a Knoxville club. He came to Atkins' attention and, after "Oh Lonesome Me," recorded a string of hits, including "Blue Blue Day," "Sea of Heartbreak" and "Lonesome Number One."

With success came personal setbacks, however. Drug and alcohol problems plagued him, and he later said that he became hooked on speed when a doctor first prescribed it for his weight problem. Unknowingly, he wrote the song that would best describe himself and his career in 1960: "(I'd be) A Legend in My Time." Eventually, he went back to Shelby, met Bobbi Patterson, who became his second wife and who was instrumental in turning his life around.
They moved to Nashville where he devoted his life to songwriting, while continuing to record.

In all, Gibson charted 82 songs himself, with three going to No. 1 -- "Oh Lonesome Me," "Blue Blue Day" and "Woman (Sensuous Woman)." Gibson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. His songs were recorded by many artists, the most famous example being Ray Charles' 1962 cover of "I Can't Stop Loving You," which topped the pop charts for five weeks.

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ON THIS DATE (November 18):
1912 Jimmy Swan born in Cullman, Colorado
1946 Jacky Ward born in Groveton, Texas
1990 Xavier B. Cosse, country music promoter, manager and husband of

singer Martha Carson, died at age 73
1990 Esco Hankins died at the age of 66 in Lexington, Kentucky
1970 Jerry Lee Lewis & his third wife, Myra, divorced
1968 Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" album is certified gold
1947 The Louvin Brothers record their first session for Apollo Records
1955 Webb Pierce recorded the #2 single, "Yes, I Know Why"
1980 Barbara Mandrell hosted her first network TV special

Hei Country venner !

Howdi Country Folks!
Festivalsarbetet fortsätter med en bra glöd. Vi kan hälsa en del nya medarbetare välkomna i gänget, det tycker vi är jätteroligt. BLA. Tre Tjejer som ska kontakta sponsorer och sälja VIP set mm.
Regestreringen av Ydre Country Festival Ekonomiska Förening är klar, har nu ett organisationnummer.
Tre i ledningsgruppen har varit i Norrköping och gått en Festivals och Arrangörskaps kurs, mycket givande och många bra tips fick vi lära oss.
Ydre Kommun har vi även haft en del möten med, men det har inte varit så givande än, men det kan ju ändra sig?
Vi kommer även att få tillgång till Radio Hits fm, och göra en Countrytimme där med mycket Countrymusik, tävlingar mm.
OBS Hemsidan är uppdaterad, Nya Artister mm., Kom gärna med synpunkter om den.Till mig
greger@countryfestival.se Worm regards from MR Greger Fridlund www.countryfestival.se

(Worm = mask och howdi = howdy, men ok då, vi förstår vad du menar. Men varför inte skriva allt på svenska? ) JL.

Det var allt jag hade att bjuda på idag, men efter ett kort uppehåll så är jag tillbaka med mina nyhetsbrev i mitten av vecka 49.
Ha det bra så länge!