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CountryMusicSweden
A nonprofit organisation to promote country music
Nyhetsbrev nr. 16 7 mars 2003
(Titta tillbaka på tidigare nyhetsblad på http://home.bip.net/peruno )
Hej vänner,
Nu blev det
tätt mellan nyhetsbreven, men eftersom några intressanta saker dykt upp så vill
jag ändå skicka iväg det här. Janne
QUESTION:
My aunt used to sing a song about “Truck Driving Woman” and she said it was on
the radio by Norma Jean. Is that true and if so, is the recording still
available?
ANSWER:
“Truck Driving Woman” was a # 53 hit for Norma Jean in 1968. It’s also in her
1968 “Body And Mind” album. Yes the recording is still available. For
information, email to
Classics@countrymusicclassics.com
with “Norma Jean” in subject line.
Ø HI EVERYONE,
HERE IS THE
SCHEDULE FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT
> GRAND OLE OPRY SHOW.I AM SCHEDULED FOR THE 9:00 PM SHOW.
> THIS WILL BE MY 39TH ANNIVERSARY AS A MEMBER OF THE GRAND OLE
> OPRY.I
> JOINED THE SHOW MARCH 7 1964.JIM AND JESSE AND I JOINED THE GRAND
> OLE
> OPRY THE SAME NIGHT.WE LOST JIM A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT JESSE IS STILL
> PERFORMING WITH HIS GROUP.HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEK END.
> ERNIE ASHWORTH
>
Big Jim Webb has passed away....
Posted by Marty Martel on March 06, 2003 at 23:44:23:
I received the following information
from Weldon Myrick. Big Jim Webb has passed away, after a long battle with
cancer. It never seems to end as we lose another great country musician. Jim
played for many years with Del Reeves of the Grand Ole Opry. He was a great
person and a super musician, and loved by all of his fellow players and friends,
and I am glad that I can say he allowed me to be his friend.
Big Jim Webb quietly slipped behind the curtain at 4:50 p.m. this afternoon. By
his side was his wife, Betty, his children, Rita, Sherry, Smokey and Jimmy,
their Mother and Judi and me. (Jimmy had a car wreck last evening and had been
lifted by life flight to Vanderbilt. He was wheeled from the trama unit to be by
his dad's side).
MadisonFuneralHome,arrangements are incomplete at this time. I will be out of
town beginning tommorrow, so I will try and let everyone know as soon as I can
or you can check Dick Shuey's site and he will have.
GOD REST HIS SOUL. OUR CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO JIM'S WIFE BETTY AND
THEIR FAMILY.
Thanks, Weldon
Redan 1978 träffade jag Big Jim på George Jones klubb
the Possum Holler. Då reste jag tillsammans med dåvarande hustru Anita och
grabbarna Ulf Sterling, Gert Johansson och Helge Johannesen. Vi åkte med Laker
(dåvarande Ryan Air) från London till New York för ett mycket bra pris. De stora
flygbolagen avskydde Laker på den tiden och var lika skajsna för lågprisflyg som
SAS är idag! Från New York tog vi ett flyg till Dallas och träffade bl a Maurice
Anderson där. Eftersom det var mitt i sommaren så var det mycket hett i Texas
då. Härliga minnen!
SCMCs styrelse planerar en försommarfest den 24 maj. Notera detta datum i edra kalendrar. JL
George Jones will receive one of nine National Medals / CRAIG HAVIGHURST / TENNESSEAN.COM
Posted by TWANGTOWNUSA.COM on March 05, 2003 at 19:43:02:
Country music legend George Jones will receive one of nine National Medals of Arts, the White House announced today. President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush will the confer the medals tomorrow in an Oval Office ceremony, celebrating the recipients for making ''significant contributions to our nation's cultural life.''
Jones, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame since 1992 and a living legend of country, is still performing and recording nearly 50 years after his first charting hit. He's known best for his songs White Lightning, She Thinks I Still Care and The Grand Tour, plus timeless duets with his one-time wife Tammy Wynette, including Golden Ring and We're Gonna Hold On.
''It's a great honor just to be invited to the White House of course, but to receive this honor — it's something else,'' Jones said yesterday. He was notified of the medal about a week ago, he said.
Asked if he was surprised that country music would be eligible for a fine arts medal alongside architecture, acting, stage design and other fields of fellow recipients, Jones said, ''I would think it would be like any type of work that you do; if you do it in a big way and are good at it, that would be an art.''
Other recipients are: Florence Knoll Bassett, a designer/architect from Miami, Fla., Trisha Brown, a dancer/choreographer from New York, Philippe de Montebello, a museum director from New York, Uta Hagen, an actor/educator from New York, Lawrence Halprin, a landscape architect and environmental planner from San Francisco, the late Al Hirschfeld, an artist/caricaturist from New York, Ming Cho Lee a painter and stage designer from New York, and William ''Smokey'' Robinson Jr., the celebrated Motown singer/songwriter from Detroit.
Past recipients of the award from the country music field include Johnny Cash a year ago and Eddy Arnold the year before that.
Jones said he had not heard of the Medal of Arts, which claims to be the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence and which is selected by an advisory board of the National Endowment for the Arts.
''I know it's a very important thing,'' Jones said. ''It really hasn't hit me yet. But I think by tomorrow it will.''
Det var allt för denna gång! Janne Lindgren
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