2/28/02
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Stacey Live On The Radio
She did it!! Stacey was LIVE on WSM 650AM this morning. She was featured for
most of the hour between 8-9am Central.
Stacey talked with the DJ a little about when she moved to Nashville,
touring with
Jo Dee Messina.
She then played
"You Can't Take It
With You"
live with her husband/producer Bob Angello. AMAZING! There were people
surrounding the radio booth to listen to her. Bill Cody played "There's
No Cryin' In Love"
from the CD and
spoke with Stacey a little more. She told a cute story about when Jo Dee and
her band toured with the Judds and the first time she met Wynonna. She
then
played
"Let Go Of The
Ghost" live.
BEAUTIFUL!!
Throughout the hour Bill Cody played clips from the CD. He even mentioned
emails from our very own Don Youngman requesting "Planet of Love" when
he played a clip of the song!
Bill Cody and all of the studio staff loved Stacey. Bill remarked
after "Let Go Of The Ghost" that he couldn't imagine anyone playing it any
better than Stacey! THAT'S RIGHT!!!
Everyone PLEASE email WSM to say THANK YOU! They have been extremely
supportive of Stacey and her music. This was huge guys and gals so let's
show WSM some appreciation!
By the way, Stacey also mentioned that her fan fair show will most
likely be scheduled on Thursday, June 13th so MARK YOUR CALENDARS! If
you have never seen Stacey live, you will not want to miss it!!
KEEP BELIEVING,
Tami Olin
2/28/02
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Mindy Bio
go to www.mindymccready.com
(goes to capitol's site, click on mindy) and they have a new biography up
where she is explaining the tracks and stuff. really candid! enjoy guys!
Kyle
2/24/02
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LeAnn
Rimes "Married"
LeAnn Rimes Ties the Knot Reply to:
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LeAnn Rimes is "Blue" no longer: The 19-year-old country diva has tied the
knot with 21-year-old dancer Dean Sheremet.
Fresh off a legal settlement with her dad, Rimes walked down the aisle
Saturday in Dallas, her publicist confirms.
No other details of the nuptials have been made public. The couple has been
dating since last May, and they announced their engagement in December.
"What a wonderful, wonderful man," Rimes said on her Website after the
engagement news. "I'm
very, very happy."
Happy enough, it
appears, that Rimes even set aside a long-simmering battle with her father,
Wilbur Rimes, just in time for Saturday's Dallas ceremony.
LeAnn sued her father in 2000, accusing him and a business partner of
cheating her out of $7 million. Wilbur Rimes soon fired back with his own
countersuit, calling his daughter a "spoiled brat" and accusing her of
unladylike conduct. But last week, Wilbur Rimes confirmed that both
father and daughter have now settled their legal disputes. "It is difficult
to express just how happy I am that all of the legal troubles between my
daughter and I are over," he told Nashville's Tennessean newspaper.
Rimes met Sheremet last May at the Academy of Country Music Awards in
Nashville--not long after the singer broke things off with actor Andrew
Keegan, whom she had been dating since she was 15.
She and Sheremet have been inseparable ever since. Rimes' Website
www.rimestimes.com is filled
with snapshots of the happy couple, including a photo of them celebrating
his 21st birthday in Aspen, and Sheremet showing off an interesting gift
from his fiancée--a snowboard adorned with a life-sized picture of LeAnn.
Given her jumpstart into adulthood, it's probably no surprise Rimes decided
to get married before leaving her teens. With a voice reminiscent of Patsy
Cline, Rimes burst onto the country scene at age of 11. Two years later, she
scored a hit with her signature song "Blue," and picked up two Grammys (news
- web sites) in 1997 for her debut album.
More recently, Rimes performed at the opening ceremonies for the Salt Lake
City Winter Olympics (news - web sites). And after settling another legal
squabble with her label, Curb Records, in November, Rimes began working with
pop producer Desmond Child on another new album for Curb,
due out sometime this year
2/21/02
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Fan
Fair
Thursday - Sunday, June 13 - 16, 2002
Nashville, TN
http://www.FanFair.com/
WE LISTENED
TO YOUR COMMENTS!!
------------------------------
Based on fan input from Fan Fair 2001, we have made lots of changes to make
Fan Fair an even greater event for the fans. Some of the new changes for Fan
Fair 2002 include:
- More time with the artists as the Exhibit Hall opens on Thursday this year
- More great music with Thursday shows on the Riverfront Park Stages added
to the schedule
- Seats have been added to the popular Floor level and Lower Gold sections
along with the redesigned Adelphia Coliseum stages creating better sight
lines for everyone
- Tickets and parking passes will be mailed to registrants in advance. This
will cut the amount of time Fan Fair registrants have to stand in
registration lines (more details to follow)
- More user-friendly shuttle routes with more convenient stops
YOUR FAVORITE STARS PERFORM AT ADELPHIA
COLISEUM!
-------------------------------------------------
Headlining the excitement of Fan Fair 2002 are four nights of concerts at
Adelphia Coliseum. Already scheduled to perform are 12 of 2001's top 40
selling acts: Jessica Andrews, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Diamond Rio,
Sara Evans, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, Jamie O'Neal, Brad Paisley,
SHeDAISY, keith urban and Lee Ann Womack.
http://www.fanfair.com/2002/schedule.asp
MORE ARTISTS CONFIRMED TO APPEAR AT FAN FAIR
2002
-------------------------------------------------
With names being added continually, some of the stars confirmed to appear at
Fan Fair include Trace Adkins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Joe Diffie, Vince Gill,
George Jones, Tracy Lawrence, Lonestar, Neal McCoy, Rascal Flatts, Collin
Raye, Cyndi Thomson, Trick Pony and Phil Vassar. Check out our Artists
Appearing page to get a full list.
http://www.fanfair.com/2002/appearing.asp
NBC DAYTIME STARS RETURN
------------------------
Actors from "Days of our Lives" and "Passions" return by popular demand to
take part in Fan Fair 2002.
BUY YOUR FAN FAIR 2002 TICKETS!
-------------------------------
Four-day ticket packages are divided into three categories, based on the
level of reserved seating at Adelphia Coliseum. CMA will continue its
popular program of offering discounts for fans 18 and younger, and as always
children 3 and under are free.
A four-day parking pass for Adelphia Coliseum is also available to purchase
with all ticket packages by phone order only (866-FAN-FAIR). These parking
passes must be purchased before you get to Fan Fair.
http://www.fanfair.com/2002/tickets.asp
SHUTTLE INFORMATION
-------------------
The free Downtown shuttles will run all day, every day from Adelphia
Coliseum to the Downtown Fan Fair activities.
Shuttle service from outlying areas of Nashville to Downtown will also be
available from several park-and-ride locations with unlimited access on the
"Gray Line Satellite Shuttle" - Fan Fair's official Satellite Shuttle
service.
http://www.fanfair.com/2002/travel.asp
FAN FAIR'S REDESIGNED WEBSITE
-----------------------------
Be one of the first people to log onto the new and improved www.FanFair.com
on February 21. It will feature all the latest information including
up-to-the-minute talent lists, ticket information, schedules, photos and
much more. http://www.fanfair.com/
FAN FAIR CAUSE
FOR CELEBRATION
------------------------------
CMA donates half the net proceeds from Fan Fair to charities designated by
the artists participating in the event. Sixty-six charities benefited in
2001.
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HANK WILLIAMS JR.
Hank
Williams Jr.'s new project is as much about his family's history as it is
about new music.
"The Almeria Club
and Other Selected Venues"
takes the listener on a musical journey, chronicling landmarks from Hank
Sr.'s music career in the late 1940s. The album is named after a rural
Alabama club where Hank Sr. and his wife, Audrey, performed in 1947."The
album was a real kick for me, not only musically but from the standpoint of
what it repre- sents to my heritage and the ol' family tradition,"
Williams said.
"Had he been
here, Hank would've done it this way,"
he said, referring to his father. In support of the project, which was
released Jan. 8, Williams will be featured this coming weekend on Country
Music Televi- sion. On Saturday, he will appear on CMT's "Most Wanted Live"
prior to his first appearance in two decades on the Grand Ole Opry later
that night. On Sunday, Williams and his pal, Kid Rock, will be spotlighted
on "CMT Crossroads," a documentary of the people behind the music.
(Thanks to UPI's Crystal Caviness in Nashville)
2/22/02
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Newomer Kellie Coffey
Country newcomer Kellie
Coffey has an impressive resume that includes singing demos for Randy
Newman, recording songs for the Disney theme parks, and singing backup for
Barbra Streisand during her millennium show in Las Vegas. It was during that
particular show with Streisand that Coffey had a "moment" with the legendary
singer. "There was this
part in the show where we count down to midnight and the clock struck
midnight and fireworks go off in the background,"
she explained.
"And we're singing 'Auld Lang Syne,' confetti comes down from the ceiling,
everybody's hugging, and Barbra just makes a beeline for me and comes right
up to me, and she starts talking to me, and we have this moment on stage."
The "moment" sparked some serious curiosity in Coffey's parents who were in
the crowd. "Afterwards,"
she says, "my folks came
out to see me perform and everything, and they were like, 'We've just gotta
know, what was Barbra saying to you?' And they had this look on their faces
like, it was the dawn of the new millennium, 'What pearls of wisdom was she
imparting to you?' And I had to tell them that she was asking me if she had
any lipstick on her teeth."
Coffey's debut single,
"When You Lie Next To Me," sits at Number 34 this week on Billboard's Hot
Country Singles and Tracks chart
2/22/02
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Mindy's New CD
According to McFan from Daiv's board, that tracklisting may not be correct
at all. He said that Sacrifice is supposed to be on the new album, and that
she recorded 5 new songs for it, 2 of them being Maybe Maybe not and Be With
Me I suppose, so I will pass along the info once its known!
This is the
tracklisting according to www.hmv.com
1. Maybe Maybe Not
2. Lips Like Yours
3. Lovin Your Man
4. Be With Me
5. The Fire
6. Scream
7. I Just Want Love
8. Don't Speak
9. I Feel Your Hand
10. You Get To Me
11. Tremble
I wonder why "We We Love" was not included, thats a great song!
Jake
2/22/02
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CASH CD TRIBUTE
Bruce Springsteen, Bob
Dylan and Steve Earle have signed on to an upcoming tribute CD for Johnny
Cash on the occasion of his 70th birthday (Feb. 26). Dylan will sing "Train
of Love" while Springsteen has chosen "Give My Love to Rose" and Earle draws
"Hardin Wouldn't Run,"
www.Billboard.com reports. Also
participating --
Emmylou Harris, Sheryl
Crow, Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt,
Keb' Mo' and Little Richard. The album is slated to hit stores May 28. Cash
has covered songs by Springsteen and Dylan in the past. His 1983 CD, "Johnny
99," took its name from a Springsteen tune.
'HAT' NOMINATIONS
Travis Tritt
leads with nine nominations on the first ballot for the 37th annual Academy
of Country Music (ACM) Awards.
Brooks & Dunn, Toby
Keith, and
Tim McGraw
were close
behind with eight nods, while
Alan Jackson
and Diamond Rio
garnered six a piece, www.Billboard.com
reports. Tritt will battle for entertainer of the year, top male vocalist,
album of the year for the Columbia set "Down the Road I Go," and song of the
year for "It's a Great Day To Be Alive," among other nom- inations. Brooks &
Dunn's Arista set "Steers and Stripes" is also up for album of the year,
with "Only in America" earn- ing a song of the year nod. As co-composer of
that track, Kix Brooks earned a solo nomination as well.
Garth Brooks
and Lonestar
each was nominated in four categories, while
Tammy Cochran
garnered five separate
nominations in three categories.
Kenny Chesney, George
Strait, Cyndi Thomson, Aaron Tippin, and Trisha Yearwood
each pulled in
four nom- inations in three categories.
Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry, and Brad Paisley
scored three
nominations each, while
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
picked up three nominations in two categories. Other double nominees include
Jessica Andrews,
Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Steve Holy, George Jones, Patty Loveless, Reba
McEntire, Jo Dee Messina, Nickel Creek, Jamie O'Neal, Buck Owens, Blake
Shelton, Trick Pony,
and the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack. The final five nom- inees
for 15 of the 18 ACM categories will be announced dur-ing the week of March
11. Three nominees in the top new female, top new male, and top new vocal
duo/group categories will also be unveiled at that time. The awards will be
pre- sented May 21 in Los Angeles in ceremonies airing live on CBS-TV.
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ALBUM, TOUR FOR FIDDLERS
A new album by
fiddlers Michael
Doucet, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky and Rushad Eggleston
hits stores March 12. www.Country.com
reports the CD is titled
"Fiddlers 4."
Doucet is the leader of Cajun favorites Beausoleil, while Anger has played
in a number of progressive bluegass and jazz ensembles, Molsky is a veteran
fiddler and Eggleston a classically trained new- comer.
A tour is planned for April:
April 6 -- Irvine Barclay Theater, Irvine, Calif.
April 7 -- Da Camera Society, Los Angeles
April 9 -- Montalvo Center for Arts, San Jose, Calif.
April 11 -- Mystic Theater, Petaluma, Calif.
April 12 -- Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, Calif.
April 13 -- Cameron Church, Denver
April 14 -- E-Town, Boulder, Colo.
April 17 -- Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis
April 19 -- Old Town School of Folk, Chicago
April 20 -- Prairie Home Companion, New York
April 21 -- Somerville Theater, Somerville, Mass.
RIMES' LAWSUIT SETTLED
That well-publicized
lawsuit between singer LeAnn Rimes and her father, Wilbur, has been settled.
The Tennessean newspaper reports that because of this, Rimes' father and
mother (Wilbur and Belinda) have now decided to walk their 19-year-old
daughter down the aisle at this week's wedding. The younger Rimes had
accused her dad and a business partner of stealing some of her earnings --
$7 million. LeAnn recently settled another lawsuit that she had brought
against a former bodyguard and Curb Records. Most recently, she has been
working with pro- ducer Desmond Child on a new project. Now that the suit
against Curb has been settled
it's assumed the label will print and distribute the CDs. (The above
two items thanks to UPI's Dennis Daily)
'ALL STAR BLUEGRASS
CELEBRATION'
"There was a
magic of the music that night." Ricky Skaggs obviously is awestruck when
discussing the television special he hosted at the Ryman Auditorium in
Nashville in mid-January. The one-hour show,
"All Star Bluegrass Cele-
bration," will
air beginning Sunday on PBS stations throughout the United States. The
line-up included
Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley,
Earl Scruggs,
Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek,
Travis Tritt,
Bruce Hornsby and the Del McCoury Band.
A corresponding CD, "Ricky Skaggs & Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe,"
which features several of the artists who performed on the television
special, will hit the stores early next week.
(Thanks to UPI's Crystal Caviness in Nashville)
2/21/02
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Brenda Lee
Bio recounts
amazing life
By YVONNE CRITTENDEN -- Toronto Sun
LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE
By Brenda Lee
(Hyperion) Brenda Lee was only 4-foot-9 but her astonishingly mature,
powerful singing voice turned her into rock 'n' roll's first superstar
female singer while she was still in her teens. She became a star on five
continents and is considered one of the founders of rock. In this
autobiography, co-written with Robert K. Oermann and her
daughter Julie Clay, Lee writes about her relatively charmed life, although
she grew up poor in backwoods Georgia and was forced to work at the age of
eight to help out the family. But as a performer whose career has
spanned five decades, she can claim,
"I'm sane. I'm not bitter.
I'm not drugged out. I'm not broke. I'm still married to the same guy. My
children don't hate me. And I still have my voice."
Lee's amazing voice
was there from an early age and she loved to perform on stage. She was only
11 years old when she was signed by Decca Records to a contract that made
her a national recording artist. She remains the youngest headliner ever to
play Las Vegas, and won the hearts of the French when she appeared as a
14-year-old combination of Judy Garland and Sophie Tucker, so mature some
publicists claimed she was a 32-year-old midget! Her first big hit was
I'm Sorry, a song that changed her life, since it put her on top of the
charts, beating out rivals like Roy Orbison and Connie Francis. Then Rockin'
Around The Christmas Tree became a holiday classic, one of the Top 10
holiday hits of all time, still played today.
Lee survived several downturns in her career, reinventing herself as music
fashions changed, and today remains a respected Nashville figure, a member
of the Country Music Hall of Fame who cherishes a remark by no less a star
than John Lennon. He declared Brenda Lee "has the greatest rock and roll
voice of them all."
2/20/02
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Stacey Kostes
Hi Ya'll!
WSM 650 AM in Nashville, TN has been great about playing Stacey's
music. There are 3 dj's that have her CD. As you know, Hairl
Hensley has been the most supportive. He played
"There's No Cryin'
in Love" in the 6p.m. central hour on Tuesday and Hairl told me that
he will be playing Stacey again on Wednesday between 5:30-7p.m
central time. Even if you request a song either by e-mail or by
phone it is really important now to let whoever plays Stacey's songs
to let them know what you think after it is played because I have
asked them to start monitoring the feedback so that we can start to
take Stacey to the next level. "There's No Cryin' in Love" fits
really well with the WSM 650 format. Besides, Stacey's vocals along
with the awesome steel guitar playing, how can you go wrong...you
just can't!! Remember, we can all make a difference!
I also think that now we can start being a little more consistant in
what is requested because Stacey's CD now available at Tower Records
at Opry Mills in Nashville, TN as well as on the website. If people
hear the same song on the radio they will start to associate the
songs with Stacey and we all know then they will want their own copy
of "It's a Girl Thing".
There aren't any dates set yet, but Stacey will be playing out some
as well. One of the things that we are most excited about is that
Matthew Gillian who is also a dj on WSM 650 AM does a Live in studio
show on Friday evenings after the Opry where the artist plays Live as
well as plays cuts from the CD. Well, Matthew is very interested in
having Stacey on his show. As soon as we have a date set, ya'll will
be the first to know!
Hopefully Stacey will be playing at some more places around town
soon too. I will keep you posted.
Here is all of the important information to reach our friends at
WSM AM 650:
hairl@wsmonline.com Hairl air shift is: M-F 3-7p.m cst.
bill@wsmonline.com Bill's air shift is 5-10a.m. M-F cst.
matthew@wsm.com Matthew's air shift is: 9:30p.m.-2a.m. Opry Star
Spotlight Live show w/artists part of that time. Matthew also works
Tues-Fri. 12 midnight to 5a.m.
To listen online: www.wsmonline.com
Request Line: 615-737-9650
Toll-Free Request Line: 877-878-4650
This is all so very exciting to watch as we are slowing getting some
response, but Stacey and I both know that we couldn't do this without
your continued support! Keep the requests going!!
Stacey truly knows what Country Is....!!
Keep It Country!
Rhonda Clark
Independent Publicist for Stacey Kostes
2/19/02
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Mindy's New CD Cover
You Guys can see the album cover for Mindy McCready at
www.hmv.com just search under her name and click on the
cd, great cover! I cannot wait for the cd!
Jake
2/16/02
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Stacey Kostes
Hey All,
Great News…..The one and the only Stacey Kostes'
"It's a Girl Thing"
is now available at Tower
Records, in the Opry Mills Mall in Nashville, Tennessee. We're hoping it
will be available at the West End location soon. As well as the Ernst Tubb
Record Shop in Nashville, TN. So, tell all of your friends who don't
have Internet Access or if you just need an extra copy you can either visit
www.countryis.com or go to
Tower Records at Opry Mills. Remember to keep listening to WSM AM 650 and
requesting Stacey Kostes.
If you are requesting by e-mail please use the following addresses so that
they actually get read and don't just sit in a general mailbox. For
Hairl Hensley please use: hairl@650wsm.com
For Bill Cody please use:
bill@wsmonline.com To listen online:
www.wsmonline.com
The Phone #'s are: 615-737-9650 Toll-Free: 877-8784650
Yes, you can start requesting Stacey's music on the Bill Cody and Crew show
this week. Bill is on the air from 5AM-9AM Monday - Friday
Hairl Hensley is on from 3-7PM Monday – Friday
Now you can hear Stacey in the morning as well as during the drive home in
the afternoons on WSM 650 AM
Thank you so much for your continued support. I promise to keep you updated
as things develop. All of YOU, the fans can truly make a difference for
Stacey and her career.
Keep It Country,
Rhonda Clark
Independent Publicist for Stacey Kostes
2/15/02
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Waylon Jennings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
- Hellraising country music icon
Waylon Jennings,
who escaped death by giving up his seat on Buddy Holly's plane and helped
launch Nashville's "outlaw" movement with Willie Nelson,
died on Wednesday.
He was 64. The deep-voiced Texas troubadour "died very peacefully in
his sleep" at
his home outside Phoenix, Arizona, spokeswoman Schatzi Hageman said.
Jennings had battled diabetes and related illnesses, and last year had his
left foot amputated. Nonetheless he still had concert dates booked for the
coming months.
Disillusioned by
country music's slickness in the early 1970s, Jennings
brought a rock 'n' roll sensibility to the genre and crossed over to
mainstream fans.
He enjoyed such hit songs as
"Luckenbach, Texas"
"Good Hearted Woman"
and the Grammy-winning duet with Willie Nelson,
"Mammas Don't Let Your
Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys."
His
1976 album, "Wanted: The Outlaws," which also featured his wife, Jessi
Colter, Nelson and singer-producer Tompall Glaser, was the first country
album to be certified platinum.
He also wrote the popular theme to the 1970s television series "The Dukes of
Hazzard." Overall, the two-time Grammy-winner recorded dozens of
albums and had
16 No. 1 country
singles in a career spanning five decades.
Jennings lived an appropriate wild life in his younger days. In the late
1960s, he shared an apartment in Nashville with Johnny Cash after their
respective marriages had broken up, and the duo lived high on
methamphetamines and general destruction. After Cash remarried and got
sober, Jennings complained in 1974 that Cash had "sold out to religion."
Jennings, too, gave up the drugs, but as recently as 2000 he said religion
could be "a bad crutch." Jennings enjoyed 16 No. 1 hits and also won a
Grammy Award for his 1968 cover of "MacArthur Park."
He was inducted into
the Country Music Hall of Fame last October,
but was too ill to attend. Ill-health had plagued him since the late 1980s
when he had a triple heart by-pass, and he was forced to use a wheelchair in
recent months. "For Waylon, it was always about the music," said Joe Galante,
chairman of the RCA Label Group/Nashville, which was Jennings recording home
for many years. "The only spotlight he ever cared about was the one on him
while he was on stage. It wasn't about the awards or events. He was an
original and a pioneer in terms of creating his own sound. This is a great
loss for the music world." In the mid 1980s, he and Nelson formed the
Highwaymen, a "superstar" quartet that also included Cash and Kris
Kristofferson. TWIST OF FATE
Born June 15, 1937, in Littlefield, Texas, and raised on the music of Jimmie
Rodgers and B.B. King, Jennings got an early start in the industry. He
became a radio DJ at the age of 12, dropped out of high school in the 10th
grade and befriended fellow Texan Buddy Holly after moving to Lubbock to
work at a station there.
Jennings credited the rock 'n' roll pioneer with bestowing "attitude" upon
him. "He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any
barriers to it," Jennings once said. Holly produced Jennings' first
album and hired him as a bass player for his 1959 tour of the Midwest with
Ritchie Valens and J.P. "the Big
Bopper" Richardson. After a Feb. 2 show in Clear Lake, Iowa, an
exhausted Holly chartered a small plane to get to the next gig. Jennings
gave up his seat to the Big Bopper, who was suffering from the 'flu and did
not want to ride in the bus. The plane crashed soon after takeoff in
the early hours of Feb. 3, killing Holly, Valens and the Big Bopper. For
years Jennings was haunted by a joking exchange he had had with Holly, as he
related in VH1's "Behind The Music." "Buddy was leaning back against
the wall in this cane-bottom chair laughing at me. He says, 'You're not
going on the plane tonight, huh?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Well, I hope your
bus freezes up.' And I said, 'Well, I hope your plane crashes.' I was awful
young, and it took me a
long time to get over that." Jennings formed his own group, the
Waylors, in 1963, and developed his own style by merging a soulful vocal
with an eclectic repertoire. He was signed to RCA Records by Chet Atkins and
had top five hits in 1968 with "The Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line" and
"Walk Out On My Mind."
He recorded several songs for the soundtrack album of "Ned Kelly," which
starred Rolling Stone Mick Jagger.
OUTLAW ROOTS
Despite his success, Jennings never fit into the Nashville's pop-influenced
hit-making machine, where the songwriters and producers held sway over the
artists. He started producing his own records, hiring his own musicians and
stripped the music to its honky-tonk and western swing roots. Albums
like "Ladies Love Outlaws" (1972) and "Honky Tonk Heroes" (1973) helped pave
the way for the "outlaw" movement, an informal grouping with a fluid
membership of artists who came and went. He and Nelson also recorded three
duet albums. This new form of progressive country music expanded the
market for the country genre and sowed the seeds for the country megastars
who would burst onto the scene two decades later. By that stage,
country veterans like Jennings and Cash were out of favor on country music
radio, as the genre reverted to its slick stylings. Jennings' later albums
were inconsistent. His latest album was titled "Never Say Die, LIVE."
Jennings also starred in a number of film and TV projects, including
"Married ... With Children," in which he played a wizened mountain
prophet, the Mel Gibson movie "Maverick" and a "Sesame Street" movie
called "Follow That Bird."
2/13/02
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countryqueens@yahoogroups.com
NEW
JOHNNY CASH ALBUM
The first of
what will be many Johnny Cash releases in honor of his upcoming 70th
birthday hits stores this week. "The
Essential Johnny Cash"
is a two-disc package with
36 tracks. www.Country.com
reports it includes duets such as
"Girl From the North
Country" with Bob
Dylan, "The
Wanderer" with U2,
"The Night Hank
Williams Came to Town"
with Waylon Jennings, and
"Song of the
Patriot" with the
late Marty Robbins. June Carter Cash duets with her husband on
"It Ain't Me, Babe,"
"Jackson," and
"If I Were a
Carpenter." She
also joins Cash and the Carter Family on
"Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord."
Cash turns 70 on Feb. 26.
Later this year, a trib- ute album featuring covers of many of "the man in
black's" biggest hits is due out.
2/12/02
courtesy of "Rhonda"
queenturbo@earthlink.net from
staceykostesfans@yahoogroups.com
Stacey Kostes
Hey Gang!
It's me....again. Just wanted to let you all know that Hairl Hensley on WSM
650 AM will be playing Stacey Kostes on Tuesday, February 12th between
5:30pm-7:00p.m. central time. So be sure and listen!
For those of you who can't get WSM on the radio you can still hear Stacey on
the web at www.wsmonline.com
Keep sending your requests!!!
Thanks for supporting Stacey Kostes!!
Sincerely,
Rhonda Clark
Independent Publicist for Stacey Kostes
2/09/02
courtesy of ACC Top 40
Mary Chapin Carpenter News
Columbia Records singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter ended 2001 with a
series of successful concerts benefiting the Vietnam Veterans charity
Concerts for a Landmine Free World. She kicks off the New Year with
contributions on two high profile projects; the soundtrack for the upcoming
Mel Gibson movie "We Were Soldiers" and the highly anticipated Johnny Cash
(songwriter) tribute album on Columbia Records.
This past December, Carpenter was busy performing across the United States
on the behalf of Concerts for a Landmine Free World. Carpenter,
participating for the third year, performed along with Emmylou Harris, Steve
Earle, Sheryl Crow, Patty Griffin, Bruce Cockburn and Nanci Griffith at a
series of unique "in-the-round" style acoustic concerts. Over the holidays,
Carpenter went into the studio to record the well-known Johnny Cash song
"Flesh and Blood" with Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris. The song is a part of
a tribute album honoring Johnny Cash "the songwriter." This special project,
titled "KINDRED SPIRIT A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash," is being
produced by Marty Stuart and is expected to be released on Columbia Records
Nashville in early summer 2002.
Also in 2001, the Grammy winning artist released her critically acclaimed
album, "TIME*SEX*LOVE." The project was recorded at famed London-based Air
Studios and in the states. The honest lyrics obviously struck a chord with
fans, critics and her peers, alike. With multiple Grammy nominations in the
past, it's not surprising that again her work has garnered a Grammy
nomination for Best Engineered Album of the Year for her "TIME*SEX*LOVE."
The depth of the singer/songwriter's appeal became even more apparent when
"TIME*SEX*LOVE" showed up in numerous year-end "Best Albums of 2001" critic
polls including Boston Globe and Billboard magazine.
Boston Globe music writer Steve Morse marveled, "... This finely tuned
folk-pop goddess just keeps getting better." Look for a moving Carpenter
performance of a Patty Griffin song "My Dear Old Friend" to appear on the
"We Were Soldiers" movie soundtrack in stores February 26, 2002. The disc
will contain music inspired by the true story film. Also on Carpenter's
to-do-list in 2002, she will be recording a variety of songs penned by some
of her favorite songwriters, in addition to new material she has composed
for the project.
2/05/02
courtesy of "Rhonda"
queenturbo@earthlink.net from
staceykostesfans@yahoogroups.com
Hey Gang!
Today, Monday February 4th was the first time Stacey Kostes was played on
WSM 650 AM. I have been told that Stacey will be played more on WSM AM so
keep the e-mails and requests going.
More good news, I spoke with Eddie Foxx, the music director at Music City
103 this evening and he has agreed to play
"Let Go of the Ghost"
starting sometime this week. He told me he loved the song. I
suggested to him that he play it and let the listeners decide. You can
contact Music City 103 by going to
www.musiccity103.com or by calling
615-737-1033
or you can e-mail Eddie Foxx at
thafoxxman@aol.com If there are enough requests, it is my hope to
get Stacey Kostes in regular rotation. Be sure to ask for
"Let Go of the Ghost"
If Stacey is played often enough in Nashville, TN other stations will start
to take notice all over and hopefully start playing Stacey.
Personally as well as on Stacey's behalf, I want to say thank you for your
support!
Regards,
Rhonda Clark
Independent Publicist for Stacey Kostes
2/01/02
courtesy of "Jake"
mindymonline@yahoo.com from
MindyOnline@yahoogroups.com
MCCREADY'S NEW ALBUM
FINALLY READY
Mindy
McCready's new album for Capitol Records is now scheduled for release on
Tuesday, March 26. The label will be mailing advance copies in the very near
future. "Maybe, Maybe Not," is the debut single from this long-awaited,
self-titled release
Great news huh? I Cant wait!
Maybe, Maybe Not' has moved straight into # 10 on GAC's most wanted videos
this week.!! Way to go guys we should keep voting for her!
Jake
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