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February, 2002


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2/28/02 courtesy of  Tami staceykostesfans@aol.com   from staceykostesfans@yahoogroups.com 
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 courtesy of  Kyle irresistiblekyle@yahoo.com  from MindyOnline@yahoogroups.com
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 courtesy of  mlr6629@webtv.net from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com
 LeAnn Rimes "Married"

LeAnn Rimes Ties the Knot Reply to: country_music@yahoogroups.com  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 courtesy of   http://www.FanFair.com/
Fan Fair
Thursday - Sunday, June 13 - 16, 2002
Nashville, TN
http://www.FanFair.com/


WE LISTENED TO YOUR COMMENTS!!
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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!
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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.
 


2/22/02 courtesy of   mlr6629@webtv.net   from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com
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 courtesy of   mlr6629@webtv.net   from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com
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 courtesy of  "Jake" mindymonline@yahoo.com  from MindyOnline@yahoogroups.com 
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 courtesy of   mlr6629@webtv.net   from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com 
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.


2/22/02 courtesy of   mlr6629@webtv.net   from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com 
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 courtesy of   georgiesgal@webtv.net  from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com 
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 courtesy of  "Rhonda" queenturbo@earthlink.net from staceykostesfans@yahoogroups.com
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 courtesy of  "Jake" mindymonline@yahoo.com  from MindyOnline@yahoogroups.com 
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 courtesy of  "Rhonda" queenturbo@earthlink.net from staceykostesfans@yahoogroups.com
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 courtesy of  mlr6629@webtv.net  from countryqueens@yahoogroups.com
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 courtesy of  mlr6629@webtv.net  from 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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