COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday July 28th, 2016
Email: djdclassics@gmail.com
STORY BEHIND THE SONG
According to Anita Kerr - her working relationship with Jim Reeves was quite
different from those who have described Reeves as "short-tempered - ill-tempered
and hard to get along with."
Kerr commented, "The Anita Kerr Singers worked on "He'll Have To Go." I was
amazed at just how well Jim sang that song. When he would sing in that low key -
it was just great. That was a very relaxed recording session. Chet Atkins would
come in and suggest this or that. Now Jim Reeves didn't like noisy people and he
did demand absolute quietness in the studio. But Jim was always very quite - a
very nice man - I don't remember him ever raising his voice to anyone during his
recording sessions."
Jim Reeves RCA Victor single "He'll Have To Go" came on the country music charts
December 7th, 1959 - made it to number one - and stayed there for 14 weeks.
It was Reeves' 26th charted song and was on the charts for 34 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I have been hoping that Reba McEntire would do a Christmas album and I
heard on the radio that she is . Do you have any details?
A: Reba's "My Kind of Christmas" will be released September 2nd and will be
available in Cracker Barrel stores and online.
Q: Do you know anything about Randy Travis doing something with the Dallas,
Texas Police Department? My daughter says she saw it on TV.
A: Randy Travis will join The Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker, Collin Raye, Janie
Fricke, Kelly Lang, the Bellamy Brothers, T. Graham Brown, Johnny Lee, Gene
Watson, John Conlee, Ronnie McDowell, Mickey Gilley and Moe Bandy on July 27th
at Billy Bob's Texas as part of the "Stars Behind the Stars" benefit concert.
Proceeds will be donated to the Dallas Police Association's Assist the Officer
Foundation, which offers financial help to the families of active officers who
have been killed.
Q: According to my wife - Vince Gill is teaming up with James Taylor on some
sort of project. Do you know anything about it?
A: Chris Stapleton and James Taylor will team up with Vince Gill September
27th at "All for the Hall Los Angeles," a benefit concert for the Country Music
Hall of Fame.
Proceeds will benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's education
programs.
Q: Have you heard anything about one of Alan Jackson's guitars being in the
Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame? My daughter says the radio folks were talking about
it.
A: Alan Jackson is one of several artists featured in "Louder Than Music:
Rock, Power & Politics," an exhibit of times when political activism merged
with music and Alan's contribution is the Jim Triggs guitar that he used to
perform "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" during the 2001 CMA
Awards. The display at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio also
includes Jackson's handwritten lyrics to the track, which was inspired by the
terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Q: The old song "Goodnight Irene" has always been one of my favorite songs.
Years ago I heard Jerry Reed sing it on the radio but I can't find any
information about his record. Do you know anything about it?
A: Reed's version of the song is in his 1973 "Hot - A - Mighty" album
Q: Have you heard a Waylon Jennings song about "Dreaming Anita?" It was on the
radio years ago.
A: "Anita You're Dreaming" was a # 17 hit for Waylon in 1966
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A T T E N T I O N: R A D I O S T A T I O N S:
Our short form daily radio feature, "Story Behind The Song" is now
available to radio stations at no
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For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1945
Oklahoma Hills - Jack Guthrie
1953
It's Been So Long - Webb Pierce
1961
Heartbreak U.S.A. - Kitty Wells
1969
Johnny B. Goode - Buck Owens
1977
It was Almost like a Song - Ronnie Milsap
1985
Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks) - Earl Thomas Conley
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison
Buddy Spicher, session fiddle player, born Dubois, PA 1938.
Harold Burkett of "The Four Guys" born Steubenville, OH 1939.
Jonathan Edwards, Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist/harmonica born Aitkin,
NN 1946.
Gene Vincent appeared on the "Perry Como Show," 1956.
Jerry Lee Lewis debuted on national TV, on the "Steve Allen Show," 1957.
Marty Robbins released "Its Your World/You Told Me So" 1961.
Bill Anderson's first No. 1 "Mama Sang A Song" debuted on the charts 1962.
Charlie Pride recorded "Kiss An Angel Good Morning," 1971.
Ralph Emery conducted his last all night radio show on WSM 1972.
Donna Fargo scores her fourth straight #1 single "You Were Always There" 1973.
Earl Thomas Conley's "Angel In Disguise" went to #1 1984.
Arista released Diamond Rio's album "Unbelievable" 1998.
Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>
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RAILROAD DAYS.
By: Jack Blanchard
A long time ago we
were on our way to do a national television show
from the PBS main studio in Pittsburgh,
and then to a Nashville recording session.
Sometimes life can be good.
The porter showed us to our compartment and stowed our luggage.
Orlando was sliding away past our windows,
so we settled down, propped our feet on our suitcases,
and waited for snow.
An official voice over the PA system:
"You're invited to the dining car for the hospitality hour",
Free coffee and orange juice".
Misty said, "Let's live a little",
and we staggered forward with the sway of the train.
Passing through the club car, the train rounded a curve,
and Misty sat on an elderly man's lap.
His wife said, "Well, I never" and glared out the window at nothing.
She failed to see the humor in it.
The best part of the dining car
is watching the scenery fly by in sunset colors.
Telephone poles tick away the time,
and up ahead the train whistle adds to the adventure.
At every road and city street, cars are lined up
waiting for us to pass by.
Make way for the train,
the biggest thing that moves on land!
We stayed awake most of that night
wiping our breath steam from the train window,
and watching the sparkling towns and moonlit woodlands
fall away behind us.
Washington DC was having a brisk morning
as we left our luxury train
and boarded a coach bound for Pittsburgh,
which wove slowly through the gray land Appalachia.
There were untidy traces of leftover winter,
dingy crusts of snow and slush.
Smoky air had left its film on town and country alike,
dulling the colors.
Trees, houses, factories, cars, dogs, cats, grass, and people
all blend to a drab tannish gray.
Men in work clothes stand in the cold rain
waiting for the train to take them home after another hard day.
A pregnant woman
struggles to get a baby carriage over the curbside slush pile
without dropping her bag of groceries.
Clothes are functional.
No time for style.
A gang of workmen lined up in the aisle waiting to get off,
whisper and snicker at our haircut and clothes.
We must seem outlandish to them.
Misty and I smile at each other, taking no offense.
The train stops and they file off,
lunch boxes under their arms,
heads bowed against the gray rain,
each seeking out the dreary street that leads home.
The train was owned by The Baltimore and Ohio/Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad,
and the train staff was proud of it:
R.G. Whitling, Conductor; L. Boone, Flagman,
and E.A. Popp, Baggageman.
Their hospitality brought color back to this leg of the journey.
Nature soon followed suit, producing a beautiful rocky river
that wandered for miles through scenic hill country.
Journeys can remain after destinations fade from memory.
Jack Blanchard
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan...
Home Page: http://www.jackandmisty.net
Mastering & restoration studio: 352-530-2068.
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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock
Late Night On The River-Stan Hitchcock
Friends and neighbors, are you already sick to death of Politicians hollering at
each other, people marching up and down with some dumb sign, everybody out to
get more free stuff...which is a lie, cause nothing is free...some of us gotta
pay for it. Yessirreebob, just sitting here on the river tonight wishing I was
back in an Ozark holler, no television, no radio, if you want to hear another
voice...you gotta actually talk to your neighbor or someone in your family.
Well, just close your eyes and put your mind on them hills of home, and the
peace we once knew in our lives. Let this song carry you back to a better time,
a better place...God bless you brothers and sisters of a country life. stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that
prevails.
– Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)
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