COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday March 13th, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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A lot of hit songs have been written while driving to or from somewhere and
according to Johnny MacRae , Conway Twitty's 1980 number one, "I'd Love To Lay
You Down," was started while driving the 30 mile trip home from a songwriting
session with fellow writer Bob Morrison.
MacRae commented "I came up with the idea and wrote the chorus and first verse
while driving home that night. I finished the song while jogging the next
morning. I think a lot of women would like somebody to feel the sentiment in
that song. The title gets your attention but there's more to the song than that.
Love can get a little stale at times and I think women just like to feel that
they can still turn the guy on - even though she's a housewife."
Conway Twitty's MCA single "I'd Love To Lay You Down" came on the country music
charts February 2nd, 1980 and was at the top of the list on March 29th.
It was Conway's 54th charted song and his 29th number one.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: The radio folks talked about a "Reba McEntire Center" being damaged. What
is that all about?
A: The Reba McEntire Center for Rehabilitation in Denison, Texas provides
inpatient physical rehabilitation programs for people recovering from injury or
illness. The center recently sustained extensive flooding after a pipe burst
because of freezing temperatures.
Q: I haven't heard anything about Randy Travis lately. Do you know how he is
doing?
A: Randy is reportedly at home in Tioga, Texas - still recovering from a
stroke suffered last year. He is now confined to a wheelchair but is getting out
more.
Q: Do you have any information concerning another Merle Haggard "Oakie From
Muskogee" album. I heard about it on the radio.
A: To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the release of Haggard's "Oakie From
Muskogee" live album, Capitol Records will release a new anniversary edition of
the famous record on March 25th.
Q: I have heard that George Strait was given some kind of conservation
award. Do you have any information?
A: George Strait was recently given the T. Boone Pickens Lifetime
Sportsman Award for his work in managing the wildlife habitats on his ranches in
Texas.
Q: The radio d.j.'s mentioned a project to move Merle Haggard's boyhood
home. Where is the home located?
A: "Save Hag's Boxcar" is a fundraiser currently underway at the
Harley-Davidson dealership on Merle Haggard Drive in Bakersfield, California.
Money raised will be used to purchase, restore, and move the converted boxcar
home from Oildale to the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield.
Q: The TV News mentioned Glen Campbell receiving a "courage award." What
is that?
A: The inaugural Glen Campbell Courage Award will be presented to Campbell
at "A Night At Sardi's" in Beverly Hills, California on March 26th. The annual
event benefits the Alzheimer's Association and has raised over $23 million in
the past 22 years.
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welcome. Email *to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com*
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
*1944*
/Rosalita/ - Al Dexter *
*1952*
/Wondering/ - Webb Pierce *
*1960*
/Hell Have to Go/ - Jim Reeves *
*1968*
/Take Me to Your World/ - Tammy Wynette *
*1976*
/The Roots of My Raising/ - Merle Haggard *
*1984*
/Going, Going, Gone/ - Lee Greenwood*
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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:*
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NAME DROPPING...*
By: Jack Blanchard
I met Arnold Palmer in the 1970s.
I just saw him on TV.
One of us has matured a bit.
Misty welcomed George Jones and Tammy Wynette into our motor home
while I was in the bathroom.
Misty called out, "Oh, Jack,... George and Tammy are here."
I had dinner with Joe DiMaggio,
and Misty and I had a drink with Richard Nixon.
They never called us after that.
We feel so used!
Herb Shriner once waved to us.
I met Jo Ann Pflug in J.C. Penney's.
We pretended we didn't see each other.
(Go ahead. Google her.)
Jackie Gleason and I debated spiritualism for 12 minutes on TV.
I let him win.
There's a video of it around here someplace.
Maybe we'll find it when we move next week.
LIFE GOES ON...
We drove out to our new place today
and took a bunch of things that we don't want to go in the moving van.
Things that might break,
and expensive clothes that we wore in the 1970s on national TV.
We pretty much decided where everything will go in the living room.
Misty is enjoying it.
I am too, but I'm worn out from carrying boxes.
The new neighbors seem to know who we are. It gets around.
I hope our music isn't too loud for these folks.
Misty walked around the place and came back with oranges.
We have an orange tree.
Funny, the more we drive this route the shorter it seems to get.
Familiar roads are always shorter.
Got the car fixed... $526.36.
It should be good for another 100,000 miles.
It was a water pump, a thermostat and gasket,
a belt, fresh coolant, and a new battery.
It's running like a top.
I wish it would run like a car.
ODDS AND ENDINGS...
We were rehearsing a song and the key was too high.
I tried to hit a high C
and walked with my knees together for a week.
I'm going to to get this tattoo on my lower back...
"If you can read this you're too close."
SIGNS...
"FOR YOUR SAFETY...
PLEASE DON'T FEED THE BAND."
"WARNING! BEARS CAN RUN 35 MPH!
FASTER IF THEY ARE IN A CAR."
LAST WORD...
I like chipmunks!
Give me a good chipmunk and I'm all set.*
Jack Blanchard
*http:// - http:///www.jackandmisty.net - http://www.jackandmisty.net
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY*
compiled by Bill Morrison*
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1903 - Bill Nettles 1907-1967, songwriter, recording artist, was born William E.
Nettles in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Bill and his brother Norman were the talent
behind the Dixie Blue Boys, and later founded the Nettles Brothers. They became
stars while playing their music on KWKH radio in Shreveport, and record on
Vocation and Bluebird, the low budget division of RCA from 1937-1945. Bill was a
disabled veteran of World War I, having served in the Navy.
1926 - Maybelle & Ezra Carter were married.
1926 - Fiddler Henry Bandy, the pride of Petroleum, Kentucky debuted on WSM's
Barn Dance. Also making their debut appearance that evening was The Carthage
Fiddlers String Band, led by Jerry Gardenshire on harmonica, Robert King fiddle,
T. K. Fort guitar, and J. F. Reed guitar.
1930 - Liz Anderson was born, "Elizabeth Jane Haaby," in Roseau, Minnesota. Liz
and Lynn are mother and daughter, and both so very talented.
*1930 - *Jan Howard recording artist, born Lula Grace Johnson/ in
West Plains, Missouri. Jan was married to Harlan Howard from 1957-1967. She
joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1971. I know of no other Grand Ole Opry artist who
has experienced more personal tragedy in their life that Jan Howard. Yet, back
stage at the Opry, it is always Jan Howard who first displays a beautiful, and
sincere smile for the next person who enters the room.
*1945 - Michael* Martin Murphy singer, songwriter, and guitarist born
in Dallas, Texas.
*1956 - *Elvis Presley's first album "Elvis Presley" was
released.
1961 - Bobby Helms released "You're The One."/
1961 - Ricky Nelson recorded "Travelin' Man."/
1963 - Billy Yates, singer, songwriter, born in Doniphan, Missouri.
1965 - Dick Curless' Tower Records single "A Tombstone Every Mile" /hit the
Billboard Country chart. This was Dick's first /chart record.
*1965 - *The mayor of Beaumont, Texas, officially proclaimed today
/"George Jones Day." /
1967 - Capitol Records released Buck Owens' single "Sam's Place" b/w "Don't Ever
Tell Me Goodbye." /
1975 - George Jones and Tammy Wynette divorced.
1980 - Marty Robbins released "She's Made of Faith" b/w "Misery in My
Soul."
1980 - Dan Fogelberg's Epic album "Phoenix" /was certified Gold and
Platinum today by the RIAA.
1982 - Willie and Waylon's RCA duet single "Just To Satisfy You"/ hit the
Country chart, and eventually went to #1.
1999 - Trisha Yearwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
1999 - Chely Wright's MCA Nashville single "Single White Female" /hit the
Country charts today and fought it's way to the very top. This was Chely's first
/#1 record, and it remained on the chart for 8 months.
2001 - Benny Martin 1928-2001, age 72, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist,
top session musician, and world class fiddle player died in Nashville.
2001 - BMG released Bobby Bare's double-disc set "Singles:
1959-1969."
2007 - Billy Joe Shaver's "Greatest Hits" /album was released
today.
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Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html*>
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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock*
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From time to time, I will put some of my favorite moments in video, on my
Timeline page, as long as I feel someone wants to see the old Heart to Heart
Classics. Heart to Heart began on CMT, in the early days when my friends and I
had started the Network. I wanted to be able to just sit down with my friends
and show what kind of folks they were, good, hard working, creative people, who
had the gift to write songs. It was never anything fancy or flashy, just men and
women that loved the music. Heart to Heart started in 1986, and I have done over
150 Artists, songwriters and musicians since then...and still doing it ever now
and again. Many of the original Heart to Heart masters were destroyed, when the
Network sold to Gaylord, when the new guys came into my offices at CMT, before I
had moved everything out, and tossed them into the trash, while I was out of
town. I have recovered most of all that I did, from the first to the latest. The
Heart to Heart Library is a historic record of all the ones that came and sat
with me, just us and our guitars, for so many years. I am thankful I had the
opportunity to capture so many of the greats, many of whom have passed. It's
Raw, it ain't fancy...but you can bet on one thing...it is the real deal. *
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Stan Hitchcock
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. *
* Proverbs 10:12 (NIV)*
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