Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday January 29th, 2015
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
According to Ronnie McDowell - he did not like his 1981 number one, "Older
Women," the first time he heard it.
Ronnie commented, "I just didn't think that women would like the idea of being
called "older," so the first time Jamie O'Hara played the song for me - I turned
it down. Then I ran into him on the elevator and he played the song for me
again. But this time - I changed my mind. I told him that the song was not a
put-down for older women - in fact I thought it was a positive thing for all
the over 25 ladies."
Ronnie McDowell's Epic Records single "Older Women," came on the country music
charts June 27th, 1981 and was at the top of the charts on September 12th.
It was his 15th charted song and his first number one.
"Older Women" was written by Jamie O'Hara and the single was produced by Buddy
Killen.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard on the radio about Nashville's Music Row getting some kind of
"designation." What is that all about?
A: Nashville's Music Row has been named a national treasure by The National
Trust for Historic Preservation for Music Row's "central importance to
Nashville's identity as Music City U.S.A., and the strong desire to preserve it
as a cornerstone of America's cultural and music heritage."
Q: According to the TV News - Dolly Parton is doing some movies for TV. Do you
have any information?
A: Dolly will produce a series of TV movies for NBC based on her life, stories
and songs.
Q: I found an old radio show featuring Jack Greene and he sang the Buck Owens
song "Together Again." Did Greene record that song?
A: Jack Greene's version of "Together Again" is in his 1967 "There Goes My
Everything" album.
Q: Ricky Van Shelton's "Life Turned Her That Way" is one of my favorites. My
dad says some other guy had a hit on that song before Ricky. Is that true?
A: Mel Tillis had a number 11 hit on the song in 1967 - before Van Shelton's
number one in 1988.
Q: Do you have an update on Jim Ed Brown?
A: After undergoing weeks of treatment for lung cancer - doctors have now
declared his cancer to be in remission.
Q: I found a box of 45 rpm records without labels at a garage sale. One of them
is a guy singing about "Gentle To Your Senses." Do you know who had that
record?
A: That was a number 18 hit for Mel McDaniel in
1977.
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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.
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The feature is available at no charge.
For information, email me at
classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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OLD RECORDS.
By: Jack Blanchard
Listening to our old records feels a little strange...
hearing yourselves a hundred years younger.
Our minds go back to the original recording sessions.
We remember the genius of the Nashville A-team musicians,
and how they would take our ideas
and make them sound better than we had imagined.
Lloyd Green, Billy Sanford, and Hargus Robins
say that our music was the most creative theyve played,
but it goes both ways.
Our sessions were like parties.
In fact, sometimes we hurried to get things done before the party got
too wild.
We liked to record late at night and with all the musicians and singers
there at once.
It got a feeling going that you cant get with overdubbing.
Feeling is more important to us than perfection.
We always showed up prepared...
with numbered chord charts, demo tapes, and lyric sheets.
Our lyric sheets were color coded... red text for Misty, and blue for me.
If there was overdubbing, it was usually Misty or me,
laying down a keyboard or guitar track, that we couldnt do while singing.
Whenever wed find a good engineer that was easy to work with
wed asked for him as often as possible.
This is especially important to us
because we always oversee and take part in the mixdown.
When we first hit Nashville and they werent used to us,
some engineers resented our suggestions,
but after a while they became friends and allies.
A lot of our most popular recordings were done in one take.
Wed probably do a backup, but wind up using the original.
We were lucky to have record labels that gave us the freedom
and the budget to make our music our way.
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Compiled by Bill Morrison
1908 - Al Stricklin, piano player with Bob Wills Texas Playboys, was born in
Antioch, Texas.
1917 - Lloyd Wilson Perryman, Sons of the Pioneers, born Ruth, Arkansas.
1928 - Little Jimmy Sizemore born Paintsville, Kentucky. Little Jimmy became a
cast member of the Grand Ole Opry at age five, working with his father Asher
Sizemore.
1943 - Tanya Tuckers parents, Beau Tucker and Juanita Cunningham, were both 15
years old when they married in 1943.
1944 - Johnny Wakley, singer, guitarist, born Hollywood, California.
1944 - Patsy Sledd singer, and pianist, was born Patricia Randolph in Falcon,
Missouri. Patsy's first chart single was on the Mega label, and it charted in
September 1972. "I'm Still Your Fool" was written by George Jones, and Roger
Miller.
1954 - Theron E. Hale, age 70, Grand Ole Opry member died today.
1957 - Irlene Mandrell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas.
1959 - Ray Price recorded "Heartaches By The Number" at Owen Bradley's Studio in
Nashville. Harlan Howard wrote the song, and the Columbia single topped out at
#2, remaining on the charts for 40 weeks. This was Ray's 19th chart single for
Columbia.
1965 - Sonny James Youre The Only World I Know, topped the charts.
1969 - Bobby Gentry & Glen Campbell's Capitol album "Gentry/Campbell" was
certified Gold by the RIAA.
1969 - The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, debuted on CBS-TV. The final show was
aired June 13, 1972.
1972 - Bobby Goldsboro and Susan Raye were featured guests on Hee Haw.
1973 - Donna Fargo's Dot album "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." was
certified Gold by the RIAA.
1977 - Kenny Rogers Lucile debuted on the charts.
1983 - Kenny Rogers & Sheena Eastons #1 duet Weve Got Tonight charted 1983.
1986 - TNNs Talk Show Crook and Chase, debuted.
1988 - Randy Travis Warner Bros. album Always & Forever, was certified double
platinum by the RIAA
1990 - EMI America released Legendary Masters: Eddie Cochran.
1996 - Garth Brooks refused to accept an American Music Award naming him
Favorite Overall Artist. Garth felt that Hootie and the Blowfish deserved the
award.
2002 - Jeff Bates gave a showcase for RCA executives, and was offered a
contract.
2004 - Martina McBride and Alan Jackson opened their joint tour in Moline,
Illinois.
2005 - Christy Sutherland appeared on the Grand Ole Opry 2005. This was the
first time she appeared on the Opry when it was being broadcast from the Ryman
Auditorium.
2006 - The Telestra Country Music Festival in Tamworth, Australia, was held the
20th~29th.
Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html>
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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock
December 1st, 1946, Route 1, Pleasant Hope, Missouri.
Grandma Johnsons rooster crowed again, waking me up after a night of sleeping
deep in the feather bed covered with blankets and a comforter that kept the
heavy chill away during the cold night in the Ozarks. The old farm house where
Grandma and Grandpa lived was originally a two room log cabin, but through the
years it had been covered with lap siding, extra rooms added and modernized in
some small way, but still pretty crude and rough. The only heat was from the big
wood stove in the living room, with some help from the wood cook stove in the
kitchen. Still, the bedroom where I had burrowed into the feather bed was so
cold that frost was on the inside of the windows. I had stayed the night with
Grandma and Grandpa Johnson, as I did frequently in my young years, just wanting
to be around these people who I loved and explore the farm where they lived.
Sleeping in your long johns in the winter cold was a matter of survival, adding
heavy wool socks for that extra edge, so I jumped out of bed and into my clothes
as quickly as I could, heading for the kitchen and the smell of breakfast
cooking on the wood cook stove. Grandpa was sitting at the table in the kitchen,
saucering his coffee, that is pouring a little hot coffee from his cup into his
saucer, holding it up and blowing on it a little and then sipping the black
liquid, smaking his lips and putting the saucer back down on the table. This
style of drinking coffee has passed with a lot of other customs of that
generation, but it seemed to be in common use in our part of the Ozarks.
When I came into the kitchen, Grandma asked me to go out to the well and pump a
bucket of water for her. I put on my coat and headed out the door. The pump was
in the back of the house, and as I got up to it, I realized it was covered with
frost from the night before. It looked just like a popsicle, and boy, I did love
popsicles. Easing up to the pump handle, I just kinda stuck my tongue on the
cold metal. The operative word here is stuck, and I realized I was frozen solid
to the pump handle. Grandma finally heard my
hollering.ooooommmmphwwaaaaaaaaaaa!!! yeah, it is hard to holler with your
tongue frozeshe probably just looked out to see what was taking me so long.she
came out with warm water and unstuck me. That was a hard lesson to learn.
Then there was the time when I was about 7 years old, that I peed on an electric
fence.another hard lesson learned. It is something a young boy only does once.
But, evidently, I didnt learn that lesson good enough. Later, as an adult, I was
wading in a creek, fishing for smallmouth bass, when I came to a water gap fence
across the water. I did not examine the fence near as close as I should have, or
I would have noticed that there were white insulators holding the lower wire to
the posts. What I was noticing was that the fence was about three feet out of
the watershoot, no problem, I can just stoop down and get under that easy. Uh
huh, with my wet self squatting down and duck walking under the wire.the
electric fence did arc and connect to my body, popped like a firecracker, and
knocked me about three feet face first into the water, ears ringing and eyes
teared up from the jolt, I sat there like the idiot that I was and realized that
I still had a lot to learn.
Its little lessons like that which make life interesting, I reckon, but really
they should furnish operating manuals to kids, and then make adults read them
again to refresh themselves. You could call the manual STUPID THINGS TO NOT EVER
DO!
I still sometimes get the urge to put my tongue on frost to see if it tastes
like a popsicle, but I fight that urge successfully every time. However, I have
never wanted to play with an electric fence, ever, ever again.
Stan Hitchcock
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be
lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Romans 12:10-11 (NIV)
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