COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday November 19th, 2015
Email:
*djdclassics@gmail.com
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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According to songwriters – a lot of songs come together in just a few minutes
while others take much longer to complete.*
According to John Anderson, his 1983 number one "Swingin'" took quite a while to
finish.*
Anderson commented: "Lionel Delmore had the idea for the song – he just had a
couple of lines but that's where the song started. And we worked on the song for
a long time – we even re-wrote some of it during the recording session and kept
wondering if we had it right. But then we decided you had to stop re-writing at
some point so we stopped writing and recorded it."*
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The first time John played the song for record producer Frank Jones – Jones was
not that impressed with the tune. But John was determined to record it so he
did.*
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The song was recorded for his "Wild And Blue" album – then disc jockeys began
playing the song off the album. It caught on and the rest is music
history.*
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John Anderson's Warner Bros. single "Swingin'" entered the country music charts
January 15th, 1983 and was in the top slot on March 26th.*
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It was his 16th charted song ad his 2nd number one.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard the radio guys say that Alan Jackson has a new song about his
daughters. Do you have any information?*
A: According to Alan – "You Can Always Come Home" was written in honor of his
three daughters and that he wrote the song after their middle daughter moved
away from home to California last fall. The song is from his* 15th
studio album* -
<http://theboot.com/alan-jackson-angels-and-alcohol-no-1/>
, "/Angels and Alcohol."/*
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/Q: Bob Luman has always been my favorite singer. According to my sister
– the d.j. mentioned a new Bob Luman Highway. Do you know anything about
that?/*
/A: /*Dedication of Bob Luman Memorial Highway – is scheduled
for April 15, 2016 *
1.3 Miles East of Nacogdoches, Texas City Limits on State Highway 21 *
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Q: Is Loretta Lynn still recording? I haven't heard anything about her in a
long time.*
A: Loretta's new album –"Full Circle," is schedule for release on March 4,
2016. The 14-track project was recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville,
Tenn., and produced by Patsy Lynn Russell and *John Carter
Cash* -
http://theboot.com/tags/john-carter-cash/
. It is Lynn's first album of new recordings since 2004.*
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Bottom of Form*
Q: I read that Glen Campbell was at home with his family and then I heard that
he was back in the Alzheimer's facility. Do you have any details?*
A: After spending a few months at home, *Glen Campbell* -
http://theboot.com/tags/glen-campbell/
has reportedly moved back into a memory care facility as his Alzheimer's
disease has now progressed to late Stage 6, out of seven stages.*
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Q: Tracy Lawrence is one of my favorites. What was his first hit? And the
radio folks were talking about him and a turkey fry. What is that about?*
A: Tracy's first hit was also his first number one: "Sticks And Stones" in
1991.*
His "*Tracy Lawrence Plans 10th Annual Turkey Fry* -
<http://theboot.com/tracy-lawrence-turkey-fry-2015/?trackback=tsmclip>
" is
scheduled for November 24th at Nashville's City Winery and will benefit the
Nashville Rescue Mission, which aims to help people in Middle Tennessee that are
hungry, homeless or just need some extra assistance.*
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Q: My mom used to sing a song about "childhood places." She said it was on the
radio years ago. Do you know of such a song?*
A: "Childhood Places" was a number 24 hit for Dottie West in 1967.*
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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.
NOT AVAILABLE TO INTERNET STATIONS)
The feature is available at *no charge*.*
For information, email me at
*classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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*NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE *
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1950
/I'm Moving On/ - Hank Snow *
1958
/City Lights/ - Ray Price *
1966
/I Get the Fever/ - Bill Anderson *
1974
/Country Is/ - Tom T. Hall *
1982
/Heartbroke/ - Ricky Skaggs *
1990
/You Really Had Me Going/ - Holly Dunn*
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY*
1968
Jeannie C. Riley was at #1 on the US Country album chart with /Harper
Valley PTA./ The title track "Harper Valley PTA" became a hit for Riley and
went to #1 on both the /Billboard/ Pop and Country singles charts, a
feat not repeated until 1981 when Dolly Parton released "9 to 5".*
1973
Born on this day in Savannah, Georgia, was Billy Currington country music
singer, songwriter. Hits include "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right", "Good
Directions", "People Are Crazy", "That's How Country Boys Roll", "Pretty Good at
Drinkin' Beer", and "Let Me Down Easy". He has also charted as a duet partner on
Shania Twain's single "Party For Two."*
1979
Kenny Rogers was at #1 on the US Country charts with his seventh studio album
/Kenny./ It included the singles "Coward of the County" and "You
Decorated My Life" and went on to enjoy 25 weeks on the album chart.*
1994
Mary Chapin Carpenters was at #1 on the country singles chart with "Shut Up And
Kiss Me". The song won Carpenter a /Grammy /Award in 1995 for Best
Female Country Vocal Performance. *
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THE LAST CHANCE. *
By Jack Blanchard
When the bad guy sneaked open our front door to get at Misty,
we were living in Homestead, Florida.
I was playing piano at the Last Chance Bar on US 1 in Florida City,
the last saloon on the United States mainland,
before you head down into the Florida Keys.
Next stop: Key Largo.
Misty had picked up a gig at the Redland Tavern, a couple of towns up.
I had canvassed every bar up and down the highway,
and the Last Chance had an old upright piano,
so I bought a beer and sat down and started playing.
I got the job.
Misty and I rented a small house with a screened in front porch.
From the street, you could look in the windows,
through the living room, and into the kitchen.
I'm telling you this for a reason.
It was our night off, and very dark outside.
We were both in the kitchen.
Misty was by the stove and sink, and was visible from the street.
I was sitting at the table, to the right of the kitchen door,
and could not be seen.
We heard the porch screen door creaking slowly open.
We looked at each other,
and I raised a hand signaling her to stay where she was.
I sneaked silently through the living room in a half crouch,
to the inside front door.
I heard the screen door moving a little
And jumped onto the porch, slamming the screen door on the guy's arm
He was outside and his arm was inside,
I held it hard, bracing the door with my foot.
I yelled "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?"
He said, "Food".
We both knew that the food was Misty.
Right then she came to the living room and said this:
"You hold him and I'll go get the 45!".
I said, "Go! I'm gonna blow his head off!"
We didn't have a gun, but he didn't know that.
He took off like a shot, leaving his sleeve in the door.
Misty's a creative thinker.
We had taken on more than we thought, renting the house.
We'd forgotten about the utility bills, deposits, etc.,
and we were worried.
The bartender at the Last Chance,
who was also an NCO at the Air Force base in Homestead,
said he was exhausted and needed a night off.
I told him I'd take his place on a Sunday night, my night off.
He said, "Can you tend bar?" I said, "Sure. No problem."
Well, the electric bill was overdue.
I learned to tend bar on the job the next Sunday.
A man came in who looked even more depressed than I did.
I got talking to him,
and he told me that everything he touched turned to money.
I thought: "Gee. How sad."
He was wealthy, but had family problems that were getting to him.
I took a shot. I said, "You should be in my place.
My wife and I are about to get our power shut off, and then evicted."
He said that he could give me the money,
but it wouldn't make us happy, because "Money never does."
I said, "Don't toy with me. We're desperate!"
He wrote me out a check for $120, which is equal to about $800 now.
The check was on a Key West bank,
so we worried for several more days, but it cleared.
I never told the regular bartender about the huge tip.
Why make a grown man cry?
I never saw the rich guy again,
but I heard that he owned a major string of truck stops.
If I ever do see him again I'll tell him this:
"The money really did make us happy!
At least for a little while."
I've never seen a problem that money made worse.*
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Jack Blanchard
*http://jackandmisty.net* - http://jackandmisty.net*
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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock*
Woke early this morning, 3:40, and I was up pouring coffee and ready to relieve
the Midnight Watch, just like I did so many times in the Navy. I remember how
good it felt when I stepped outside the crew stateroom, my Sea legs adjusting to
the roll of the Ship, and felt the wind on my face from the twenty knot speed of
the ship, and the tang of salt spray that scented the air and left the bite of
brine to your lips. I would pull the Pea Coat collar up a little higher, set my
hat on straight and head on up to my watch area to relieve one of my Shipmates.
The Moon, if there was one, would be lighting up the night and shining on the
water like a beacon, as the Bow cut through the deep of the Pacific Ocean, and
throwing up a phosphorescent green glow in the wake.*
I loved the 0400 watch, when the Ship was still asleep, and I felt like the only
person awake on the planet..absolute quiet, except for the rushing water and the
creak of rope and cable of the Ship's rigging. There is something really special
about being in the middle of the Ocean, hundreds of miles from any land...not
even a glow on the horizon from some city...being 18 or 19 years old and
experiencing it for the first time. On the nights when the Moon is not shining,
the canopy of Stars is just breath taking, and because you are so far from
civilization, you have no man-made additives and the air in your face is
absolutely pure. It really is amazing, when you are about a hundred miles out
from our Harbor at the Naval Base in Long Beach, California, coming back from a
years tour of the Far East, the smell of the Oil Refineries along that stretch
of California Coast, hits you in the face as strong as a fresh manure pile from
cleaning out the barn back Home in the Ozarks. When you have been gone awhile,
that Petroleum smell is the smell of Home.*
Every Port that we would enter, in the Far East, would have a different smell
that you learned to appreciate. Hawaii was the sweet smell of flowers, Subic
Bay, Philippines was the smell of abject poverty and open sewage, Yokosuka,
Japan was a smell of the real Orient, exotic, exciting and pleasant...a mix of
spices and plants and cooking odors that you had never smelled before, and Hong
Kong, China, in the 50's? Well, you can't even describe it. In the first place,
Hong Kong Harbor was home to thousands of Junks that large families live their
whole lives on, and they had their own distinct odor, and beyond that, a
beautiful city built into the side of a steep Mountain with a completely
different exotic smell than other parts of the Orient.*
Yes, waking up at the same time as I used to have to awake on board Ship to
relieve the Night Watch just brought back some good memories. Wind in your face,
Salt spray in your eyes and mouth, Smells of different lands and people in your
nostrils...those are strong attractions that go directly to your memory bank, to
be taken out and enjoyed, over and over, as time goes by.*
Stan Hitchcock*
www.hitchcockcountry.com* -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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BLUEHIWAYS TV is now on Dish Network Channel 73
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. *
*– Proverbs 3:7 (NIV)*
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