Thursday November 26th, 2015 COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

Thursday November 26th, 2015

Email: djdclassics@gmail.com


HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY


STORY BEHIND THE SONG

Howard and David Bellamy are well known for writing their own hits but their
1983 hit "When I'm Away From You" was an exception.

English songwriter Frankie Miller sent them the song that Kim Carnes had already
recorded in an album. The brothers liked the song immediately and recorded it.

The Bellamy Brothers Elektra/Curb Record single "When I'm Away From You" came on
the country music charts January 15th, 1983 and was in the top slot on April
2nd.

The single was their 18th charted song and their 7th number one.

The record was produced by Jimmy Bowen.

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During my latest attempt in cleaning out the storeroom – I found several copies
of the first book – "Stories Behind The Songs." This is the first collection of
"Story Behind The Song" columns from all the newsletters – starting in 1998 thru
2004. This 400 page collection is in a bound spiral book with front and back
cover. Some have a few water marks but in very good condition. Priced at $45
each – I'll pay the postage. PAYPAL ORDERS ONLY. Email to
djdclassics@gmail.com

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: You had mentioned that Willie Nelson had canceled some shows due to health
reasons. I never heard what his problem was. Do you know?
A: According to Willie, he underwent a stem-cell procedure to help his lungs.

Q: According to my daughter, Loretta Lynn has been given a first of its kind
award. Do you know anything about it?
A: Loretta is the first recipient of the Billboard Women In Music Legend Award
– to honor her historic contributions to the industry and artistry of American
music.

Q: I heard the radio folks talking about Willie Nelson doing something with a
John Lennon project. Any information?
A: Willie is one of several artists who will gather on December 5th at Madison
Square Garden to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 75th birthday.

Q: I heard that Charlie Daniels is retiring from the music business. Is that
true?
A: Charlie says he has no plans for retirement and has been on tour to
celebrate his live CD and DVD – "Live At Billy Bob's Texas."

Q: My mom says she remembers hearing Jerry Lee Lewis sing the old song "Over
The Rainbow" on the radio. Did he record that song? I remember hearing that song
when I was a little kid.
A: Jerry Lee Lewis scored a number 10 hit on the song in 1980. You might be
remembering the song from the 1939 "Wizard Of Oz" movie.

Q: There was a song on the radio back in the 70's about "If I Ever Come
Back." Do you know who had that record?
A: "If I Ever Come Back" was a number 46 hit for Pal Rakes in 1978.

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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

1949
Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
1957
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
1965
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - "Little" Jimmy Dickens
1973
Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
1981
All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) - Hank Williams, Jr.
1989
Yellow Roses - Dolly Parton

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Top of Form
1958
Johnny Cash, made his debut on the US country chart when "Cry! Cry! Cry!" made
it to #14. His next seven singles would all make the country top 10, with "I
Walk the Line" and "There You Go" both hitting #1.
1962
Born on this day in Dotson, Texas was singer Linda Davis who scored three minor
country singles as one half of the duo Skip & Linda. As a solo artist Davis has
recorded five studio albums, her highest chart entry was "Does He Love You", her
1993 duet with Reba McEntire, which reached #1 on the Billboard country charts
and won both singers the Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. Davis is
the wife of the country singer Lang Scott and the mother of Hillary Scott, the
co-lead singer of Lady Antebellum.
1976
Born on this day in Rogers, Arkansas, was Joe Nichols, country music artist.
Nichols has released seven studio albums which have produced fourteen Top 40
singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the #1 singles
"Brokenheartsville," "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" and "Gimmie That Girl"
as well as five other Top Ten entries.

1992
Garth Brooks was at #1 on the US Country chart with his fourth studio album The
Chase. The album featured his version of the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken",
and "Night Rider's Lament" the classic cowboy song that had been previously
recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker and Chris LeDoux.
2003
Glen Campbell issued an public apology to his family and fans after being
arrested on charges of driving drunk and kicking a police officer."Yesterday, I
was arrested and put in jail," he said in a statement issued through his
publicist. "Even at my age, I learned a valuable lesson. I apologize to my wife,
my family, my friends and my fans."
2010
Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of six ounces of marijuana found in
his tour bus while travelling from Los Angeles to Texas. He was released after
paying bail of $2,500. Prosecutor Kit Bramblett supported not sentencing Nelson
to jail due to the amount of marijuana being small, but suggested instead a $100
fine and told Nelson that he would have him sing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
for the court.
Bottom of Form

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RANDOM SEASONAL THOUGHTS
by: Jack Blanchard

We've been on a lot of TV shows with Ralph Emery and his guests...
Music Hall America, That Good Old Nashville Music, Pop Goes the Country, etc..
Once Ralph whispered to me before the show:
"Jack, don''t say anything to embarrass me."
He opened the interview with "Well, Jack and Misty, what have you been doing?"
I said "We've been living in a cardboard box in Central Park."
He said "I think I''ll talk to Misty."
I don''t know what comes over me sometimes.

Autumn is my favorite time of year… a season of moods.
The first chill after summer has worn out its welcome...
That's when I start to feel the holidays coming on.
Not that we do any big celebrating these days…
But it's the remembering of celebrations past,
and those who were with us during good times.
The empty places at our table.

THANKSGIVING...
In England they celebrate that the Pilgrims left.

Many years ago when we were playing a lounge in Kentucky
Misty and I saw a restaurant sign that said. "FRIED CHICKEN".
We went in, sat at the counter
and a man who looked like Colonel Sanders served us.
This was before anybody had ever heard of KFC.
After we ate he asked us if we liked it.
We said we did.
He said, "Good. I'm thinking of franchising it."

I'm getting rid of my new walk-in tub.
People keep dropping in because they don't need an appointment.

Misty is craving beets. She eats them right out of the can.
It's weird! She's even laughing about it.
We hope she's not pregnant.
I've got to go to the store today
and get Misty a gallon of eggnog ice cream and a case of beets.
It's been a weird week.

ONE WINTER DAY...
I thought I saw robin, but it was just a sparrow with a chapped chest.

A young guy and I waited at the door.
He said, "Age before beauty."
I went through and said, "Pearls before swine."

Neither of us was trained in music.
Misty plays by ear and I learned music theory and arranging from books.
Misty has perfect pitch and an amazing memory for music.
We both started out playing standards, light jazz, and whatever paid the bills.

Misty was filling out some forms at a doctor's office today.
She said, "What do I put here?" I said "Nothing",
so she wrote "Nothing".

We hope the baby doesn't swallow another bullet.
Those Kevlar diapers are expensive!

Still working on my new song...
"Cranky. I'm Cranky for feeling so lonely..."

BIG PARTY AT THE SEA PALMS.
The Sea Palms at Saint Simon's Island
was one of the weirdest gigs of our career, so far.
St. Simon's sits in the blue Atlantic Ocean,
off the coast of Brunswick Georgia.
Nobody knew who owned the place,
and so the rumor got started that Misty and I did.
The lounge manager asked me if it was true,
and I said "Shhh, I can't talk about it."
The rumor went wild and we had a great time.
One regular customer was an elderly lady
who was very quiet and appeared to be lonely.
In the last picture I have in my memory,
she was out on the full dance floor with a drink in her hand,
dancing with the bartender.

A MOUNTAIN MORNING...
After a day when everything went wrong,
we checked into a mountaintop lodge at Lake Arrowhead.
We got up the next morning,
pulled the cord on the drapes that covered a whole wall,
and they opened onto a wall-sized picture window.
The forest was covered with two feet of new snow,
without a sign of life, except for some rabbit tracks.
A real-life Christmas card. It was June in California.

Prozac killed my blues career.

We were playing in a restaurant on Big Sandy Lake, in Minnesota.
It was almost Thanksgiving
and the lady who, with her husband, owned the place said,
"I have to go pick up thirty turkeys."
I said, "I didn't know you drove a school bus."
Sometimes I'm such a smartass.

Laughing stock: Cows that giggle.

My selective memory is getting too damn selective.
I could hide my own Easter eggs.

I have a fear of people with phobias.

She: "Bewitch me, darling. Bewitch me."
He: "I'll be witch you in a minute. I'm busy."

Old song...
I'll Never Be Free.
I'll Always Be Reasonable.

I like cowboy hats,
but when I sit down and lean back the hat tips up in front.

Jack Blanchard
http://jackandmisty.net

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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock
This morning is kinda the beginning of Winter here in Tennessee, I reckon, least
it feels like it since it got down to about 15 degrees last night, and Hoar
Frost is laying heavy over the creek and the Sycamores, covering what grass
remains. However, since this is the Mid-South, and not the North Pole or
somewhere in Wisconsin, by Thursday's Thanksgiving Day the Sun will be shining
bright with 64 degree heat and lay-out weather…a very short Winter, huh? But,
today, we celebrate this cold weather with the best remedy I know of…Uh
huh…..good weather for….CHILI!
I can trace my love for Chili back to a very definite location…a place that does
not exist anymore, but which was an important refuge for the country music
makers of the 50's and 60's. It was called Linebaugh's and was a restaurant in
downtown Nashville on Broadway, when the Opry was still at the Ryman, right
across from Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, and just a door or two up from the Ernest
Tubb Record Shop. Linebaugh's kinda took the place of a Rescue Mission for
pickers in those years before the big money took over country music. When I
arrived on the scene, moving to Nashville in 1962, hoping to keep from starving
to death before I made it to the "big time" (wasn't sure what the big time was,
but I knew I wanted to get there), I survived the first year or so, thanks to
Linebaugh's. You could buy a big bowl of Chili, for 50 cents…eat that…then fill
the bowl up with crackers and ketchup, and eat that while drinking a big glass
of milk for another 20 cents. Man, you had a meal that would get you
there…trouble is, when you got there (wherever there happened to be) you were
generally so full of chili gas that people would just look at you and say,
"Hmmm…been to Linebaugh's again, huh?" To this day, chili does not taste right
to me until I empty bout half a bottle of ketchup in it.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without
holiness no one will see the Lord.
– Hebrews 12:14 (NIV)

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