COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Email: djdclassics@gmail.com
STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Sometimes an idea for a song just seems to fall in your lap. And according to
Lefty Frizzell - that's exactly how he got the idea for his 1950's hit, "If
You've Got The Money,
I've Got The Time."
Lefty commented, "That was back in the days when I was working the clubs in West
Texas. And a friend of mine from Oklahoma came by to visit. He wanted to go
somewhere and he wanted me to take him and he said "Lefty, do you want to go?"
And I told him, well if you've got the money, I've got the time. And right after
I said that - I
started thinking that it would be a good idea for a song. And so I wrote it."
Lefty Frizzell's Columbia single "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time"
came on the country music charts October 28th, 1950. It was his first charted
song and his
first number one. The single stayed at the top of the charts for three weeks and
was on the charts for twenty two weeks.
Lefty Frizzell placed thirty nine songs on the country music charts from 1950
thru 1975.
Frizzell joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1951. He was inducted into The Country
Music Hall of Fame in 1982. He died in 1975.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: Whatever happened to Hank Thompson? He is one of my favorites.
A: Hank Thompson died on November 6th, 2007 after a short battle with
lung cancer. He was 82 years old.
Q: Do you have any info concerning a CMA Christmas Special?
A: The 2016 CMA Country Christmas TV special is set to air on November 28th
and will feature Kelly Clarkson, Brett Eldredge, Amy Grant, Kacey Musgraves,
Brad
Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Trisha Yearwood, Chris Young and Loretta Lynn. The TV
special will air at 8PM ET on ABC-TV.
Q: I heard that Dolly Parton is doing a "Christmas Of Many Colors." I thought
her movie was "Coat Of Many Colors."
A: "Christmas of Many Colors" - the made for TV movie - is the next chapter
in the life of young Dolly Parton. Her first made-for-TV movie, "Coat of Many
Colors," aired in
December of 2015. The new film will premiere on November 30th at 9PM ET on
NBC-TV; prior to its airing, Parton will take part in the Christmas in
Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony, which will air on NBC-TV at 8PM.
Q: I heard that Reba McEntire is teaching school. What is that about?
A: Reba McEntire will offer 20 exclusive video lessons on country music
through the online education platform MasterClass. The course is $90 for
lessons on how to
make it in the music business. Pre-enrollement for McEntire's MasterClass began
on October 27th. For more details on the class and to enroll, visit
MasterClass.com.
Q: Do you know anything about an Alabama song titled "Lovin' You And Killin'
Me?" My cousin says it was played on radio years ago.
A: "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" is a track in Alabama's 1982 "Mountain Music"
album
Q: Do you know Wynn Stewart's real name? My dad used to work with a guy in
Wisconsin named "Will Stewart" and he sang all the time.
A: Wynn was born Wynnford Lindsay Stewart in 1934 in Morrisville, Missouri.
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For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1948
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) - Jimmy Wakely
1956
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1964
I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) - Buck Owens
1972
My Man - Tammy Wynette
1980
Could I Have This Dance - Anne Murray
1988
Runaway Train - Rosanne Cash
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison
Wiley Walker of "Wiley & Gene" born Laurel Hill, FL 1911.
Bruce Hinton, MCA executive, born Tell City, IN 1936.
Gordon Lightfoot born Orilla, Ontario, Canada 1938.
Henry Whitter, rural folk music recording pioneer, died Morganton, NC 1941.
Gene Clark, singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Tipton, MO 1944.
Opry House Matinee, hosted by Eddy Arnold and Ernest Tubb, debuted on the Mutual
Radio Network 1945.
Eva Overstake, age 33, a.k.a. Mrs. Red Foley, took her own life after learning
her husband was having an affair with Sally Sweet 1951. Red Foley married Sally
Sweet, a
short time later.
Marty Robbins' "Singing The Blues," went to #1 in 1956.
Brenda Lee released "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," 1958.
Richard Adams Jr., of the Johnson Mountain Boys, born Gettysburg, PA 1958.
Waylon Jennings' "Yours Love," charted 1968.
Gary Stewart's "Ramblin Man" charted 1973.
Garth Brooks released his two-disc concert set "Double Live," 1998. The album
sold over fifteen million copies making it the best selling live album in
history.
Blake Shelton and wife Kaynette were married 2003.
Don Gibson, age 75, died in Nashville, TN 2003.
Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>
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THE BEAR IN OUR YARD.
By: Jack Blanchard
There is a big black bear living in our back yard.
He moved in some time ago and seems to like it here.
I know he doesn't belong in our neighborhood
because he isn't wearing a baseball cap,
or white socks and sandals..
Everybody around here is afraid of it,
but nobody is doing anything about it.
MY RULES TO AVOID BEAR ATTACKS:
Don't carry porridge in your pocket.
Don't walk around with a pic-a-nic basket.
Be extra careful if he has a little bear behind.
Carry a 12 gauge shotgun or a rolled-up newspaper.
Play grind-organ music and see if he can dance.
If he does dance, let him lead.
If it's bear mating season, wear armored shorts.
If you don't have armored shorts, ask him to buy you dinner first.
Don't wear a fur coat.
Throw a jar of honey as far as you can.
While he's trying to get the cap off, run away.
Yell for help.
If a neighbor comes out, the bear may like him better.
Don't sleep in a dumpster.
Wave your arms, scream uggabuggabugga, and run at him.
He may think you're nuts and give up.
Unfortunately, bears don't give up as often as you would think.
Caution: Bears can run 30 miles per hour.
Even faster if they're in a car.
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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Early Morning In The Ozarks-
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.
Well, those days are long past, way before most of you were even born, but
memories of being a young man in the 50's, fresh out of High School and
experiencing
adventure for the first time…well, those times painted a vivid memory. I am
Thankful that my life has been a time of adventure and exploration…always
wondering what
was over the next hill or down some Country Road, or across some distant Ocean.
stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy
of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire
for
goodness and your every deed prompted by faith.
– 2 Thessalonians 1:11 (NIV)
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