Thursday December 22nd, 2016 COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

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

Thursday December 22nd, 2016

OUR BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND
PLEASE REMEMBER – CHRISTMAS IS CHRIST'S BIRTHDAY

Email: djdclassics@gmail.com


STORY BEHIND THE SONG

A lot of recording artists refuse to record a song that's already been recorded
by another artist - while others don't seem to care.

According to Hank Locklin - that didn't stop him from recording his 1956 hit
"Why Baby Why."

He commented, "That song was written by George Jones and Darrell Edwards. It was
recorded by a bunch of folks - George Jones first and then Webb Pierce & Red
Sovine, Warren Smith & Shirley Collie, Charley Pride, seems that everybody
recorded it - including me! But I just heard the song and it was all over the
place - anytime I turned the radio on – that song was playing and I really liked
it. So I recorded it and it did pretty well for me."

Hank Locklin's RCA Victor single "Why Baby Why" came on the charts March 24th,
1956 and peaked at number nine. It was his 3rd charted song.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: I have heard that Reba McEntire is doing a gospel album. Do you have any
information?
A: Reba's new gospel album, "Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope," is set for
release on February 3rd, through Nash Icon Records and Capitol Christian Music
Group. The project is a double disc of 10 traditional hymns and 10 contemporary
tracks.

Q: I heard on the radio that Ray Benson is recording a duet but didn't hear
with who. Do you know?
A: Dale Watson and Ray Benson are joining forces for a duet project, "Dale &
Ray." The album is scheduled for release on January 6th. The project will be
released by Ameripolitan / Home Records and distributed by Mailboat Records. The
album will be available for pre-order on iTunes and through Asleep at the
Wheel's online store.

Q: According to the TV News - Dollly Parton's telethon raised millions of
dollars for Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Do you have any details?
A: Dolly's "Smoky Mountains Rise' Telethon" raised $9 Million for wildfire
relief efforts in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Donations are still
being accepted through the Dollywood Foundation website, and via mail: My People
Fund - c/o Dollywood Foundation - 111 Dollywood Ln. - Pigeon Forge, TN 37863.
Additionally, donations can be made via text: Send DOLLY to 501501 to make a
one-time $10 donation, or send DOLLY25 to 501501 to make a one-time $25
donation.

Q: According to my son - Shenandoah is back to touring. Do you have any info?
A: The group Shenandoah will begin their 30th Anniversary Tour kicks off on
January 22nd in Annapolis, Md. The Shenandoah 30th Anniversary Tour will
continue throughout 2017. In addition to dates in North America, the band will
also perform two concerts in Zürich, Switzerland. The tour will feature the
band's original lead singer, Marty Raybon, who rejoined the group in 2015.

Q: I have always liked the song "Do What You Do Do Well" which was recorded by
Ned Miller and by Ernest Tubb. My dad says that Sonny James sang that song on
the radio many years ago. Is that true or is that my dad's imagination?
A: Sonny James version of that song is in his 1965 "I'll Keep Holding On"
album

Q: Whatever happened to Bobby Lord?
A: Bobby Lord died February 16th, 2008 at age 74

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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 at no
charge.

For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com

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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE

1951
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith

1959
El Paso - Marty Robbins

1967
It's the Little Things - Sonny James

1975
Convoy - C.W. McCall

1983
Black Sheep - John Anderson

1991
My Next Broken Heart - Brooks & Dunn

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison

Aunt Molly Jackson, singer/songwriter, born Mary Magdalene Garland, Clay County,
KY 1880.

Hawkshaw Hawkins born "Harold Franklin Hawkins," Huntington, WV 1921.

Red Stegall born Gainesville, TX 1937.

Hank Williams recorded "Lovesick Blues," 1948.

Johnny Cash released "Train of Love,"/"There You Go," 1956.

Charles Lynn Mead, "BR5-49," born Nevada, MO 1960.

Paul Martin of "Exile," born Winchester, KY 1962.

Delaney Katharine McBride, daughter of John and Martina, born 1994.

Johnny Wakley, singer/songwriter, age 57, died from liver disease 2001. He was
the son of Jimmy Wakley.

Dave Dudley, age 75, died of a heart attack 2003.

Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>

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THE CHRISTMAS TOWN.
By: Jack Blanchard

It was the day before Christmas.

We were road tired,
and traveling westward through Illinois or Iowa...
on our way to another show somewhere.
We tried to cheer each other up,
and said we'd celebrate our Christmas at a later date.

The countryside looked like a Christmas card
through the windshield of our motor home.
Fine dusty snow was starting to whirl around.
and the Interstate Highway was just about deserted.

It began snowing harder.
We needed a place to pull in for the night,
but we hadn't seen anything open for miles.
We started to get worried.

It was getting dark,
and the wind was blowing the snow into drifts.
We pulled off at the next exit,
but there was no sign of life except an old barn.
The barn had a sign over the door,
and Christmas lights were on inside.

It turned out to be a little store
with a few groceries,
and some antiques for sale in the back.

The owner took us to a little room
where they kept boots and snow shovels.
That's where we plugged in our electric line.

Misty made a good deal...
One night, two dollars.

We dragged our small artificial Christmas tree out of the trunk
and into the bus.
She had it trimmed and lit in about ten minutes.

We'd been on a long hard tour
and we didn't have any presents for each other,
so we looked around at the antiques and things in the store.
We picked out a few gifts,
but we didn't have any way to gift wrap 'em.

Two or three at a time
some people from the town came into the store,
stomping the snow off their shoes
and saying "Merry Christmas" to each other.
They were smiling and friendly
and offered to take our gifts back to their homes
and wrap 'em for us.
When they came back a while later,
our presents looked beautiful.

They brought along some cookies and eggnog,
and we had a little party with these unusual strangers.
We wanted to cancel all our future bookings
and live here.

In the morning we woke up to snow covered cornfields
and a sparkling forest of winter trees.
An old rusty plow and a wagon
were half buried in the snow outside our window..
It was a perfect Christmas.

We don't even know the name of the town,
or which state it's in.
And we haven't been able to find it on any map.

We just think of it as our Christmas Town.
Maybe it's in the twilight zone

Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net

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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock

Christmas Morning, 1941.

Mom and Dad and and my five year old self, had moved from Kansas City, Missouri
to Springfield, Missouri, in the previous Summer of 1940. Dad had started his
own business, at the age of 30, and was working night and day to get it going.
We had rented a little cottage on South Campbell Street, two bedrooms, a bath, a
kitchen and dining area, and a small living room. Money was scarce with
everything we had invested in the business, Springfield Brake Company, a very
early Air Brake business.

Even at my early age, I realized that times were hard and money really scarce.
So, it was with low expectations that I got up and crept into the living
room....to see the Lionel Electric Train all set up on the Living Room floor,
hardly leaving room to get around the Christmas Tree that Mom had hung with the
lights and all the trimmings. My cries of excitement soon brought Mom and Dad to
the Living Room, where I was down on the floor, trying to figure out this
wonderful gift. Dad got down on the floor with me and the next few hours were a
whirlwind of memories being made...mainly of my Dad and I laying side by side
watching the train go around...smoke coming from the stack...unhooking
cars...hooking them back up...loading the little toy logs that fit on the flat
car. Oh the memory.

As I said, Dad worked night and day...and that continued through most of my
early life. So, the memories of him lying on the floor, laughing and
animated...taking the time to play with his son's Lionel Electric Train, that
really smoked....well, that memory is just special. He never had time to teach
me to throw a ball...cast a lure....not because he didn't care...but because he
worked every minute of his days as a young father. So, I had to teach myself,
and I did just that...to ride a horse...to drive anything with wheels...to shoot
and hit what I was shooting at...to play guitar...to cast a lure right where I
wanted it to go.
Dad grew up during the Depression...he had to quit school at the 7th Grade and
go to work to help support his family...his sport was work...his entertainment
was work...it's all he knew, and I appreciate his work ethic..and that is one
thing that he did make sure to teach me..."Anything Worth Doing, Is Worth Doing
Right"...that was his motto and he practiced it and taught it to me.

When he was 92 years old and in the Hospital for Congestive Heart Failure...I
sat by his bed and thought of all the good things he had taught me...things like
Honesty, Trustworthiness, Looking a man in the eye and giving a handshake that
meant something. As he lay there in the Hospital bed, worn out from hard work
all his life...he turned to me and said, "Son, I sure wish I had me some green
olives". Didn't take me long to run out to a convenience store and buy a jar of
olives...brought them in to Dad and was trying to fish one of the olives out of
the jar...Dad said, "No, just hand me the jar"...he tipped it up and drank some
of the Olive juice...handing it back, nodded to me with a satisfied smile...and
two hours later just went to sleep...and woke up with Jesus. A man's man, full
of wisdom to the end, who gave his five year old son...the best Christmas ever,
by laying down in the floor with me and simply playing. Stan

www.hitchcockcountry.com -

http://www.hitchcockcountry.com



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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was
pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to
be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was faithful to
the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind
to divorce her quietly.
– Matthew 1:18-19 (NIV)

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