COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday May 11th, 2017
Email: djdclassics@gmail.com
STORY BEHIND THE SONG
A lot of songs have been written while driving and according to Marty Robbins -
such was the case of his 1961 number one "Don't Worry."
Marty commented " I wrote "Don't Worry" one night while driving the four miles
from The Grand Ole Opry to my house. I started the song just as I left and had
it finished by the time I got home. As soon as I got home I sat down at the
piano and played it. I didn't write it down until later."
His Columbia Records single "Don't Worry" came on the country music charts
February 6th, 1961 and made it to number one and stayed there for ten weeks.
It was his 24th charted song and was on the charts for 19 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard on the radio that Loretta Lynn is very ill. Do you have any info?
A: Loretta Lynn was hospitalized on May 4th after suffering a stroke at her
home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. She is expected to make a full recovery.
Q: Do you have any details concerning a Dolly Parton My People Fund. My
daughter saw it on TV.
A: Dolly Parton collected donations thru her "My People Fund and the Smoky
Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund telethon" after wildfires tore
through the East Tennessee towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg last November.
Q: Have you heard about Vince Gill going to sing the national anthem at some
event?
A: Vince Gill and his daughters Jenny and Corrina Gill recently performed the
National Anthem for Game 4 of the Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoffs between The
Nashville
Predators and the St. Louis Blues.
Q: Kris Kristofferson and Trace Arkins are making a movie together. Do you
have any information?
A: Kris Kristofferson and Trace Adkins will join forces in "Hickok" - a
"frontier thriller" centered around the life of famous outlaw Wild Bill Hickok.
The movie features Bruce Dern and Luke Hemsworth alongside Kristofferson and
Adkins. The movie is set for July release.
Q: Do you know anything about Loretta Lynn appearing on "CBS This Morning?"
A: That happened on April 29th - singer/songwriter Nikki Lane and Loretta Lynn
performed a duet version of "Don't Come Home a'Drinkin (With Lovin' on Your
Mind),"
Lynn's first No. 1 hit. The song is the title track of Lynn's seventh studio
album
Q: There was a song on the radio back in the 70's about "I Use The Soap." Do
you know anything about that recording?
A: "I Use The Soap" was a number 46 hit for Dickey Lee in1974.
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1947
New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) - Red Foley
1955
In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
1963
Lonesome 7-7203 - Hawkshaw Hawkins
1971
How Much More Can She Stand - Conway Twitty
1979
Backside of Thirty - John Conlee
1987
The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder - Michael Johnson
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison.
1955 - Mark Herndon "Alabama's" drummer, was born Mark Joel Herndon in
Springfield, Massachusetts. Mark was inducted into the CMHF as a member of
Alabama in 2005.
1956 - Elvis bought his first home at 1034 Audubon Drive, in Memphis,
Tennessee. Elvis paid $40,000.00 in cash for the home, which he shared with
Gladys and Vernon.
1957 - The Everly Brothers debuted on the Grand Ole Opry. Their hit "Bye Bye
Love" hit the country charts two days later. Their record "Bye Bye Love" was
named a Grammy Hall of Fame recording.
1957 - Buddy Holly & the Crickets audition for Arthur Godfrey's "Talent Scouts"
TV program, they were rejected.
1959 - Buck Owens' "Second Fiddle," became his first chart song.
1963 - Bill Anderson's # 1 single "Still" debuted on Billboards Top 40 Chart.
1968 - The Grand Ole Opry honored the memory of "The Solemn Old Judge" George D.
Hay 1895~1968, age 72, who passed away in Virginia earlier in the week. Grant
Turner represented WSM and all of the Opry members as spokesman for the tribute.
1973 - Marty Robbins recorded "A Man And A Train."
1978 - Glenn Sherley died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Gonzales,
California. Glenn is the man John Cash helped parole from prison, and employed
until 1973 when Glenn quit the House of Cash and moved back to California.
1979 - Lester Raymond Flatt 1914~1979, age 64, died in Nashville. Lester Flatt
was laid to rest in Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery, Sparta, Tennessee. Inducted CMHF
1985. IBMAHH 1991.
1980 - Linda Ronstadt's Asylum album "Made Love" was certified Gold & Platinum
today.
1990 - Ritchie Valens received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Richie's star is located at 6733 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California.
1992 - Willie Nelson's album "Honeysuckle Rose" was certified multi-platinum by
the RIAA.
1996 - Steve Wariner joined the Grand Ole Opry.
1999 - Eddy Arnold announced his retirement.
2003 - Minnie Snow, age 89, widow of Hank Snow, died in Nashville, on Mothers
Day. Minnie was laid to rest next to Hank in Spring Hill Cemetery, in Nashville.
2004 - Glenn Campbell, age 68, pled guilty to 'Extreme Drunken Driving,' and
'Leaving The Scene of an Accident. Charges of Aggravated Assault on a Police
Officer were
dropped in the plea agreement. The Rhinestone Cowboy served ten days in jail,
and 75 hours of community service.
2008 - Nashville Gospel singer, and songwriter Dottie Rambo 1934~2008, age 74,
was killed today when her tour bus ran off the road and crashed into a ditch
near Mount
Vernon, Missouri. Dottie, her husband Buck, and daughter Reba toured as the
Singing Rambo's in the '60s and '70s. Dottie was inducted into the Kentucky
Music Hall of
Fame in 2006, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007, and inducted
twice into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Dottie has over 2,500 songs
copyrighted.
Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>
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A LETTER FROM AN OLD FRIEND
By: Jack Blanchard
I get mail from amateur songwriters,
many of them past acquaintances
who feel something is due them for associating with me
before I was of any practical use.
I got one like this a while back.
Notes in parentheses are mine.
"Hi, Jack! Sorry about taking so long to answer your letter
(Note -- Eight Years),
but we've had company from out of town.
We were just talking about you the other day
after we noticed your albums in the stores up here.
You look great, even with the long hair and strange clothes.
Have you put on weight?
(Note - He just killed any chance of a favor.)
"Do you remember the cold winter night
I gave you a lift down to the gas station
to get kerosene for your heater
after the gas and electric companies had shut you off?
And I'd have run you all the way back home through the blizzard,
except for the smell of the kerosene.
You know I would have.
"Well, you finally made it, didn't you?
Everybody up here always knew you would.
We were just kidding
when we used to call you a no-good bum.
HA -- HA. We were just trying to put some spunk into you,
and you'll have to admit -- IT WORKED!
"Since you are an old friend
I am giving you first crack at the enclosed original song.
If you don't record it I'll have to send it to Johnny Cash,
so let me know right away, and don't worry, it's copyrighted.
"Your old kerosene buddy,
Robert."
The following is the hit song he enclosed:
"WHEN I'M GONE (or THE GOODBYE SONG)
"When I'm gone - you'll find that I won't be here anymore
When I go - I'll say goodbye and walk out thru the door
Then you'll see it won't be me that's with you as before
When I'm gone - you'll find that I won't be here anymore.
"When I'm gone - if you're alone,
you'll know that I'm not here
When I go - if I am far away,
you'll know I won't be near
Then you'll see it won't be me
that's with you as before
When I'm gone - you'll find that I won't be here anymore.
(CHORUS)
"Goodbye - Goodbye - I think you ought to know
It doesn't mean I'm going to stay
It means I'm going to go
Goodbye - Goodbye - The sun comes up at dawn
You'll find I won't be here no more,
Honey, when I'm gone."
Here's the answer I wrote to my dear old friend:
"Dear Robert,
"In unbiased critical appraisal
I must admit that your lyric has a certain steadfastness,
not leaving the slightest worry in the listener's mind
as to the protagonist's departure.
"It drives home the point and makes its title known
with a repetitiveness highly valued in the commercial field.
Its simplicity is to be complimented
as well as its portrayal of a situation
in which each of us has found himself
at one time or another.
"The first-person style and identifiability of the characters
only strengthen the argument
that you have invested the total of your talent
in this one grand effort.
"In consideration of the above,
and in sincere gratitude for the kerosene you took me to get,
I cannot, in good conscience,
stand in the way of you and Johnny Cash.
Please send it to him and take all the credit for yourself.
Don't mention me at all.
Heaven knows you deserve it.
"Your old friend,
Mr. Blanchard"
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock
Tootsies Orchid Lounge, just across the alley from the Artist entrance to the
Ryman Auditorium, was the club house for the Opry gang. Just slip out the back
door of the
Ryman, take about 6 steps, and down to the back entrance of Tootsies. When you
would come into that back room of Tootsies, it was an exclusive room, separated
from
the front tourist part, on a different level from the front and up some narrow
steps to this small room reserved for the music people. It was a quiet room,
friendly and
close, no status here that separated the big fish from the little fish. A place
to go and visit, between shows, since the old Ryman did not have a lounge, just
a dressing
room and bathroom back stage, and the wings on each side of the stage and a very
narrow walkway behind the back stage prop. So, in order to relax and wait for
your
next show, you eased over to Tootsies. Friday and Saturday nights were like
family gatherings there, and Tootsie Bess took care of these good folks like a
Mother Hen.
Tootsie was a stout woman, with a rough, no nonsense approach to the public,
but, she loved her music people.
In the old days, you would see Webb, Faron, Roger, Patsy, Willie, Oswald,
Porter, the square dancers, the musicians from different bands, assorted girls
that kinda moved
through the music scene, seamlessly attached to different artists, then on to
the next artist without any conflict or jealousy noted, songwriters quietly
pitching new
songs to the artists, wives of the musicians sitting together, quietly talking.
Tootsie did not brook any trouble or disturbances, and she could handle the most
agressive
drinker, and get him or her out the door fast.
Tootsies Orchid Lounge was a clearing place for musicians looking for work, and
Artists would call, at all hours, to tell Tootsie that they needed a drummer, or
guitar
player or bass man...and they needed them quick cause their regular musician had
just called in sick and they were leaving in an hour for Chicago or St Louis.
Tootsie
would turn, go over to a table and tap one of the guys on the shoulder and say,
"Got you a gig, if you want it".
She ran tabs on all the pickers, and I don't think anyone ever stiffed her. She
had been known, if a musicians wife came in when he was out of town, and she
needed
some quick money for an emergency, to dip in the till and give it without a
thought.
Yes, the connection between the old Tootsies Orchid Lounge, and the Opry when it
was at the Ryman, was an integral part of the business of keeping the music
playing.
Less than a honky tonk, more like a social club to the pickers that found a
place to let down and just be themselves, in the family of music that used to
be. stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
– Proverbs 15:22 (NIV)
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