Sayafreakinara issue of the Twangzine
the Sayafreakinara issue of the Twangzine is now up. Interviews with Danny Barnes, Kelly Willis, Neil Mooney and Robbie Robertson Lots of reviews if Cd's that don't suck and even a couple that do. Check it out. Please Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Going, going, gone
I'm out of here. I'm signing off now. so if you reply to this, I won't be able to read it. I leave Sunday and I need to spend what little time I have left here with my family. Y'all be good, and be careful. Check out the Twangzine as well. Say a prayer to your diety of choice and think good thoughts, I honestly believe that we're going to have a real war. sometimes this job really sucks. http://www.twangzine.com FC1 Jeff Wall CSF Division Uss Peterson DD 969 FPO AE 09582-1207
Re: Ohio Boy Does Good-Scottie Sparks
At 02:44 AM 3/31/99 -0500, you wrote: My incredible fortune this time around was hearing a copy of Scottie Sparks' self-titled cd. Any kin to big haired Larry Sparks? now THAT's somebody who knows how to sing! Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/29/99
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info March 29, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the radio and music industries.To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Some Broken Hearts" by Bellamy Brothers. Writer: Wayland Holyfield. Producers: Bellamy Brothers and Randy Hiebert. Label: Intersound Country and Bellamy Brothers. CDX: volume 207. The original country hat act, the Bellamys come from left field with this arrangement of the 1977 Don Williams hit (under the title "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"). This song has a reggae beat, much more hip and jiggy than some of the second-rate pop music flowing out of Nashburg these days. Most importantly, the lyric is timeless. After all, some broken hearts never mend. Two more of radio's heavy hitters from the past year are without labels this morning. Toby Keith has left Mercury Nashville as Tracy Byrd exits MCA. The news is better for Doug Stone and for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Stone returns to the major label arena with an Atlantic Nashville deal. He had a long string of fine country hits for Epic before sliding into a rock sound that was greeted with a collective yawn by the radio and music public. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has signed with Dreamworks. Their first release, scheduled for May 4th, will be "Bang Bang Bang", an album recorded for the defunct Rising Tide label a year ago. Ray Price was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphenalia and marijuana last week near his Texas ranch. He posted a $ 500 bond, pleaded no contest to the possession of drug paraphenalia charge, and paid a $ 200 fine. The 73-year-old member of The Country Music Hall of Fame is expected to go to court at a later date on the possession of marijuana charge. It's not unusual for a radio station to react to a downturn in ratings by cutting the playlist. When the pressure's on, "Play the biggest hits more often" is always a line that a P.D. or consultant on shaky ground can sell to the men and women in the large, carpeted offices. How bad are things? Trini Triggs broke into R R's Top 50 with only 8 reporting stations playing "Horse To Mexico". That number broke the previous low record of 22 stations on a LeAnn Rimes tune of awhile back. You may recall that former California Governor Ronald Reagan pardoned Merle Haggard for his felony convictions after The Hag achieved stardom. Through the generosity of North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt, Randy Travis now enjoys the same pardoned status. As a troubled teen, Travis was convicted of larceny, burglary and weapons charges at various times in his home state. Quoted in Seventeen magazine, The Dixie Chicks' Martie Seidel said that men haven't started throwing underwear at the group, but they'd prefer boxers, not briefs, if and when the phenomenon develops. Chad Brock has worked as a car salesman and as a pro wrestler. He was on the WCW circuit using his real name and wearing cowboy togs as his gimmick. Brock says he wrestled 19 times on TV, including one appearance against Paul Wight, a.k.a. The Giant. Rumors are that Brock may still want to hide soap and bottle caps in his trunks. Some speculate that he may combine his new-found singing stardom with a return to the WCW ring. He'll be the good guy, no doubt. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Rick McCracken, MD at WSOC/fm in Charlotte NC; John Nichols of WKMH/fm in Cullman AL; Jim Murphy, Director of Operations at Jones Radio; Catherine Gollery with Spinner.com; Diny Schapendonk of CENTRAAL FM in The Netherlands; and, Joel Denver. Brock Speer of gospel music's Speer Family died earlier today (3/29/99) in Nashville. Speer joined his brother Ben and Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires on Elvis Presley's first Nashville session for RCA Victor Records in 1956, according to The Tennessean. The brothers also contributed to other Presley sessions, but the family is legendary in gospel music circles. Speer was a former president and chairman of the board of the Gospel Music Association. Brock Speer was 78 years old. Charles Sawtelle, a founding member of the bluegrass group Hot Rize, died March 20th from complications of leukemia. Charles Sawtelle was 52 years old. Inspiration is everywhere. The Bellamys said on Crook and Chase awhile back that they got the idea for the reggae arrangement on "Some Broken Hearts" from a bar band- a beach bar band, in fact. In the Miami area, the brothers walked out to the beach bar (as in "thatched tiki hut") and heard
Re: Another country station in Nashville...
At 02:39 PM 3/29/99 -0600, you wrote: From Sunday's Tennessean: RADIO Rock radio institution KDF goes country this week By Brad Schmitt / Tennessean Staff Writer The owners of WKDF already have bet $5 million on Carl P. Mayfield, and now they're adding the station's 30-year rock heritage to the mix. Carl P Mayfield, Steve Henderson, Moby, and Sylvia were all a major part of my formulative Teenage years. What I remember of them. Damn that Mexican Redbud, Damn that George Dickel. KDF was on 24 hours a day, The coolest thing about the station was always the day before the Volunteer Jam when the Charlie Daniels band would just come in and take the sumbitch over. They'd play what they wanted to hear and what the listeners requested. Damn playlists, Screw formats. Ole Steve Henderson is dead and gone now but it's good to hear Carl P is coming back. Hopefully he'll resurect the Rich and Famous band as well. N.P. Carl P Mayfield and the Rich and Famous Band - "Lets Make the Islamic Atomic" Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Calling Jeff Wall
At 02:46 PM 3/29/99 EST, you wrote: Sorry for public post but I've misplaced Jeff's email and the one I pulled out of my head bounced. Jeff -- email me. I need your phone number for the Fed Ex. I promise I will not give it to anyone or use it myself for obscene phone calls. Although, if you weren't shipping out -- we might make some money auctioning it off to make Twangfest money g Deb Sommer For a good time, Call 757 368-7735, But wait until I'm at work. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
suckage: Re: Waco Brothers
The reflex to say so and so "sucks" is always so much more tempting than settling for saying, "that's not my cup of tea." -- Terry Smith I don't see the difference. If I am reviewing a disc, and I can find absolutely no redeeming value, and I say that it sucks, is that not just my humble, or in my case, not so fucking humble opinion? I think most (but not all) rap sucks. Instead should I be saying that most rap is just not my cup of tea? Twangfest 2 theme: YOU SUCK!! Twangfest 3 theme; You're not my cup of tea. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Twang in Serbia
At 06:52 PM 3/28/99 +1200, you wrote: Hey Jeff, are you going as defender of the free world or on some other more important mission? I'm going over as Twang of Eight's super dooper secret agent to infilitrate and bring down from within, the evil musical regimes that exist in Eastern Europe. There are patriots over there whose only desire in life in to overthrow the repressive yokes of Hot New Country and Heavy Metal Tyranny so that their country and their children will not have to suffer from bleeding eardrums and sucky music. I am going to spread the joyful message of the Holy Trinity, the prophets Bill, Buck, and Hank. Forget Democracy, Cast off Communisim, Socialism Sucks, There is only the Twang. The Twang shall set you free. Can I get an Amen. Because of the threats against my life and the ruthlessness and total lack of taste, style, and compassion toward his fellow man demonstrated by the opposition leader, King Garth, I am having the Sixth Fleet stand by just in case we are forced to bomb the infidels back into the stoneage with Stonewall, Stanley, Monroe, Loretta, Buck, and Hank Cd's. We will not give up until the opression is overwith. Viva La Revolution Yours in Earl, Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Better Live?
How come some acts, usually the Alt Country, Bluegrass, etc, etc, sound so much better live than they do on disc, and others, Big name rock, Country, etc sound so much better on disc than they do live. With zero experience in the studio, Is it that difficult to capture the spirit or energy of a live gig? Does recording it live, (vice a live recording in a club) with all the musicians in the same room make a big difference as toward groove? How about a live recording at a Venue? That IIIrd Time Out Live at the MAC or the Flatt and Scruggs Live at Carnegie are two discs that really capture the excitement of a live show. Is it really difficult to capture that vibe on tape? One of the differences I think, lies in budget. When you can spend an hour trying to get one lick from a rhythm guitar just right on one bar on one song, and you cut that lick 12 times until the producer is satisfied, that seems to me to make for a sonically perfect and emotionally dead record. Just sucks the life right out. This Waco thing brought it up. Everyone is gushing about their live show at SXSW and saying how great they are live. Their recorded efforts don't do anything for me. The same is true of the Sovines. Their cassette, Owner Operator was okay, But their live show kicks ass. Same deal with Mike Ireland, and a bunch other folks we discuss. Do the artists even make money on recordings anymore? Or is the gig the good money and the records sold at the record table just the gravy? How do most of you folks afford to tour? You ain't making shit off the record table and you're playing for the door. Do you tour until your broke and then go make enough money at Burger King until you can afford to tour again? One of you folks cough up and give us a breakdown of a tour. Money, food, beer, dope, sleeping arrangements, gas, vehicles, etc etc. That's enough questions for now. I'm doing everything humanly possible to avoid packing my seabag. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Better Live?
Dunno much about outside of bluegrass, but record table money in bluegrass is a lot more than gravy; it can be half the take or more. Big bluegrass acts can do $1200 and up at the table. I know Doyle Lawson cleans up at the table, In fact I have heard that he does better at the record table than anywhere else. Is this same thing also true for other acts? Do most Bluegrass bands do better at the table than through paid label royalties? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Better Live?
At 08:40 PM 3/28/99 -0600, Gracey wrote: Touring at the $500-$1000 a night level is not very much fun unless you are in your twenties, single-ish, and ready for anything. On the other hand, this is why I am 48 and look 84. Come on Joe, you don't look a day over 80. well maybe a day, but not quite a week. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Steve 'n' Del
At 10:42 PM 3/26/99 -0500, you wrote: Those of you who have seen the tour elsewhere, what type of reception is Del getting? Last night is wasnt so hot. From where I was sitting at the show's stop in Durham, it seemed that most of the crowd was there specifically to see Del. Not only did he receive quite a reception (one guy even yelled at Steve and the rest to bring Del out during the opening set), but I also spent much of the intermission explaining to neighbors who Steve Earle is. Now that's the way it's supposed to be. Look at what Del has done for Steve, that no one else has ever been able to get him to do Put on a suit, and cut his hair. Steve may be getting a bigger reception in some places, but I'd be willing to bet that Steve knows who the big kahuna is. I'm impressed by Steve's G Run. Del has taught him well. That Del McCoury is deserving of Sainthood if you ask me. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Steve 'n' Del
Drove out to Annandale instead to catch the last set of an apologetically croaky Bill Kirchen. So how was Kirchen? (as if he could be anything but excellent) Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Steve 'n' Del
At 04:25 PM 3/27/99 -0800, you wrote: On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, William T. Cocke wrote: Incidentally, I thought "Hillbilly Highway" was the most successful "bluegrassed up " of Steve's songs. That's the one that should be a festival staple. Now I coulda *swore* some bluegrass band has covered this (either that or I had a dream about it). Help me out here, Weisberger.--don Ricky Skaggs Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Bad gigs and the ones that make up for it (was: Bad gigs on tape / War stories)
At 08:13 PM 3/27/99 EST, you wrote: the posterity books. An old girlfriend called me late one Sunday night and asked if I could drive out to see her. I was not keen on the idea (50 miles away, lived with her parents, who were BTW cooler than her), but she begged and pleaded and convinced me. Well, I get there, and as I go into the basement, there is a whole band set up, and who is playing lead guitar but blues great Albert Collins (friend of her parents). She said that she wanted to suprise me, so I sat in on bass until the wee hours of the morning. Man, I wish I had an ex-girlfriend who was that cool. Or had parents that were that cool. If any of my ex's were to call me up to ask to meet, I would be running like hell in the other direction. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Twang in Serbia
Alex, is there much Twang in your area of the world? I think that it's damned amazing that we have listmembers here from places so far away. If possible, can you give us any information on Country/Bluegrass/Twang music in Eastern Europe? Which artists are popular? Are there many radio stations or clubs which feature this music? What's the music scene like over there? Meanwhile, everybody say a prayer to your diety of choice for everyone who is involved in the current conflict, on both sides. And even those in the middle. Headed that way in 9 days. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Cool Shoes Re: Twang in Serbia
Junior said: As a teenager I spent a summer in Belgrade with a girlfriend and came back with some Serbian 45s (long since lost in the mists of personal history) and a pair of chinese-made Chuck Taylor-style basketball shoes with Mao on the little round logo place on the outside heel. They were extremely cool and I wore them all the time till they fell apart about six months later (not very well made g). Fantastic. Junior, I think if we started a "coolest shoe" thread on teh fluff channel, you'd win hands down. That's weird. I bought a pair of Red High Top Chuck Taylors at a flea market in the New Territories of Hong Kong back in 1990. They had the Chuck emblem, but I think they were either bootlegged, or licensed to be made over in China. I love them shoes and I still wear them although they embarrass my son and wife to death. They're size 12 and they refer to them as my ugly bozo shoes. Fuck 'em. They have no taste. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Clip-Wacos Saturday night
I'm glad their live show was good, or at least that y'all enjoyed it. Personally, I wouldn't have even bothered. I thought their latest disc, Wacoworld, totally sucked ass. I would of given anything to see Billy Joe Shaver, Cisco, and Ray Wylie Hubbard though. You lucky bastards. I did get to see Cletus T Judd, Glen Duncan, and hang out with the lovely and talented Elena Skye though. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: flatirons
At 09:18 PM 3/25/99 -0800, you wrote: I ended up sitting in a Target parking lot freezing while Radio Duff played 4 cuts from this band. And I just had to know who they were. Great great stuff. Finally he tells us who they are, also noting that 3 or 4 people called up the station demanding to know who it was as it such great stuff. The Flat Irons (?) from Portland Ore. Anybody know about them. Disc is called Prayer Bones, but I didn't catch the label. Is this available? Gotta have it. It's new and it's on Checkered Past Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: NATO bombs
At 10:18 PM 3/23/99 +0100, you wrote: I'm sorry for using this space for political themes but this is faster way to inform all my friends + i'll be short. NATO planned bombing YU tonight or some of next days and our government proclaimed state of high combativeness so if i don't answer on your letters it'll not be anything unusual. Please wait a while. Thanx ! Alex Alex, don't forget to duck. Hopefully this unpleasentness will be over soon. Considering the circumstances, please don't think it rude of me to hope that we do not meet in the near future. God Bless, and be careful. Underway in 11 days Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: The Gram Parsosn tribute concert
At 09:33 PM 3/18/99 +0100, you wrote: Hello to all, i just got a copy of Coal porters - The Gram parsosn tribute concert cd for my radio show. Track list: (Sweet) mental revenge Did Gram Parsons ever cover this? I know it's an old Mel Tillis cut that Clarence White and Gene Parsons just flat tore up on Nashville West. And how come Gene Parsons has never gotten the credit that he deserves? Inventer of the B-Bender, Member of the Byrds, Member of Nashville West, Member of a bunch of other stuff. He's definately in that Chris Hillman catagory of great yet underrated and under appreciated sidemen. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
My Vacation (long)
nts tried to spoil my daughter. I wanted to visit with more friends while I was in town, but most of thoose losers were away at SXSW, and I was busy watching my folks to make sure that they didn't tell my kids anything at all about what I was like as a kid. The highlight of the trip though had to be Eddie Stubbs and WSM. It makes driving so much easier when you have good radio to listen to. Right now, I am trying to get the Sayafuckinara issue of the TWangzien together, pack for my upcoming 6 month spiritual journey, clean the house, wash clothes, and spend time with the fambily. I'm gonna miss you deviant bastards. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Bending the strings
At 08:13 AM 3/21/99 -0600, you wrote: What exactly is a B-Bender? A drink? Guitar? Style of playing the B-string on a guitar? Early version of the wonderbra? alas ye unwashed hairy brethern, sit thee down and thou shalt learn sumpthin. I'm not sure who the first person to bend a guitar string was, but it has become a staple of the Country Guitar Playing style. It might of been Roy Nichols who would bend the string *before* it was picked and then let it detension back. James Burton might have been the first. He's getting awful long in the tooth and is the undesputed master of chicken pickin string bendin. James replaced the strings on his paisley Tele with banjo strings because they were thinner and he could get more bend out of them. But I want to talk about Clarence White. Clarence and his older brother Roland originainally hail from the high lonesome mountains of Maine. Well I maybe not high or lonesome but they are originally from Maine. Their daddy relocated them out to Californicate. Roland was bit particularly hard by the music bug and used to make his brothers Eric and Clarence get up in the middle of the night and pick with him. If they didn't, he'd kick their butt. The White Brothers played a bunch of really fine music. They later went on to become the Kentucky Colonels and had a bunch of hillbilly longhairs join them. People like Scotty Stoneman, Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum, and LeRoy "Mack" MacNees. The White Brothers, performing as the Country Boys, were regulars on Joe Maphis's televison program. Maphis turned young Clarence on to electricity. Clarence White bought himself a '54 Fender Telecaster in 1965 and began learning to play it. He made friends with pickers Jimmy Bryant, Don Rich, and James Burton and learned how to play that thing. It didn't take long before he was suprising the hell out of his hero/teachers. White hooked up with Gene Parsons and Gib Guilbeau around '66 or '67 and were performing in the LA area as Nashville West. The album of the same name was originally recorded by Parsons as nothing more than a practice tape and features Clarence *pre-bender*. Clarence was fascinated by the sound of Pedal Steel. The string bender came into being due to Clarence hitting licks and getting Parsons to bend the string for him above the nut,that is between the tuner and the nut. Parsons', a skilled machinist, thought about it for awhile and put all the synapases in his big ole' head to work and invented the B-Bender. A mechanical device that will bend the B string on the guitar when the neck is pushed down. This device involved radical custimization and more gears and levers than someone with my limited mechanical ability ever wants to even think about. It was named the Parson's-White Stringbender. Clarences name was stuck on it because he already had a reputation as an axe-slinger. Jimi Hendrix was a Clarence White fan, But make no mistake, Gene Parsons invented the thing. Clarence just showed the world what it could do. The B-Bender has come back into style again. Fender now sells a line of B-Bender guitars licsenced from Parsons. Hipshot makes a bolt on bender that loosely immitates. But you can have the real thing, not a shoddy imitation. Gene Parsons install's B-Benders at his mountiantop workshop. In fact he has now invented an acoustic version. Check out http://www.stringbender.com The first ever B-Bender is now owned by Marty Stuart. He owns the Telecaster that Clarence played and uses it as his main axe. He don't bend it as much as I would like for him too, although I recently saw a clip of him on the television where he was bending his little heart away. Made me proud. Jimmy Olander of the group Diamond Rio is probably the most heard/radio friendly B-Bender player out there working right now. If yu would like more information on bending, check out Gene Parsons website at http://www.stringbender.com he even has some sound files up there. for more information on Clarence White, check out http://ebni.com/byrds/memcw1.html I apologise now for any inaccuracies. Mary Kat knows far more than I ever will about Clarence White, Joe Maphis, James Burton and that whole early california country/country-rock scene. The Bud Rocket is also a Clarence-Burton authority. I'm counting on you two to clear up any screwups on my part. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Charles Sawtell-RIP
At 11:01 AM 3/21/99 -0500, you wrote: shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit, I was just talking to Tut Taylor last night about Charles. We thought he had made it and was going to pull through. shit. Charles had one of the most distinct lead styles in Bluegrass. I've often wondered why his phrasing was not more lauded. Pray for Randy Howard and John Hartford. We can't afford to loose anymore folks. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Charles Sawtell-RIP
At 11:52 AM 3/21/99 EST, you wrote: What's up with john hartford? I just saw Jamie last night playing with Guy Clark at the Donald Lindley benefit. Hartford's been battling cancer for many years now. He doesn't want a big to-do made about it though. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Bending the strings
You know, every time I write something like this and try to display just a bit of my vast, but wholly inaccurate music knowledge, Weisberger comes along with that big ole brain of his and proceeds to blow me completely out of the water. I hate him. From this day forward, I renounce any and all Urban Hipster Intellengentsia - White Guy With Glasses [UHI-WGWG] status. I'm tired of trying to impress you folks with my mighty brain power only to have some big bass playing geek prove once again that I am a dumbass. From now on, just look at me as another pretty face in the crowd. I'll just have to get by on my looks alone. It ain't easy being pretty. This is it. The last of my psuedo intellectual posts. I'm back to being a big goodlooking sexy smartass hillbilly. np(imh) multiple requests for Freebird at Twangfest. insert (g) thingee as appropriate. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/22/99
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:03:26 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/22/99 THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info March 22, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the radio and music industries.To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "From The Inside out" by Linda Davis. Writers: Marc Beeson and Angela Kaset. Produced by James Stroud and Julian King. Label: Dreamworks Nashville. Davis drops the Celine Dion copycat act for a more interpretive sound. Nice steel guitar and a fresh lyrical approach to a classic theme. George Jones was dismissed from the Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville on Friday. Jones rode home on his tour bus. As Garth Brooks' masterfully markets Garth Brooks with the express, written consent of Major League Baseball, his pop (as opposed to country) album for Capitol is being readied for the Garth Brooks market. The initial release date, May 4th, has been been scuttled. The album will likely be released in June or July, according to Billboard. Meanwhile, keen Brooks' observer Steve Wariner has jumped on the baseball cross-promotional bandwagon. For every strikeout thrown by New York Mets reliever Turk Wendell (pronounced Wen-DELL) this summer, Wariner and Wendell will each contribute $ 100 to Garth's Touch 'Em All Foundation. Some radio researchers are discovering that Faith Hill's "This Kiss" was played more by non-country stations than country stations. If that's true, then should sales of the recording be tallied as "country" or "pop"? Should they be apportioned between formats (with country getting the smaller percentage)? Does that make the song a bigger country hit or lesser country hit? Willie Nelson guests on Howard Stern's TV show on the E! entertainment channel, March 29th and 30th. Willie may be too quick for Howard. Jeff Foxworthy will join the crowded field of national countdown radio hosts. The Foxworthy Countdown debuts next month. By the way, you might be a redneck if you can't countdown from 20. New York City will be the site of "An All-Star Tribute To Johnny Cash" on April 6th. The program will be recorded for playback on Turner Network Television (TNT) on April 18th. 32 years ago this month, Porter Wagoner had a # 2 chart hit with a classic country tune called "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life". It's a terrific country song that ranks alongside "The Carroll County Accident" as my favorite hits by the original rhinestone cowboy. Porter has had 28 songs in Billboard's Top 10 as a recording artist. He has owned several successful publishing companies, a profitable recording studio, a long-running syndicated TV, and produced boucoups of hits, including almost all of Dolly Parton's country hits. In fact, when pretty little Miss Norma Jean decided to retire from the business, it was Porter who saw the potential of the unknown Dolly from the Smoky Mountains and invited her to join the cast of his TV show. The rest, as they say, is history. Porter will make a guest appearance at the Tennessee Songwriters Association International weekly meeting on March 31st at Belmont University in Nashville. Non-members are invited to attend. For the several hundred songwriters in the Nashville area who subscribe to this newsletter, and the hundreds of other people in the Music Business City who also subscribe, I think the ol' Wagonmaster might have a thing or two to say that you would find of value. And, as Jeff Wall points out, Porter is still the best dressed man in country music. For more info on The Tennessee Songwriters Association International, visit their website at http://www.ClubNashville.com/tsai.htm or call the TSAI hotline at (615) 969-5967. Nashville's ever-growing songwriters festival, Tin Pan South, is set for April 12-17. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Chris Bev Jackson of Americana Promotion LTD in the United Kingdom; Jim O'Hara, PD at WLLR-fm in the Quad Cities IL/IA; Capt. Billy Anderson from the morning show at KPAN in Hereford TX; Bjorne Hesselbjerggaar
RE: Clip: New Faces Show
Bottom line for me is that Jon Randall Stewart's a talented guy, and she's a talented singer (she flat out tore up that "I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand," which was, BTW, written by Bill "I Get The Fever" Anderson), and either their marriage will work out or it won't; it doesn't make much difference to me either way. I met Randy when he was touring with Ms Emmylou. They changed his "official" name from Randy Stewart to Jon Randall to avoid comfusion with all the other Stewart's out there. Hell of a nice guy, Hell of a guitar picker as well. He is quiet well known in the Nashvillian Bluegrass Circles, and not due to his relationship with Ms Morgan either. He also tours with Sam Bush's band "Man-Boy" from time to time. It's going to be difficult for him to step out of that Mr Lorrie Morgan typecast. As for Ms Morgan's enabling of Mssr Whitley. I have heard rumor that Ms Morgan has taken steps to deal with the effects of Alcoholism in her life. Whether this be co-dependent treatment, Ala-non, or shaving her head and selling flowers at the airport, I am unsure of. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Bad Livers
Speaking of George Jones and that bandaid they put on him, I got an e-mail from Mr Congeniality himself, Mark Rubin. He wanted me to say hi to the p2 folks and to mention that he's updated the Bad Liver pages and plans on doing so pretty damn regularly. He's also included more responses to their "forum" as well. The site is worth checking out for the forum alone. That's the part where all the drunken dickheads write to Mr Congeniality and ask "how come you don't kiss our ass?" Mark can come off kind of dickish himself at times, but at least he's consistant. He stands up for what he believes in and if you don't agree with him, that's fine, you don't have to. I want to have his baby. The bad livers web address is: http://www.hyperweb.com/badlivers/ Mr Congenialities home page is at http://www.markrubin.com/ Drop in and say hi. There will also be an interview with Danny Barnes in the Sayafuckinara issue of the Twangzine. Much obliged. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: dreaded artist of the decade (plus Rushmore)
At 07:52 AM 3/12/99 -0500, you wrote: if the Scruggs-Gill-Skaggs-Stuart-Krauss-? album actually gets out this year, that ought to just about nail it down, at least for me. When the Scruggs-Gill-Skaggs-Stuart-Krauss album comes out, it will be a sad, sad, day for music. How can you ever top a bill like that? maybe Scruggs-Gill-Skaggs-Stuart-Krauss-Sparks? or Scruggs-Gill-Skaggs-Stuart-Krauss-Martin? Once the fellers release it you will see a backlash of mythical proportions in Nashville. We'll have everyone doing straight Bluegrass records. Diamond Rio, Blackhawk, Garth, Brooks Dunn, John Anderson, Garth 'punkinhead' Brooks, Dolly, Emmylou, etc. It will be the true Uncloudy Day. Dogs and Cats will get along, Democrats and Republicans, Vanderbilt fans and Tennessee fans. The wolf will lie down with the sheep. Mr Jesus will come back down on his hot rod of holiness. Because after this disc, what can God do to top himself? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: twanglife after 50, 60, 70 ...
At 06:53 AM 3/11/99 EST, you wrote: T I've got to write a short article about what the lives of famous or historical people looked like at later key ages, particularly after 50 (examples include: Frank Lloyd Wright, Sidney Greenstreet - even Philip Glass, who apparently was a plumber until he hit 40). What about Joe Gracey? He's so old he was telling me about standing on the beach down there in Texas waiting for the Gulf of Mexico to finish filling up. He knows a lot of them really old people too. Billy joe, Willie, Waylon, Cowboy Jack, Moses, Shadrack, Meshack, and Abendigo, etc Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Bramletts
I feel guilty because I don't know more about the Bramletts than I do, but. Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett used to be married. Delaney has a new disc out. His voice is shot to hell from all the liqour, dope, and cigarettes, but it still ain't bad. I ain't sure what Bonnie is up to. Bekka, their kid, had a rekkid out, Country Music, Nashville Style. What a waste. Bramlett and Country don't really work. That's a soul fambily. Word I hear is that she is working on a new album that is more soul driven. Delaney and Bonnie were right in the middle of that whole Macon-Muscle Shoals scene. They recorded one of the greatest acoustic albums of all time, Motel Shot, out of a motel room. They invited their friends to come play and have fun. Friends like Duane Allman and Leon Russell. They were so amned good together that even Clapton (before he sucked) toured with them. Bonnie was a regular guest vocalist on a lot of Southern Rock and Soul work in the 70's. Her and Delaney are divorced now. I think they have a son in the music bidness, but I ain't rightly sure. I don't believe Randall Bramlett is direct kin, but I could be wrong. I hope and pray that one day that whole Macon/Muscle Shoals scene will be throughly documented in a box set and/or a book. Hell, The rise and Fall of Capricorn Records or the whole Allman Bros scene would make a damned good movie. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Bramletts
At 09:54 PM 3/11/99 -0500, you wrote: Bekka, their kid, had a rekkid out, Country Music, Nashville Style. That's not a terribly good description of Bekka Billy, IMO. Well, I should've taken a second to think before posting that. I haven't heard that album, I was just *told* by someone that it was a country album and that it didn't work, I just can't see any of the Bramletts doing country, even the Hot New kind. What a waste. Bramlett and Country don't really work. Depends on who you ask. Not that "Country" is a good description of the album (see above). My bust as I have not actually heard her album. Irresponsible music critisim on my part. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: blues fiddle, (was np: Gatemouth Brown - Blackjack)
At 01:28 PM 3/10/99 -0600, you wrote: First black man I'd ever heard play blues fiddle. (wait a minute I *still* haven't heard another black man play fiddle blues like GMB; I'm guessing they're out there somewhere, I just haven't heard them) Papa John Creech. Of course he played for a while with all the dopers out in Californicate, The Jefferson Airplane to be exact, but if you ever had the opportunity to catch him without all them long-hairs, he played blues, funk, and jazz. Then there's also Vassar Clements. He might not be black on the outside, but with all the blues and soul in his playing, Vassar must be black on the inside. I love dat sumbitch. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: instrumentally speaking
At 10:24 AM 3/10/99 +, you wrote: Haven't been following this thread, but for altcountry instrumentalisms, has anyone mentioned the "Travis County Pickin'" album? All twang, no noodling Still the best recent instrumental album I know of, an album that gets regular time in my changer two (or three?) years after it came out. hmm, gonna have to check that one out. My favorite is Appilaichan Swing with them Swangin Kentucky Colonels. aka Roland and Clarence White. Hot damn it's good. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Reading between the lines
So why do all you goofballs keep talkin' about it?! Jeesuz, move on please. If anyone still feels impelled to apologize to someone about this trivial nonsense, just email them privately. thanks, don (who has a nasty chest cold and will graphically describe the taste, texture and color of his phlegm to the next person who posts about SUVs) Is it green or yellow? chunky or fluid? kind of salty? hey, I'd rather talk about phlegm than Uncle Tupelo, Folk, Freakwater, Race, Class, or Baseball anyday. ObTC Has anyone ever written a good phlegm song? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
SUV's RE: Jones update 8pm
At 09:09 AM 3/8/99 -0500, you wrote: When cell phones are outlawed...blah blah blah. [Matt Benz] And SUV's. Praying for another gas crisis. And for George. Screw you, you eco-weinie college boy. American Steel made this world great. If George had been driving a 73 Suburban, he might of not gotten hurt as bad. When I'm out there behind the wheel of my full size '89 4 wheel drive Ford Bronco, or the wife lets me drive her '65 Plymouth Deathmobile, I feel proud to be an American. Especially when I hit one of those little Geo Metro's at about 110mph. Us Americans didn't climb to the top of the world's food chain to eat tofu, be sensitive, or drive tiny ass foriegn clown cars. Nope, V-8's, Guns and dead animal flesh made us what we are today. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: SUV's RE: Jones update 8pm
At 04:32 PM 3/9/99 -0500, you wrote: Hey Jeff, have you ever met Ted Nugent? I bet you guys would be a real hoot to observe together on a hunting trip. Although I regularly consume the dead flesh of little critters, I prefer to hunt the little bastards at my local grocery store. Call me a hypocrite, but I am unable to go out into the woods and whack a critter that has done me no harm. I don't mind eating his tasty ass though, I just prefer someone else to whack him. I even go so far as to remove all the barbs from my fishing hooks and practice catch and release. Although I loved Double Live Gonzo, Nugent is way to radical right wing for my personal tastes. I also don't own any guns. My family has a history of clinical depression and addiction to things your better off not being addicted to. As a result, the ownership of firearms is not a safe bet in my household. I'm actually, in real life, a pretty sensitive guy. I have a bunch of teddy bears, I stop and help people broke down on the side of the road, and am constantly working to improve my karma points by trying to be nice and do the right thing. Nope, I couldn't walk through the woods and whack Bambi, unless I was forced to in order to eat. But if you were to threaten me or mine, I could whack you in the forehead with a .45 and not feel a shred of guilt. Why? Because as human, we are capable of knowing between right and wrong. When you intentionally choose wrong and it endangers the people I care about, you have just forfieted your constitutional as well as your human rights. Although I don't currently own firearms, I can get access to one pretty quicky. I'm a damned good shot. The wife is better. She stays pissed at me a lot. Just another reason not to keep guns in the house. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Whatever happened to Madeleine Peyroux?
At 01:40 AM 3/6/99 -0600, you wrote: Anyone got some dope? Bob Purcell probably has a bag. Has Twangfest already started? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Dusty Springfield
At 01:48 AM 3/4/99 -0800, you wrote: On top of the original album, it includes some great singles (like the swamp-poppish "Laura Willie Mae Jones") A Tony Joe White tune. yaww yaww yaww, gator got your granny Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: A Shuffle and a Hook?
okay, what's a hook? no fishing jokes please Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: THE DRAGON'S ROAR (fwd)
At 12:31 PM 3/2/99 EST, you wrote: West Coast country and western and American roots music historian, critic and journalist JANA PENDRAGON has begun a new column, (blah,blah,blah) Not sure if it is or not, but it would make sense. To her credit, Jana's been the most tireless defender in print of LA country for years now, She's been contributing to the Twangzine as well. Still, I prefered geekboy Weiss's Cisco interview to her Cisco interview. I'm not sure if I've ever read much of a negative review by her. Hey, I'm guilty of this as well, the Ray Condo piece being an exception. But I will correct this error in the next issue, the semi-retirement issue of the Twangzine. But hey, she's helping give a push to Cisco. That's cool. Cisco is the greatest thing to hit country music since big hair, push up bras, and bigbreasted steelbellied homewrecking coeds who provide their own cocaine. taking comments, submissions, and hate mail now for the semi retirement issue of the Twangzine. Deadline is March 15. My departure of the USA is April 5th. My opinion is ( and it's the only one that counts) that this will be the best and edgiest issue yet. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Shot My Baby Down
Delia - Johnny Cash Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Garth plays ball (was:Buckner, free agent status?)
He'd be a hell of a shortstop. With that big ole punkinhead of his, there wouldn't be room for a line drive to slip by. Of course, the eclipse that head would cause might distract people from the game. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Prominent Folksinger Sells Banjo
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:32:10 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: nysernet.org: majordom set sender to owner-folk_music@localhost using -f From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Prominent Folksinger Sells Banjo Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We have to report this. We have to accept facts: SanFrancisco (A B Press)--Folksinger John Stewart, former member of the popular Bay Area-based folk group the Kingston Trio in their second incarnation from 1961 to 1967, sold his trademark long-necked Vega banjo Monday. Stewart, of Novato, California, sold the banjo to 108 people calling themselves "Bloodliners," who pledged at least $16,781.37 to the common cause of paying for an emergency surgery for Stewart's wife, folksinger Buffy Ford Stewart. The offer exceeded the asking price for the banjo, recently offered for sale by Stewart for $15,000. Buffy will undergo gamma knife surgery this week in Virginia, and was left without medical coverage recently while facing the $30,000 operation. A spokesperson for the so-called Bloodliner contributors, said "Well, shit- fire, we were shooting for $5,000. Then we were shooting to approach the $10,500 down payment John and Buffy needed for the operation. Getting to almost $17,000 is some goddam accomplishment." The Bloodliner fund for the operation should run even higher, with more donations expected this week, and further donations from Bloodliners planning to send money in the future not counted in the $16,781.37 total. "We only counted pledges that specifically would be mailed within 7 days," said the source. "Several pledges were made for weeks from now, but not included in this count." In addition, a mixup in the counting of money sent from the United Kingdom certainly resulted in a lower final figure. "I believe seven Bloodliners pooled their money in England," said the source, "and today sent a total of 500 pounds to the cause. Since we don't know which Bloodliners they were, and did count a few English pledges, we're not sure how much that will add to the cause. Plus, the money counters at the Finger Headquarters near Detroit, Michigan, are too stupid to know how much cash 500 pounds amounts to." A spokesman for all 108 of the (thus far) contributors was asked what they would do with the famous banjo. "Well," he replied, "we were considering sending it from home to home, all of 108 of them, kind of like the Stanley Cup, with everyone possessing it for one week. But that would take over two years, and seemed too impractical. So we're just gonna give the damn thing back to him." -Tom DeLisle ___ Bloodlines is the email list for singer-songwriter John Stewart. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The initial funds were raised in about three days from members of the mailing list. Sometimes the net amazes me. Buffy's surgery is on Thursday, following additional tests in Charlottesville on Wednesday. This is Buffy's third and we hope final surgery, following operations in October 1997 and a few months ago in Phoenix. There is more information at my website for Stewart, Clack's Cellar, at http://members.aol.com/clackclack/rebeffa1.htm If you know John and Buffy, plese keep them in your thoughts and send whatever positive energy or prayers you can their way. Ron Beffa Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Be Like Mike (no, the other Mike)/Dr. Dre
My brother was a big Jacksons fan while I was into Willie Nelson. IMHO, Thriller sucked. Billy Jean Sucked. Ever since Michael and Latoya cut Tito up to use for parts in their never ending search for cosmetic renewal, the Jacksons have sucked. Tito was the only thing that held the Jackson 5 together. One thing that Michael did was singlehandedly destroy Black Music. He reached in and ripped the soul right out. In fact, to listen to the radio today, you would think that the Funk has done boarded the Mothership and took off for parts unknown. But worry not lil chilluns. They still got the funk down in Lafayette and everywhere else south of I-10. Buckwheat got the Funk, C.J. got the Funk, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band got that double line funk. But Funk north of I-10 is now illegal. It's all Michaels fault. Ever noticed that a fifth of Nyquil will flat fuck your ass up? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: 1R1R in ND
they still suck. they're a damned entertaining band, especially since they suck. Just because they have more nubile teenaged groupies than Hanson doesn't mean that they still ain't no part of nothin. they suck. but at least they suck with style. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
duke ellington
At 10:23 AM 2/10/99 -0600, you wrote: On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Jon Weisberger wrote: Who are y'all talking about here? I know Clawhammer has done Pere Ubu and Ellington covers, but I'm pretty certain that isn't the group under discussion. my favorite Duke Ellington cover has got to be Bill "Brad" Keith's version of Caravan off of Something Old, Something New Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Busted; thanks a lot
At 07:02 AM 2/9/99 -0600, you wrote: Um, Terry, the Damnations record isn't out til next Tuesday. I have a couple of harmonicas I can lend you in the meantime, though. Jim, smilin' I got some Soap on a Rope I'll send you too. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: The East Tennessee Contigent Expands (Was: Re: The JudyBats (family tree))
At 04:49 PM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote: On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:23:36 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Shane, I'm in Athens, GA I but I came from Knoxville g Deb Well, I'm a transplanted Middle Tennessean myself, though I think I'll take my stand with the Central Virginia crew. You see, we can always call up the heavy guns from Tidewater -- Jeff Wall and the might of the Atlantic Fleet. Fuck that. I am originally Middle Tennessee White Trash. Born and raised in Lebanon, Tennessee. Wilson County has (or had) the largest amount of armed rednecks in pickup trucks in the world. Williamson County runs a close second. When war breaks out, I'm holing up in Fairveiw. Just try to get my ass off the ridge. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Groovegrass- from the horses mouth
Wow, Don. Sorry the album bummed you out so bad. We made that one back in Feb. 1993. Warner Brothers decided it was a bit too wiggy for them to put out back then. As far as the vocals go, I'm about as much a lead singer as Junior Samples. I had other GrooveGrass Boyz singing all the lead stuff, but the AR deptartment about lost their dang minds when I turned the record in and I wasn't singing anything. I explained I had no business singing the main parts but they whipped the old contract out and showed me the part where it said that I had to. That's why the CD "The GrooveGrass Boyz" has everybody else singing and not me. When they decided not to put out "GrooveGrass 101" which was at the time titled "A Sample of Another Kind of Blues" I thought that thing would never see the light of day. So I didn't really worry too much that I sang most everything. Well one thing lead to another, me and WB flipped each other off and went our seperate ways. I decided to start a record company for the sole purpose of making "The GrooveGrass Boyz" album and then just sell it on the internet. Jim Ed Norman, the president of WB was cool enough to let me use "Salty Dawg" on that record. The next thing you know we put out a couple of singles by "The GrooveGrass Boyz" and sold them at a pretty good clip. "Rocky Top" hit pretty hard and actually has now re-charted in BillBoard again and is selling out the you know what in Europe. Over a 1/2 million units sold isn't too shabby for a bunch of rednecks with an indie label and a banjo. Then we did "Mac Doc and Del" and Barry and them over at SugarHill distributed that for us and it's doing pretty good too, it's not GrooveGrass though. The next thing you know the fine folks at WB catch wind of how many units we're selling every week from USA Today and BillBoard a bunch of other magazines and media things that are talking about us these days and decide it's time to put out "A Sample of Another Kind of Blues". Well I about lost MY mind because by this time the record is 6 years old. I don't make records that sound like that anymore. I think they're sonically and vocally much better and more commercially viable as to what is happening in the market place now in 1999. You can see that in the sales we have every time we do a GrooveGrass re-mix for a pop group or artist and we have yet to have sales less than 1/2 million for any one of those. I told the WB folks I'd like to change the name of the album to "GrooveGrass 101" and put a thing on the inside that says "This album was recorded in 1993." Again Jim Ed was cool enough to let me. So even though it's the 2nd GrooveGrass album that's available, it's actually the 1st one. Personally, I like that record. I've never heard anything like it before. And as far as the 70's rock thing you talked about, I'm way into KISS, AC/DC and Van Halen. But you're probably right about that too, they'd never have me. I'm not familiar with your record or the one your friend Greg Garing did. I'll bet they are both really good and very innovative with a lot of great singing. But, if you'd like to sell about a million of them, email me and maybe we'll do a re-mix for you. "Give Jeff Wall a Carter Family CD", Scott Rouse GrooveGrass Recordings PS The part where you said "Despite the big names helping him out, Rouse just doesn't seem to have what it takes to pull it off.--don"I think we already did pull whatever "it" is off. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
The Blue Chip Radio Report 2/8/99
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info February 8, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the radio and music industries.To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! The Blue Chip Song of the Week: none. The mysteries surrounding Tammy Wynette's life aren't over. Nashville officials are expected to meet this week with the daughters of Tammy Wynette. The daughters have formally requested that Wynette's body be exhumed and an autopsy performed, according to Nashville's Channel 5. Wynette's personal physician signed her death certificate and listed a blood clot in her lung as the cause of death. No autopsy was performed and the Nashville Medical Examiner's office didn't investigate the death. Forensic experts say that only an autopsy can confirm a blood clot as a cause of death. Reportedly, the singer was taking prescription drugs at the time of her death. News reports also say that the daughters want to know if the drugs were a factor in her death. Also being questioned are events which may or may not have taken place on the day of Wynette's death last April. Music row was humming last week with the news that Trisha Yearwood has replaced long-time manager Ken Kragen with her long-time publicist, Nancy Russell. Kragen is a high-profile power figure in the entertainment industry- the country music side is just part of his kingdom. Yearwood has a reputation for keeping emotion out of her business decisions. Vince Gill's "Live By Request" show pulled the biggest numbers in the A E series' history. The concert averaged 1.65 million households, had 1.3 million telephone requests, and 200,000 visits to the simultaneous webcast. Blackhawk's Van Stephenson is recovering from surgery for skin cancer (malignant melanoma). He's expected to make a full recovery. Trace Adkins broke his ankle a few days ago while trying to move his truck out of the mud on his property. In addition to the fracture, Adkins suffered serious tendon damage to the ankle. Freddy Fender got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last Thursday (2/3). Add Shania Twain's name to the artists who will take a long vacation from the road. Shania and hubby/producer Mutt Lange plan to take a long rest when they move to their new home in Geneva, Switzerland this summer. Meanwhile, Shania 'fessed up on the Letterman show. Not only is she not upset with The Backstreet Boys for that episode on her TV special, she's a big fan of the dancing teens. She said she pumps up the volume on the The Backstreet Boys album to pump herself up before going onstage. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Robert Shiflet with KSCS 96.3 in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Alan Le Boeuf of Baillie The Boys, Tony Guidroz of Big Country 99.7 in Abilene TX, Marvin Rainwater, Dave Durocher with Bug Music, and Jesse James from Radio Zenith in Brugge, Belgium. Newcomer Andy Griggs grew up in Monroe, Louisiana. George Strait will sell several of the quarter horses raised on his South Texas Ranch. The horses will be sold Saturday night (13th) during the San Antonio Livestock Exposition and Rodeo. Cathy Martindale from WSM and NASCAR Country points out that WSIX had help in falling from 1st to 4th place in the Nashville ratings. WSM/fm ranked # 2 behind behind urban-formatted WQQK/fm. WSM/am, a country oldies station, also performed well. Counting Garth and Shania as country, the country concert gross was up 23 % in 1998 over the previous year. Outside the top 10 acts, the numbers dropped off dramatically. Johnny Paycheck's health continues to improve. The word is that his full recovery will take some time. Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood will appear on the new Hollywood Squares. The shows are to be televised next week (15th-19th). EXIT/IN: Daryle Singletary exits the Giant Records roster and has left the management wing of Lib Hatcher Travis and Randy Travis. Woody Bowles is now handling Singletary's career.Suzy Bogguss has left Capitol RecordsKevin Sharp is out of the Asylum Records lineup.Ronna Reeves and River North Records have parted ways.According to The Tennessean, John Fogerty is looking for a house in Nashville. The Dixie Chicks are flying. Seems like yesterday when they hit the 1 million mark for "Wide Open Spaces". The album has now sold over 4 million and going stronger than ever. The long-awaited Trio II album is set to hit the stores tomorrow (the 9th). The Dolly Parton/Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris album will be released on Asylum. Rhino Records will
Re: NYTimes today: Yearwood, Jackson country now
At 07:19 AM 2/7/99 -0500, you wrote: In a time when too much country music is either pop coinage or tried-and-true formula, Jackson and Ms. Yearwood may be just what Nashville needs right right now: thoughtful classicists with fresh ideas. James Hunter writes frequently about music and books. Ms Yearwood is anything but a thoughtful classicist with a fresh idea. She's the female version of Garth in my book. What the hell kind of word is classicist anyway? this guy learn how to spell in the Metro Nashville/Davidson County public school system too? If I was looking for a female artist to tag with that label, It would have to be Heather Myles or Danni Leigh, not Trisha Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: GrooveGrass
to learn more about Scott Rouse, check out http://www.twangzine.com/art/art-rouse.html Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
looking for contacts in faraway places
I just talked to my travel agent today, and it looks like our tour group will be visiting the following places sometime this summer. I am unsure of the dates or anything as this is a real cut-rate, low-budget, company. But it should be a good time none the less. I'm curious about the music scene in these places. If anyone has any contacts, or don't miss tourist suggestions, please let me know OFF LIST. Alexandria, Egypt Poti, Georgia or Batumi, Georgia Cagliari, Italy Catania, Italy or Syracuse, Italy La Spezia, Italy Taranto, Italy Novorossisyk, Russia Valencia, Spain Golcuk, Turkey Yalta, Ukraine Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Summerteeth Trade
At 09:47 PM 2/5/99 -0500, you wrote: I have a CD copy of the new Wilco album Summerteeth. I'll make cassette copies for trade. E-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really hate this. That disc is due out in March sometime. Although I have no intention of buying it, listening to it, or even reading about it if I can possibly help it, to bottleg the sumbitch crosses even my weakly defined boundries of good taste and ethics. Don't do it. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: An innocent in Austin
At 03:57 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote: "No," said the lady's brother, "You don't understand. We're gay" Somehow, the statement - given the city, the setting, the music, the ample young woman, and Brad's warning - rendered both of us speechless. Yeah!! Bring 'em on. Although I ain't gay, but might consider it if the money was right. I say screw it. Americans, as a nation and a people, have way too much emotional baggage for our own good. For a country which was founded on the premise of freedom, we sure do seem to be a sexually repressed bunch. Knock down the barriers, kick down the closet doors. Be homo and be proud or be hetro and be proud too. I don't care, just be yourself, and be proud to be you. Now throwing across the room in total distaste: Wacoworld. What the hell is this supposed to be? Somewhere, a tupperware bowl died to make this disc. A waste of good tupperware. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Steve Earle
At 09:23 PM 2/4/99 -0500, you wrote: *To back him up, Earle chose the four-piece bluegrass Del McCoury band, making energetic use of its prickly mandolins, scratchy violins and high-strung banjos. four piece? Del, Ronnie, Robbie, Mike, Jason. That equals five. Prickly mandolins? Ronnie McCoury is one of the hottest mandolin players on the planet, and Jason Carter, although still in puberty, is da shit. Somewhere, Bill Monroe must be grinning. whilr this piece "ain't no part of nothin", I'd bet Mr Bill would call this disc "That's a good 'un right there" Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Death of the Twangzine
Looks like I'm going to have to shut the Twangzine down. Personally, I'm bummed. I've had a good time with it, but with my new job and the fact that I'll be out of the country from April until October makes it impossible for me to continue a monthly edition. None the less, I've gotten to interview folks like Bill Kirchen, Mike Ireland, Don Rigsby, Ricky Skaggs, James McMurtry and a whole lot more. I've also got over a hundred Cd reviews up there now as well as having an outlet to go off on wild ass rants from time to time. There will be no Feburary Issue, the final farewell issue will come in Mid March sometime. I'll leave it up, but will be unable to update it until November sometime. I'm looking for some freelance work so I can keep up with the writing gig. If you have a fanzine, magazine or a website and are loking for help, get in touch with me offlist. To all of you folks who have helped out by contributing, advertising, reading, and offering your suppoert, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hate shutting this down, but I have no choice. we'll be back in the fall, God Willing, but until then. Stick a fork in me, I'm done Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: How to Produce a Rock Record (fwd) g
from Ken Irwin of Rounder Records X-X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:56:11 -0800 Reply-To: "Bluegrass music discussion." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: "Bluegrass music discussion." [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ken Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to Produce a Rock Record (fwd) g To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HOW TO PRODUCE A ROCK RECORD! First, spend about a month on "preproduction", making sure that everything is completely planned out so that no spontaneity is necessary or possible in the studio. If there are no "hits" there, make the band collaborate with outside songwriters. Line up extra studio musicians who are better players than the band themselves, just in case. Next, book the most expensive studio you can find so that everyone but the band gets paid lots of money. The more expensive, the more the record label will take the project seriously, which is important. Book lots and lots of time. You'll need at least 48 tracks to accomodate all the room mics you'll set up for the drums, all of which will be buried by other instruments later anyway, and for the added keyboard tracks, even if the band has never had a keyboard player. And for all the backing vocal tracks, even if the band only has one singer. Then, record all the instruments one at a time, but make the drummer play to a click track for every song so the music has no chance to breathe whatsoever. That way you can use lots of MIDI gear. Do multiple takes of each song. Use up at least 30 reels of 2-inch tape. Take the best parts of each take and splice them all together. You might even use a hard-disk recording system like Pro Tools, then transfer it all back to analog two-inch. Spend at least two weeks just compiling drum tracks like this. You'll need to rent at least a half a dozen snare drums, and you'll have to change drum heads every couple hours. If you really do it right, the entire band will never have to actually play a song together. Now, start overdubbing each instrument, one at a time. Make sure everything is perfect. If necessary, do things over and over until absolute perfection is achieved. Do a hundred takes if you must. If this doesn't work, get "guest musicians" in to "help out". Don't forget to hire someone who's good with samples and loops so the kids will think its hip! Better get some turntable scratching on there too. Be sure to spend days and days just experimenting with sounds, different amplifiers, guitars, mics, speakers, basically trying every possible option you can think of to use up all that studio time you've booked. No matter how much time you book, you can use it up this way easily. Everyone involved will think they're working very hard. Make sure you rent lots of expensive mics and expensive compressors and expensive preamps so you can convince yourself and everyone else how good it's sounding. Charge it to the band's recording budget of course. Make sure you have at least two or three compressors IN SERIES on everything you're recording. Any equipment with tubes in it is a sure bet, the older the better. The best is early-1970s-era Neve equipment, old Ampex analog recorders, and WW2-vintage tube microphones, since everyone knows that the technology of recording has continuously declined for the past 30+ years. Don't forget to get some old "ribbon" mics too. Make sure that by the time it's finished everyone is absolutely, totally sick of all the songs and never wants to hear any of them again. Oops! Now it's time to mix it! Better get someone with "fresh ears" (who's never heard any of it before) to mix it in a $2000/day SSL room with full automation. Make sure he's pretty famous, and of course you have to fly to LA, NYC or Nashville to do this, because there simply are no decent studios anywhere else. Make sure he compresses the hell out of everything as he mixes it. Compress each drum individually and then compress an overall stereo submix of 'em. Make sure to compress all the electric guitars even though a distorting guitar amp is the most extreme "compressor" in existence. Compress everything else, and then compress the overall mix. Add tons and tons of reverb to the drums on top of all those room mics, and add stereo chorus on everything else. Spare no expense. Spend at least two weeks on it. Then take it home and decide to pay for someone else to remix the whole thing. Then get some New York coke-head mastering engineer to master it, and make sure he compresses the hell out of everything again and takes away all the low end and makes it super bright and crispy and harsh so it'll sound really LOUD on the radio. (Too bad about all those people with nice home stereos.) Oh-oh! Your A+R guy just got fired! Looks like the record will never be released! Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: Del McCoury song
At 11:53 AM 1/31/99 -0500, you wrote: McCoury (interesting tidbit: listproc rejects a post that begins with "Del," wondering whether it was meant to be a command issued to the listproc itself, and "suggesting" that if not, the post be rephrased) has recorded "I Feel The Blues Moving In" twice, most recently on the GrooveGrass Boyz CD (it's not a GrooveGrass (tm) cut, but the regular Del McCoury Band). That Groovegrass disc rocks my butt. Leroy Troy's old timey/rock version of Skynyrd's Mississippi Kid is great! Sweetheart of mine with Bootsy Collins is another good one. In addition to the Groovegrass things, The straight bluegrass rendition of The Del McCoury Band's version of White House Blues must be pushing nearly 200 bpm. I like it, I love it, I want some more of it. On the version of I Feel The Blues Moving In, you would swear that Mike Bub is going to slap a hole right through the top of that doghouse bass. Also on the don't miss list, - Mac, Doc, and Del straight bluegrass/old time on Sugar Hill and Groovegrass 101 on WB, all Groovegrass, all the time with Bootsy, Doc Watson, and Scott 'F**ker' Rouse. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Suggestions for Newport Folk Festival
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 05:48:12 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: nysernet.org: majordom set sender to owner-folk_music@localhost using -f To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: michael epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Suggestions for Newport Folk Festival Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The web site for the Newport Folk Festival has been partially updated for '99, and they are asking for performer suggestions. (from the website: http://www.newportfolk.com/ ) Our plans for 1999 our now taking shape. Our Friday program will feature "Cry, Cry, Cry" as well as a special guest or two to be announced later. We are thrilled about this line-up, which includes three of our favorite singer-songwriters - Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell - and we do expect this event will sell out early on, so make your plans before too long! As for the Fort programs, we have many offers pending, for artists that will make this year's event one of our best. In some ways it will be difficult to follow last year, with artists like Lyle Lovett and the Indigo Girls on the bill, but we need to close out the century with a classic! Please e-mail any suggestions to us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michael Epstein Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: favorite used CD's?
2. Webb Wilder's "It Came From Nashville" (CD): having lost or loaned out my original vinyl of this record mucho years ago, I came across a copy of the CD re-issue at Backdoor Records here in J.C. about two years ago. Good stuff, but it pales in comparison to Hybrid Vigor, Doo-Dad, or the totally awesome Town and Country. Acres of Suede didn't do much for me. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
RE: Whiskeytown FYI
-but they also complain because Ryan is still young and stupid enough to play the impassioned genius/brat without apology or regret; they wish Ryan would act more like a mature adult. And that's a contradiction. Somebody needs to kick his impassioned genius ass. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 3421 Daisy Crescent - Va Beach, Va - 23456
Re: I GOT A DAY JOB!
Congrats Mike. Remember the key to MD success.All Garth, All the time. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Americana guesswork/line-d@#*@
At 08:18 AM 1/21/99 -0500, you wrote: I would just like to say that I do not understand what everybody has against line dancing. I think it's a lot of fun. Two-stepping, too. Brings back fond memories of a sawdust covered floor in a bitty roadhouse with a jukebox outside Pinetop, AZ, circa 1970. LR this is an old discussion, so I brought up my old answer. you've seen it before, but because I am holding the baby (baby says goo- i think that means hi) i will repost this. The truth about LineDancing There is a disease going around that is ruining America. Line-Dancing. You can't go into a Honky Tonk anywhere in this great land without being exposed to it's demonic lure. It's ruining marriages and stamping out the individualism that made our country great. Aids and Safe sex are responsible for line-dancing. People only dance for two reasons. Women dance for fun. They like to get on the dance floor and show off. But men dance for an entirely different reason. We dance to get laid. That's it. We would rather sit at the bar swapping lies, or prove our superior hand-eye coordination at the pool table. But the game of shooting pool is dominated by men. And most guys are more interested in spending quality time, that is time without their clothes on, with the female of the species. So we are forced to interact with them. The way to do this is by talking to them. Gone are the days when you could just whack them in the head with a club and drag them back to your cave. These days, this kind of behavior is frowned upon. And women will club your ass back now too. Nope. The way it's done these days is through the art of communication. Communication is a cruel trick imposed on us males by Nazi Feminists. Us men really aren't any good at it. But if you want that pretty little cave girl to come check out the paintings in your cave you are going to have to learn to communicate. And communication is hard to do at the bar. All the other cavemen there are trying to get underneath her animal skin robes as well. That's why they invented dancing. While dancing it is just you and her. A two step or a slow song is a perfect time for gazing into each others eyes and swapping lies back and forth. Now I'm not much of a dancer. Because of this I didn't get laid much either. So I had to figure out how to dance if I wanted to interact with someone less ugly than me. Slow dancing I had down cold. If you can hug, you can slow dance. Slow dancing is just a hug set to music. You might have to shuffle your feet a little bit, but even a completely uncoordinated drunken klutz can do it. Even a geek like me. But then I had to learn to Two-Step. This was a lot harder. You have to be able to count. I worked at this one for a while. (the counting) Then one night it was explained to me. A Two-Step is nothing more than a controlled stagger. Once I figured how how to Two-Step without causing anyone permanent injuries, I then had to learn how to dance and talk at the same time. This seemed about as simple as brain surgery. After a while I got better at it. I even started showering regularly and using toothpaste and deodorant. This really improved my Communication skills. I was able to spend Quality Time with several future young heartbreaking, home wrecking types. Then along came line-dancing. Line-dancing looks like a Broadway musical. Everything is so carefully choreographed. It looks to me like all line dancers should be wearing tights and a tutu. I don't look good in tights. I can't follow directions worth a damn. But women go for line-dancing. Because it looks pretty. It reminds me of Sumo Wrestling. You aren't close enough to your partner to be able to look into their eyes. You can't talk to them. Hell, line-dancing doesn't even require a partner. It has changed the art of dancing to the equivalent of a livestock show. You trot Ole Bessie out into the ring, circle her around a couple of times, The farmers are standing around talking and checking out Ole Bessie's teats. Then people start bidding. Whoever want's to spend the most on Ole Bessie takes her home. I ain't got a chance. My nights alone have increased dramatically. Give me one of those slow cheating songs where I can rest her large silicone enhanced breasts on top of my large fried chicken enhanced belly. Then I can lean over and whisper one of my world famous patented pickup lines in her ear. like "Them's nice jeans, I bet they'd look even better hanging over the back of my couch" or "Your prettier than a sheep with her back legs caught in a fence on a moonlite night" or my favorite "How would you like to come over and see the house that you are gonna take away in our nasty divorce". You can't break up a home with line-dancing. And it just ain't right to line-dance to cheatin, drinking, prison, or murdered girlfriend songs. You got to two-step or slow dance. That's why more lawyers listen to George Jones and Merle Haggard than Brooks
see ya
well, Signing off, thanks for watching/listening. Make sure you stand and remove your hats for the National Anthem. I'm moving, and it's time to box up the computer. BTW, if you ain't busy this weekend, or if you have a truck, I could use your help. Call me, or page me at 525-2207 Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Americana guesswork/line-d@#*@
At 03:24 PM 1/21/99 EST, you wrote: Jeff Wall on line dancing -- Have you ever considered writing some of those male/female communication books like "Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars" -- I think you might be able to do a good job and make a shitload of money selling them to the redneck market g I been working on one. I'm trying to decide on the title now... I'm from Earth, Where the fuck are you from? Men are from Mars, Ex-Wives are from Uranus. I'm Ok, but you need professional help. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: old people's music
At 05:56 PM 1/20/99 -0800, you wrote: kip l wrote: "this P2 bag, this Americana/Alt-Country/Roots-Rock thing that gets discussed here? It's Old People Music" Well, isn't the american population getting older? I am anyway. I hope to continue doing so as well Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Americana discussion
At 03:50 PM 1/20/99 -0500, you wrote: Is it really necessary to toss around all the expletives in these discussions. No, it's not really necessary, but we all have our little faults. Yates is a folkie, Cantwell is a midget, Weisberger loves Garth, and I cuss. But I guess I did go overboard this time 2 shits, 3 fucks, and a goddamned. If I was Catholic, I guess I would be gargeling with Holy Water while simultainously saying Hail Mary's. Thank God I'm Baptist, Backsliding Baptist at that. The Ass and Pussy don't really count as being obscene because as the Nashville Princess's have stated numerous times, All of us WGWG (White Guy's With Glasses) are pussies. Your passion is understandable but is f*%$ this and that really required to make a point. No, not at all. But when I'm really tired and I post, The words just come out without any conscious thought. I just type the words in my head without running them thru anytype of "Is this appropriate?" "Is this going to offend" types of filters. I would argue that if kids are a focus to turn on to americana you might not be the one to lead the way. Hate to tell all of y'all this, but if y'all are counting on me or my words to be the Alt Country Poster Boy, you people are in serious need of a CAT scan. I don;t have the desire to be the representative of anything. As for the kids fuck em. When they can learn to pull their goddamned pants up so they ain't hanging off their asses, and when they learn that a thumper stereo destroys good music (ever try to listen to Bill Monroe or the Stanleys through a Thumper Stereo), then maybe I'll start to believe that they have enough common sense to be worth saving. The whole tied died, body pierced, weird hair, goofy pants hanging down off their ass bunch of them. BTW, you mention Jeffrey Renz Country Standard Time magazine and the fact that it does not suck. I have to agree with you. His magazine does not suck, although IN MY OPINION ONLY, he covers too much music that DOES suck. (BTW, He thinks that *I* suck, he's probably right) Other magazines that don't suck terribly bad that you might be interested in would be Peter Blackstocks No Depression. ND doesn't suck although I've accused Peter of sucking a time or two. Just when I get up a full head of steam, he does something nice like drop me an e-mail. THAT'S WHY HE SUCKS. HE AIN'T EVEN DECENT ENOUGH TO BE AN ASSHOLE! What kind of editor is that? Those Miles of Music guys have them up a webzine that doesn't suck either. In fact, the only sucking that goes on there is Jeff Weiss sucking the money out of your pockets. Besides, I secretly have a crush on the entire Weiss family, Jeff, Neal, and Corrie. If I asked them to adopt, would I have to convert? Are BLT's Kosher? If I got a rabbi drunk and got him to bless my pig, then could I slip by? Basically, on one hand, I'm sorry that you felt offended. That wasn't my intention. I never try to offend. Annoy, yes. Offend, no. But the problem is this. If that post offended you, you would probably be better off deleting all my posts unread because I know, deep down in my heart, that I will offend you again. I can't help it, It's a talent. Getting ready to take a shovel to the wife if she don't quit yelling at me. I bet Satan looks just like your ex-wife. That's what Hell is, being re-united to spend eternity with a nagging bitch. ass Pussy Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Blastered comp (was: Re: Americana discussion)
At 11:20 PM 1/20/99 EST, you wrote: Rik wrote: Also, if you haven't gotten around to picking up the VA-Blastered tribute CD by all means do so. Personally hadn't heard of several of the artists on the CD but the thrill of discovering new artists like The Grandsons,Last Train Home, Highway 13 is the reason why "Americana" is so interesting. Has this been discussed? Was I sleeping? Using my "delete" finger liberally that week? Can I hear some details on this? (artists/label/etc.) Sure, there's a f*cking review on the f*cking Twangzine if you people would ever bother to read the f*cking thing. g Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
spelling
At 01:52 PM 1/18/99 EST, Elena wrote: P.S. It has been pointed out to me by some close friends that it is painfully obvious from my posts to this list that my spelling is ATROCIOUS. Sorry y'all, I'll work on it. (Gotta get spellcheck, and stop typing so fast). Gud speling is not a prerequitsit for memborship in this comunity. Thank God Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: the TNN awards
At 07:51 PM 1/18/99 -0800, you wrote: Well, i held my nose and just voted in JUST A FEW of the TNN Music City News Country Awards. not me. I voted for MIH, and for Charlie Daniels everywhere else. His Fiddle Fire album is quite good btw Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
FRAUD ALERT (fluff)
I seem to get alot of Bullshit chain letters, hoaxes and other shit in my Inbox all the time. But when I read this one, it really alarmed me. I researched it and found out that it was true. Be careful, you could be next! WARNING! PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS SERIOUS! If you get an envelope from a company called the Internal Revenue Service," DO NOT OPEN IT! This group operates a scam around this time every year. Their letter claims that you owe them money, which they will take and use to pay for the operation of essential functions of the United States government. This is untrue! The money the IRS collects is used to fund various other corporations which depend on subsidies to stay in business. This organization has ties to another shady outfit called the Social Security Administration, who claim to take money from your regular paychecks and save it for your retirement. In truth, the SSA uses the money to pay for the same misguided corporate welfare the IRS helps mastermind. These scam artists have bilked honest, hard working Americans out of billions of dollars. Don't be among them! FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: FRAUD ALERT (fluff)
At 10:24 AM 1/19/99 -0800, you wrote: Mr. Wall wrote: If you get an envelope from a company called the Internal Revenue Service," DO NOT OPEN IT! If we took this advice, Mr. Wall would be out of a job. And that's a bad thing? Do you know exactly what I do for the Navy? I work on WEAPONS SYSTEMS. I have the keys that make them go bang. Not that I really need the keys because a halfway decent tech can jumper out any safety switch with two alligator clips and a piece of wire. I own all the missles on the ship. All the guns too. Anything from from 9mm to 5 inch. ANd I'm fucking nuts. Feel better about your tax money? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
The Blue Chip Radio Report 1/18/99
it took cable TV nearly twenty years to wrest from the major networks. At this point, you can have your hits. Keep 'em. They don't do anything for me and a lot of other people. Fortunately, there are other options now. No, I don't need to hear everything that comes in the mail. But by the same token, I don't need to hear the same fifty or sixty songs crammed down my throat. --Jon Johnson Wollaston, Massachusetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the philosophy of "Just the Hits" all the time is so successful, why, pray tell, are so many formerly #1 stations like WMZQ Washington and WKHY Dallas no longer the top stations in their market when all they play are the hits, all the time? The fact is, while your station may be successful, most markets have seen a marked decrease in ratings for country stations. A national overview of Arbitron shows 60%+ of former #1 country stations no longer in that position and many not even in the Top 5. I recently visited the Indianapolis area and listened to your station. The fact is that you could do a lot to satisfy audience members 35+ by digging a bit deeper into the well of great tunes, all hits, just older than what you currently play. Bob Cianci is right, Nashville, in conjunction with stations like yours, is force feeding pop pablum and it ain't working. A few artists are selling the vast majority of the product and those artists are getting a lot of crossover play. Most artists are having trouble going gold, when 5 years ago most major label artist went gold with no problem. If what you do works for you, that's great, but do your research before you start slamming Bob or anyone else who disagrees with your programming philosophy, for the future holds hope for the rest of the listeners who give a rats ass about the latest Shania release. Netradio, digital satellite radio, PC's for the auto (unveiled last week at the Consumer Electronics show) open up new listening avenues for the disenfranchised country listener, and that's a demo growing daily. -Mike Hays Owner/PD - www.TwangCast.com No, I don't believe that your radio should play everything that comes in the mail, but if you pass on *everything* that's not listed in Billboard, Radio and Records, or what the consultants recommend, then you end up passing on a LOT of great country music. When you say that Radio is not forcefeeding bland lifeless music, and that no one is holding a gun to anyone's head making them listen, then I must disagree. When you limit my choices, then you are in-effect forcefeeding me bad radio. I still have a choice, I can listen to bad radio or I can search out decent radio that broadcasts over the Internet. Due to a lack of decent radio in my local area, that's exactly what I have done. When I listen to radio, it's Third Coast Music Network out of San Antonio ( http://www.accd.edu/tcmn ), TwangCast ( http://www.twangcast.com ), The Bluegrass Radio Network ( http://www.bluegrassradio.com ), or one of the Americana radio shows from public radio. Thanks to technology, I don't have to be force fed crappy music any longer. Your claim that (Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings) continue to release music that sounds as if it was recorded in 1960 just shows that you never took the time to listen to either's latest releases. Waylon's record is heavily rock influenced while Willie's features a Latin rhythm. Your comments concerning the more traditional sounding country music baffle me. I think that there is actually a place for both kinds of music. What I call country, and what you call country. I just don't care to listen to your particular flavor of Country. I want my music to be about adult themes. I want emotion. Three Chords and the Truth. Take a chance, and please God, let it Twang. -Jeff Wall Virginia Beach, VA http://www.twangzine.com "The Webs least sucky music magazine" Radio has recently run under the apparent assumption that it is somehow slave to the record industry. Radio is not driven by hits -- hits are driven by radio. Radio, now is the time for you to act. The phrase,"too country" is impossibly stupid. Suppose the fans dismiss you all as"Too Radio." -John M. Stevens Songwriter, Musician, Fan Altoona PA (Michaels) diss'd Dolly Parton? Dolly Parton! There is no female country artist as distinctive as she. No artist today comes close to delivering a song with the soul it takes to make it believable like Merle Haggard, George Jones, Ray Price and Marty Robbins, to name a few. No artist today has the balls, the individual spirit it takes to be a Willie, a Waylon or a Dwight. No one. (Michael's) statement "It's about the music," is hypocritical beyond belief. It's about the business. None of us are naive.
the fifth beatle
At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote: Man, I never get tired of talking about those guys. Even Clarence, the fifth Beatle. Lance . . . Clarence White was a Beatle? I knew he was a Byrd, does that mean he moved up on the food chain? I knew Clarence was influential, but a Beatle! Wow! In all seriousness, I can proove LESS than six degrees seperation betewwen the Beatles and Clarence White 1. Clarence and Don Rich were buds, They hung out and influenced each other. 1a, In case you haven't read your twang bible, Don Rich was THE guitar player for Buck Owens adn one of the driving creative forces behind the Buck sound. 2. The Beatles had an arrangement with Capital where they would be sent Buck Owens records hot off the press. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: the fifth beatle
At 01:25 AM 1/18/99 -0500, you wrote: On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jeff Wall wrote: At 11:17 PM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote: Clarence, the fifth Beatle. I am aware of four gentlemen who can claim, with varying degrees of justification, the title of "The Fifth Beatle." I had heard that Billy Preston could also make the claim. Or am I thinking of the Stones? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Canadians and MLK (was Re: Luann Kowalek)
on one of the Live at the Mountain STage disc's, there is a Pop's Staples cut where he talks about MLK and says's that this was his favorite song, then plays it. Sorry I can't remember which Mountain STage Record or which cut it was. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
David Olney/Townes Van Zandt
Has anyone noticed how much Olney sounds like Townes on a lot of his new album? Or am I the only one who hears it? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re:New Grass Revival - White Freightliner
The J.D. version is alright, but for me the definative version has always been the New Grass Revivals version off of their When the Storm is Over (Flying Fish) record. I like this version much more than the hyperspeed version found on the NGR Live release. Maybe it's the Courtney Johnson thing, or the addition of Kenny Malone on drums and Sam Bush playing that wicked slide guitar, but this song ROCKS. Bobby Bare also did a very respectable version on his album As is that was much more rock than country sounding. Other than the Sovines version, and J.D.'s version, I've not heard anyone else do it (sans Townes hisself..duh). How is it that this song has suddenly become labeled as the Alt.Country National Anthem? I play this song every chance I get. I slow it way down and make it bluesy and I play it hard and fast, but the Alt Country National Anthem? The JD version is only the third or forth version I have heard since the original. Is it really played by that many people? I always figured that Sing Me Back Home would be considered the ALt Country National Anthem. And who's version of WFB has influenced the most people? Whose version gets copied the most? The Bare one? The NGR? The Sovines? And how can it be the Anthem? Gram didn't sing it so it must suck g. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re:New Grass Revival - White Freightliner
forgot about the Steve Earle version White Freightliner Blues Townes Van Zandt Bobby Bare Steve Earle Sovines Newgrass Revival J.D. Crowe and the New South who else? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: New Grass Revival - White Freightliner
At 06:27 PM 1/17/99 EST, you wrote: In a message dated 1/17/99 5:15:08 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Other than the Sovines version, and J.D.'s version, I've not heard anyone else do it (sans Townes hisself..duh). Lyle Lovett does it on the KGSR CD this year. Very nice version, with Sam Bush singing a verse. and where does one get this KGSR Cd? Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: CD Reviewing ethics
At 04:48 PM 1/16/99 +, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, would it be wrong of me to review this CD? I have no financial interest, no involvement business-wise, etc. I've only been mentioned once in liner notes. It was on Sierra's reissue of Nashville West. I was mentioned because I called John Delgotto once a week for about 3 or 4 months riding his ass to get it released on Cd, It was a suprise to see my name there, as well as an honor. I suppose that kind of stuff is old hat to the in-folks like Cantwell, Mary Kat, or Linda Ray, but to me. to have my name associated in any way with Clarence's, was one hell of an honor. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Steve Young help
I get to interview Steve Young, football player and folksinger. All I know about him is that he recorded one of the greatest alt-country albums of all time, Lonesome, Ornery, and Mean. He also wrote Seven Bridges Road that the Eagles made a shitload of money with. Waylon covered Lonesome, Ornery, and Mean as well. I know he used to live in Nashville (we have mutual friends) and now lives out in Californiaweird. Help me fill in the blanks. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
RE: Burn Down the Library
At 10:34 AM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote: Waiting for the librarians on the list to weigh in on this one, I think they've already shelved it in the Jokes And Hoaxes section. As they damn well should. I can't believe y'all bought that piece. Hook, Line, and Sinker. Maybe I should be writing for The Onion. That piece was a Hoax. I made it up. Every little bit of it. Sorry if I raised anyone's blood pressure. God, you people are gullible. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Hank Williams songs
Everbody wants to be Hank Williams (but nobody wants to die) - Larry Boone The Conversation Hank Jr Waylon - (video filmed at the Station Inn with the old stage!!) Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Dreams, Jeff Wall, and SXSW
At 11:16 PM 1/13/99 EST, you wrote: I figured that heading would get some attention. Last night I dreamed that Jeff Wall came to stay at my house in order to be at a concert in my back yard. He was , but intrusive guest. Other folks were trespassing on my property and would not leave, and he would not help me get rid of them. I don't remember who was playing the concert. Quiet? me? Wel sometimes. I can be quite the moody bastard. But how do you expect me NOT to be intrusive? I'm 6'7" and weigh 270 for Christ sakes. It's not like I can blend in at all. as for kicking all them folks off your property, They weren't doing any harm and at heart,I'm a real gentle guy. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Burn Down the Library
AP NASHVILLE: Garth Brooks may be taking the year off from touring, but by no means is he going to be sitting around doing nothing. The time off from the road is giving him the opportunity to once again campaign for a cause he believes in, performer's rights. "I think it's nothing less that outright theft" says Brooks when asked about the used cd market. "Intellectual property is still property. If someone were to sell my Range Rover without my permission, or without properly compensating me, it would be the same thing. When someone buys a used Cd, they are depriving the artist and the songwriter of payment for services rendered." Brooks, who is one of the wealthiest performers in Country Music is attempting to spearhead a bill through the Tennessee State House of Representatives that would require sale of used Cd's to be treated the same as the sale of new releases. "It ought to be the same. The sales should be reported to Soundscan and royalties should be paid to the performers and songwriters." The bill, known as the aetistic compensation bill. also states that royalties should be paid on all intellectual and artistic property, not just Music cd's. "Hey, if you buy a used car, says Brooks, you still have to pay taxes on it, get a title and insurance. Artistic Property should be treated the exact same way." If the Brooks authored bill were to become law, it would require used book stores and comic book shops to charge a royalty fee for every used book or collectible comic book sold, including long out of print and rare materials. The bill also charges library patrons an 'artists compensation' fee for every book, periodical, or sound recording checked out. "Clubs and radio stations have to pay a fee to ASCAP and BMI for artists compensation in order to play music over a sound system, states Brooks. I don't see why the Libraries should get off when the Radio Stations don't. Besides, more people listen to the radio than go to libraries, so it's only fair." To learn more about the bill for artistic compensation, visit the Tennessee House of Reprensentatives website at http://www,tennhouse.gov Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
RE: If you ran into Garth with a used CD in a dark alley.....
Garth and Madonna are both very clever at promotion, marketing, image and giving the masses what they want. Whether that's "art" or not is disputable, yet I'm sure they believe it to be. It's really just pop music I guess. at least Madonna has nice tits. So therefore I would be more inclined to suffer through a Madonna show than a Garth one. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: If you ran into Garth with a used CD in a dark alley.....
Haven't we heard this one before? As in: Home taping is killing music. Home fucking is killing pornography. So THAT's what my wife is doing. Supporting the Porn Industry. Cause there damn sure aint no fucking going on in our home. At least not involving me. Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Kasten On Cry, Cry, Cry
At 09:21 AM 1/13/99 -0800, you wrote: Have I told y'all how much I like the new David Olney album?g--don I like it too. Is David some kind of folk superhero? I've been aquainted with him for years, I knew he wroye songs, but hell, everyone in Nashville writes songs. He's a nice guy btw, but I haven't run into him in a couple of years. ANyone got conatact info? He might be a good interview, Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
Re: Postcard2 top ten list
At 02:54 PM 1/13/99 -0500, you wrote: I'm knew to the list so I was wondering if someone could post the past top ten list of the postcard2 list, I am curious to see what's on it. Thanks, I think lovely Stacey has a copy up on the Hellcountry site at http://www.hellcountry.com If not, It's also up on the Twangzine Jeff Wall http://www.twangzine.com The Webs least sucky music magazine 727 Alder Circle - Va Beach, Va - 23462 -(757) 467-3764
