Re: Eddie Shaver
In a message dated 4/29/99 7:43:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess Eddie has a tendency to overplay at times Hey, this happened as he was going on stage, never even got to play. Had some kind of attack and was rushed to emergency. I know that part is true, as far as heart attack, or his condition now, I don't know Nancy
Re: Joe, Marc'sBrother
In a message dated 4/28/99 8:46:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is this the same Rick Clark who is putting together Genefest? I'll have to ask him. He is living in NashVegas now, but still gets to Memphis a few times a month. Nancy
Car Tunes Playlist
Howdy there y'all.. Here is this week's Playlist for Car Tunes on WEVL Memphis FM 90 Monday afternoons 4-6 PM No Extra Charge For Type-ohs Add Johnny Cash - I Washed My Face In The Sun Add Kelly Willis - That's How I Got To Memphis Add Richard Buckner - When Love IS Gone Add June Carter Cash - Diamonds In The Rough Add June Carter Cash - Ring Of Fire Add Dwight Yoakum - Rapid City, South Dakota Add Guy Clark - Wild Man From Borneo Add Marty Stuart Lady Yesterday Add Johnny and June Carter Cash - The Far Side of Jordan Add Stacey Earle - Wedding Night Add Stacey Earle - Tears That She Cried Add Tom Petty - Room At The Top Add Tom Waites - Highway Cafe (Big mistake to play this. "words" were in it, but did not indicate on the lyrics attached, which really really sucked, I thought I had listened to it before hand, but I don't know where my mind was when I did.) Add June Carter Cash - Tall Lover Man Add Syd Straw - Harper Valley PTA (this had the word shit in it, but I knew it was coming and bleeped it out, because the rest of the song is so good) Add Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Chicken Shift Add Towns Van Zandt - Poncho and Lefty The Ghost Rockets - Under The Table Add Mark Harriman - Heaven's Scent The Vidalia's - Misery Loves Company Backsliders - Yep Glory Fountain - Follow Me So Two Dollar Pistols - Let Me Be Your Fool Lone Justice - Working Man' Blues Add Shellby Starner - Fall Lyle Lovett - Bears The Ex Husbands - Torrential Rains Add June Carter Cash - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Blatant plugs from Memphis and beyond
WARNING: SOME TWANG CONTENT You must be pretty darn musically hip to be on this list, or a friend of a friend of a geek somewhere who put you on the list. If you do not wish to receive further notices, please just let me know. If you want to add another friend to the list, let me know ... thanks! Saturday night May 1st at the PH Cafe 1532 Madison THE BREWERS! with dear friends Rick, Joe, and Nancy Apple are playing honky tonk and maybe rockabilly this is a fund raiser for Memphis's best mom BRENDA BREWER who is being forced by Roy, after 14 years of marital bliss, to go on her first trip to Europe for her own gratification there's no cover charge! - - but - - $ donations will be accepted throughout the evening Actually I'm not a writer, but I play one on TV. These are the Blatant Plugs from East Frayser, otherwise known as Raliegh in the burbs of Memphis, Tennessee. No extra charge for type-ohs! One of the indie bands, Big Bad Johns, just booked a gig in Memphis on April 30th at The Map Room. They are playing with Megan Rielly and Jetty Webb. It's so last minute I really don't think we can get any press and thought maybe you could help spread the word. HEY HERE IS SOMETHING COOL the movie I was in with Bridget Fonda and Harvey Keitel is being released to video ON CINEMAX during the month of May. Look for "Finding Graceland" and see all the Memphis Musicians backing up the team in the big show stopping finale!! H HAWWW I love living in Hillbilly Hollywood! (at least right now it ain't too bad, ask me next week after the South End gig) Native Son will have a CD release party at Newby's on Thursday Night, April 29th 9:00 PM. Tell Wayne howdy.. AND THAT SAME NIGHT APRIL 29 at the Black Diamond on Beale is the next Keith Sykes Songwriter Showcase featuring the GRET Earl Randal, along with Wayne Carson (Roger Cook is ill and had to cancell) and Gerry Finney. Hey, EARL IS THE MAN! (Gonna tear that play house down daddy!) Showtime around 8 PM $10 The Scott Sudbury Band and Rubber Soul will be appearing at the Stage Stop May 1st. (AND NO, THEY WILL NOT BE WEARING SPANDEX) This will be the first time these two Great bands have played together. A GREAT time will be had by all. The Cadillac Cowgirl with her Marion Kind (hey, that is the band name of the day, subject to change at the drop of a hat) will play in Clarksdale, Mississippi on May 14th at Court Square May 21 see the The Cadillac Cowgirl with her Marry'n Kind at Kudzu's in Memphis (notice anything different, which ya like best?) In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we Get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's. at Huey's Downtown (of course the crowds are always better in midtown) Talkin' about DIANE PRICE and her Boyfriends May 9th, Huey's Downtown 4-7pm; May 23rd-Huey's Midtown 4-7pm; May 30th-Huey's Downtown 4-7pm Though Huey's 19-year Sunday jazz policy has gone the way of the Esso service station, you can still hear a couple of players from the old Midtown Jazz Mobile with Di Anne Price and her Boyfriends Stop by Di Anne's website at: www.DiannePrice.com READ THIS, PRINT THIS OUT THIS THANG IS GETTING JAM PACKED WITH MORE AND MORE BLATANT PLUGS AND NOT JUST MEMPHIS ANYMORE so look close!!! Heavy Blues Chevy is to perform in Union City, TN, Fri , April 30th, and Sat., May 1st, (both 9:pm) at a club called "Shenanigan's". It's the only club there, so it shouldn't be hard to find. They will do thier usual Allmans/ Hendrix/ Trower retro selections along with some of the original material from their new disc ya'll need to go out and buy Also, plans are in the works for a Memphis CD release party soon. Bruce Flett and the BLUEBIRDS will be hitting Memphis 4/30 - 5/1 and playing at The Blues City Cafe. These guys are so much fun and really sound great. Bruce's brother, Buddy Flett, plays killer guitar and they always make the bar crowds crazy. (Buddy wrote two songs that made it on to Johnny Adams' last CD) Paul Wood Trio Mr. Handy's Blues Hall on Beale Street April 30 COMING MAY 5 is the next Nancy Apple Songwriter Night at the SOUTH END. Well, maybe. I am still depressed from the lousy turnout at the last one. SO WHAT IS THE DEAL? Do you want to hear Memphis music or not? I tell ya, if they don't plug this gig in their ads in the weeklys, this very well may be cancelled. (sad look here, e-mails coming my way pleading to continue this lost cause) BUT HEY, YOU CAN STILL GET A DOUBLE DOSE of Nancy Apple and Roy Brewer THAT SAME DAY, WED. MAY 5 at the BROOKS MUSEUM TERRACE from 5:30-7:30. COme on out and have a cocktail in the park with us Hey, I reserve the right to put my stuff all in BOLD CAPS, ok?? (h h) "I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I
Re: Joe, Marc'sBrother
At one time a friend of mine from Memphis, Rick Clark, was their producer. Power pop is what they like to be known as. Nancy
Car Tunes Playlist
Howdy there y'all.. Here is an old old old Playlist for Car Tunes on WEVL Memphis FM 90 Monday afternoons 4-6 PM I have working production on a rap video for the past week, so pardon the delay. I had a sub this week, and not sure what he played, but here is the show from 2 weeks ago during our pledge drive week. (APRIL 12) Bruce Robinson - See You Around Elena Skye - I'll Try Not To cry Tonight Jimmy Murphy - You Touched Me Terry Allen - Southern Comfort Van Duren and Tommy Hoehn came into the studio, we talked played some songs from their new record, and also a few live performances. The * indicates live Permanent Ink Swoon * She Might Look My Way * Love Falls Up Nowhere And Back Again Never Always Mirror Mirror * So Over It (it seems like they did another one live, but I can't read my own notes!) Back to CD's.. Dale Watson - Help Me Joe Marty Stuart - Miss Marie and the Bedford Blaze Kelly Willis - Truck Stop Girl Johnny Cash - Luther Played The Boogie Woogie Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm Keith Sykes - Maybe I'm a Mockingbird The Mavericks - Oh What A Thrill Lucinda Williams - Joy Riverbluff Clan - Walls of Graceland Pawtuckets - Punchline (someone said they would pledge $100 bucks for this song!) Merle Haggard - Somebody Else You've Known
Re: Mother Road Playlist
Dang daddy, put my playlist to shame Nancy
Re: Mitch's Dream Gig Becomes a Reality
In a message dated 4/22/99 11:48:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Woo Hoo! Right on Mitch!!! Nancy
Re: Northwest P2 party!
I'll be a giggin that night, but thanks for the invite. Nancy
Get Cinemax, Watch my big screen debut Long
Hey there you guys, I was in a movie that was filmed 3, count 'em 3 years ago. Harvey Keitell, Bridget Fonda, Jon Schect (sp?). Any, in the film I am the leader/singer/guitar player of a glitzy bad Las Vegas-y house band at a casino. I got to cast the players, and used many of the folks that really play with me in real life. My bass player Ronnie, my old drummer Keith, my other guitar player Jay, keyboard player of my dreams Robert Nighthawk II, trumpet and sax players, 2 back up singers who are also great pals, Reba Russell and JoJo Jefferies. Anyway, Harvey plays a guy who thinks he is Elvis, and Bridget plays a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. JOn is after Bridget, and friend of Harvey. My character is the band leader who is friends with them, gambles with them etc., (I seem to be a gambling jones character, and drink alot). Also, I wear bad bad bad silvery stage clothes, and have Zena the Warrior princess boobs hanging out all over the place because they made me wear an old Madonna-like bra thingy for my top. (They did stuff toilet paper down there give make them a DD size, it was frightning Dolly-like). (Like we really go out and do gigs in that shit!) So, I have not seen the film, and no telling how little I am really in it, but I shot 40 or so various scenes over 15 or so days. I had heard that it was never going to be released, that Harvey had control and did not like his character. But a friend just sent me this clip and it looks like Cinemax is going to specialize in bad B movies. It was fun to do, they sure treated me like a queen, plus I managed to get and endorsment of a couple fine guitars from Epiphone so I made out pretty good. I just called Gibson a couple days before filming when I knew for sure I had the part and told them that my guitars were not flashy enough for the scenes (I have an old Willie-Nelson looking guitar with signatures all over it and an extra hole I wore in, plus my fuzzy cow-covered tele). So they delivered me what I asked for and never asked for them back. Ya'll remember that if you are ever in the same boat. I found Gibson was more than happy to help. I have been an extra in several films, but this was the first one where I had such a cool and bigger part. We play really bad versions of "Suspicious Minds" (Harvey singing), and also "You'd Be Surprised" (Jane singing). I hope that some of that actually makes it in the movie. Sorry this is so long, I have been working on a rap video and have been in hell for several days and not able to talk twang. Was too excited to not share this news Goob-head Nancy Cinemax's salvage job By John Dempsey NEW YORK (Variety) - ``Busted theatricals,'' industry lingo for movie projects that never made it to the big screen, are being rescued from oblivion by Cinemax. The pay network sibling of HBO has embarked on a shopping spree for films featuring the likes of Emma Thompson, Bridget Fonda, Alan Rickman and Harvey Keitel. It will use them in a ``First on Max'' monthly lineup of exclusive American movie premieres. Premiering later this month is ``The Judas Kiss,'' with Thompson and Rickman; in May, ``Finding Graceland,'' starring Fonda and Keitel, will bow. June will see Ewan McGregor starring in ``Rogue Trader,'' James Dearden's docudrama about Nicky Leeson, the stockbroker whose shady deals brought down Barings. In July, Fonda returns in ``The Breakup,'' with Kiefer Sutherland. ``Oxygen'' (August) features Adrien Brody (``The Thin Red Line'') and Maura Tierney (``NewsRadio''). ``Susan's Plan'' (September), directed by John Landis, stars Nastassja Kinski and Billy Zane. ``Sex Monster'' (October) is a comedy written, directed by and starring Mike Binder. The movies were either produced as theatricals but withdrawn, mostly because of the ballooning cost of marketing a picture to the multiplexes, or were filmed as direct-to-video offerings but rescued by Cinemax because of their pay TV potential. Reuters/Variety Hiya Nancy. just found this online, didn't know if you had heard yet. Looks like your movie is gonna be hitting Cinemax next month!!Guess I'm gonna have to break down and get cable once and for all See ya, Steve
Doc Watson
Saw ole Doc Watson perform last night with David Grisman (sp) in a nice 800 seat hall. Purty fine. Nancy
Re: Old Beatles Bass
found an old Hoffner bass in a pawn shop. Cool as shit. $450. To die for. Nancy (who only knows one song on the bass, can't find a G to save her life on the bass, and has more accordians in the house than frozen pizzas)
Re: Old Beatles Bass (PS)
P.S. I did not buy the bass, but it was still there today. Just thought I would let ya know since you are all talking basses. Now how bout talking bass for a while? Nancy (the crappie are biting on the lake out back)
Re: Tom Petty's new one
I cannot remove the new Tom Petty album from my CD player. If this keeps up, I may need an intervention. Is there a Betty Ford program for this? Nancy
Tommy Hoehn and Van Duren (was Big Star)
With all this Big Star talk, I thought I would post this article that we ran in this issue of Dateline, Memphis Tommy and Van both have a connection with Big Star, so enjoy Tommy Hoehn and Van Duren, Working Against All Odds by John Gaskill When Tommy Hoehn and Van Duren began writing the songs for their recently released CD Hailstone Holiday, they werent even sure that the project would get off the ground. Duren was a little skeptical when Hoehn and Frankenstein Records founder Mary-Shelley Jack approached him in 1997 about collaborating on an album. At that point, he said, I didnt trust anybody in the music business. But what else did I have to do? He continued, So I said, Sure, thinking, well see what happens. But the very fact that the project was not a sure thing appears to have made it a success, at least in the eyes of the two artists. Part of what made it easy was the fact that neither one of us believed that it would actually happen, Hoehn said. Both Hoehn and Duren are native Memphians and both have numerous musical influences, most notably the Anglo-pop of British Invasion bands like the Beatles and the Hollies. Although the two have known each other for years, their career paths have run parallel to one another, not really crossing until recently. In the early seventies, Hoehn worked with both Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, both of the legendary Memphis band Big Star. His first album, Spacebreak, released in 1977 by the local label Powerplay Records was picked up by London records the next year titled as Losing You To Sleep. Featured were some songs co-written with Chilton. His second album, I Do Love the Light, also on Powerplay, featured songs written with Bell, whom Hoehn considered a dear friend. Before the album was released, Bell was killed in an auto accident. We were actually rehearsing and he left my house and had his wreck, Hoehn sadly recalled. That was a bad thing. A year and a half later, Hoehn recorded Im So Afraid of Girls at Sam Phillips Recording. He describes the album, which was released by the local Race Records label, as kind of a lame record. In recent years, Hoehn has released Of Moons and Fools (1996) and The Turning Dance (1997), both on the Frankenstein label. Durens story includes some similar names but goes in a different direction. He and Big Star drummer Jody Stephens were friends and played together with Chris Bell (who had left Big Star after the second album) in a band called The Baker Street Regulars in the first half of 1976. During the recording of Big Stars 3rd in 1977, the band was looking for another guitar player and Stephens got Duren an audition. It went horrible, Duren said. I was nervous. He didnt get the gig, but it didnt matter since Big Stars days were numbered at that point. Shortly afterward Duren sold all his gear and bought a one-way ticket to New York City. He lived briefly with friends in Greenwich Village and then moved to nearby New Haven, Conneticut, where he recorded his first album. Are You Serious was released by New York-based Big Sound Records in 1978 and it received good reviews and airplay nationwide. A second album was made but never released because of financial troubles at Big Sound. After four years, Duren found himself playing clubs on the same circuit and things just ran out of steam. I could be doing that down here where my family was. He returned to Memphis in 1981 and helped found the group Good Question in 1982. The group released Thin Disguise, their only album, in 1986 and had some regional success with the single Jane. Since then Duren has continued to perform with Good Question, all the while pursuing various outside projects. Duren lost track of Hoehn from the time he left for the Northeast until 1995. Hoehn was organizing the Beatle Bash, a benefit for Make A Wish, to be held at Newbys that year. Van was the logical person for me to talk to, Hoehn said. Duren agreed to participate and after playing with him on the benefit, Hoehn knew he wanted to work with him. But it wasnt until the summer of 1997 that Frankenstein Records was in a position to make it possible for the two to make a record. The two started trying to write together in early 1998 and Duren, who had never had much success co-writing, was pleasantly surprised. We came up with a couple of songs that were actually not too bad, he said. They worked up four-track demos of those two songs with Brady Howle and Rob Crockett, bass player and drummer for the current Good Question lineup. The demos were good enough for Ardent to offer a reduced rate, Duren said. The lack of pressure made for an unusually smooth studio experience as well. The basic tracks for the first eight songs were completed in two and a half nights of recording, with two or three takes at the most on everything,
Re: Pigs + country music
My pet pig Gidget loves country music. She also is partial to bluegrass. (the music and the food) Nancy
Re: Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night #27
Not to sound like Butthead, but our playlists always KICK ASS! Nancy
Re: Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night #27
I meant to say YOUR Playlist kicks ass, but I hope you know what I meant!
Blatant plugs from Memphis and beyond
WARNING: SOME TWANG CONTENT You must be pretty darn musically hip to be on this list, or a friend of a friend of a geek somewhere who put you on the list. If you do not wish to receive further notices, please just let me know. If you want to add another friend to the list, let me know ... thanks! LAST TIME ONLY ONE PERSON ASKED TO BE REMOVED, but I think their shoes were too tight or something. 8 more people signed up for BLATANT PLUGS, so maybe that means a couple of them will start showing up for gigs. Right now we a bunch of folks are getting blatant plugs! (Might count em someday!) READ THIS, PRINT THIS OUT THIS THANG IS GETTING JAM PACKED WITH MORE AND MORE BLATANT PLUGS AND NOT JUST MEMPHIS ANYMORE so look close!!! Several updates are included, so hang onto this to refer to when you are looking for something to do other than Baywatch! (I am trying to organize this by dates for you, but some touring bands are included by band at the end)... SEE JIM ROLL (driving in a backseat near you!) WEVL PLEDGE DRIVE IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW!! Listen to my show "Car Tunes" on Monday and make a pledge. please. VAN DUREN and TOMMY HOEHN are going to be performing LIVE IN THE AIR ROOM. They have a new record out that is cool, and they may even bring a few as pledge incentives.. jes do that thang you do. Pick up the phone and call. In Memphis it is (901) 528-1990 or pledge onlive at www.wevl.org SIGN THE GUEST BOOK TOO!!! GILLIAN WELCH tonight (Sat April 10) at Newby's Delta Joe Sanders is at the Poplar Lounge on Thursday nights, I think. Or atleast that is what I saw printed somewhere. If he is not, they need to have him there. I'd rather watch Joe at the Pop Lounge than just go to the lounge without him... Call first. These are the Blatant Plugs from East Frayser, otherwise known as Raliegh in the burbs of Memphis, Tennessee. No extra charge for type-ohs! Joe Sanders is at the Front Street Deli during Happy Hours on Fridays. Those of us who know Joe, know that the hours are always happy with him around. (Can ya tell I love JOE?) The Riverbluff Clan is at the Poplar Lounge on Friday nights, then at the Hi-Tone on Sunday nights APRIL 20 is the next songwriter night ar JUSTINS! Featuring Justice Natchez, Klaudia Ploderer, and Roy Brewer and ME. Show time is at 7:30 assuming someone does not get lost on the way to the gig!!! "This is a public service announcement - with guitar!'' Joe Strummer Ronnie Dawson is at the Hi-Tone on April 22 THE DAILY PLANET IS STILL DOING AN OPEN MIKE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS THE STAGE STOP (God help us from spandex) is still doing an open acoustic thang on Sunday nights with cheap steaks, and a Band Jam on Tuesday nights. Actually, last time I went to the Stage Stop I did not see any spandex, that was an eighties thing, so get off yer asses and JAM DUDES! The times, they be a changing! at Huey's Downtown (of course the crowds are always better in midtown) Talkin' about DIANE PRICE and her Boyfriends Yes, though Hueys has thrown out their Sunday Jazz Policy after nearly 20 years, you can still hear a couple of members of the Midtown Jazzmobile backing up the Empress of Memphis Barrelhouse Piano at Hueys Downtown on the following Sunday afternoons from 4 - 7 : April 11th April 25th You can expect to hear plenty of sultry blusey numbers from her new cd release, A Good Man is Hard to Find which of course will be shamelessly hawked from the tiny bandstand in the window. ALSO LOOK FOR DI ANNE May 9th, Huey's Downtown 4-7pm; May 23rd-Huey's Midtown 4-7pm; May 30th-Huey's Downtown 4-7pm Though Huey's 19-year Sunday jazz policy has gone the way of the Esso service station, you can still hear a couple of players from the old Midtown Jazz Mobile with Di Anne Price and her Boyfriends Stop by Di Anne's website at: www.DiannePrice.com The Peabody rooftops open TAX DAY! April 15 with Kevin Paige. The Memphis Songwriter Association Silver Anniversary celebration will be held at the Black Diamond on Beale Street on Sunday, April 18 from 2-6 pm. EVERYONE IS INVITED A bunch of songwriter types will be there (imagine that)... some will even play Those that I know of (besides me) include Kim Richardson, Jimmy Davis and Tommy Burroughs and I am sure many more will be plugged as soon as I find out who they are! The Mid-town Rhythm Blues party to benefit Porter Leath Children's Charities is being held at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects (outdoors, indoors, the courtyard), 1500 Union Ave. on APRIL 24. Kevin Paige hits the stage at 8:30 to get the crowd pumped up and going early, while Southern Lights The Memphis Sound keep it going late with the widest mix of music in the mid-south. Native Son will have a CD release party at Newby's on Thursday Night, April 29th 9:00 PM. Tell Wayne howdy.. AND THAT SAME NIGHT APRIL 29 at the Black Diamond on Beale is the next Keith Sykes Songwriter
The Stones/more blues than twang
The Blues Foundation e-mail Updater. Keepin' the Blues alive through the Net. What would you do if you threw a party and the Rolling Stones showed up? That's exactly what happened last night in Memphis. The Blues Foundation put together a party for the Rolling Stones road crew to welcome the group to Memphis and to give them something to do other than hang in their hotels rooms on their travel day. Memphis' premier rib joint, the Rendezvous, served as host for the event, providing great food for the 50+ people from the Stones organization, and the fabulous The Daddy Mack Blues Band of Memphis played some real down-home Blues for the largely British crowd. The event had extremely tight security, and only Stones staff and Blues Foundation staff (with a handful of guests) were in attendance. Lots of crew and tour management showed up early on, as well as keyboardist Chuck Leavell and bassist Darryl Jones, to grab a bite and hear some Blues with their buddies. Things really got exciting when Mick Jagger showed up with two of his daughters for dinner, followed shortly by Ron Wood and Keith Richards and their friends. Jonny Lang also joined the party with a group of friends. It happened to be the birthday of tour manager Lil Gary, and The Blues Foundation presented her with a cake in the shape of a guitar with "Time Is On Your Side" in frosting. The highlight of the evening came when Keith Richards took over on guitar and Ron Wood took over on bass for the Daddy Mack Blues Band. With regular Daddy Mack-ers Mack Orr on lead and vocals and "Rollo" on drums, the Stones musicians laid down some incredible raw Memphis Blues, to the amazement not only of the Blues Foundation staff, but also the entire entourage. According to the Stones people, it is extremely rare that any of the "Big 4" ever show up for such an event, and to have them sit in with the band just "never happens." Judging from the grins on the faces of Ron and Keith, they got a big kick out of laying back and jamming some Blues. While Keith and Ron were jamming at the Rendezvous, Jonny Lang, who had departed earlier, was tearing up the stage four blocks away at B. B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street. (When Jonny found out later about the jam at the Rendezvous, he said, "Don't tell me any more. I might regret it for the rest of my life.") BY all accounts Jonny, who teamed up with Memphis guitarist Little Jimmy King, set the joint on fire at BB's. Thousands of folks will throng the Memphis Pyramid to hear Jonny and the Stones tonight, but for a lucky few, the real musical treat happened at a rib joint and on Beale Street the night before the main event. The Blues Foundation was thrilled to host such a great group of folks, and we are deeply indebted to our friends Jim and Art Jaworowicz and Nick Vergos of the Rendezvous, without whom this gig would never have happened.
Re: Today is the 99th day of the 99th year:Tornadoes
Hadacol - Tornado Nancy
Car Tunes Yesterday WEVL FM 90 Memphis
Mondays 4-6 PM Had the Asylm Street Spankers in the studio It was cool. I cornered them (not on air) about the stuff on their record that I can't play because of subject, or "devil" words heck, this IS the BIBLE BELT!!! They were really cool. Just felt like it, and hey, that's fine, we just can't play it. Afterall, I am not allowed to play the Buckin Song anymore, so any shit fuck or cock sucker are out of the question This is how the show went. Backsliders - My Baby's Gone Terry Allen - Salivation Elena Skye - I'll Try Not To Cry Tonight Gravel Train - Built To Crash Duane Jarvis - Mr. Dependability (my future ex-husband right after Mr. Wonderful) RiverBluff Clan - Opal's Prayer/Until I'm Gone Countrypolitans - Basic INformation Lucinda Williams - Still I Long For Your Kiss The Mavericks - Dream River Ronnie Dawson - Good At Being Bad Exhusbands - Love You Always George Jones - Take The Devil Out Of Me THE SPANKERS ARRIVE, we talk, we play stuff from their CD, we talk more bla bla bla Cakewalk I Don't Wanna UFO Attack If I Were You Asylm Street Blues We say sayonara. Jimmy LaFave - Positively 4th Street Greg Trooper - Lightning Bug (I LOVE this song) Ronnie Dawson - Chili Pepper Mama Lucinda Williams - Can't Let Go Shaver - Look For Me When You See Me Comin Kelly Willis - Got A Feelin For You Skip Gorman - Amarillo Waltz One Fell Swoop - Feet Of Clay Dale Watson - Longhorn Suburban
Re: love child (was black country clip)
In a message dated 4/6/99 5:30:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Crystal Gayle has his love child. That cheatin bastard. Got a number on him?
Blatant plugs from Memphis
READ THIS, PRINT THIS OUT Hi there everyone, these are the Blatant Plugs from Memphis, Tennessee. No extra charge for type-ohs! You must be pretty darn musically hip to be on this list, or a friend of someone who is to put you on the list. If you do not wish to receive further notices, please just let me know. If you want to add a friend to the list, let me know ... thanks! APRIL 7 THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT is the NEXT SONGWRITER NIGHT at the SOUTH END. Besides Nancy of course, is BRUCE BILES aka KIDD BLUE, DELTA JOE SANDERS, and HAL HAWKINS! Show starts at around 9:30 or whenever you get there. Tell everyone you know. Last gig at the South End was a terrible turnout... What am I going to have to do to get you to show up? Wear thet blue dresss from the Premier Player Awards? The batteries are still charging back up! (oh, and you thought that was just my big ass back there huh?) at Huey's Downtown (of course the crowds are always better in midtown) Talkin' about DIANE PRICE and her Boyfriends Yes, though Hueys has thrown out their Sunday Jazz Policy after nearly 20 years, you can still hear a couple of members of the Midtown Jazzmobile backing up the Empress of Memphis Barrelhouse Piano at Hueys Downtown on the following Sunday afternoons from 4 - 7 : April 11th April 25th You can expect to hear plenty of sultry blusey numbers from her new cd release, A Good Man is Hard to Find which of course will be shamelessly hawked from the tiny bandstand in the window. APRIL 20 is the next songwriter night ar JUSTINS! Featuring Justice Natchez, Klaudia Ploderer, and Roy Brewer. Show time is at 7:30 assuming someone does not get lost on the way to the gig!!! "This is a public service announcement - with guitar!'' Joe Strummer I understand Mose Allison will be making the scene at Hi-Tone April 8. The Peabody rooftops open TAX DAY! April 15 with Kevin Paige. The Mid-town Rhythm Blues party to benefit Porter Leath Children's Charities is being held at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects (outdoors, indoors, the courtyard), 1500 Union Ave. on APRIL 24. Kevin Paige hits the stage at 8:30 to get the crowd pumped up and going early, while Southern Lights The Memphis Sound keep it going late with the widest mix of music in the mid-south. COMING UP MAY 7, 8, 9 Beale Street Music Festival I think the line up is on their site www.memphisinmay.org It is pretty cool Reba Russell Band KoKo Taylor Wilson Picket Dr. John Clarece Carter Booker T Sheryl Crow Bobby Blue Bland Marcia Ball James Cotton Billy Lee Riley (about the only real rockabilly there that I have seen so far) The Bar-Kays Los Lobos R.L. Burnside GUESS WHAT YA'LL!! The band got invited by the Twang Gang to play at TwangFest 3 in St. Louis Coming up JUNE 10, 11, 12 at Off Broadway in St. Louis! Yea Ha Here is the Thursday Night Line Up When We Play on JUNE 10 12am: V-Roys (Knoxville, TN - headliner) 11pm: Jim Roll (Ann Arbor, MI) 10pm: Deliberate Strangers (Pittsburgh, PA) 9pm: Cadillac Cowgirl (aka Nancy Apple) (Memphis, TN) 8pm: Elena Skye and the Demolition String Band (Hoboken, NJ) FRIDAY JUNE 11 The Damnations TX (Austin, TX - headliner) Jim Stringer and the Austin Music Band (Austin, TX) Hayseed (Nashville, TN) Gypsy Mechanics (Nashua, NH) Old Rip (Chicago, IL) SATURDAY JUNE 12 Dale Watson and His Lone Stars (Austin, TX - headliner) Ex-Husbands (Nashville, TN) Buck Diaz (Philadelphia, PA) Heartbreak Hill (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Polish Hillbillies (Pittsburgh, PA) We think you'll agree with us that this is one achingly cool lineup. For all the latest developments, be sure to check out the Twangfest web site. Ok, that's it. Hope to see you at a gig soon. If you are a band that wants to be mentioned in future notices, e-mail me baby! Love, Nancy THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE MEMPHIS MUSICIANS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, PLEASE PAY THE COVER WITHOUT TOO MUCH BITCHING! Thanks (and guest list weezles, we don't mind letting you in for free, but please refrain from talking throughout the entire show!) HANG IT ON YOUR FRIDGE THERE IS NEW STUFF IN HERE. WE KNOW WHEN YOU DELETE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHOW UP AT THE GIGS!
Traffic Jam Playlist
This was Traffic Jam last Thurs. April Fool's Day on WEVL FM 90 Memphis Jimmy Lafave - Positively 4th St. Steve and Del - Yours Forever Blue Greg Trooper - I'll Keep It With Mine George Jones - Take Me To Your World Shaver - Yesterday Tomorrow Was Today Wayne Handcock - Freight Line Blues Rosie Florez - This Ole Honky Tonk Dwight Yoakum - Please Please Baby Keith Sykes - Love To Ride The Kennedys - Angels Cry Jack Ingram - Attitude and Drivin DeRailers - Dull Edge Of The Blade Robbie Fulks - Pretty Little Poison Dale Watson - Loose Nut Behind The Wheel Big In Iowa - Neon Signs Kelly Willis - Got A Feelin For Ya Kinky Feedman - Western Union Wire Gilliam Welch - The Devil Had Hold Of Me Trio II - After The Gold Rush Chris Knight - It Ain't Easy Being Me John Prine - Illegal Smile Joe Ely - She Collected Johnny Cash - I'm Gonna Sit On My Porch and Pick My Guitar
Re: Playlist - Monday Breakfast Jam
In a message dated 4/5/99 1:05:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: THE CADILLAC COWGIRL AND HER BACK STREET BOYS (Nancy Apple) SUR Hey, thanks for playing my CD!!! I love it ya'll. So does this mean I need to get my abs tightened up for TwangFest, and teach the guys how to sing and dance! I have some blue vinyl hot pants I can try to squeeze into. By the way, my band (who changes names more often than a hillbilly takes a bath) are calling themselves the Marion Kind this week. Nancy Apple aka the Cadillac Cowgirl (in another 20 years, the Catarac Cowgirl)
Job in NY / Florida
I guess people are trying to get me out of Memphis, got these job infomercials on e-mail today.. The long island (NY) voice is also looking for a music editor/reporter... contact john mancini at 516 877 7373 x6060 XXX The St. Petersburg Times is looking (again!) for a pop music critic. We just hired a new entertainment editor, and the paper is looking for a fresh, energetic voice to fuel its pop criticism coverage. As background, The Times is now the largest daily newspaper in Florida -- ahead of even the Miami Herald -- with 380,000 daily readers and 450,000 readers on Sundays. TIME magazine recently named us among the 10 best newspapers in the U.S., and in 1998, we won the paper's sixth Pulitzer Prize, this time for feature writing. Send clips and cover letter to: Nancy Waclawek AME Newsfeatures St. Petersburg Times 490 1st Ave. South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 1-800-333-7505 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions about the job, I used to work it before I moved over to become the paper's TV critic. You can reach me, Eric Deggans, at 727-893-8521 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Blue Hard Corn Chip Report
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT Country Music News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info April 5, 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. Garth Brooks' Baseball Fantasy Camp is over. Garth left the Padres without a contract as spring training ended this weekend. Garth goes down before the sun comes up with a .045 batting average (1-for-22), far below The Mendoza Line. As one scout noted, he "couldn't do it all. Couldn't hit, couldn't hit with power, couldn't field and couldn't run." From the beginning, no one in baseball took his baseball skills seriously, but he did leave strong impressions of his other talents. He gained more than a few friends in the clubhouse, impressing the pros with his love and enthusiasm for playing what the jaded pros now call "labor". His hustle, attitude toward fans, well-mannered presence, and leadership skills left more than one of the boys of summer in awe. By the way, Garth 70 of the pro baseballers into funding his "Touch 'Em All Foundation". Under a deep shroud of secrecy, Wade Hayes was to have married Danni Boatwright this past Saturday (4/3/99). Emily Erwin from The Dixie Chicks has picked May 1st as her wedding date. She'll tie the knot in Bandera TX with singer/songwriter Charlie Robison. Tracy Byrd didn't have to wait long for a new label. He didn't have to order new promo pictures, either. He could have just taken an eraser, rubbed out the "M", and inserted an "R". The Byrd camp is said to be excited about Tracy's new record deal with RCA. Meanwhile, Toby Keith continues to prepare his next album. He's also hoping for another major label deal soon. Linda Davis will soon leave her long-time role as a backup singer for Reba McEntire. She'll be concentrating on her solo career. On Tim McGraw's Funzone, Claudia Church is quoted as saying "Please Remember Me" was written about her. Claudia says that writer Rodney Crowell wrote the song after the couple broke up, but before they got back together. The song must have worked. Claudia and Rodney are married now. In Jane magazine, Faith Hill is quoted as saying she likes to jog with her band members while her two kids take naps on the tour bus. Chad Brock's hometown is Blairsville, Georgia. In Country Weekly, Clint Black says that he's looking for a song that he can record with his wife, Lisa Hartman Black. Gene Davis, formerly PD at Interstate Radio Network, is available after leaving CBS in Chicago. Gene can be reached at 708/952-0581, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Welcome to our new subscribers, including Steve Goddard from KNIX in Phoenix AZ; Bob James, OM/PD @ KOXE/fm in Brownwood TX; the folks at KisCountry 103.4 in Knud, Denmark; Hanspeter Heggenberger, Arts Media Editor for FACTS news magazine in Zurich, Switzerland; and, Chris Marino. Aficionados of Southern Gospel music now have a permanent hall of fame. The Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum is located inside Dollywood at Pigeon Forge TN. Grand Opening will take place the weekend of April 16-18. The Bob McDill-penned "Gone Country", a tongue-in-cheek-lashing from Alan Jackson about the contrived commercialism of the Nashville music industry, has been licensed as a jingle by the Ford Motor Company for an ad campaign. The commercial for Ford Country is to debut this month. Billy Bob's, the famous Ft. Worth TX honky tonk, is getting into the record business. They've launched a new label called "Live At Billy Bob's Texas", according to The Dallas Morning News. As the label's name indicates, the albums will be recorded live at the nightclub. The company's first 3 releases are due this week from John Conlee, Pat Green, and Eddy Raven. After a push in Texas, the CD's will be rolled out nationally around April 27th. Upcoming releases include a June album from Merle Haggard and August releases from Roy Clark and Moe Bandy Joe Stampley. Individual releases in the near future are also promised from Waylon Jennings and Ray Price. LeAnn Rimes' "Blue" album has been certified for sales of 6 million units. George Strait's 1995 box set, "Strait Out Of The Box", has also been certified for sales of 6 million units. The Associated Press notes that Strait's collection is now the 3rd best-selling box set in history, behind Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Live, and Led Zeppelin's box set (released in 1990). A little Texas swing
A Moment of Silence, Please.....
Rock Pioneer Jesse Stone Dies In Florida
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. (Reuters) - Rock and roll pioneer songwriter Jesse
Stone, composer of the classic ``Shake, Rattle Roll,'' has died at age 97,
his attorney said Friday.
Stone died Thursday at a hospital near Altamonte Springs, in the Orlando area
where he and his wife, singer Evelyn McGee Stone, moved in the early 1980s,
attorney Dan Fallon said.
He had been on kidney dialysis and recently suffered from heart problems,
Fallon said.
As a composer and arranger at Atlantic Records in the 1940s and 1950s, he
worked with artists such as Big Joe Turner (''Shake, Rattle Roll,'' later
popularized by Bill Haley and His Comets), Ray Charles (''It Should Have Been
Me''), the Drifters (''Money Honey'') and the Clovers (''Your Cash Ain't
Nothin' But Trash'').
Discussing Atlantic Records' history in 1974, company President Ahmet Ertegun
said: ``Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock 'n' roll sound than
anybody else.''
Stone, who sometimes wrote under the name Charles or Chuck Calhoun, was born
in Atchison, Kansas, on November 16, 1901, and got his start in show business
touring with his family's minstrel show.
In the 1920s, he led a jazz group that included saxophone legend Coleman
Hawkins. In the heyday of Kansas City jazz, Stone was a prominent pianist and
arranger.
In 1936, Duke Ellington helped Stone get a booking at New York's famed Cotton
Club. Stone went on to work at the fabled Apollo, composing songs, arranging
and also writing jokes and sketches for comedians.
He made his first big mark with the jazz standard ``Idaho,'' first recorded
by Benny Goodman and several other bands, in 1942.
Although Stone had retired, in the '80s and early '90s he accompanied his
wife on keyboards and wrote many of the songs on her recent album, ``Jump
Back.''
His last live performance was on February 26 at the Black Entertainment
Television sound stage at Walt Disney World, Fallon said.
Car Tunes Playlist
Monday, March 29 WEVL Memphis FM 90 4-6 PM Gravel Train - Fine Upstanding Man Jerimiah Tucker - Gohst Train Groove Grass - Howdy Lorette Velvette - Oh How It Rained John Kilzer - Living In A Dream Hogwaller Ramblers - You Shook Me All Night Long Farm Dogs - The Ballad of Dennis Hopper And Harry Dean (had to take this song of. It was a request I was not familiar with and had fuck in it) Lyle Lovett - Memphis Midniight Memphis Morning Two Dollar Pistols - Bring the Heartache Dwight Yoakum - Miners Prayer / Rocky Road Blues Paul Burch - Long Tall Glass of Water Tony Joe White - They Caught the Devil In Eudora Ark Dale Watson - Hair Of The Dog Cheri Knight - Dead Man's Curve Kitchen's and Bathrooms - A Problem Like Maria Lone Justice - The Train Carl Perkins and Jonny Cash - Two Old Army Pals Carl Perkins and Ringo - Honey Don't Johnny Cash - Mea Eyed Cat / Meet Me In Heaven / I Never Picked Cotton Jesse Taylor - Naked Light Of Day Charlie Rich - Schools Days James Eddie Campbell - I Don't Dig What You're Doin' Ex Hushbands - Lovin' Like It's The End OF The World Lucinda Williams - Metal Firecracker Reba Russell - Toolbox Memphis SHeiks - Tennessee Blues Hadachol - Big Tornado I was also told that there were listener complaints about the nature of the "Buckin Song" by Robert Earl Keen and can't play it any more, or need to lay off for a while. This bothers me because it is my favorite song on the record and I get so many requests for it.
Re: Mary Lou Lord (was awwwww...)
I love her Shake Sugaree song. I can really relate to the line "everything's down in pawn" Nancy
Re: Street Spankers
Street Spankers will be live on my radio show on Monday. Guess I'll have to ask them to be sure to not do any of their cussin songs here in the bible belt! Nancy
Premier Player Awards in Memphis
Hey you guys, Tomorrow (Wed, the 31st) is the Premier Player Awards here in Memphis to be held at the Pyriamd and is being taped for a later broadcast. Johnny Cash is being honored with a Governor Award from the Memphis Chapter of Naras, performing/presenting are Ann Peebles / Donald Bryant / Garrison Starr / Jim Spake / Jerry Hayes / Henry J. from Gibson / Cordell Jackson / Chioma / Larry Dodson / Joyce Cobb / James Blackwood / Jackie Johnson / Wendy Moten / Lois Lane / Van Duren / Tommy Hoehn / Carle Wolf / Kelly Hurt / O'Landa Draper's Associates / Scotty Moore / DJ Fontana / Steve Selvidge / Melina Almodovar / North Mississippi Allstars / David Porter / Knox and Jerry Phillips / Mason Rufner / Riverbluff Clan / Reba Russell / Carla and Marvell Thomas / James Alexander / Sam Phillips / Johnny Rivers / John Carter Cash / Jack Clement / Charlie Rich, Jr. and yours truly There are still a few tix for sale if any of you feel like making a last minute trip to M-town. (Not sure how much they are) Call (901) 525-1340 for info. See ya Nancy
Re: Twangfest Auction - P2 stuff
Hey ya'll - I found a great old policemans shirt at the trift store Sat that has a P2 patch with two stripes on each sleeve. Hey, I can even emroider the name of the winner on the pocket! Can't promise, but I am asking some well known Memphis cats for stuff. Nancy (with way too much time and not enough gigs this week)
Re: Touring/Live
Do you tour until your broke and then go make enough money at Burger King until you can afford to tour again? Damn it, that was a trade secret One of you folks cough up and give us a breakdown of a tour. Money, I try to get a guarantee, usually don't. Usually get the door. When I have a guarantee in writing, someone usually tries to still pay me in whiskey food, fast, sometimes if the club is a restraunt, they will feed us. This is why bookstores are so cool, always good food beer, If we are lucky, but I dought it. Usually if they give us beer, then we can plan on being stiffed on the dough dope, Sometimes we get lucky g Pot and/or whiskey mess with my guitar playing. Makes it even worse. Just can't do that to an audience. If I end up sucking, it is from natural causes. I don't think drummers should ever drink during or before gigs. They totaly suck when they do and tend to drool alot. But all's fair after the show, long as no one get's caught. By the way, some of the best reefer the band ever had was at a military camp gig in Korea. sleeping arrangements, One can hope. Big cars are nice. Once I slept in a dentist chair that was in the "house" provided for us. My guitar player slept on the couch next to me, then moved out to the car because he started itching. We were doing a duet thing, and the bedrooms in the cabin they provided for us were dirty, and each had a can of lice spray on the headboard. gas, see fast food above vehicles, I don't take my car on very long trips, because of how old it is. Rentals, or bandmates or boyfriend. Now all of this is my experience in the United States. I really like touring overseas. Nice big van or bus provided by booker, good guarantee on money, dinner at the club each night, most of the gear provided. One could easily get spoiled. Nancy
Bad gigs on tape / War stories
Years ago there was this guy that would bring a big ass jam box AND video camera to our gigs. I would get a copy sooner or later, and delivering me the tapes was this goobers way of spending time with me. Eventually he told everyone I must be gay because I did not want to go out with him, and eventually I had to threaten to beat the crap out of him if he made anymore copies to pass amongst his pals. The straw that broke the cowgirls back was when he taped a show back in the days when I was the drummer. So I was singing Truck Drivers Womans and having a big ass time when BOOM WACK BLOOD I smacked myself with a stick and on the mic all at the same time like an idiot when I was showing off on a drum roll (and I wasn't even drinkin!) The cap on my front tooth fell off, I split my lip open, the cap was bouncing around on my snare drum. Well, I stopped for a sec, freaked out over the blood (meanwhile the guitar player turns and yells at me what the hell was up, keep playing) I pick up my tooth and set it on the floor tom, then come back in as close to time I could, and act like I meant to do that to spotlight the guitar solo. Then came time for me to sing the rest of the song, with blood and not being able to pronouce words because I was missing my front tooth. I can't tell you how highly attractive it was. We finished the tune, and I announce I won't be singing anymore, was there a dentist in the house. The guitar player goes on into a song, then damn if a dentist did not make his way to the stage (I am still drumming), stroll behind amps to get to me to give me some gum to chew and stick it back on temporarily a drunken dentist no less!!! He stepped on the lead guitar players amp chord and unplugged it, and knocked his drink all over the bass player's amp. It was a wonderful monemt in the spotlight of bar-stardom. The entire episode was bootlegged, tape and video, and the jerk that I did not want to go out with passed it around to several people for shits and giggles I can look back on this now and laugh, but damn it hurt and everytime someone mentions they have a copy I sink inside. By the way, a fellow from the Headhunters told me he knocks into his mic all the time and also has lost caps. Oh, and I have a friend that a bee stung him in the eye during an outdoor festival while he was singing. Wouldn't that be great to have a bootleg of. I also have fond memories like the time I was attacked by giant skeeters and swalled a june bug while singing a Lucinda Williams song, long long before 2 Cool To Be Forgotten. I hope someone caught THAT magic moment. Nancy Apple aka the Toothless Cowgirl
Re: ISO digital Todd Snider Blue Mt. trades
In a message dated 3/24/99 12:04:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to track down some digital Todd Snider and Blue Mt. I would prefer to receive in CDR format, but will trade my CDRs or videos (ask for list) for DAT as well. Well, I have been trying to keep my mouth shut, but this really pisses me off. You know Todd is so nice that he does not really give a shit, but since he is trying to make a living, and since he does have a new record coming out soon why don't you just wait to buy it, rather than steal from him. By the way, I sent this on to Todd, and his manager you asshole!
Re: digital Todd Snider / my take as an artist
which I'm all for, providing it's a fair trade, seeing as how it's not money from the artist's/label's pocket)? Yes, it is money from the artist, who happens to be trying to pay for a very modest home in a run down neighborhood he just bought, who is trying to pay bills just like the rest of us! Who does not have a steroid-inflamed record label covering his ass and paying for whatever his desires are for any given day. My take as an artist, hmm. Here you go. I am highly flattered when someone tapes my show. I like it if they ask first. I like it if they give me a copy later. Who knows, there may be something I could use on a release, and if I were to do so, I WOULD PAY THE PERSON WHO TAPED ME, AND CREDIT THEM SOMEHOW. I am not in the same position as Todd, who is much higher on the food chain than I when it comes to touring etc. I have done many shows with him, and I am always amazed at the size of audience, their intensity and dedication. I think that is something I can only hope someday I will be blessed to know first hand. People pay to get into a show, I don't think it is fair to the artist for someone to bootleg the hell out of their stuff later to people who missed it. The guy did not specifically say what he was after, but I can promise you that stuff like this eventually gets into the hands of someone who is going to make a buck off it. Set aside the fact that Todd and I are buds, I hate to see any musician get screwed. Again I tell you that stuff like this ALWAYS GETS INTO THE HANDS OF SOMEONE WHO WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE A BUCK OFF IT. I got a letter in the mail with a check from a real nice guy in Idaho last week. He bought my CD off my web page, and then a friend of his loved it so much he asked for a CD bootleg. Floyd, the guy who originally bought it had e- mailed me a couple times about some of the tunes, and could not do it. He bought his friend a copy instead. This does not happen everyday, but it is nice to know there are some fans out there who have consideration for all that an artist trys to give to them. That's my take.
RE: ISO digital Todd Snider Blue Mt. trades
In a message dated 3/24/99 11:18:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the principle of an artist's control over what material gets into the marketplace is another one, and there's a pretty obvious violation of it here. Right on someone taped me when I had flu, thought it was great and wanted to include it on a cd. I am just glad that the dude understood that I don't want stuff that I am not proud off out there.
Car Tunes Playlist
This is what I played Monday on Car Tunes, WEVL FM 90 Memphis from 4-6 PM No extra charge for all the type-Ohs! Terry Allen - Southern Comfort Jimmy Murphy - You Touched Me And Made Me Live Again Chris Wall - Cowboy Nation Don Walser - Bull Riders Last Ride Robert Earl Keen - That Buckin Song DeRailers - The Glory Will Never Get Gold Ricky Skaggs - Pig In A Pen Hadacol - Poorer than Dead Leon Russell - Sixteen Tons Mason Ruffner - Baby I Don't Care No More Pawtuckets - Sweetness Mark Harriman - Heaven's Scent Sid Selvidge - Stay In My Car Reba Russell - Head Start In The Wrong Direction Jimmy LaFave - Positively 4th Street Steve and Del- Leroy's Dustbowl Blues Memphis Sheiks - Lilies Rosie Flores - It Came From Memphis Keith Sykes - One Up One Down Lucinda William _ Still I Long For Your Kiss Johnny Cash - Hey Porter Johnny Cash - Cry Cry Cry Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Greg Trooper - Lightning Bug Gary Williams - To The Girl Who Has Everything Philip Jaynes - Tough Old Bird Robert Earl Keen - Amarillo Highway Trio II - After the Goldrush
Re: boot me baby, but don't sell it
In a message dated 3/24/99 12:31:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Because the artist wouldn't have a way of directly netting money from taped concerts The artist is not making anything off this, but seriosly there are people out there who are. Like I said, it is flattering when someone tapes a show. Passing around a couple copies to friends is no big deal. But there has to be a line drawn there somewhere. Someone right now is selling t-shirts for $20 plus postage of a live concert shot of Todd. They are calling it the "unofficial Todd Snider T-shirt"... they also have tapes, bootleg CDs and videos for sale. Meanwhile, Todd ain't getting any richer, these guys are. His manager can only police so much. Is there not any dignity among fans. If they are real fans, how can they do this. No they are not fans, they are untalented assholes out to make a buck off of someone elses talent. Artist get bootlegged all the time, but we have to watch out for people 24 hrs a day to not get ripped. We can't moniter every single soul, damn. But it sucks when we browse the internet and see our stuff being pimped out, or even worse, go into a record store overseas to try to sell some records, only to find out they already have bootlegs. I say, bootlegg me baby, but when you start making more dough off merchandise than me, can ya buy me dinner or throw me a bone, hey, help me out on rent?
Beale Street Music Festival
Here are just a few of the people who are playing at the Beale Street Music Festival May 7, 8, 9 on the river at Tom Lee Park Reba Russell Band KoKo Taylor Wilson Picket Dr. John Clarece Carter Booker T Sheryl Crow Bobby Blue Bland Marcia Ball James Cotton Billy Lee Riley (about the only real rockabilly there) The Bar-Kays Los Lobos R.L. Burnside Not much twang, but fun anyway!
Re: THE OTHER SIDE of Beale Street Music Festival
I guess it is not fair to not mention these artist, also coming to the Beale Street Music Festival Sammy Hagar Hootie and the Blowfish Robin Trower Peter Frampton and... Cheap Trick (YEAH!)
Re: Beale Street Music Festival - ticket info
Duh, thanks Deb, I guess that would help huh? Daily tickets are $14 in advance at all Ticketmaster locations / $19 beginning May 7. A special 3-day pass is $36, available only through April 30. You can contact John Doyle at Barking Dog for media passes, need to fax a request on company letterhead bla bla. He has a form he will ask you to fill out. John's fax # is (901) 725-0626 Barking Dog # is (901) 725-7200 If you are freelancing for no particular publication, such as a photographer who may pass along photos to several mags, they have a special "freelancer application form." I will be working at one of the stages but not sure which one yet. Probably not main stage, but 2nd stage (stage manager or production princess, not sure what yet) If you think you are going to come, stay in touch with me and I will give you more info where I will be for you to call if you have any problems. Nancy
Re: glass houses:(was Re: boot me baby, but don't sell it)
I have never bought a bootleg that I am aware of, I feel guilty buying a cutout from Cats. I sell "official bootlegs" on my web page and call them the "Tijuana Tapes" (when the bastard is working) for real cheap. If someone wants to hear every bad old demo I did, more power to them. If someone wants to trade because they don't have money (there always is atleast one letter from a prisoner somewhere) I take mojos, icons and religious curios.
Re: NO TWANG Sammy Hagar at Beale Street....egads
Sammy Hagaregads Get this ya'll, the owner of the newsweekly I am music ed of asked me to set up an interview with him Sammy apparantly has something to do with that new Tequiza beer. So now I have to find someone who wants to do the interview. I'm afraid if I did it I would not be able to get beyond asking him about his Rick Springfield cover
Re: ELO
If I remember right, in the "olden days" when bands actually performed "for real," ELO was doing a bunch of dates all tapes. The gear screwed up and they got busted, made fools of themselves and it was the talk of the day. They faded away... ah, but now that we are so open minded, and even have karaoke, they are doing a "come back tour"
RE: SUV's suck
Greeting from Memphis, the car-jack car-stealin rape capitol of America SUV's suck. I can fit my PA, 2 guitars, small amp, and even a 3 piece drum kit in my 62 Mercury (and the dingle balls, hula girl, black power air freshener, and dice look pretty fabulous driving down the road too). Yes, I carry a cell phone in case I get stuck in the ghetto. But if I do in my car, I know enough about it to maybe get it going again (unless I am stupid enpough to run out of gas got mugged once when I let that happen). But atleast in my car, no one in the ghetto want to mess with me as much as if I was in a brand new $500 a month SUV. Hell, they could figure out how to crank my car! And with my neon under plate floaters, they sure as hell will be easily spotted when I get the cops on thier ass.
Re: The Barkers
Bill, send me your CD and I will see what I can do, or you to recommend you to in Memphis. You should also try to do Oxford, MS Nancy Apple 3992 Hawkins Mill Road Memphis, TN 38128
Re: Reading between the lines
This is much like the music debate, either you like it or you don't...but please don't try and stamp a # on my forehead and call me just another asshole because I drive an SUV. quick to plug SUV drivers as a certain type. The great majority of folks do not subscribe to P2 to discuss SUVs. How did George Jones' driving mistake turn into this conversation? Jee-sus! Derek, Paul, whoever, darlin, ya'll calm down. I don't think I ever once mentioned that people who drive SUV's were assholes. Where the hell did you get that? I enjoyed other comments from those on the list who mentioned older cars and just got a little nastalgic. Hey ya'll, I did not say SUV drivers suck, I just personally don't dig the vehicle. So what? I don't like green food either, so what? Infact, I think green food sucks so what? Talking about a car is one thing, but I certainly don't want any of you to suggest that I would rag on your character because of what you drive, music you listen to (unless you like *insert worst band on earth you can think of*g), what color you are, what you wear, bla bla bla. Hell, I don't even know you. Ya'll express your opinions about everything under the sun, sometimes ya'll just talk about music. Sometimes music moves to baseball. Sometimes serious subjects like a legend who has a car wreck moves to cell phones or to SUV's. More power to you if you are the proud owner of an SUV. Great. Get one of those 19 foot jobbies. For me, I would rather have an old boat gas guzzlin Cadillac. I'll settle for my Merc. Big deal. So what? Read whatever you feel you must into that, I just like old cars! Often times on this list, people tend to read too much in-between the lines. Now I am sure there is some music or musician that can be discussed, ragged upon, picked apart, analyzed, second guessed, trashed or maybe even phrased. My sincere deepest apologies to all of you for ever having made any comments about SUV's, among other things on this list. Love, Nancy P.S. rash judgments about you as a slacker musician driving an old car. (My point there isn't that you are a slacker musician - my point is, stereotypes aren't always true) That's a good one. Just like Nicholas Cage said about his gooney jacket he wore in Wild At Heart, I do PERSONALLY think that some things we select for ourselves do reflect our individuality. Again, SO WHAT The term slacker musician seems odd though, since all the musicians I know work harder than anyone. No point in touching that one tho..
Re: Shania Spam / and gossip
yes, I have gotten that Shania crap. Could not figure out who sent it. Get this ya'll. A freind of mine who is setting up a tour for me in Canada this summer just got thru working production at the big rodeo in Houston, where many country acts played, including Shania. He said that most the show was taped (including vocals). How do artists plan to get away with this. Remember what happened to ELO. They sure end up looking like fools if the DAT fails. Oh well... Nancy flat is better than fraud
Car Tunes/plus f-word comments/preachy
Here is the Car Tunes Show from yesterday Mentioned several times for everyone to please pray for George Jones. Please read my comments at the end out the word fuck March 8, 1999 Car Tunes 4-6 Pm Mondays on WEVL FM 90 in Memphis, TN George Jones - Why Baby Why Hadacol - Big Tornado Riverbluff Clan - Opal's Prayer / Until I'm Gone Robert Earl Keen - I'm Going to Town Elena Skye - I'll Try Not To Cry Tonight The Ghost Rockets - Under The Table Janis Martin - My Boy Elvis Groove Grass 101 - Howdy Martin's Folly - She Comes Around Ex Husbands - I Was Born To Wander Terry Allen - Southern Comfort Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Tulsa Time Jessica Andrews - Hungry Love Brooks Williams - My Love Will Follow You Asylum Street Spankers - Cake Walk (another album I wish they put a notice on about the f-word for us that are trying to cover our ass) Jimmy Murphy - You Touched Me and Made Me Live Again George Jones - I Can Live Forever Wilco - I'm Always In Love Gravel Train - Fine Upstanding Man Claudia Church - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow Mark David Manders - Friend Like You Iguanas - You Killed My Buzz Hogwaller Ramblers - You're a Mess Cheryl Wheeler - Potato Steve Earle and Del Mc - Leroy's Dust Bowl Blues Lone Justice - Cotton Belt Lucinda Williams - Still I Long For Your Kiss Lucinda Williams - Joy Paul Burch - Long Tall Glass Of Water George Jones - May The Circle Be Unbroken Ok, so I have had a lot of crap going on and will spare you the miserable details, but the last darn thing I want to worry about is playing a word on a radio show that I volunteer for that will get me in hot water, or the station. I want to once again comment on the use of the word fuck in recorded music. I personally don't care if the artist wants to do this. Sometimes it is the only way to get the point across. Example: I am fucken tired of bands sending radio with the word fuck slipped in without any mention of it! (Get it she says as she grins really big). Most of the records I get at home are not edited for radio because I also do reviews etc. So I have to really make sure before I broadcast anything on Car Tunes. However, WEVL gives me numerous CDs every week to screen for them, to see if it is something we might want to include on some of the WEVL shows. It sure would be nice if these records we get at the station had a mention that they use one of the 7 words we are not allowed to broadcast, so we would not have to waste precious time week after week listening over and over to make sure that we don't let something slip thru the cracks. If there was a sticker saying that word was there, I could simply skip that song. I was really grooving the Street Spankers CD when WEVL gave it to me to approve. then out of the blue, there it is. No lyrics printed for me to double check against. This really sucked. I have not had a chance to listen again, but I think even the Terry Allen has "shit" I can't play. PLEASE get the word out to bands you know or work with to help us out at radio. After all, we are helping you by playing your music (when it's good, or does not have one of those "dirty evil" words...) Come on!!! Remember we have to do what the FCC says, we are not in a country that is radio-hip-free. Man, I am in the Bible Belt.. Help me out Hat's off to the Hogwaller Ramblers for the sticker they had on the front of the CD I recieved. If they got that idea from here, thanks for listening. Let's don't drag this thru the wringer again here, but PLEASE forward this to anyone you know that sends CDs to radio stations. Thanks Nancy
Re: bad news concerning George Jones]
In a message dated 3/7/99 10:59:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This sounds mean It was mean, we all make mistakes don't we?
Re: bad news concerning George Jones
Let's hope these prayers this Sunday morning work. I love George. Nancy
Re: UT/Media/my take
I think that the media did help get the word out about UT, but it was in response to reaction from all the kids that were diggin their sounds. I think that it is not so much that the media did not know about the Commader Cody's etc, but that the kids digging UT did not have a clue about them. To the kids, UT was the first they ever heard of this stuff.
Blatant plugs for Memphis gigs
Here are a few more blatant plugs for upcoming Memphis gigs. You must be musically hip to be on this list, if you do not wish to receive further notices, please just let me know. If you want to add a friend to the list, let me know ... thanks! Be sure to read far enough down to catch the CORDELL JACKSON GIG! THIS SATURDAY, March 6 8 pm Otherlands on Cooper NANCY APPLE (accompanied by ROY BREWER on fiddle and mandolin) will open for BROOKS WILLIAMS. 8 pm at the Hi-Tone at 9:30, MARK HARRIMAN celebrates the release of his CD REMIND ME TO FORGET at Newby's CRASH INTO JUNE celebrates their new record, FROM BLIND TO BLUE. NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, March 10 at THE SOUTH END Memphis Songwriter Stage NANCY APPLE celebrates women's month with A GIRL THANG featuring Memphis songwriters in the round STEPHANIE NEEDHAM MISTY WHITE and the host you can't get rid of NANCY APPLE show starts at 9:30ish. no cover, what a deal Get of the couch and come (bring something for the tip jug) NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT at KUDZU's THE TWANGLERS showtime, whenever you get there, we will start the new garage band featuring Nancy Apple (vocals/guitar/bad jokes), Calvin Turley (drums), Bruce Lester (guitar, vocals), John McLure (bass/vocals), and Glen (steel) band members subject to change 1 hr before show time. Remember the more you drink, the better we sound. E-mail me if you are interested in us being the drunken band inappropriately dressed at your next corporate event. Cheatin, drinkin, lyin, stealin songs, also great for weddings and birthday parties. Have twang, will travel.. TUESDAY, MARCH 16 at JUSTINs GRILL (next to Walgreens in the Wal-mart Shopping Center at Riverdale and Shelby Drive) JUSTINs SONGWRITERS in the ROUND featuring A GIRL THANG FOR MARCH the one and only CORDELL JACKSON, know as the Rockin Granny from the Budweiser commercials. Owner of Moon Records. Also featured KLAUDIA PLODERER, Inside Sounds recording artist originally from Belgium. KIM RICHARDSON, destined to be bigger than the Dixie Chicks (and Im not talking dress size here) also NANCY APPLE, 3 time Premier Player nominee for songwriter (ok, that was a downright self serving plug to make me feel better!!) Showtime is 7:30 so you early birds can come out They have good steaks at Justins too!!! (and I don't think there is a cover charge!) MARCH 25 at the BLACK DIAMOND KEITH SYKES SONGWRITER SHOWCASE Not sure of the line up yet, but it is always great. $10 cover. Show starts around 8 or 8:30. MARCH 26 at THE SOUTH END THE NANCY APPLE/JAY HARRINGTON BAND (Jay feels funny using Cadillac Cowgirl, can't imaging why. ) Showtime not sure yet opening act not sure yet Come one out, that band will all be there. All Nancy and Jay's originals, plus those great covers that you love, from Lucinda to Hank Williams. And even some George Jones MARCH 27 at THE MAP ROOM (drum roll please) ROY BREWERS NEW ROCKABILLY BAND Go Check this out MARCH 27 at DAVIS KIDD NANCY, JAY and JASON rock up the cafe (half de-calf, half full tilt boogie!) Early gig 7-9:30 come on out YA'LL Ok, that's it. Hope to see you at a gig soon. If you are a band that wants to be mentioned in future notices, e-mail me baby! Love, Nancy THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE MEMPHIS MUSICIANS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, PLEASE PAY THE COVER WITHOUT TOO MUCH BITCHING! Thanks (and guest list weezles, we don't mind letting you in for free, but please refrain from talking throughout the entire show!)
Re: Swoop In Europe/New Bassist
Congrats John need a background singer who plays shitty accordion?
Re: Dusty Springfield Dies of Cancer
This is not good news to wake up to. Son of a Preacher Man is a great vocal performance. Breast Cancer is a really scary thing. All you girls please don't put off your check ups, and you boys out there, please gently remind us to do so. Nancy
Re: The Eradication Game (Re: Grammyszzzzzzzzz....)
In a message dated 3/1/99 10:18:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make up, Fire, Heavy Metal, Glam, Spitting Blood, The Comic Book, Kiss, come'on didn't Alice Copper do much of this before Kiss... As far as "Glam," David Bowie, even Mot the Hoople I think, was there before Kiss. I lived in Japan at the time, so am not really sure, someone help me here. Nancy, now wearing silver platform work boots, getting ready to shovel pig poop from Gidget's "crib".
Re: Hank Williams III
Loved it, expect to hear a bunch of Hank Sr and Wayne Handcock songs.
Re: A P2 friend in need after tragic loss
Matt can get assistance from NARAS Musicares, but he has to call. If you want to pass this information along to him, he can e-mail me and I will put them in touch. I will be glad to help with them all I can. Nancy Apple
Re: Damn This Old LA Town
It fucking pisses me off when people show up and then just talk over the music, especially when they're on the list Sounds like any night, any band, any venue in Memphis
Re: The Eradication Game (Re: Grammyszzzzzzzzz....)
In a message dated 2/26/99 12:41:22 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: try to come up with an artist that all can agree should be eradicated from the earth, their history taken with them: Twister Sister, and now they are doing a come-back tour. Nancy
Re: The Eradication Game (Re: Grammyszzzzzzzzz....)
In a message dated 2/26/99 12:41:22 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: try to come up with an artist that all can agree should be eradicated from the earth, their history taken with them: Duh, I meant Twisted Sister
Re: George Jones' singing
That way of singing has been his thing since he figured it our shortly after he began singing. He said that he knew he had a different sound when he did that. This is interesting. Could you point me to where he has said this? --david cantwell There is a book called George Jones The Life and Times of a Honky Tonk Legend by Bob Allen. It is not the best written book, Bob says so himself in the opening. (He uses many of thew same words and phrases over and over and over and..) But it has a lot of good information, and tells the whole story about George. Bob got some good stuff from George. In reference to his singing it talks about after he saw Hank Williams and Hank had so much emotion that it moved him. It says in the book (I can't believe I found this part, I feel like suck a fucking geek): "Now approaching his late teens, he (George) found that his singing voice had dropped and it was increasingly more difficult for him to sing comfortably in the high tenor range that was so often affected by his idols, Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe. He discovered that these new songs of Hank Williams's fit almost perfect into his new vocal range, almost like a hand in glove. He had also come to realize by this time that he could save consideralble wear and tear on his voice during a long night of singing in a smoke-filled bar if he occasionally backed off from his usual all-out 'full-throat' delivery and changed things up by singing, instead, with his mouth partially closed or even with his teeth slightly clinched. He discovered this allowed him to dramatically bend, twist and otherwise embellish individual notes, with all the power and precision of a woodwind player. Even more important, he found that this also enabled him to hold back the full power of a melody and let it resonate eerily in his throat, giving the impression of barely controllable emotions swirling wildly around inside him, held in fragile, temporary abeyance. When he did this, he also noticed that it not only timgled his own spine, but seemed to send cold chills though all those who listened." Amen. I guess you can tell I dig George Jones. I'm a geek. Nancy
Pathways Playlist / WEVL Memphis
Pathways Playlist WEVL FM 90 Memphis Tuesdays 6-8 PM February 23 I normally do not do this show, was subbing for another host, also named Nancy. It was confusing for the listeners. They got over it. She plays more folk, pop stuff, so I twanaged it up a bit just for fun. Ex Husbands - Johnny Walker Redneck Buddy Miller - Nothing to Stop Pawtuckets - Mississippi Parking Lot BR5-49 - Me N Opie Martin's Folly - Two Times A Day Groove Grass - Howdy Hogwaller Ramblers - She Held The Bottle Butch Hancock/Jimmie Dale - Howlin at the Moon Kelly Willis - Heaven Bound Dave Alvin - Blackjack David Al Green - Let's Stay Together Al Green - La La For You Al Green - So You're LEaving Al Green - What's THis Feeling Al Green - Old Time Lovin Mike Seeger - Jim Crack Corn Susan's Room - Thank You Mom Jack Ingram - Just A Ride Countrypolitans - Behind The Night Dave Edmonds - It's My Own Business Jeb Roy Nichols - Dark Hollow Leon Russell - Don't Bring The Blues To Bed THe Ghost Rockets - This Girl Of Mine Chris Webster - Shake On It Countrypolitans - Come Rollin In Hadicol - Big Tornado Gravel Train - Fine Upstanding Man Chris Wall - 33 Reasons to Say Goodbye Billy Swan - I Can Help Person to IAN: Still looking for the Jesse Taylor record. Will let you know!
Re: Merle question
In a message dated 2/24/99 2:14:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In Regards to Merle if he is worth going to see. What do you guys think? Anyone seen him recently? Would I be wasting my time/money? Rebecca, you have go to be kidding. Go, buy a ticket now. Tell all your friends.
Re: Kevin Sharp
Has anyone mentioned that when he had cancer the Make A Wish Foundation introduced him to his hero, I think it was David Foster. Anyway, David helped him later with getting a deal.
Did you see Lucinda on SNL???
Man, oh man. It is hard to get over gigs like that. Know what it feels like afterward. Bless her heart. She seemed frightened.
Re: Did you see Lucinda on SNL???
Don't get me wrong, I think I am the biggest Lucinda Williams fan in Memphis. She did great. My point is that she seemed scared to death and slightly uncomfortable. Go figure, cameras in your face every direction. Nancy NP: Something about what happens when we talk
Patti Bell and the Bell Rangers
Anyone know anything about Patti Bell and the Bell Rangers. Someone called my radio show and said I should check them out, and they also were curious as to any records, etc. I was told that there is a song or two on a NIagra Niagra Soundtrack, but I have not found that.
Re: Katti Bell and the Bell Rangers
So do they have any records released that can be found in the south, if so where?
Re: Katie Bell and the Bell Rangers
It must be Katie. Like I said, a caller has been bugging me to find out about her, records, tec. how to get them, so ya'll tell me. I am not familiar with her, and no one in any of the stores here have.
Re: sxsw - doggin
Many of you have not gotten the point that I had tried to make. I agree with all of you that you have to make your own opportunites, network, exposure, bla bla bla... SXSW is great. Go home and tell em you went. Make contacts. bla bla on and on. The point is simply this. SXSW seems to have a good racket going with the ticket price, registration price, hotel deals bla bla bla. Damn they have got to make a lot of money. SOmeone is making a lot of money. DO they have to keep all of it. Can any more of it go back to the bands somehow? All I am hearing are the stories that it was great, but stressfull, we ate peanut butter for a month afterward, etc SXSW would not be jack shit if bands did not show up. It would be nice if the bands could actually be compensated better than they are right now. Seems to me that whoever is in charge is worried about "putting on a good show" and "going to the bank afterwards." Again I say, if bands did not show up SXSW would not be jack shit. My redneck-hate-to-see-musicians-get-used opinion.
Re: sxsw - doggin
That's the way the music industry works, actually. My last comment on the subjest, and I promise I will shut up. I am really sorry if I have stumbled upon a touchy subject for many of you. It just seems like we all love music so much, and I am not just being selfish when I suggest that we try to give something more back to the musicians who give so much to us. SXSW is a good thing for the bands that get to play. The whole experience has got to be great. Just playing in Austin is cool. I have never been accepted to SXSW, I quit send them shit in the early 90s. But it would be a good gesture on their part to at the very least give all band members passes to everything so no one is left out. It would also be cool to have a cafeteria catering set up so thebands can atleast get a couple decent meals a day, for free. With all the sponsorships, don't you think someone would want to make sure the musicians are fed. Hell, tell someone to call Fred Smith at Fed Ex here i Memphis. I bet HE would want to make sure they all eat. And last, if SXSW did these things, then the bands would be much happier, probably play much better, and may not feel so bad about how much income they lost in travel and hotel to do it. I bet if Elvis were still alive, he would not play for SXSW unless they fed him.
Car Tunes Playlist
Car Tunes Playlist WEVL FM 90 Memphis Monday 4-6 PM February 15th I walked out of the house leaving behind a bag of some of my fave cds (had sheet rock dust all over them ha ha grin cry). Look for them next week. I really missed the Gravel Train, Hadacol, The Ex- husbands, Angry Johnny, Jim Roll Also, Sophie from Australia is visiting Memphis after SXSW and I have asked her to be a co-host on my show that Monday afternoon. Well call it Sophies Choice, and let her play some CDs she brings. So look her up at SXSW. I have my address at the end if any of you cool bands want to send me music that might fit what I play on my show Groove Grass 101 - Howdy Reckless Kelly - Walton Love Pawtuckets - Shade / SHovel Riverbluff Clan - Opal's Prayer / Until I'm Gone Hogwaller Ramblers - You Shook Me All Night Long (had a buch of calls about this. Seems everyone in Memphis used to be an AC/DC fan). Asleep at the Wheel - Dolly P - Billy Dale - Johnny Rodriguez - Across From the Alamo Wayne Handcock - Knocked Out Rhythm Buck Owens - Excuse Me I Think I've Got A Heartache Merle Haggard - Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am Iris Dement - Hobo Bill's Last Ride Groove Grass - Walkin After Midnight Emmylou - 2 More Bottles of Wine Paul Burch - Percy Lynn's Run Jesse Taylor - Naked Light Of Day Chris Wall - Damn Good Time Connie Smith - How Long Michael Fracasso - Your Gift To Me (I love this guy) Hogwaller Ramblers - She Held That Bottle Lucinda Williams - Drunken Angel Robbie Fulks - Pretty Little Poisen Greta Lee - Somebody New Greg Trooper - I'll Keep it With Mine Lone Justice - The Train Hogwaller Ramblers - You Shook Me All Night Long (for all the callers who could not believe it, loved it, and wanted to hear it again) Nancy Apple 3992 Hawkins Mill Road Memphis, TN 38128 I would give you WEVL's address too, but I can't remember it. They take calls on Tuesday's about records. NP: Merle Haggard, "Is This The Beginning Of The End" from his box set.
Re: un-needed accordian
un-needed accordian I did not know there was such a thing. I have 3. I wish someone would have told me.
Re: SXSW - band pay
the standard package is that bands get either $175 cash -or- wristbands for all band members and 1 crew member and a badge for one member of the band. Well thank God they get something. Now I am sure that with the $400 that the ring leaders of SXSW charge to attend, and the big ass wrist band price they also get, SXSW can start working toward the goal of putting the bands up in a nice trailer park sometime in the near future. My point is this. Like any cattle call, the bands put all thier hopes and dreams and wishes into it. They pull together gas money to drive from bum fuck to attend if they are accepted, and SOMEONE is making a pile of dough on thier dreams. The least any band can ask if they play anywhere, CATLLE CALL or GIG, is to have a warm, safe place to stay for the night (even if it is being hosted by a local band, on the living room floor), food to fill them up, and enough gas money to get them to and from the gig without taking food from the mouths of their loving supporting families back home in bum fuck. Ahh, but THAT would be a perfect world huh, or a Lucinda Williams song.
Re: SXSW - What is the deal
In a message dated 2/14/99 10:51:20 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's obvious that you haven't paid attention to what I have been saying on why I won't attend these festivals any longer, and why the people whom originally started the SXSW are no longer involved in it. Yeah, I have not read many of the posts due to my run of bad luck out here at the trailer park. Sorry, but I agree, it sucks. We had a similar event in Memphis called Crossroads, and it also bites ass. I just don't do them anymore. See ya
Blue Chip
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info February 15, 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: "She's Always Right" by Clay Walker. Written by Phil Barnhart, Ed Hill and Richie McDonald. Produced by Doug Johnson and Clay Walker. Label: Giant.It's "She's Got A Way About Her" gone country. Too bad a great marketing plan can't help you hit the hard slider. Or curve. Or fast ball. Or change-up, for that matter. If you could hit off the tee forever, Garth Brooks would be in the baseball Hall of Fame before Easter. After the media coverage this week, you'd think Garth was a shoe-in for Cooperstown. You might expect to hear that Mark McGwire had called up for a for tips on how to handle the high, hard one. Of course, if you've played baseball beyond Little League and you saw the TV shots of Garth in the batting cages this week, it would take about 10 seconds to sniff this one out. Despite his college and high school athletic background, Garth ain't no spring chicken by Major League Baseball standards. Depending on which reference you consult, he celebrated a 36th or 37th birthday last week. Facts. Around 1,000 men will play Major League Baseball in 1999. Two- thirds will spend the entire season in The Show, the rest will be up and down between the majors and the minors.The vast majority will be in their 20's. Only 3 or 4 dozen will be older than Garth. Baseball is a game of mental skill, critical hand to eye coordination, and physical strength. By Garth's age, most major league players are former major league players and already entrenched in another career. Of those who remain valuable players into their late 30's, most will have survived on experience...s a v v y. All will have battled through more than one near career-ending hamstring pull, groin injury, and/or torn rotator cuff. Michael Jordan, perhaps America's greatest athlete since Jim Thorpe, bombed at the Double A level of professional baseball. Michael could run, of course. Since he didn't spend his young adult years in front of a microphone, Michael had the advantage of keeping in shape on an NBA court several nights a week. Great for the legs and lungs. If Michael could've just hit off a tee and not faced that doggone slider, things might have turned out differently for him in baseball. The Padres made it to the World Series last fall and immediately started a fire sale of their top players. It's a franchise that has gone through at least 3 ownership groups in the past 10 years, a franchise where fresh investment money can't be found fast enough. You can bet the Padres' honchos knows that ol' Garth is worth an estimated $ 75 million dollars. That might be play money for some major league baseball players, but it's more than most members of baseball's ownership groups are worth. For the most part, limited partners and minority owners are men (and a handful of women) who have achieved great success in other fields and take a small ownership interest in a major league franchise as an ego-stroking trophy. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, and the players appreciate the revenue stream. Garth may dream of slamming World Series homers. Haven't we all. But I suspect the Padres' ownership is setting up the golden one for an invitation to join their little ownership group. In the meantime, you've got to admire the guy's incredible ability to get media attention. John Michael Montgomery and wife Crystal are happy parents again. Walker Carl Montgomery came screaming into the world on Saturday (2/13) at 8 pounds and 10 ounces and reportedly wearing a black cowboy hat. Boxcar Willie is hospitalized in Springfield MO. By press time, we couldn't confirm the reason behind his latest hospitalization. Boxcar has had a bout with cancer the past few years. The Tammy Wynette soap opera update from various published sources: .Nashville's medical examiner refused to exhume the body for autopsy...a lawyer for 3 of her daughters has asked the DEA to investigate the way prescriptions were written for the singer...Wynette was taking multiple prescription drugs...the National Enquirer called Metro police to confirm the death that night, but the police couldn't confirm...police weren't notified of the death until 2 hours after the Enquirer's call...hubby George Richey has been criticized for his handling of the death scene.whispers that the marriage wasn't on firm footing...hints
upcoming gigs
Here is yet another blatant shameless self promotional effort on behalf of Memphis Music. You are on this mailing list because you are musically hip. If you wish to be removed, please simply let me know Tuesday, February 16 / JUSTIN's / 7020 East Shelby, #118 / (901) 758-2432 from 8-11ish THE FIRST JUSTIN's SONGWRITER IN THE ROUND SERIES This is the first gig like this at Justin's, and we hope you get off the couch and support these fine songwriters. Featured are SANDY CARROLL (coming all the way from Florida) Sandy has many albums out, and has had many songs covered by the likes of LUTHER ALLISON, and REBA RUSSELL. DELTA JOE SANDERS, one half of the Memphis Sheiks, has 3 albums out. Also has had songs covered by the great REBA RUSSELL. JAY HARRINGTON Memphis answer to Steve Earle, Jay should have records out but doesn't. He is my favorite duet partner and a great songwriter. Also plays with NANCY APPLE, also known as the Cadillac Cowgirl, has a record out and also a song on the REBA RUSSELL's latest. 3-time Premier Player Award nominee for songwriter (BIG BLATANT PLUG HERE). Wednesday, February 17 at THE SOUTH END Front at Calhoun from 9:30 -12ish Nancy's Memphis Songwriter Stage (also in the round) Featuring only Memphis writers Autumn (just moved back from Ireland, and a touch of Jewel-like songs) Hal Hawkins (Memphis favorite) Philip Jaynes (acoustic virtuoso, instrumentalists, has a record out and has been compared to Chet Atkins) Friday, February 19 at EARNESTINE AND HAZEL's at Main and Calhoun from 7-11 Debut of THE TWANGLERS, and new honky tonk band featuring Nancy Apple, Calvin Turley, Bruce Lester, John McClure, and Glenn (the steel player with no last name). We do a few of Nancy's originals (very very few) and a bunch of old covers from Hank to Dwight to Patsy to Ray. some come on out. (Any of you know what EARNESTINE AND HAZELS used to be?) And on FEBRUARY 26 look for the Nancy Apple Band (aka the Cadillac Cowgirl) doing all her and Jay's original stuff at THE SOUTH END. Showtime? We don't know, whenever you show up Love ya Nancy P.S. KEITH SYKES begins his songwriter series at the Black Diamond on Beale on February 25th, but I don't know who is playing yet. If interseted, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info.
Car Tunes-WEVL FM 90 Memphis
Forgot to post last week Monday's 4-6 pm 2-8-99 Cesar Rosas - Racing The Moon Lone Justice - Working Man's Blues Beaver Nelson - Landed in the Mud Leon Russell - This Heart Of Mine Wylie and the Wild West - Big Sky Lullaby One Fell Swoop - Lone White House Killbilly - Ridin on that Rail 2 Dollar Pistols - Let Me Be Your Fool Robbie Fulks - Down In Her Arms JP Jones - Body and Soul John Moehead - Muddy Water The Blazers - If There Was A Way Reckless Kelly - Please Please Baby Kin Richey / Mandy Barnett - Near You Pawtuckets - Shade Flaco Jimenez - I'm No Finished Being A Fool Lucinda William - Side Of The Road Willie Nelson - Lonely Nights Iris Dement - Childhood Memories / No Time To Cry Greg Trooper - Lightning Bug John Prine - He Forget That It Was Sunday Bill Kirchen - I Don't Like To Work / Swing Fever Wylie and the WIld West - Yodeling Fool Leon Russell - Love Is A Battlefield Hadacol - Big Tornado Cesar Rosas - Soul Disguise
SXSW - What is the deal
What is the deal with SXSW anyway? It seems it is no longer a cattle call for "new undiscovered" talent, but a chance for record companies to jerk off and flaunt who they have in front of others. Ok, I can see someone playing to maybe try to get a booking agent if they don't have one, or a manager, or even better distribution bla bla, or hell, a label even. But you can't tell me that many of the people they have playing don't already have much of that working for them? Come on... Leon Russell, Lucinda, Cesar Rosas... man. If these guys really need to play a cattle call then I am pretty damn depressed. I have records by many of the bands I saw on the list. Are they paying these guys to play to help draw a crowd? Someone tell me, do these guys really need to do these gigs?
Insound press release
AUTOTONIC * 796 S COOPER * MEMPHIS TN 38104 * 901 276 2225 / 6554 fax HEY Y'ALL... autotonic is honored to announce our involvement with INSOUND, an information clearing house (of sorts) for true fans of the most adventurous, innovative music out there. INSOUND will launch officially on MARCH 1, 1999! we believe that after checking the site even once, you'll be looking at INSOUND as your primary resource, whenever you need bio information, or can't find the right picture (download it!) or want to read what other critics are saying about the band whose record or show you're assigned to review. i spent hours in new york last week checking out what the INSOUND guys are up to, and was FLOORED. this is the kind of free-form exchange of information the world wide web has idealistically promised, but as far as i can tell, has yet to deliver in such a handy, colorful, succint, user-friendly way... until now! it's incredibly ambitious, and they totally got it going on. read all about it and give us a call, vicky COME OUT AND SAY HI: INSOUND NEW YORK LAUNCH PARTY Date: March 6, 1999 Time: 8PM Location: The Cooler 416 West 14th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenue) New York, NY Featuring: Delta 72 Karate Lo-Hi DJ set by Land of the Loops E-MAIL OR CALL AUTOTONIC, 901 276 2225, TO GET ON THE GUESTLIST! THE MEAT POTATOES: http://www.insound.com INSOUND is the first online music retail site and community designed specifically for fans of indie rock, pop, garage, emo, punk, noise, electronic music and the essentials. At INSOUND, consumers can securely shop from over 200,000 titles, listen to audio samples, read artist and album reviews and enjoy our exclusive, music-oriented community features and content. Insound.com will be launching on March 1, 1999 as a full service e-commerce site, and, in addition to a comprehensive selection of CDs, cassettes and LPs, will also include a zinestand, photo gallery, chat events, specialty items and user reviews. In addition to offering a comprehensive selection of obscure, indie titles, INSOUND's content will cater specifically to like-minded indie enthusiasts. Homepage-featured artists, staff recommendations, site content, navigation tools and special site components such as user reviews, links and the photo gallery will all be indie/alternative-oriented. Following is a brief description of Insound's key services and site functions: ? THE INSOUND ZINESTAND... features exclusive content from zines such as Puncture, Magnet, Rollerderby, Space Age Bachelor, Number 2, Badaboom Gramophone, Hit It Or Quit It, Masstransfer, Pop Culture Press, Sound Collector and Heldlikesound (among many others). Insound visitors will be able to read features, reviews and interviews from the most credible sources on new music. ? THE INSOUND PHOTO GALLERY... a catalog of limited edition, 8x10" photos of indie rock artists will be available for consumers to view and purchase. Taken from photos at live performances by INSOUND's field photographers, these photos document the indie scene in motion. Over time, this gallery will grow with the weekly contributions of INSOUND's field reps from around the world. ? SPECIAL EVENTS... Insound will moderate regularly scheduled chat events with prominent indie artists. Additionally, the site will feature more general, topic-based discussions for users to express their feelings about issues relating to indie rock. MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES: Insound is looking for indie labels to partner with in co-op advertising campaigns and has numerous retail marketing, consumer direct opportunities available for labels. If you are a label looking to cross-promote releases through INSOUND, or if you are a publication or web site with advertising opportunities available for INSOUND, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ATTENTION MAGAZINE/FANZINE PUBLISHERS, RECORD LABELS, PUBLICISTS: If you are a zine looking to get involved with the Insound zinestand or if you are a label looking to schedule an artist for a chat event or looking to notify Insound about product that we should carry, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any general questions about the company or would simply like to find out more about who we are, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or our able publicists at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** INSOUND is throwing a LAUNCH PARTY in New York on March 6. Stop by and say hello! New York Launch Party Date: March 6, 1999 Time: 8PM Location: The Cooler 416 West 14th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenue) New York, NY Featuring: Delta 72 Karate Lo-Hi DJ set by Land of the Loops ** INSOUND IS ALSO PLANNING SOME EXCITEMENT AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IN AUSTIN... MORE DETAILS FORTHCOMING... ___ Matt Wishnow Director of Marketing, Insound 1133 Broadway, suite 821 New York, NY 10010 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: 212.414.1727 -- FOR MORE
Re: Sun closed
Sun closed It's still there, different, but it's still there. The old instruments, everything. Also Phillips still has a studio in Memphis, and Roland is still there too Slow, and still rolling on the river in Memphis
Top 10 Music Critics Organization
This came from a Music Critics group off the internet. Hi Everyone, The top ten albums of 1998 according to you, the critics, have been tabulated. We had an overwhelming number of participants for which we thank you all. We know our chart is very different from any other and your choices for the top artists will probably be quite different from the Grammys. Please feel free to reprint the chart in your outlets. The Critical List for 1998. 1. Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Mercury 2. Lauryn HillThe Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse/Columbia 3. Billy Bragg and Wilco Mermaid Avenue Elektra 4. Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)Columbia/Legacy 5. Rufus Wainwright Rufus WainwrightDreamWorks 6. GarbageVersion 2.0 Almo 7. R.E.M. Up Warner Bros 8. Elliott Smith XO DreamWorks 9. MadonnaRay of LightWarner Bros 10. HoleCelebrity Skin Geffen © Music Critics Organization, 1998. All rights reserved. Reproduction of the above is permissable only if accompanied by notice of MCO's copyright and reservation of rights. We will tabulate the results according to genre in the next week, so please stay tuned for the critics choice for top jazz, indie and country albums. Look for regular voting to begin anew next week. Again, thank you all.
Re: Grifters/Bastard Souls
Hi there, yes all the Grifters have side projects (I think), but I don't think sthey are not getting along or anything like that. Could be, when you tour it is easy to want to strangle the shit out of a band mate who needs it.. The only way we in Memphis make a living in Memphis is to have more than one band going at a time... It gets confusing sometimes, in my case, I forget what band knows what songs. I will find out what the Griters are all up to with one call to Sherman, at Shangri-la Records. He knows all those guys and what they are doing. Over and out, Nancy
Re: Bottle Rockets
Black Oak Arkansas, a band even uglier and far worse than Henneman Co. had 3 gold records in the 70's That was the 70s Jim "Joe Bob" Dandy looked much better in white spandex, in fact the thought of the bottle rockets in spandex makes me ill
Re: TwangCommie for Mac
Mike, We are not down on what you are doing. We love you. We just want to continue to use our Macs, and also enjoy TwangCast. Macs are cooler, Microsoft just tries to copy what Macs have been doing for years. Right on to all of you Mac folks! Nancy Apple (big grin)
Re: indieaudio.com
In a message dated 2/4/99 11:12:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just had a nice conversation with Bruce Paisley, owner/operator of the site recently discussed here and I believe his heart is in the right place, his biggest problem being the wording of the web site which he admits is a bit vague on the rights issue. It seems like he'll re-do the wording and specify the exact terms of the agreement with artists for the use of the songs. I am so glad to hear that. I hate to think I have lost my skill for telling the difference between a nice guy and a wele. Oh wait, ex husbands don't count. Like I said, I had not seen him for years when he called out of the blue all excited about this new thang. Mike, thanks so much for setting him straight, and glad the two of you hooked up. Nancy
Global Media/straight form the horse's mouth
Danm, that was wierd. I was just reading all the comments about GLobal Media, when Bruce Paisley (guy at Global Media) called me. I just flat out asked him what the hell was the deal with the waiver and bla bla and are they trying to fuck over musicians. So he said, that right now no one knows what kind of royalties need to be paid via any internet broadcast. That is why they only want indies so that someone like Clint Black (another cowboy he used to work with) don't come back and raise hell. I told him that I understood there was a way that places like TwangCast was keeping up with it, and even tho it may be small, they were paying the fair share. So, Gobal Media does not want anyone to be pissed at them. It sounds like they are trying to get some exposure for bands, and he says that he is checking into everything to find out with BMI/ASCAP etc. He said the waiver is to cover their asses that the material is indeed original, and they don't want to hagle with majo labels and all the red tape with them, but they do want to pay the artists for what they use. So there ya go. Do you think he is talking out of both sides? And by the way, he is probably listening to TwangCast right now Dang, it's a small world!
Re: Global Media/Twangcast
In a message dated 2/3/99 1:11:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Presumably, that waiver is the price they're being asked to pay in order to have access to potential buyers, bookers, etc. (This may not be on their web site, I have not looked at it but the guy I know there told me this) It is my impression that Global Media has a way in the works that a person can download certain songs thru them and make custom CD's, and that artist will be paid from the record sales there on a per song basis. I have a fax from them that says in order to broadcast a song, they need "Proof of mechanical rights, Signed waver of copyright holders allowing Global Media COrp to broadcast specific thracks on internet web site" I guess, they just don't want to pay to play your song, but will pay if someone buys it. Is this right? This is how I understood it from Bruce Paisley. I thought Bruce was an ok guy. I met him when he worked for Dwight Yoakum years ago, and he seemed ok, but hell, what do I know? I also got the impression from Bruce that they were really going to pump up each artist they play with bios and graphics and all kinds of crap like that who knows.. I would sure hate for him to turn out to be a big ass LIAR. Lets face it, if it turns out to be a crock then it won't be the first time I ever got screwed. And hell, I look at my music as something I want to share. If someone wants to bootleg me, more power to 'em. Let karma take care of it if they make a lot of dough and I end up eating peanut butter the rest of my life. Yes, I like and need to be paid, but I am the kind that would stand out on a corner on Beale and play for nothin just to be playing. It's great that many of the "hip cool public commercial free radio stations" play our stuff, but not all of them are hip enough like Mike to report it. Long live Mike Long live Mike Long live Twangcast.
Re: specific thracks
specific thracks Damn I can't spell and type.
Re: Dry Branch Fire Squad / need twangin songwriters
is a high school principal (Do I have this right, Jon?) I got the impression he was a farmer
Re: Naked granny
In a message dated 1/21/99 6:25:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You ain't seen nothing till you've seen a 70 year old Granny line dancing in nothing but her white fringe cowboy boots Thank you, I just lost my TV dinner, and it was one of the $2 kind that had a cobbler like substance.
Re: American/creating a scene
we have to do some flag-waving ourselves the fact that 5 of the Grammy Nominees in the Cont. Folk Category this year are "Americana" acts, alt-country, ya'llternative, ya'llterna-honk, what ever you want to call it, THIS HELPS CREATE A SCENE. Use this flag to raise enough awareness that this music is different, deserves its own category in the Grammys, and then everyone else will eventually catch on. If an artist won a Grammy in "Alterna honk" this would open doors for all other similar artists, sales, gigs, everywhere. Hell, might even get lucky after a show from time to time g (I did not say that)
Car Tunes
Car Tunes WEVL FM 90 Memphis Monday's 4-6 PM Cut my legs and call me shortly, damn me. I ran off and forgot my playlist on the air room desk on Monday. Since it is probably in the air room trash now, here is what I played, to the best of my recollection (and definitely, not necessarily in this order)! The Mavericks - a Buddy Holly song off of the tribute record Lone Justice - Working Man Blues / Don't Toss Us Away Bruce Robison - 12 Bar Blues Pawtucket's - Hatchie Bottom / Mississippi Parking Lot The Ex-Husbands - Tequila, Salt Lime / All the Way From Abilene Alison Krauss - The Three Bells Connie Smith - Looking For A Reason Greta Lee - Somebody New Flat Duo Jets - Hot Rod Baby Cheri Knight - If Wishes Were Horses Dale Watson - Blessed And Damned BR5-49 - Outta Habit Hillbilly Idol - When It Rains I Get Wet Jim Roll - Backseat Iris Dement - something from the first record Lucinda Williams - Too Cool To Be Forgotten Sorry ya'll, this is all I can remember
Re: Clubs/Social Security
Many clubs, and especially festivals I play at want my SS # since I am the ring leader. I fill out all the paper work they can dish out, and pay my band with checks from my music account which is separate from my personal checking account. I sometimes even pay myself with a check (that I later may deposit it personal account etc.). I have never had any problems, and I have done this for years. I file 1099's on my guys and they all pay taxes bla bla bla or atleast I think they do. I have had trouble with Uncle Sam before, but it was over sales tax, which can be a real bitch if you don't have a lawyer or accountant to fall back on. So I hired a lawyer who is also an accountant. I learned that trick from Jerry Lee down here in E Town. Thankyouverrrymuch. Did I mention the buisness end of the music biz sucks? Nancy
Re: Hank Williams
Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life--Moe Bandy Paul Craft wrote this, be sure to check out his version, on Paul's Brother Jukebox CD
Re: AAA/Johnny Cash
The label had used the same photo (and ad concept) once before in a trade magazine, with Johnny's middle finger aimed at AAA radio.--don Ouch, that's kinda biting the hand that feeds it, huh? Thanks for telling me that. I still think Johnny is a stud though.
