Fw: NPR V-Roys performance chat
Howdy, Scott Carpenter sent this to me, but I don't think he sent a copy to P2. So, here ya go... -- Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 03:34 PM Subject: NPR V-Roys performance chat Catch the V-roys for a 17 minute performance and chat on Weekend Edition Sunday with Liane Hansen, Sunday March 28th! OK, here's the thing for Tennessee Public Radio listeners. WUOT in Knoxville does not carry the Sunday Morning Edition but WNCW out of Spindale NC does at 86.7 FM. So, in Knoxville tune in to WNCW Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. That puts the V-Roys on at about 8:40 a.m. WPLN-FM 90.3 Nashville Public Radio airs our show from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. The Memphis station - WKNO - also carries the show from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Sorry I don't have times for places out of Tennessee and Western NC but hopefully you can run that down in your area. Seeya, Scotch -- I miss hearing y'all's debates and useful information. Heck, I miss Matt Cook... I'll be back onlist soon (and then I'll be tired of y'all...). Take care, Shane
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night #26
Howdy, I'm still chucking these playlists over the wall. Could someone be so kind as to contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to let me know if they are actually making it to P2 land? Thanks much. Once I figure out what kind of P2 attachment short-circuited my e-mail box recently, I'll be happily rejoining the list. In the meantime, here's this week's play list for Tennessee Saturday Night. As usual, contact information, etc., follows the list. Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #26 -- 6 PM to 9 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- March 20, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Mule Skinner Blues -- Dolly Parton -- Essential Dolly Parton, Vol. 2 -- RCA Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down -- Maddox Brothers and Rose -- Maddox Brothers Rose -- King 16 Come Next Sunday -- Finnegan's aWake Lonesome Pine Special -- The Carter Family -- Worried Man Blues -- Rounder Duncan and Brady -- The Johnson Mountain Boys -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Fall on My Knees -- The Freight Hoppers -- Waiting on the Gravy Train -- Rounder Tears'll Be Pouring -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan The Wurlitzer Prize -- Waylon Jennings -- Essential Waylon Jennings -- RCA A-11 -- Johnny Paycheck -- The Real Mr. Heartache -- Country Music Foundation Across the Alley from the Alamo -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Robbie Fulks -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Kiss Me Big -- Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Vintact Collections -- Capitol Teach Me About Love -- Lyle Lovett -- Step Inside This House -- Curb/MCA The Great Unknown -- Sara Evans -- No Place That Far -- RCA (3/25@Viking Hall, Bristol) Stupid Cupid -- Patsy Cline -- The Patsy Cline Collection -- MCA It's All Wrong, But It's All Right -- Dolly Parton -- Essential Dolly Parton, Vol. 2 -- RCA Cigarette and Coffee Blues -- Jean Shepard -- Honky-Tonk Heroine -- County Music Foundation Don't Worry -- Marty Robbins -- A Lifetime of Song -- Columbia Always Late -- Lefty Frizzell -- Look What Thoughts Will Do -- Columbia Pistol Packin' Mama -- Al Dexter and His Troopers -- Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 1 -- Columbia Heartaches by the Number -- Dwight Yoakum -- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. -- Reprise Come On -- Wynn Stewart -- The Best of the Challenge Masters -- AVI I Ain't Never -- Webb Pierce -- Honky Tonk Songs -- Country Stars There Goes My Love -- BR5-49 -- Big Backyard Beat Show -- Arista (3/27@Bijou, Knoxville) I Like Trains -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical (Featured on tonight's episode of Fringe) Steel Rails -- Alison Krauss -- Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1 -- Rounder England Swings -- Roger Miller -- King of the Road -- Bear Family (a miscue -- I thought I had cued up Engine, Engine #9...) I Can't Stop Loving You -- Merle Haggard -- Down Every Road -- Capitol Cryin' Time -- Buck Owens -- The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Margie's at the Lincoln Park Inn -- Bobby Bare -- Essential Bobby Bare -- RCA Golden Ring -- Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Hand-Picked -- Rounder (4/2@Down Home, Johnson City) Where Grass Won't Grow -- George Jones with Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Trisha Yearwood -- The Bradley Barn Sessions -- MCA Nothing Can Stop Me -- Buddy Miller -- Poison Love -- Hightone Play Me Some George Jones Songs -- Jimmy Martin -- Me 'n Ole Pete -- Hollywood More Pretty Girls Than One -- Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, and Del McCoury -- Mac, Doc, and Del -- Sugar Hill Carrie Brown -- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared Careless Love -- J.D. Crowe and the New South -- Come On Down to My World -- Rounder Marie Laveau -- Bobby Bare -- The Essential Bobby Bare -- RCA Jambalaya -- Hank Williams -- 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits -- Mercury Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man -- Suzanne Thomas -- Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts -- Rounder Otis Hayes -- The Riptones -- Cowboy's Inn -- Bloodshot Louisiana Blues -- Wayne Hancock -- That's What Daddy Wants -- Ark21 Mr. Lonesome -- Heather Myles -- Highways and Honky Tonks -- Rounder Red Clay Halo -- Nashville Bluegrass Band -- American Beauty -- Sugar Hill (4/13@Lee College, Cleveland) Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy -- Red Foley -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 3 -- Rhino See Ruby Fall -- Johnny Cash -- The Essential Johnny Cash -- Columbia Chattanooga Dog -- Jimmy Martin -- 1954-1974 -- Bear Family Jolene -- Dolly Parton -- The Essential Dolly Parton, Vol. 2 -- RCA Runaway -- The Cox Family -- Just When You're Thinking It's Over -- Arista Three Days -- Faron Young -- Live Fast, Love Hard -- Country Music Foundation Give Me a Red Hot Mama and an Ice Cold Beer -- Smiley Maxedon -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed -- Merle Travis -- The Best of Merle Travis -- Rhino Any Old Time -- Alison Krauss and Union Station -- The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers -- Egyptian ...and that concludes another Tennessee Saturday Night. TSN will have a
Playlist: The Fringe featuring Fred Eaglesmith
Howdy, As evidenced by this week's play list, I am still experimenting a bit with the format for The Fringe. For the most part, I believe it's coming together nicely. I'll let y'all be the judge. This week's featured artist is Fred Eaglesmith. Fred will be appearing live in Knoxville on March 27 at the Bird's Eye View Pub and Coffeehouse in the Old City. Fred becomes the first artist to have been a featured artist on the Fringe more than once (he was also a featured artist back in November). In addition to music from Fred Eaglesmith, the following artists made their Fringe debut this week: The Black Crowes, Black 47, Luka Bloom, Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Lonesome Strangers, Aimee Mann, The Samples, Mavis Staples, The Marshall Tucker Band, and The Underdogs. Any way, in case you care, here's what The Fringe sounds like on the first night of spring. (Contact information, etc., follows) Fringe -- Episode #27 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- March 20, 1999 Working Man Blues -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen The Great Compromise -- John Prine -- Diamonds in the Rough -- Atlantic (3/25@Paramount, Bristol) Low Down Ways -- The Marshall Tucker Band -- Where We All Belong -- AJK Angel of the Lord -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor Tie (3/27@Bird's Eye View, Knoxville) Payday Blues -- The Underdogs -- Unleashed -- Howlin' Muse I'm Convicted -- Bad Livers -- Industry and Thrift -- Sugar Hill Ziggy Stardust -- The Gourds -- Gogitchyershinebox -- Watermelon Spookin' the Horses -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Statesboro Blues -- The Allman Brothers Band -- Legendary Hits -- Rebound Records The Distance Between You and Me -- Sara Evans -- Will Sing for Food -- Little Dog (3/25@Viking Hall, Bristol) Drinking Too Much -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Southern Accents -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Harlan Man -- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain-- E-Squared They're Making Me (Polka) -- R.B. Morris -- Knoxville Sessions -- Rich Mountain Bound (3/25, Paramount, Bristol; 3/26@Down Home, Johnson City) Smells Like Thirty Something -- Asylum Street Spankers -- Hot Lunch -- Cold Spring I Need Love -- Luka Bloom -- The Acoustic Edge -- Rhino The Way We Make a Broken Heart -- John Hiatt with Rosanne Cash -- The Best of John Hiatt Thinking -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Simple Man -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Box Set -- MCA Jack the Ripper -- Link Wray -- Rumble! The Best of Link Wray -- Rhino Seven Shells -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Lungs -- Lyle Lovett -- Step Inside This House -- Curb/MCA All Over Now -- Aimee Mann -- Buy-Product 2 -- DGC Goodbye, Maria -- BR5-49 -- Big Backyard Beat Show -- Arista (3/27@Bijou, Knoxville) Soda Machine -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Go Be and Do -- The Riptones -- Cowboy's Inn -- Bloodshot I Hate Myself -- Bare Jr. -- Boo-Tay -- Immortal (4/2@Tennessee Theater, Knoxville) Sister Luck -- The Black Crowes -- Shake Your Money Maker -- Def American (4/2@Tennessee Theater, Knoxville) Where Did All the French Girls Go -- The Band -- Jubilation -- Platinum Entertainment Taxi -- The Samples -- The Last Drag -- W.A.R. White Rose -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Is It Real -- Justin Petraitis -- Autumn Breeze My Baby's Gone -- The Backsliders -- Throwin' Rocks at the Moon -- Mammoth Holding On To Your Love -- Mavis Staples -- Mavis Staples -- Aurific Crashin' and Burnin' -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Because the Wind -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat Virginia Way/Shenandoah Breakdown -- The V-Roys -- All About Town -- E-Squared (4/8@Sing Sing, Chattanooga) 49 Tons -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Drive-In Movie -- Vertical Rooty Toot Toot -- John Cougar -- The Lonesome Jubilee -- Polygram Number 9 -- The Lonesome Strangers -- Land of Opportunity -- Little Dog You Don't Have Very Far to Go -- Lucinda Williams -- Tulare Dust -- Hightone Pretty Good -- John Prine -- John Prine -- Atlantic (4/9@Tivoli, Chattanooga) James Connolly -- Black 47 -- Live in New York City --Gadfly Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Vintage Collections -- Capitol Time to Get a Gun -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline -- Razor Tie ...and there ya have it. Another three hours that could have been used for cancer research, instead wasted listening to the Fringe. As I mentioned earlier, I'll be attending the Eaglesmith show this Saturday so there will be a guest host for next Saturday night. The Fringe returns on April 3. I have no idea who will be my featured artist. If you'd like your band to be considered for airplay on the Fringe (and to have a chance to be one of the prestigious acts to become a featured artist...) contact me at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 4 out of 5 working mothers prefer The
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night
Howdy, I'm chucking this over the wall. This week TSN was going to feature live music from Johnson City's very own Bystanders (featuring P2-er Rob Russell), but the unexpected snowfall caused a tractor trailer accident on the interstate resulting in me arriving at the studio nearly 30 minutes late and making an on-air plea to the Bystanders to turn around and go on to their paying gig and avoiding the mess near the station. (It just wasn't my day for hooking up with fellow P2ers. A genealogy workshop at the historical society on Saturday also kept me from meeting up with Jeff Wall on his trek to Middle Tennessee. Hopefully, I'll catch the son-of-a-gun on his return trip to Virginia.) So, here's a slightly abbreviated version of Tennessee Saturday Night for your reading pleasure. Contact information, etc., follows the play list. Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #25 -- 6 PM to 9 PM (Tonight's show began at approximately 6:30 PM) WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- March 13, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino The Maker's Mark (not sure if this is the right title) -- The Bystanders -- Live at the Down Home (3/13@Tomato Head, Knoxville) New Broom Boogie -- Al Dexter and His Troopers -- Hillbilly Boogie Widow Maker -- Jimmy Martin -- Truckin' On -- Starday (an unfortunate choice for a song given the situation on the nearby interstate...) Homegrown Tomatoes -- Guy Clark -- Keepers -- Sugar Hill Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton -- America Remembers -- TeeVee Cadillac Man -- The Cadillac Cowgirl with Her Back Door Men -- High on the Hog -- Sur Blue Guitar Stomp -- Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Across the Alley from the Alamo -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Robbie Fulks -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Sweet Kind of Love -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Jon Langford -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat (tonight's featured artist on "Fringe" following "TSN") Jimmie's Texas Blues -- Jimmie Rodgers -- The Singing Brakeman -- Bear Family Walls of Time -- Ricky Skaggs -- Ancient Tones -- Skaggs Family Fraulein -- Jimmy Martin -- 1954-1974 -- Bear Family I Feel the Blues Moving In -- Del McCoury -- Don't Stop the Music -- Rounder Custom Made Woman Blues -- Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard -- Hazel Alice -- Rounder Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- J.D. Crowe the New South -- Live in Japan -- Rounder Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine -- Tom T. Hall -- The Essential Tom T. Hall -- Mercury Engine, Engine #9 -- Roger Miller -- King of the Road -- Bear Family The Bottle Let Me Down -- Merle Haggard -- The Capitol Collector's Series -- Capitol Stop That Ticklin' Me -- Grandpa Jones -- Nashville Classics: The 50s -- RCA Banana Boat Song -- Country Gentlemen -- The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 -- Rebel Nashville Cats -- The Del McCoury Band -- The Family -- Ceili Interstate Waltz -- John Hartford -- The Walls We Bounce Off Of -- Small Dog-a-Barkin' I Just Want to Thank You -- The Isaacs -- Increase My Faith -- Horizon When God Dips His Love in My Heart -- Alison Krauss the Cox Family -- Now That I've Found You -- Rounder Will the Circle Be Unbroken -- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- Will the Circle Be Unbroken -- EMI When There's No Around -- Tim O'Brien -- When There's No One Around -- Sugar Hill These Hills -- Iris DeMent -- Infamous Angel -- Warner Brothers Daddy's Little Pumpkin -- John Prine -- The Missing Years -- Oh Boy A White Sport Coat -- Marty Robbins -- A Lifetime of Song -- Columbia I'll Come Running -- Connie Smith -- The Essential Connie Smith -- RCA I'm Barely Hanging on to Me -- Johnny Paycheck -- The Real Mr. Heartache -- Country Music Foundation Missing You -- Webb Pierce -- Honky Tonk Songs -- Country Stars I Wouldn't Put It Past Me -- Dwight Yoakum -- A Long Way Home -- Reprise I Wanna Go Back There -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca She's Left Me for Good Again -- The Bystanders Amanda -- Waylon Jennings -- The Essential Waylon Jennings -- RCA Billy from the Hills -- Greg Brown -- Slant Six Mind -- Red House Your Old Love Letters -- Porter Wagoner -- The Essential Porter Wagoner -- RCA It's a Great Life -- Faron Young -- Live Fast, Love Hard -- Country Music Foundation Crying Steel Guitar Waltz -- Jean Shepard -- Honky-Tonk Heroine -- Country Music Foundation Love's Gonna Live Here -- Buck Owens -- The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 -- Rhino My Baby Don't Dance to Nothing But Ernest Tubb -- Junior Brown -- 12 Shades of Brown -- Curb No Vacancy -- Merle Travis -- The Best of Merle Travis -- Rhino ...and the snow turns to rain as a Tennessee Saturday Night comes to a close. If you'd like to submit music for the show, be a live guest, etc., please feel free to contact me at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 Take care, Shane
Temporarily off-list
Howdy, My ISP and I believe that something from the P2 list has caused my e-mail box at the server to crash two days in a row. Has anybody else been having trouble like this? I suspect it may be something with attachments to it. The trouble first started back on 3/8/99 and has happened at least once since then since the first repair was made. The synopsis of all this information is this: I am going to temporarily have to set the list to "nomail" for a while as we try to repair the mailbox. I, apparently, can still send mail out, but incoming mail is "trapped" and inaccessible to me at this address. Since this e-mail address is actually my work account, I really can't afford for the box to eat my mail on a regular basis. I'll continue to throw stuff over the wall from time to time (such as playlists, local clips of interest, etc.) but, for the time being, will be unable to participate in P2 reindeer games. Hopefully, soon I'll be reinstalling internet access at home and will happily re-join the list at that time. In the meantime, y'all play nice and have fun at SXSW. Please note-- as of this morning my incoming mail function is still not working, so off-list e-mail to me should probably wait a day or two for things to get back to normal. According to the server, I've got about 300 pieces of mail that I can't get to this morning. I'm assuming much of that is P2 traffic, but if any of it was personal e-mail to me, try again this weekend. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Coming to Town: Prine, Lucinda, Lang
Howdy, Here's another message chunked over the wall. For those of you with a hankering to visit the Scruffy City... Concert tix for these shows in Knoxville go on sale this Saturday: John Prine ... April 16 Lucinda Williams ... April 29 Jonny Lang ... May 2 All shows are at the Tennessee Theatre. Start time is 8 pm. Ticket information is found at www.concertwire.com Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN
Bad Mail Day
Howdy, Every so often, for some unknown reason, mail sent to me from P2 and/or Twangfest causes my mailbox to more or less self-destruct. The result is, that pretty much any e-mail I should have received between 8:30 last night (Eastern) and 10:00 this morning has been obliterated. If any off-list mail was sent to me during that time period, please re-send. Thanks, Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clip: Birthplace of Country Music Museum Opens
Howdy, Birthplace of Country Music Museum opening in Bristol By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer BRISTOL, Va. (AP) Her lifelong bout with polio has taken its toll on her fingers, which are so bent she can barely grasp the fiddle to tuck it under her chin. Its been nearly seven decades since Myrtle Kitty Stout Taylor made her small mark in country music, playing Sourwood Mountain and Turkey in the Straw to beat 50 old-timers in a regional fiddle contest. But as the 83-year-old gently glides the bow across the strings, the sound is just as melodious as it was in 1932. I love the fiddle. I dream about it, she said last week, her eyes dancing. Mrs. Taylor is among a handful of living legends who will be featured in the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, which opens Tuesday. The museum celebrates the famous the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and Bristol native Tennessee Ernie Ford as well as the not-so-famous people from the southern Appalachians who played a part in shaping country music. Mrs. Taylor is notable because shes from our region, said Tim White, co-founder and president of the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance. Even though shes not a household name, shes important to the community and valuable to the music. White and others believe country music got its start in Bristol, which straddles Virginia and Tennessee, when the Carter Family, Rodgers and various mountain musicians gathered in a makeshift studio in the Taylor-Christian Hat Co. building for recording sessions in 1927. For years, local residents unsuccessfully sought official recognition of the citys place in country music history. They succeeded last year when Congress designated Bristol the Birthplace of Country Music. Even with the designation, there was little in the city indicating its link to country musics roots. Fords small boyhood home isnt highly publicized and the building where the famous recordings were made was demolished in the 1940s. White and other alliance members decided a museum was needed. They solicited donations and looked for a location. They were given a 2,500-square-foot area in the Bristol Mall. Organizers acknowledge the setting doesnt exactly fit the museums historical theme, but they hope the location will help attract visitors. The opening was set to coincide with concerts featuring country and bluegrass artists on the first and second weekends in March. Alliance members were scrambling to fill the walls and display cases last week but said everything will be ready for Tuesdays 7 p.m. debut, which will feature Grand Ole Opry bluegrass stars Jim and Jesse McReynolds. Museum visitors will be able to see bluegrass great Ralph Stanleys green and gold sport coat, the late Carter Stanleys Stetson hat and Sara Carters guitar. There are handmade violins, mandolins, dulcimers and other instruments from the collection of Joe Morrell, a former radio station owner and musician. Morrell also is lending songbooks sold by artists who performed on Farm and Fun Time, the Bristol radio show popular in the 1940s and 1950s. On the walls are enlarged photographs of country music pioneers such as Mac Wiseman, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Curly King and the Tennessee Hilltoppers. The museum has so many items from Ford that it ran out of room, so the display will be changed periodically. Alliance member Wade Clark said many items are on loan from the musicians families. Most of them contacted us when they heard we were opening a museum, and they started digging through their attics, Clark said. This is the first time much of it will be on display. Visitors also will be able to hear live music from the pickin porch. Bluegrass bands will play in one corner of the museum, which is a replica of the front of A.P. Carters store where folks would gather to play their instruments. Its important to remember a time when playing country music was simple, said James Bryant, an alliance member. Well be the Williamsburg, the place that keeps tradition alive, he said. White, who plays the banjo, said he hopes the museum will draw people to Bristol and give them an appreciation of the early days of country music. Mrs. Taylor has the same wish and has been waiting a long time to see it realized. Ill be there Tuesday if I have to ride a mule, she said, laughing. I can t wait.
Re: Clip: Birthplace of Country Music Museum Opens
Howdy, On lunch break... JC asks: Is Joe Morrell the fellow that used to operate the "world's largest guitar" shaped museum right off of I-81 just above the Tennessee border? After a few years of passing by the polace, I finally decided to stop. Sadly, it was already out of commission. Seemed as though it was both a country music/instrument museum and a radio station. What's the scoop on the joint, anyone? The guitar-shaped building is indeed closed. It was, I believe, considered as a possible locale for the BCMA museum. However, I don't think the building itself was in great shape and the neighborhood has become somewhat detrimental to its value as a tourist attraction. (Some folks, apparently, believe that having a strip bar next door does not encourage families to visit.) The guitar building was, indeed, used as a radio station and museum. I recently attended a BCMA meeting where the building was mentioned a few times in the context of possible future projects. That's all very fluid at this point, though. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 03/06/1999
Howdy, Early in the show I started receiving reports of possible bad news re: George Jones. A special tip of the hat to my momma, who called the station throughout the show to keep me updated on reports via CNN and local news. Of course, East Tennessee's thoughts and prayers are with the Possum and his family. Here's this week's Tennessee Saturday Night. Contact information, etc., follows the playlist. Rumor has it that next week's show will feature live music from Johnson City's "The Bystanders" featuring P2er Rob Russell. Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #24 -- 6 PM to 9 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- March 6, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Pistol Packin' Mama -- Al Dexter and His Troopers -- Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 1 -- Columbia Mean Mama Boogie -- Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia My Baby's Gone -- Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen -- Bakersfield Bound -- Sugar Hill Footlights -- Merle Haggard -- Down Every Road -- Capitol I'll Go Stepping Too -- Emmylou Harris -- Roses in the Snow -- Warner Brothers Oklahoma Hills -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat Gone -- Ferlin Huskey -- Hillbilly Fever, Vol. 4 -- Rhino Radio Boogie -- Hot Rize -- Radio Boogie -- Flying Fish Blue Yodel Blues -- Ray Whitley -- Singing in the Saddle -- Rounder White Knight -- T.H. Music Fest -- Truckin' On -- Starday (It should be noted that I played this song accidentally, while attempting to input the track number for a Jimmie Martin tune.) Tall, Tall Trees -- George Jones -- Cup of Loneliness -- Mercury Tennessee -- Jimmy Martin -- 1954-1974 -- Bear Family Give Back My Heart -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size -- Merle Travis -- The Best of Merle Travis -- Rhino Sal's Got a Sugar Lip -- Johnny Horton -- America Remembers Johnny Horton -- TeeVee Amanda Lynn -- Michael Reno Harrell -- Ways to Travel -- Rank Lonely Weekends -- Wanda Jackson -- Right or Wrong/There's a Party Goin' On -- TNT One-Sided Love Affair -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Honey, 'Cause I Love You -- Carl Perkins -- Restless -- Columbia Knoxville Girl -- BR5-49 -- Live from Robert's -- Arista Wabash Cannonball -- Roy Acuff -- The Essential Roy Acuff -- Columbia Kaw-liga -- Hank Williams -- 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits -- Mercury Take Me Back to Tulsa -- Bob Wills -- The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2 -- Edsel Honky-Tonk Man -- Dwight Yoakum -- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. -- Reprise Tears'll Be Pouring -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Goodbye, Good Lookin' -- Robbie Fulks -- South Mouth -- Bloodshot Talk Like That -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Whisper My Name -- Tony Rice -- Sings Gordon Lightfoot -- Rounder Loose Talk -- Patsy Cline -- The Patsy Cline Collection -- MCA If I Don't Love You -- George Jones --Cup of Loneliness -- Mercury Golden Ring -- George Jones Tammy Wynette -- Super Hits -- Epic White Lightnin' -- George Jones -- Cup of Loneliness -- Mercury We're Gonna Hold On -- George Jones Tammy Wynette -- Super Hits -- Epic (Get well soon, George...) I'm Movin' On -- Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know -- Davis Sister -- Nashville Classics: The '50s -- RCA I Found Out More Than You'll Ever Know -- Betty Cody -- Nashville Classics: The '50s -- RCA You're Part of Me -- Roger Miller -- King of the Road -- Bear Family Fade Away -- The V-Roys -- All About Town -- E-Squared That's the Way I Feel -- Faron Young -- Live Fast, Love Hard -- CMF Nothing Can Stop Me -- Buddy Miller -- Poison Love -- Hightone Singing the Blues -- Marty Robbins -- A Lifetime of Song -- Columbia Under Your Spell Again -- Jean Shepard -- Honky-Tonk Heroine -- CMF Under the Influence of Love -- Buck Owens -- The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 -- Rhino How It Must Remain -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat Whiskey in the Jar -- Hazeldine -- Orphans -- All Swoll Carrie Brown -- Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared We Don't Run -- Willie Nelson -- Spirit -- Island Wasted Days and Wasted Nights -- Freddy Fender -- The Freddy Fender Collection -- Reprise I Love You a Thousand Ways -- Lefty Frizzell -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA The Wild Side of Life -- Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels -- Kitty Wells -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA Kiss An Angel Good Morning -- Heather Myles -- Highways and Honky Tonks -- Rounder This Ain't My First Rodeo -- Vern Gosdin -- Super Hits -- Columbia Hey Porter -- Johnny Cash -- The Essential Johnny Cash -- Columbia Company's Comin' -- Porter Wagoner -- The Essential Porter Wagoner -- RCA Y'all
Playlist: Fringe featuring Kelly Willis, 03/06/1999
Howdy, Mrs. Robison, are you trying to seduce me? Tonight's extended tour to the Fringe featured Kelly Willis' new disc, What I Deserve. In addition to fine cuts from that disc, the following artists made their Fringe debut: Aunt Pat, Neil Diamond, The Gourds, Julie Miller, Old Dogs, Red Clay Ramblers, Paul Weller, Robin and Linda Williams. That's some list. Here's how it all came together... Fringe -- Episode #25 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- March 6, 1999 After Midnight -- The Seldom Scene -- After Midnight -- Sugar Hill Don't Forget the Coffee Billy Joe -- R.B. Morris -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Johnny 99 -- Bruce Springsteen -- Nebraska -- CBS Time Has Told Me -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Cottonbelt -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Rock Star -- The Ditchdiggers -- Cow Patty Bingo -- Go Kat Go Fall on Me -- Cry, Cry, Cry -- Cry, Cry, Cry -- Razor Tie Not Forgotten -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc I Wish You Would -- The Blasters -- American Music -- Hightone 1968 -- Dave Alvin -- Blackjack David -- Hightone Take Me Down -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Bean Bowl -- The Gourds -- Ghosts of Hallelujah -- Munich Cherry, Cherry -- Neil Diamond -- The Greatest Hits, 1966-1992 -- Columbia Oscar -- Aunt Pat -- Patoo -- IOU (was scheduled to appear live in-studio tonight, but had to cancel) Harlan Man -- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared (3/5@Tennessee Theater, Knoxville) She Always Lands on Her Feet -- The Bystanders (3/6@WDVX [Tennessee Saturday Night] and the Tomato Head, Knoxville) Rolling and Rambling -- Robin and Linda Williams -- Devil of a Dream -- Sugar Hill (3/6@Down Home, Johnson City) Fading Fast -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc All My Love Is Gone -- Lyle Lovett -- Joshua Judges Ruth -- MCA/Curb Anthracite -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Wrapped -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Ellen -- The Derailers -- Reverb Deluxe -- Watermelon Goodnight Loser -- The V-Roys -- Just Add Ice -- E-Squared Positively 4th Street -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat What I Deserve -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc A Little Bit of Bad -- NRBQ -- New Music -- CMJ Your Memory Won't Die in My Grave -- Willie Nelson -- Spirit -- Island Breaking Glass -- Nick Lowe -- Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe -- Columbia Instant Love -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Hey Joe -- Jerry Douglas -- Slide Rule -- Sugar Hill Happy With That -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Roses in the Snow -- Emmylou Harris -- Roses in the Snow -- Warner Brothers Patty McBride -- Bare Jr. -- Boo-Tay -- Immortal Hot Lunch -- Asylum Street Spankers -- Hot Lunch -- Cold Spring Cradle of Love -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc You Do Something To Me -- Paul Weller -- New Music, October 1995 -- CMJ Young Man's Job -- Old Dogs -- Old Dogs -- Atlantic Heaven Bound -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Sideways -- The Cheeksters -- Hey, What's Your Style -- Caterina Sounds I Call On You -- Julie Miller -- Blue Pony -- Hightone Hello in There -- John Prine -- John Prine -- Atlantic (3/25@Paramount, Bristol) Carrie Brown -- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared Merchants Lunch -- Red Clay Ramblers -- 20th Anniversary Sampler -- Flying Fish Hotel Arizona -- Wilco -- Being There -- Reprise They're Blind -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Keys to the Highway -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat ...and as the ride comes to a halt, thanks for taking a trip to the Fringe. Please keep the automatic seat bar closed until the car has totally stopped moving and exit to your left... Next week, the Fringe features Jimmy LaFave and his new disc, Trail. Coming soon: a Fringe web site... In the meantime, keep the cards, letters, ant farms, and CDs coming to: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: something I don't recognize...
Re: Tweedy quote
Howdy, Dave: I'll gladly nominate Being There as one of the most overrated records of the 90s. There aren't enough good songs on there to make a good single disc, let alone two. I heart Dave Purcell. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MMs?
Howdy, Someone (I have forgotten who, in this seemingly unending back log of e-mail... you people do have other hobbies, jobs, etc., don't you?) mentioned Eminem (sp?) earlier in the week. I had never heard of him/her/them until then, but received this link in my weekly e-mail from Rolling Stone... http://www.rollingstone.com/sections/vtheater/text/default.asp?afl=mail2 I have no idea what the excitement is all about... Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Eminem's video on my computer... yawn...
Re: Big Book of Country Music
Howdy, Dern. I thought y'all were talking about a new Richard Scary book or something... Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: $1000 Wedding, Somewhere In Between
Re: Kelly Willis Tour Dates
Howdy, Arrgh. Bill Silvers posted Kelly Willis' latest tour schedule which includes, in part... 04/08/99--Lexington KY-- Lynagh's 04/09/99--Nashville TN-- Exit / In 04/10/99--Memphis TN-- Newby's 04/11/99--Atlanta GA-- Smith's Olde Bar No. No. No. This is geographically non-efficient. A *much* better schedule would go like this... Lexington, Nashville, ***Knoxville***, Atlanta. Memphis can be added on the way to that second Texas leg of the concert series. Look at map. See? I'm right. I'm only looking out for Ms. Willis' best interests here. The Nashville-Knoxville-Atlanta drive is a lot less grueling and perilous than the Nashville-Memphis-Atlanta drive. I wonder if I can get them to reconsider? Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Rural String Bands of Tennessee
Re: Southern gospel
Howdy, David says: So maybe the SG tradition has changed into something I don't get or appreciate. Very possible. Well, I suppose it's just like every other form of music. It's always being tinkered with for better or worse. There are indeed practicioners of vacant and (how ironic) soulless performances in Southern Gospel, as there are similar performers in other forms. I'm blessed with a limited knowledge and vocabulary in Southern Gospel, so I don't tend to cross paths with every group and song that comes down the pike. Since my mom raised me on Elvis' work, I was naturally introduced to SG through J.D. Sumner, the Blackwoods, and others that were an influence on Mr. Presley. My mom would also mention these acts and play whatever copies of their music she may have had in her almost Elvis-exclusive record collection. A fun alternate universe game that we played: "What if Elvis had joined the Blackwoods or some other SG quartet?" I will say that at the age of 6, when I first got to see Elvis in concert, I was equally excited about the opportunity to hear J.D. Sumner that night. I wanted to see if his voice could really make my insides shake like mom said they would. (It did.) Whoops... veering back on topic for a moment... David: But anyway, what I meant, specifically, when I referred to someone getting it all down in a book before it's long gone I have hopes that the SGMA's establishment of a Hall of Fame will be the first step in recording that history. I intend to poke my nosy self around a bit to find out what's what on that front. David: the quartet tradition of the Blackwoods, Statesmen, Florida Boys (who I know are still going strong), LeFevres, rambos, Oak Ridge, Kingsmen, etc. Is that still around down there? Yes it is, quite happily. Though, granted, what I refer to as the "crying mama" family bands seem to have the upper hand right now, out of sheer force of numbers alone more than anything. But, that type of Southern Gospel is a legitimate tradition within SG in its own right. The quartet I am most familiar with is the Kingdom Heirs. They are essentially Dolly's "SG House Band" for Dollywood, operating as regular performers there during the park season, serving as ambassadors and hosts for visiting SG groups, etc. They have become one of the most popular features of the park's entertainment network, which has a good deal to do with the decision to site the SGMA's Hall of Fame on the park property. The Kingdom Heirs also appear quite a bit, I believe they actually host, on a syndicated TV show called "Southern Stage." The show is/was filmed at Dollywood's Celebrity Theater and features a good many of the best SG groups out there. The show airs/aired (I no longer have cable and don't know if it's still in production) on the Odyssey Channel, but I think it may show up on some other Christian-themed or family-themed networks in other parts of the country. David: Given what I like, Shane, do you think the annual national quartet convention would let me down or lift me up? Is it worth checking out? Actually, I'm of no help at all to you here. I've never had the pleasure of venturing out to the convention. (It is the one in Louisville, KY, isn't it?) I can say that Dollywood's Southern Gospel Jubilee in October should appeal to your tastes, though. I'll be sure to post a listing of performers when it becomes available. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NPIMH: Elvis, "I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs"
Re: Playlist: The Boudin Barndance - 2/18/99
Howdy, BoudinDan mentions in his fine playlist: ...the new Elvis set called "Sunrise." When did this come out? What's on it? Is it a box set? Questions, questions... Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: The Underdogs, Unleashed
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night -- 2/27/99
Howdy, Some strange events during the show with power gremlins zapping the station's electricity on and off throughout the evening. A great big ol' storm threatened to float away the camper, but otherwise we made it through a Tennessee Saturday Night unscathed. I have determined that I actually have more than 2 listeners, as previously believed. Tonight featured several phone calls from the local senior citizen's apartment complex. (Said one of the callers, wanting to dedicate a song to his girlfriend, "I think they're playing your show on every floor.") Rumor has it that the show is also quite popular with local gas stations. Contact information, etc., follows the playlist, so you can learn how to submit your music that reaches the aforementioned demographics and beyond. Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #23 -- 6 PM to 9 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 27, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Sweet Temptation -- Merle Travis -- The Best of Merle Travis -- Rhino Brand New Beau -- Ralph Blizard the New Southern Ramblers -- Southern Ramble -- Rounder You Don't Love Me Anymore -- Ronnie Bowman -- Cold Virginia Night -- Rebel Alabama Trot -- Roane County Ramblers -- Rural String Bands of Tennessee -- County Amanda Lynn -- Michael Reno Harrell -- Ways to Travel -- Rank New Jazz Fiddle -- Asylum Street Spankers -- Hot Lunch -- Cold Spring I'll Have Another Cup of Coffee -- Claude Gray -- Truckin' On -- Starday Lonesome Valley -- The Carter Family -- Worried Man Blues -- Rounder After Holding Heaven -- The Eddie Adcock Band -- Talk to Your Heart -- CMH Slow Blues -- Cephas Wiggins -- Homemade -- Alligator Leaves Fall -- Chris Thile -- Stealing Second -- Sugar Hill Lucy and Andy Drive to Arkansas -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie Sugarfoot Rag -- Junior Brown -- Back to School Survival Guide -- Atlantic She's No Lady -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- Curb/MCA This Ol' Honky Tonk -- Rosie Flores -- Dance Hall Dreams -- Rounder Tainted Angel -- Chris Wall -- Tainted Angel -- Cold Spring I Miss a Lot of Trains -- Iris DeMent -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire The Great Unknown -- Sara Evans -- No Place That Far -- RCA The Way I Am -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Shame on You -- Spade Cooley His Orchestra -- Hillbilly Fever, Vol. 4 -- Rhino Ring of Fire -- Johnny Cash -- Super Hits of the 60s -- Epic Move It on Over -- Hank Williams -- The Complete Hank Williams -- Mercury Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin' -- Jean Shepard -- Honky-Tonk Heroine -- County Music Foundation Knoxville Girl -- BR5-49 -- Live from Roberts -- Arista Night Train to Memphis -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy -- Red Foley -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 3 -- Rhino Tweedle Dee -- Wanda Jackson -- Right or Wrong/There's a Party Goin' On -- TNT When Will I Be Loved -- The Everly Brothers -- Cadence Classics -- Rhino Whose Little Pigeon Are You -- Tom Tall the Creel Sisters -- That'll Flat Git It -- Bear Family I Was the One -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Instant Love -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Country Girl -- Faron Young -- All-Time Greatest Hits -- Curb Couples Only -- Wynn Stewart -- The Best of the Challenge Masters -- AVI Sixteen Tons -- Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA Miner's Refrain -- Gillian Welch -- Hell Among the Yearlings -- Almo Coal Minin' Man -- Ricky Skaggs -- Ancient Tones -- Skaggs Family Detroit City -- Bobby Bare -- The Essential Bobby Bare -- RCA These Arms -- Dwight Yoakum -- A Long Way Home -- Reprise City Lights -- Ray Price -- The Essential Ray Price -- Columbia Big in Vegas -- Buck Owens -- The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 -- Rhino So Long, So Wrong -- Alison Krauss Union Station -- So Long, So Wrong -- Rounder Carrie Brown -- Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared Box of Pine -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Rootie Tootie -- Paul Howard His Cotton Pickers -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Where Ya Been -- The Derailers -- Jackpot -- Watermelon Mr. Lonesome -- Heather Myles -- Highways and Honky Tonks -- Rounder Mind to Change -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink -- Merle Haggard -- Down Every Road -- Capitol My Elusive Dreams -- George Jones Tammy Wynette -- Super Hits -- Epic Tennessee Flat-Top Box -- Johnny Cash -- The Essential Johnny Cash -- Columbia Cas Walker Theme Song -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Walkin' After Midnight -- Patsy Cline -- The Patsy Cline Collection -- MCA And that wraps up another Tennessee Saturday Night. Questions, comments, fortune cookie slips, and movie ticket stubs may be directed to me at my e-mail address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or I may be contacted directly by regular mail service (this is especially
Playlist: Fringe-- featuring The Countrypolitans -- 2/27/99
Howdy, Storms or no storms, I was determined to have a good time on tonight's show. Having this great new disc from the Countrypolitans sure helped out. Y'all who have been discussing the various merits of the Bakersfield sound and the classic Nashville sound really ought to be giving this disc a listen. The lead singer, Elizabeth Ames credits Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens and Merle Haggard as influences and I hear a good bit of that in there. I'll add, though, that at times this album reminds me of some of Rosanne Cash's best stuff, too. Artists making a Fringe debut this week included: The Ditchdiggers, Dusty Rose, John Wesley Harding, Hazeldine, Jimmy LaFave, Peter Rowan, Smokin' Armadillos, and Ilene Weiss. On a separate note, I'm getting ready for the station's special fund-raising activities in April and May and would love to hear from any bands who are going to be in the area during that time for some in-studio performances. There will also be a weekend-long music festival outside the camper, so let me know if your travel plans include East Tennessee this spring. Contact information for discussing this, or submitting music, follows the playlist. At any rate, here's a taste of Fringe: Fringe -- Episode #24 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 27, 1999 Cuckoo Cocoon -- Hazeldine -- Orphans - All Swoll Music Heaven Bound -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Hot Burrito #2 -- The Flying Burrito Brothers -- Farther Along: The Best of the Flying Burrito Brothers -- AM Come Rollin' In -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Belle Air -- The Ditchdiggers -- Cow Patty Bingo -- Go Kat Go The Cryin's Over and Done -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Rockin' Maraccas -- Dusty Rose -- That'll Flat Git It -- Bear Family Basic Information -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan For All I Know -- James McMurtry -- It Had to Happen -- Sugar Hill My Girlfriend Might -- Smokin' Armadillos -- Smokin' Armadillos -- MCG/Curb That Train -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Long Gone Dream -- Greg Trooper -- Popular Demons -- Koch Ridin' with O'Hanlon -- R.B. Morris -- Take that Ride -- Oh Boy Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key -- Billy Bragg Wilco with Natalie Merchant -- Mermaid Avenue -- Elektra (Natalie Merchant, 3/3@Tennessee Theatre) Hey, What's Your Style -- The Cheeksters -- Hey, What's Your Style -- Caterina Sounds (3/5@Bird's Eye View) Shades of Gray -- Robert Earl Keen -- Picnic -- Arista/Austin (3/5@Bijou Theater) Comin' Down Hard -- Bob Egan -- Bob Egan (3/6@Tomato Head) I Took the Blame -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan King of the Road -- Roger Miller -- King of the Road -- Bear Family Drowning in the Danube -- Hogwaller Ramblers -- Hogwaller Ramblers -- Mea Culpa Tired of Drowning -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Music Maestro Please -- Tav Falco -- Shadow Dancing -- Upstart In the Name of Lust -- Ilene Weiss -- Gadfly Pie -- Gadfly Malted Milk Blues -- Lucinda Williams -- Ramblin' -- Smithsonian Folkways Lights of the Town -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan The Golden Glove -- John Wesley Harding -- Trad. Arr. Jones -- Zero Hours The Free Mexican Air Force -- Peter Rowan -- Peter Rowan -- Flying Fish Cold Missouri Waters -- Cry, Cry, Cry -- Cry, Cry, Cry -- Razor Tie Sway -- Tav Falco -- Shadow Dancer -- Upstart Steel Guitar Rag -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Behind the Night -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Honky Tonk Hell -- Webb Wilder the Nashvegans -- Town and Country -- Watermelon Mama Don't You Cry -- Hogwaller Ramblers -- Hogwaller Ramblers -- Mea Culpa I Don't Understand -- Bob Egan -- Bob Egan Will You Welcome Me Home -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Connemara Breakdown -- Steve Earle Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared (3/12@Tennessee Theater) World War Defense -- Danielle Howle -- Revival, Vol. 1 -- Yep Roc I Can't Behave -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Oklahoma Hills -- Jimmy LaFave -- Trail -- Bohemia Beat Run Away -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet 18 Wheels of Love -- Drive-By Truckers -- Gangstabilly -- Soul Dump Help Wanted -- Buddy Miller -- Poison Love -- Hightone Records They're Blind -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc Off With Your Head -- Six String Drag -- Revival, Vol. 1 -- Yep Roc Cradle of Love -- Kelly Willis -- What I Deserve -- Rykodisc And thus, ends a trip to the Fringe. Many thanks to the Countrypolitans for shipping a disc my way. There is a lesson to be learned here, boys and girls...he said, subtly. Please feel free to contact me, send swag, music, and obsolete road maps to: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 Remember... Listening to the Fringe means never having to say you're sorry. Take care, Shane
Re: Skinning the Cat (Was: Re: Lucinda)
Howdy,
Me: the "cat" in question when "skinning a cat" is a fish and not a
feline.
CK: Wha? Please for to explain your crazy moon language.
The phrase "There's more than one way to skin a cat" refers to the special
problems associated with cutting open a catfish. Catfish have sharp pointy
things (that's the scientific name for them, I apologize for not using the
laymen's terms here) on their back and sides. So, holding a catfish like a
normal fish when you're "skinning" it, is gonna get your hands injured.
Fortunately, catfish fishermen have figured out that there is more than one
way to skin a cat and I can enjoy a fine dinner of catfish.
"Catheads" (biscuits), however, do refer to felines. ("Biscuits as big as a
cat's head.")
I hope that explanation was helpful.
Oh, wait, was this fluff?
Take care,
Shane Rhyne
Knoxville, TN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NP: Hazeldine, Orphans
Pronunciation question
Howdy, I'm probably going to play this band on "Fringe" this weekend and would like very much not to mangle the pronunciation of their name. So, which is it? "Hazel-dean" or "Hazel-dyne" Thanks in advance for your kind assistance. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Hazeldine, Orphans
Production-- Ralph Emery's take on this thread
Howdy, I was listening to our local morning radio talk show host interview Ralph Emery a few minutes ago. Most of the interview was about Ralph and his new book, plus some history of Ralph's experiences in Nashville. I noted that the following portion of the interview was significant in some ways regarding the ongoing thread about "over/hyper production," and the emergence of different sounds in country (i.e., countrypolitan, outlaw, etc.). The host was remarking on last night's Grammys (which I missed, watching instead Lance Burton, Master Magician) and commented on the career paths of Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks. He asked Ralph what he thought of the "new direction" of country music. My best recollected paraphrase of the response... "Every interview I do, people ask me about that. Yesterday, last week, 5 years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago... Country music, like every other form of popular music, is always evolving. Like every other type of music there are a variety of factors involved. First of all, artists *and* producers [emphasis mine: SR] are creative people and don't necessarily like doing something the same way every time. They like to experiment with new sounds. Also, they try to produce sounds that the reflect what is popular with the audience at the time and they try to produce sounds that anticipate what will be popular. Sometimes they guess right, sometimes they don't. ...right now the Dixie Chicks and Shania Twain are on the cutting edge, but tomorrow there will be somebody new and we'll forget about them. Vince Gill, however, will be here forever." From there Ralph offered up a few opinions about new vs. traditional sounds (basically, that they always have and always will co-exist), and then launched into a story about Dolly's early career in Nashville. Anyway, I thought these comments were appropriate to forward on to the list in light of discussions about artists and producers. On a personal note, I don't hold to the theory that is sometimes advanced here that artists are "forced" to bend to the will of producers against any artists' better judgment. I don't know jack about how to record an album, but I've always operated under the assumption that it's a collaborative process and that just maybe in the case of experienced artists, the artist has a bit of an upper hand in influencing the production of the album. I really wish I could stay and play longer. I stay so busy at work that I don't have time to do much more than offer random drive-by type postings and an odd announcement or so. This "production" thread has been interesting to read. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Martina (was Re: Kelly Willis Review from Salon)
Howdy, You know, I've already taken some ribbing on P2 for it and it makes poor ol' Slim nearly gag to death when I say it, but count me as a fan of Martina McBride. I don't catch the "blandness" label that folks seem to put on her. Of course, I also happen to believe that "Independence Day" is one of the best songs of the decade (since folks seem to be in a mood to compile such data). And, I'd happily count "Cheap Whiskey," as one of my personal favorites as well. (For that matter, I think y'all might benefit from a listen to her debut album, The Time Has Come, which features "Cheap Whiskey" and other tunes that make for a pretty solid debut performance. The album also includes backing support from Carl Jackson and Kathy Chiavola, an overlooked voice in her own right.) I find that McBride is capable of using her talent to deliver a country-pop tune, a ballad, or what you guys sometimes refer to as a "real" country song. Regardless of what type of song she's performing, I generally have no trouble finding the country-influence in it, unlike (to pick on an easy target) some of Shania's most recent efforts (although, Twain does carry a definite country influence in earlier works. She will, I imagine, eventually jump with both feet onto the pop side of the fence, as Mr. Weisberger suggested earlier.) Here's the part that'll probably make Slim choke on his tongue... I have no qualms about placing McBride among some of the notable other female country singers who mixed a sometimes "pop-oriented" sound with country-rooted ballads and "down home" finger poppin' music. One that comes to mind pretty quickly in that group is Jeannie C. Riley, but others who fit that description pretty well include Tammy Wynette and Donna Fargo. At least, that's how my ears hear it. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skinning the Cat (Was: Re: Lucinda)
Howdy, Here's a little nit to pick. I hope not to seem too picky or anything, but it's a minor pet peeve of mine... Joe Gracey: I think it is a good sign that Lucinda got a grammy. It means there is still more than one way to skin that cat. Lance Davis: I agree, but to play devil's advocate, couldn't it also be asserted that she skinned an underfed, underappreciated, stray cat (contemporary folk), as opposed to, say, a fat, slow-footed, well-taken-care-of cat (mainstream country). I enjoying mixing metaphors as much as the next bartender, but, ahem, the "cat" in question when "skinning a cat" is a fish and not a feline. I know, I know. I need to not worry about such things. My family hates it when I bring up such minor quibbles, too. Not that skinning a feline wouldn't have advantages now and then. g Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: John Wesley Harding, Trad. Arr. Jones
Re: Production-- Ralph Emery's take on this thread
Howdy, Thanks for the input Matt!, Jon, Joe and Terry. Your responses to my post (particularly my personal testimony) bring me to some new questions. As I mentioned, I don't know jack about how to make a record. I'm just a listener. I suppose I always assumed that production was a more collaborative effort than what it sounds like. In language I can understand, I'll illustrate the point that I always carried the idea that it was something like the relationship between writers and editors. Most assuredly every writer does not like every editor he/she is ever assigned to work with, but I've never been in a position where I just handed my manuscript to an editor and said "Here, change it at will." There's a give and take there, much like what El Presidente Gracey described. Yes, young upstart writers don't always get the luxury of choosing their editor, but a good editor worthy of the job title doesn't take the writer out of the editing process-- indeed, the writer is the key ingredient in the editing process. Even a young writer without a single byline to his credit has the ability (if not the flat-out responsibility) to stand-up for himself and exercise some semblance of control over the editing process. The editor (and, in my perhaps naive assumption, the producer) is part-technician, part-advisor, part-midwife, and part-security blanket. Since each the editor and the writer has some stake in the success of the project, it is ideally suited that they work collaboratively, not independently. Now, I fully understand, this isn't always the case. Editors can be power-mad jerks sometimes. And writers can be sniveling primadonnas who won't remove an extra word (or parentheses g) because they don't want to. I guess I said all that to say this-- it doesn't make sense to me that folks can single-handedly blame Chet Atkins (or insert name of producer here) for any perceived faults in the production of Bobby Bare's (or insert name of artist here) records. Atkins may have acheived a good level of power, but I find it hard to believe he could force "Countrypolitan" down the throat of anyone who did not willingly want to collaborate to some degree. Hey, I'd like to eventually sell a novel, but I won't allow an editor to change my story about an East Tennessee string band into a slasher thriller because he thinks it will sell better. Writers and editors of like mind tend to find each other over time. I just kind of assumed it was the same with artists and producers (i.e, Bare and Atkins). Yes, again, I know that the balance of power in the strange world of music business is not *always* tipped in the favor of the artist, but I just can't swallow the notion that Chet Atkins was some sort of task master telling his galley-slave musicians to play "Countrypolitan" or walk the plank. I am enjoying re-reading this particular thread. I find the relationship between artist and producer to be increasingly fascinating to me. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: John Wesley Harding, Trad. Arr. Jones
East Tennessee Concert Calendar
Howdy, Here's a quick look ahead at some of the concerts, shows, and random live performances available to visitors in the area. Information is arranged, for your convenience, by city. No, this ain't comprehensive. Standard disclaimers apply, etc. Bristol, TN/VA The Narrow Way -- February 25 -- 7th Street Cafe The Bystanders -- February 26 -- 7th Street Cafe Kenny Chesney, The Wilkinsons -- February 27 -- Viking Hall Blue Highway, Ralph Stanley -- March 13 -- Paramount Theater John Prine, R.B. Morris -- March 25 -- Paramount Theater Etowah, TN J.D. Crowe The New South -- March 12 -- Cousin Jake Bluegrass Festival Jefferson City, TN Continental Divide, Crucial Smith, Lost Creek Band -- March 6 -- Jefferson Middle School Johnson City, TN James King Band -- February 25 -- Down Home Anndrena Belcher -- February 26 -- Down Home Lightnin' Charlie the Upsetters -- February 27 -- Down Home The Bystanders -- March 4 -- Down Home Malcolm Holcombe -- March 5 -- Down Home The Billygoats -- March 6 -- Down Home Robin Linda Williams -- March 13 -- Down Home Chesapeake -- March 19 -- Down Home ETSU Senior Band -- March 25 -- Down Home Knoxville, TN David Vai Friends -- February 25 -- Tomato Head Benefit for Sexual Assault Crisis Center (various artists including Karen Reynolds, Vanessa Draper, Caroline Aiken, Common Bond, Jodi Manross, Kat Johnson, Louise Mosrie) -- February 26 -- Bird's Eye View Dale Ann Bradley and Coon Creek -- February 26 -- Laurel Theater Hector Qirko -- February 26 -- Knoxville Museum of Art Dean Dollar -- February 26 -- Moose's Music Hall Gillian Welch David Rawlings -- February 26 -- Bijou Theater Afghan Whigs -- February 27 -- Bijou Theater Will Keys and the Mumbillies -- February 27 -- Laurel Theater Martha's Thirst, Greg Horne -- February 27 -- Bird's Eye View Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 28 -- Manhattan's Natalie Merchant -- March 3 -- Tennessee Theater Draper, Reynolds, and Rodgers -- March 4 -- Borders Books and Music David Kersh -- March 4 -- Cotton Eyed Joe The Cheeksters -- March 5 -- Bird's Eye View Robert Earl Keen -- March 5 -- Bijou Theater Bob Egan -- March 6 -- Tomato Head David LaMotte, Casey Jones -- March 6 -- Bird's Eye View Nashville Pussy -- March 7 -- Moose's Music Hall The Stringbeans -- March 11 -- Bird's Eye View Geno Delafose -- March 12 -- Laurel Theater Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band -- March 12 -- Tennessee Theater The Bystanders -- March 13 -- Tomato Head Celtic Music Festival -- March 13 -- Bird's Eye View Chuck Brodsky -- March 18 -- Bird's Eye View Halcyon -- March 19 -- Bird's Eye View Common Bond -- March 20 -- Bird's Eye View Vanilla Ice -- March 20 -- Moose's Music Hall BR5-49, Scott Miller -- March 27 -- Bijou Theater Fred Eaglesmith, Carol Aiken, Chris Rosser -- March 27 -- Bird's Eye View Gran Torino -- March 27 -- Moose's Music Hall Merle Haggard -- April 14 -- Tennessee Theatre Powell, TN Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- every Saturday -- David's Music Barn Sevierville, TN Mull Singing Convention -- February 27 -- Governor's Palace Hiltons, VA Roan Mountain Hilltoppers -- February 27 -- Carter Family Fold Goins Brothers -- March 6 -- Carter Family Fold Stoney Creek -- March 13 -- Carter Family Fold Spencer Branch -- March 20 -- Carter Family Fold Konnarock Critters -- March 27 -- Carter Family Fold Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Tonio K. -- Monster Movie
Dollywood Concerts Anyone?
Howdy, Here's the deal... As I've often unashamedly proclaimed, I am the proud owner of a Dollywood Gold Pass. In addition to earning the undying respect of my fellow P2-ers, the Gold Pass also grants me the ability to buy Dollywood Concert Tickets in advance at a nice discount. If anyone would like to attend any of these shows, let me know. Shows are scheduled on Sundays at 2 PM and 7 PM. Tickets for 2 PM shows must also include the purchase of an admission to the park. Ticket prices for advance orders from Gold Pass members are $13.15. Tickets to the Dolly Parton benefit concert are $35. All advance tickets must be purchased by March 5. Tickets go on sale to the general public March 22. At any rate, here's a listing of this year's concert schedule. Contact me, off-list, if any of these shows are of interest to you. I may be reached directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] April 17 -- Dolly Parton Benefit Concert (this year's theme is Southern Gospel Music, with special guests Suzanne Cox the Cox Family, The Kingdom Heirs, Honey Creek, and a special tribute to inductees to the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame). These shows star Dolly Parton and feature Dolly usually singing duets with the guest stars and some solo time for the guests as well. Advance tickets to the benefit shows are $35. April 18 -- Dolly Parton Benefit Concert (same as above) May 2 -- Trace Adkins May 9 -- Daryle Singletary May 16 -- Aaron Tippin May 23 -- Sawyer Brown May 30 -- Sammy Kershaw June 6 -- Lee Ann Womack June 13 -- Jo Dee Messina June 20 -- The Kinleys June 27 -- Ricky Skaggs July 4 -- Marty Stuart July 11 -- The Wilkinsons July 18 -- Mark Wills July 25 -- David Kersch August 1 -- Joe Diffie August 8 -- Tracy Byrd August 15 -- Junior Brown and Del McCoury August 22 -- Steve Wariner August 29 -- Neal McCoy September 5 -- Ricochet September 12 -- The Statler Brothers September 19 -- Pam Tillis September 26 -- Glen Campbell Remember, I have to order tickets by March 5 to get them at the advance price of $13.15 each ($35 for benefit shows). So let me know ASAP if anyone wants me to pick up advance tix for any of the above shows. After that date, I can purchase tickets for 30% off the public ticket price. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Playlist: Fringe 2/20/99 featuring HILLBILLY IDOL
Howdy, Welcome to the newly expanded version of the Fringe. Yep, that's right, the Fringe is now consists of three hours of music to make the regular WDVX listener sit up and say, "Hey! That ain't bluegrass." Well, some of it is. Some of it, most definitely, ain't. This week I got the chance to feature tracks from one of the great new independently produced discs that found its way into my mailbox this year-- Hillbilly Idol. These fellas for certain are making music with a nice traditional honky-tonk sound to it. If you haven't given their new disc, Town and Country, a listen, you ought to. As usual, contact information, upcoming features, etc., are detailed at the end of the playlist. Here's how the first three tour of the Fringe turned out. Fortunately, the S.S. Minnow came through unscathed on the other end of the journey. Artists making their "Fringe debut" include: The Cache Valley Drifters, Asylum Street Spankers, Valentine Smith, Kick at Heaven, Joe Henry, Rory Block, and The Ravyns. Fringe -- Episode #23 -- 9 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 20, 1999 White Room -- The Cache Valley Drifters -- White Room -- CMH Outlaw's Honeymoon -- Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared Country Pie -- Bob Dylan -- Nashville Skyline -- Columbia It All Depends on You -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Colonel John's B.B.Q. -- Asylum Street Spankers -- Hot Lunch -- Cold Spring Lovin' You -- The Lovin' Spoonful -- Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful -- Castle Communications After the Mardi Gras -- Al Anderson -- Pay Before You Pump -- Imprint Someone Before Me -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Tulsa County -- The Byrds -- Ballad of Easy Rider -- Columbia Tulsa Telephone Book -- Calexico -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Better Off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Shades of Grey -- Robert Earl Keen -- Picnic -- Arista/Austin Disappointing Mary -- Valentine Smith -- Back on Earth -- Another Round Recording Barroom Girls -- Gillian Welch -- Revival -- Almo My Maker and Me -- Bob Egan -- Bob Egan Time to Get A Gun -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies, and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Harlan Man -- Steve Earle the Del McCoury Band -- The Mountain -- E-Squared (all the above artists will be appearing in Knoxville in the next month) Straight to My Heart -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Run From Your Memory -- Chris Knight -- Chris Knight -- Decca Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Half Empty -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Truck Driving Woman -- The Cadillac Cowgirl with Her Back Door Men -- High on the Hog -- Sur California Blues -- John Fogerty -- The Blue Ridge Rangers -- Fantasy Fall on the Sword -- Kick at Heaven -- Live at Sun Mountain -- Found Dog When It Rains I Get Wet -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI This Old Porch -- Lyle Lovett -- Lyle Lovett -- Curb/MCA Somebody's Got to Stay -- Justin Petraitis -- Autumn Breeze -- Justin Petraitis That's Just About Right -- Jeff Black -- Birmingham Road -- Arista/Austin Big Wheel -- Jim Croce -- The 50th Anniversary Collection -- Saja Speed of the Sound of Loneliness -- John Prine -- German Afternoons -- Oh Boy By Now -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Behind This Veil -- Kevin Meisel -- Coal and Diamonds -- Thursday Cover It Up -- Billy Bremner -- A Good Week's Work -- Gadfly Trampoline -- Joe Henry -- CMJ: New Music April 1996 -- CMJ If It Were Only Easy -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI The Week of Living Dangerously -- Steve Earle -- Ain't Ever Satisfied -- Hip-O Born Fighter -- Nick Lowe -- Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe -- Columbia The Ways of the World -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Bull Rider's Last Ride -- Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band -- Bull Riders: Chasing the Dream Soundtrack -- Cold Spring Money -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology -- Rhino Statesboro Blues -- Rory Block -- Confessions of a Blues Singer -- Rounder All My Love Is Gone -- Lyle Lovett -- Joshua Judges Ruth -- Curb/MCA I Don't Need the World -- The Cheeksters -- Hey, What's Your Style -- Caterina Sounds Raised on the Radio -- The Ravyns -- Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack -- Full Moon/Elektra Those Shoes -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Across the Alley from the Alamo -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Robbie Fulks -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Tears'll Be Pouring -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan And that's it. Another week on the Fringe over and done with. Tune in next week and hear our featured artist-- Portland, Oregon's Countrypolitans. Here's another indie disc that has been living full-time in my CD carousel. I am looking forward to featuring this next week. Hey! You've read this far, so why not take a moment to ask yourself this question? Should your music be included on the Fringe? Do you have that certain Fringe-like
Charles Wolfe's health?
Howdy, I'm only just now getting to the P2 posts about Dr. Wolfe's ill health. Several folks on the staff here at ETHS studied under him at one time or another at MTSU and I'm a big fan of his research. We're curious how he's getting along. Feel free to contact me off-list with information. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Billy Bremner
1R1R in ET
Howdy, I am so dang far behind in reading posts I am wondering if I should even attempt to read the 634 unread posts filtered into my P2 mailbox. While I ponder that decision, let me share with you a tale of the legendary bluegrass boys from Ohio known as One Riot One Ranger and their debut in East Tennessee. This also includes a bonus O'Henry short story-type moment about Knoxville's musical past, but don't worry, I won't charge you extra for that. It was great to meet the rest of the band (I'd met Mark about five years ago at a hotel in Owensboro where we transacted some business...) and to chat about various trivia. I will admit that the Thursday night crowd at the Birds Eye View was disappointing. Okay, for a while there, it looked like *I* was the crowd. (Hey, I'm a big fella, but really, that's putting a lot of pressure on one person.) So, while waiting for the audience, the Ranger boys entertained me with jokes in the bar. How's that for personalized service? After a while, though, the guys jumped on stage and decided to play anyway. I suppose, if nothing else, the show would be a good warm-up for what I hope was a well-received appearance at NEA. Let me say, that at that point, I was immensely impressed...before they'd even played a note. If I were a musician and saw an audience of one geek-boy like me, I'd probably decide it wasn't even worth the effort. But low and behold, the music was great fun and yea and verily it drew an audience to the venue like moths to a flame. Before the first few songs were completed, we (the audience) almost out-numbered the band. A few songs later, we had the makings of a very small crowd. If nothing else, we were an enthusiastic bunch and I think (I hope) the Rangers began to enjoy the experience of playing in Knoxville. I will digress a bit here to say that I am proud to note that a few people had come to the show based purely on hearing 1R1R perform live on WDVX earlier in the afternoon. Word from station manager Tony is that the guys sounded fantastic broadcasting from Studio C. I, unfortunately, was in a meeting and unable to hear the performance. A couple of notes about the set list. I enjoyed the inclusion of the cowboy classic, Cool Water, but was really pleased to hear some of the new Ranger songs. (Coming to mind right away is the song about Little Rock -- that's a sure-fire country classic waiting to happen, if you ask me.) I can't say enough how much I admire the guys for putting up with what could easily have been a nightmare evening. Some quick reasons why I'd never want to be a professional musician (beyond my lack of talent): small or non-existent crowds, violently broken guitar strings, the sound guy who keeps knocking over drinks, sound systems that don't apparently work too well unless there's "20 or 30 people in the place to help dampen the noise," people who keep yelling for "Rocky Top," long drives to places like Knoxville, Tennessee. Some quick reasons why the Rangers make me want to live that kind of life... getting to play the music you love, playing to a small crowd that wants to be entertained and is genuinely happy to hear your stuff, long drives to exotic locales like Knoxville, Tennessee. When the 1R1R set was over, the audience more than made up for in enthusiasm what it lacked in size. I hope the Ranger boys know that the folks who did get to see the show, enjoyed the hell out of it. I hope they enjoyed it, too, and I sincerely hope that NEA was successful enough for them to make their first extended Tennessee tour at least a bit worthwhile. Of course, the problem for me now is that the Rangers are able to "out" me. It's true, I have no friends. I had no one to turn to help me build an audience. I resolve to make friends before the Rangers return to the mountains of East Tennessee and plant them in the audience (guaranteeing that they'll quit being my friends pretty quickly...g) All in all though, I wish more people got a chance to hear 1R1R in their Knoxville debut (I promoted it on my show, honest, but I told you I only have two listeners and mom doesn't like to drive at night.). I was reminded of another country music act that debuted in Knoxville at a bar called Ella Guru's. It was just a block down the street from the Bird's Eye View, where 1R1R played. At Ella Guru's that night, the fellow singing and playing stuff from his album was able to generate an audience of 6 people. (1R1R had that beat...) The singer said he didn't mind and he'd be happy to go on with the show. The six people who were there apparently got quite a treat, because like Woodstock, a whole lot more than six people claim to have been there. The bar owner, though disappointed with the turnout, was rumored to have loved the show quite a bit, too. Flash forward to the next time the guy showed up in town... at a sold-out Thompson-Boling Arena. After playing a few of his hit songs, he decided to play a favorite from his first album. He mentioned
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 2/13/99
Howdy, Oops. My car broke down and the show was only 44 minutes late getting on the air. But I work for free, so I don't think they'll cut my paycheck. A fun night with some Valentine's Day requests, and a small tribute to stock car racing. An important note for anyone who cares-- effective February 20, the show is moving to a new time slot. I'm backing up TSN one hour to start at 6 p.m.. The show will continue in its three-hour format, running until 9 p.m.. This allows the Fringe to expand from two to three hours on Saturday nights (more details on the Fringe play list posted separately). The regular contact information, etc., follows the play list. Here's the skinny... Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #21 -- 7:44 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 13, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Ruby -- Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolk -- From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics -- MCA 'Til I Kissed You -- The Everly Brothers -- Cadence Classics -- Rhino Instant Love -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultapolitan Battle of New Orleans -- Johnny Horton -- America Remembers Johnny Horton -- TeeVee I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes -- Jimmy Martin -- 1954-1974 -- Bear Family Box of Pine -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Meet Me in Heaven -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American I Love No One But You -- The Stanley Brothers -- 1949-1952 -- Bear Family Junior's Guitar -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie Two More Bottles of Wine -- Emmylou Harris -- Profile: The Best of Emmylou Harris -- Warner Brothers High Lonesome Sound -- Vince Gill with Alison Krauss and Union Station -- High Lonesome Sound -- MCA Tennessee Plates -- John Hiatt -- The Best of John Hiatt -- Capitol My Baby's Just Like Money -- Lefty Frizzell -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Take Me Back to Tulsa -- Bob Wills His Texas Playboys -- The Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2 -- Edsel Why Baby Why -- Webb Pierce with Red Sovine -- Honky Tonk Songs -- Country Stars My Baby's Gone -- The Backsliders -- Throwin' Rocks at the Moon -- Mammoth Any Old Time -- Alison Krauss and Union Station -- The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers -- Egyptian Sheik of Araby -- Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR Grizzly Bear -- The Youngbloods -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 5 -- Rhino St. Louis Blues -- Craig Smith -- Craig Smith -- Rounder Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia -- Willie Nelson -- The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers -- Egyptian Ain't Misbehavin' -- Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR This Old Porch -- Lyle Lovett -- Lyle Lovett --Curb/MCA You're Part of Me -- Roger Miller -- King of the Road -- Bear Family Mary -- The V-Roys -- All About Town -- E-Squared The Cold Hard Facts -- The Del McCoury Band -- Cold Hard Facts -- Rounder A Week in a Country Jail -- Tom T. Hall -- The Hits -- Mercury Ribbon of Darkness -- Connie Smith -- The Essential Connie Smith -- RCA Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- Flatt and Scruggs -- The Golden Hits -- Highland I Can't Stop Lovin' You -- Merle Haggard -- Down Every Road -- Capitol Doin' My Time -- Flatt and Scruggs -- The Golden Hits -- Highland Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room -- Dwight Yoakum -- Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room -- Reprise My Own Peculiar Way -- Willie Nelson -- Teatro -- Island The Wall -- Collin Raye -- NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open -- Columbia Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) -- Jim Croce -- The 50th Anniversary Collection -- Saja The Ballad of Thunder Road -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy Stupid Cupid -- Patsy Cline -- The Patsy Cline Collection -- MCA Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin' -- Jean Sheppard -- Honky-Tonk Heroine -- Country Music Foundation A Better Man -- Union Springs -- Ten Past Midnight -- Vetco She's No Lady -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb And that's an abbreviated Tennessee Saturday Night. Set your clocks back an hour, the Saturday nights in Tennessee start earlier beginning next week. TSN is moving and will air on WDVX each Saturday from 6-9 pm. Want to send music for air play consideration? Contact me at: Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 I'll also accept help with my electric bill, applications for internships to help me at the historical society, and used books by notable Southern writers. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Jeff Black, Birmingham Road
Playlist: Fringe 2/13/99 featuring LONE JUSTICE
Howdy, It is my pleasure to announce that, beginning next Saturday, the Fringe is expanding to a three-hour format. Now, listeners to can tune into my show for an hour, watch Austin City Limits for an hour, and still tune in to catch the last hour of the show, too. Truly something for everyone. This week's show featured Lone Justice, but suffered from an outbreak of blabbermouth disease, wherein I talked more about the band than I played music. I hate when I do that. At any rate, the show featured some good stuff. Artists making Fringe debuts included: Jim Croce, Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers and Marcia Ball. Knoxville held its annual attempt to mimic a Mardi Gras parade on Saturday. That put me in the mood for a mini-Mardi Gras set about midway into the show. At any rate, I'm pretty excited about the expansion of the show. Here's hoping that I can keep the show listenable for 180 commercial-free minutes. Contact information, etc., follows the playlist. Here's a review of another quick trip to the Fringe... Fringe -- Episode #22 -- 10 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 13, 1999 Good Year for the Roses -- Elvis Costello and the Attractions -- Almost Blue -- Rykodisc The Salt in My Tears -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca Operator -- Jim Croce -- The 50th Anniversary Collection -- Saja Ways to Be Wicked -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen No Place in History -- Al Anderson -- Pay Before You Pump -- Imprint Hang On -- Link Wray -- Rumble! The Best of Link Wray -- Rhino Love Hurts -- Gram Parsons the Fallen Angels -- Live 1973 -- Sierra Drugstore Cowboy -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Steppin' Out -- Cadillac Cowgirl with Her Back Door Men -- High on the Hog -- Sur It Ain't Easy Being Me -- Chris Knight -- Decca This World Is Not My Home -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen The Kiss -- Radney Foster -- See What You Want To See -- Arista/Austin Pontiac -- Fred Eaglesmith -- Lipstick, Lies, and Gasoline -- Razor Tie Chere Mignonne -- Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers -- Pick Up on This -- Rounder That's Enough of that Stuff -- Marcia Ball -- Louisiana Spice -- Rounder That Was Your Mother -- Paul Simon -- Graceland -- Warner Brothers Marie Laveau -- Bobby Bare -- The Essential Bobby Bare -- Columbia Brother John -- The Wild Tchopitoulas -- Treacherous: A History of the Neville Brothers -- Rhino Go Away Little Boy -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Maureen -- Nick Lowe -- Basher: The Best of Nick Lowe -- Columbia Little Lisa -- Wayne Hancock -- That's What Daddy Wants -- Ark21 When It Rains I Get Wet -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Dixie Storms -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen Pauline -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie When Will I Be Loved -- The Everly Brothers -- Cadence Classics -- Rhino Don't Toss Us Away -- Lone Justice -- This World Is Not My Home -- Geffen 18 Wheels of Love -- Drive-By Truckers -- Gangstabilly -- Soul Dump Blackjack David -- Dave Alvin -- Blackjack David -- Hightone Soap, Soup, and Salvation -- Lone Justice -- Lone Justice -- Geffen Better Off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI And that's the end of the two hour version of the Fringe. Next week, the Fringe expands to three hours with Hillbilly Idol as the featured artist. I'm enjoying the heck out of that disc (and some other new stuff that has arrived lately, including the Countrypolitans, Hogwaller Ramblers, and Nancy Apple aka The Cadillac Cowgirl). With three hours to fill, I may be able to fit in a whole bunch of additional new stuff. Provided, of course, anyone sends me any. Here's how you can do that very thing... Shane Rhyne 208 W. Glenwood Avenue, #2 Knoxville, TN 37917 Be sure to include two box tops from your favorite breakfast cereal... In the meantime...take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Jeff Black, Birmingham Road
Gay Country (Was: Re: K.D. Lang)
Howdy, Here's an interesting exercise... input the words "Gay" and "country music" in a web search engine. The results will take you on a fairly diverse trip. Almost none of it useful, but here's some stuff worth at least a reasonable P2 mention: Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards (GLAMA) www.glama.com Nominations are being accepted for the third annual awards show to be held in 1999. Past winners have included (listing the country/folk-associated artists): k.d. lang-- Medal of Achievement-- 1997 Ferron -- Out Music Award -- 1996 Indigo Girls -- Duo/Group of the Year -- 1998 Artists Doug Williams and the Outband -- http://www.escape.com/~bpsl/ Ferron -- http://ferronweb.com/ Well Oiled Sisters -- http://drum.gduncan.com/wos/hello.htm Other Sites Gay Lesbian Themes in Popular Music -- http://www2.kenyon.edu/people/scotts/projects/wmns21/country.htm Gay-MART (an online shopping site aimed at the homosexual market) offers a limited selection of gay-oriented country music at http://www.gaymart.com/shopmusc/1catgory/c0510109.html I filtered out most references to Garth Brooks (usually referring to "We Shall Be Free") and k.d. lang (for obvious reasons), as well as references to former CMA President Connie Gay. Also, I chose not to include references to Dolly Parton and Reba McIntyre impersonators. So there you go. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Hogwaller Ramblers
Clip: GLAMA seeks nominations for music awards
GLAMA CALL for NOMINATIONS 3rd Annual Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards Announce New Categories New York: Submissions for nomination consideration for the 3rd Annual Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards are now being accepted. The first only awards program to honor the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender recording artists will take place in New York in Spring 1999. All entries must have had their commercial release between 1/1/98 and 12/31/98 and feature a self-identified lesbian, gay male, bisexual or transgender performer. "There are many exciting additions and changes for this next round of awards including many new categories," said co-executive producer Tom McCormack. "When we began we weren't sure how wide of a net to cast genre-wise so we kept it fairly generic, but we were so impressed by the number of submissions last year, we decided to open things up a bit." Categories to be honored include Acoustic/Folk, Cabaret, Cast Recording, Choral, Classical, Comedy, Dance Music, Jazz, Out Recording, Pop, Pop Instrumental, Rock/Alternative, Contemporary Classical Composer, Original Out Song, Video of the Year, Album of the Year, Debut. In addition awards will be presented to Female Artist, Male Artist, and Band/Duo/Group. GLAMA's honorary awards - the Outmusic Award and the Michael Callen Medal of Achievement -- will be announced later this year. Past years' recipients include Boy George, k.d. lang, RuPaul, Ferron, Tom Robinson and Cris Williamson. "We've also changed the judging process a bit," said Michael Mitchell, co-Executive Producer. "In addition to having judges who are music industry personnel, music press, artists, or radio and retail personnel, for the first time, voting privileges for the final nominees will be extended to all those artists submitting for consideration as well as to GLAMA members." Meanwhile, plans are already underway for the 3rd Annual Gay/Lesbian American Music Awards in NYC in Spring 1999 - past shows have featured artists including Pansy Division, Fred Hersch, disappear fear, The Murmurs, Toshi Reagon, Anthony Rapp, Suzanne Westenhoefer and many more. To obtain an official submission form, please contact GLAMA at 212-592-4455 or by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Only artists, their record/production company or representative may submit a recording for nomination. Qualified members of the music industry and media who are interested in participating as judges may contact GLAMA for details. GLAMA is generously supported by The Village Voice, NYC Net, Chivas Regal, American Airlines and GLO-radio.
Re: What Country is Really All About
Howdy, Cool. I'm through with work for the day (there's still a great big pile of it on the desk, but I've seen all I care to see of it for the day), so here's my timely response to an article posted about a week ago... The Philclip(TM) says of country fashion: Compared to today's styles, the corn-pone, countrified heydays of Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Minnie Pearl seem like a century ago. If my memory isn't totally faulty, I once saw Loretta Lynn in a gingham Hee Haw type dress once while guest starring in a Hee Haw skit. I believe that Mr. Houk chose the wrong examples for illustrating his "corn-pone" evidence. As a matter of fact, I can't think of two worse examples than Wynette and Lynn who always seemed to be dressed in formal (or at least semi-formal) gowns whenever I saw them on stage. Actually, beyond comedy acts like Minnie Pearl, I'm having a hard time thinking up the names of women who regularly took the "corn pone" route in stage costuming. Almost every example I come up with usually involves a Hee Haw skit, medicine show, or alt-country band. But that really isn't the part of the article I wanted to quibble about. Mr. Houk's Dixie Chick article yanks my chain when he says: Why the change? Take a look at the country as a whole and see how it has morphed. The Deep South was much more isolated from the rest of the country in 1968 than it is in 1998. Back then, there was a much greater difference between Janis Joplin and Loretta Lynn than there is between Alanis Morissette and Shania Twain. Styles worn by Nashville stars tended to stay in Nashville. Today, with videos and full-time country cable channels, women from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Ore., can identify with music coming out of Tennessee. Umm, I'm sorry was he talking about 1968 or 1768? Thank God for the miracle of color television so the poor ol' South wouldn't be isolated any more. Gee-aww-ly, but that new-fangled electricity sure did introduce us to a whole new world. Oh, and thanks for showing us how to use can openers and teaching us that we didn't have to use flintlocks, too. We can credit the end of those particular examples of Southern isolation on the Food Network and the hunting shows on TNN. Mostly though, I am weary of the "Southern vacuum" theory. It is tiresome and more subversive to the Southern culture than anything the producers of Hee Haw ever dreamed up (Hey, Carl). I won't argue that there weren't pockets of true isolation, but by and large those pockets existed by choice (and in the case of this discussion, their existence in comparison to the whole is negligible). The vast majority of the South had access to the same tools available elsewhere (in this case, read: radio, automobiles, trains, movie theaters, newspapers, and other items which would make true isolation near impossible). Mr. Houk and his ilk usually confuse the difference between "rural" and "isolated" or fail to recognize that ethnic (or regional) cultures extend beyond the "isolated" neighborhoods in the five burroughs. Referring to the change from the author-defined "tacky" look of the 70s and 80s, the author says: To some, a change this radical is just that; an aggressive effort to stay current and relevant. Others see it as an abandonment of country music's roots and soul. And now, I wonder if this isn't one of those articles Jeff Wall has been writing in an apparent audition for The Onion. I cannot read further... Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Knoxville and the Shane Shack
Howdy, As is obvious by now, I am plowing through a back log of P2 posts and am now reaching this one from Jon Byrd. I will submit the name change proposal to the WDVX management and see if we can't officially change the name of the camper to the "Shane Shack." I somehow doubt the idea will catch on, though. Here's an "aw shucks" moment. Jon says: We don't have to tell y'all P2ers what a cool guy Mr. Rhyne is, but we did want to let everyone know what fun we had and just how proud we are to put East Tennessee's "littlest mobile broadcast booth" on our resume. What a great treat. Shane treated us like the royalty we ain't! I sure thank Jon for the kind words, and sincerely hope any of y'all traveling through on a Saturday night might consider stopping by, too. There's room in the camper for one and all. Well, mostly one. (See it for yourself at www.wdvx.com) I am also going to try to update the information in my listing of Knoxville-area venues and hope to have the next edition ready soon. Anybody who might be planning a tour through the region is welcome to request one. They're free and almost useful. Contact me off list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, This World Is Not My Home
Re: Clip: Will Drum for Five Bucks
Howdy, Sir Yates asked and has patiently waited for an answer: So, Shane -- do you know if these guys are actually gonna put out an album anytime soon? Five Bucks (formerly known as Shinola) were one of the two bands I knew nothing about that blew me away when I saw 'em at SXSW last March (the other was the Hot Club of Cowtown). Well, I wish I knew. Here in the hinterlands of Knoxville, Nashville news is slow to arrive. (Damn, isolation. g) I have a copy of a Shinola demo-type CD called "What Else Could It Be," and was assuming that it was simply a matter of changing the name of the band and releasing the thing. That doesn't seem likely right now. They did generate a buzz at SXSW and some other places and the Knoxville music columnists usually fill us in on what they're up to. Most of the news of late has been like the previously posted clip, though, which details work the members have been doing on everybody else's projects. Richie being a no-show in favor of a gig with Cousin Dolly seemed like a strange thing (I'm basing that more on what wasn't said in the article and the way the comment was phrased. Maybe I'm reading too much into that, I hope so.) Their supposed big break was going to come from their participation on Dolly's "Hungry Again," but that hasn't seemed to have moved things along very quickly at all. For what it's worth, by the way, I don't know if it's only my copy of "What Else Could It Be?" or is a universal problem, but the sound quality is crap. It's a shame, too, cause based on what I am hearing, I'd love to be able to play it on the air. I doubt that was the least bit helpful, but I hope it was in some way. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The East Tennessee Contigent Expands (Was: Re: The JudyBats (family tree))
Howdy, Okay, yes, this thread died a week ago, but I'm hopelessly behind in my P2 mail. (Heavy work load + heavy traffic on this list = no real possibility of ever catching up) At any rate, I just wanted to take a quick minute to say "Howdy" to Scott Carpenter who chimed in on 1/29 in the Judybats mini-thread. Scott apparently lurks here and I hope he'll have the opportunity to be more active among us-- Lord knows we need more East Tennessee voices on this here party line. Scott, by the way, is also a volunteer DJ at WDVX. He hosts two great Thursday night shows -- "Hillbilly Fever" featuring classic country from the Bristol Sessions to the early 1970s, and "Swing Set" featuring western swing, hillbilly boogie, etc. Scott also oversees the station's web pages at www.wdvx.com, so drop by and look around the virtual camper. Like me, Scott has a real paying job in downtown Knoxville, so I don't know how much time he has for participating, but hopefully he'll lend a voice from time to time and maybe post a playlist or two. So now, betwixt Rob Russell up in Johnson City, Scott and me in Knoxville, the East Tennessee contingent now numbers three. Pretty soon, we'll be able to take on the Nashvegans in hand to hand combat. Of course, we're probably nowhere near as tough as the Music City Goddesses, so we may just have to pick on the Ohio contingent instead. Word is they're pretty wimpy. g Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Caffeine in my system...
Re: WOW! (from Alex)
Howdy, Junyah, he say: Well, they've got Adam Ant and Siouxsie to answer for, don't they g. One nation's pop starts are another's objects of derision, I suppose... Hey! I'm the proud owner of more than a couple of Adam and the Ants LPs. (everybody sing along, "Prince Charming, Prince Charming...") and spent my share of 80s afternoons with Martha Quinn entertaining me with videos from Siouxsie, Duran Duran, et. al. I recall from my one and only trip to England that one of the BBC channels on the radio was dedicated to country music. I recall the announcer saying something like "This is BBC 4, y'all" or something like that. My friends and I giggled more than a bit to hear him struggle to say "y'all" in a gen-you-wine manner. As I recall, the station was pretty heavy at the time on the Kenny Rogers-Barbara Mandrell stuff, which fits with what was going on back in the homeland as well. I adjusted my radio accordingly in hopes of hearing some Adam Ant. (I bought an Adam Ant and a Duran Duran vinyl on that trip thankyewverymuch.) It still doesn't explain what makes Dolly or Don laughable to the English. Good heavens, is there no justice in this world at all? I don't know what any of this has to do with pop tarts. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: The Countrypolitans, Tired of Drowning
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 2/6/99
Howdy, I was muchly pleased with this week's rendition of a Tennessee Saturday Night and, quite immodestly, I'd say that the phone calls received during the show indicate that this week's play list was one of the more popular ones I've put together. Quick side note: I stumbled upon a great disc at the Disc Exchange on Saturday morning. "Hillbilly Boogie," from Columbia Legacy ca. 1994. Lots of great stuff on it from Johnny Bond, Al Dexter, Spade Cooley, Curley Wiliams and more. What a great find -- some great music that generated some real excited voices on the other end of the phone line. Another good find this weekend-- "Rumble! The Best of Link Wray" from Rhino. Anyway, the show was a fun one and here's how it sounded: (Contact information, etc., follows the playlist) Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #20 -- 7 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- February 6, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Jackson -- Johnny Cash -- The Essential Johnny Cash -- Columbia Goodbye Good Lookin' -- Robbie Fulks -- South Mouth -- Bloodshot My Dixie Darling -- The Carter Family -- From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics -- MCA How Mountain Girls Can Love -- Ricky Skaggs -- Ancient Tones -- Skaggs Family Brown Eyed Handsome Man -- Mollie O'Brien -- Big Red Sun -- Sugar Hill Cloudy Days -- Alison Krauss and Union Station -- Every Time You Say Goodbye -- Rounder Take It Away, Leon -- Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Always Left -- Lefty Frizzell -- Look What Thoughts Will Do -- Columbia Stay a Little Longer -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Neko Case and Bob Boyd -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Ring of Fire -- Dwight Yoakum -- Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. -- Reprise The Ballad of Thunder Road -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy There Goes My Love -- BR5-49 -- Big Backyard Beat Show -- Arista If You've Got the Money -- George Jones -- Cup of Loneliness -- Mercury Party Lights -- Junior Brown -- Guit with It -- Curb Saturday Night Boogie -- Al Dexter and His Troopers -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia We're Steppin' Out Tonight -- Bobby Hicks with Del McCoury -- Fiddle Patch -- Rounder Six Pack of Tears -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Farewell Angelina -- Tim O'Brien -- Red on Blonde -- Sugar Hill Amanda -- Waylon Jennings -- The Essential Waylon Jennings -- RCA Gun Shy -- The Cadillac Cowgirl with Her Back Door Men -- High on the Hog -- Sur Lights of the Town -- The Countrypolitans -- Tired of Drowning -- Ultrapolitan Better off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI She Held the Bottle -- Hogwaller Ramblers -- Hogwaller Ramblers -- Mea Culpa Workin' Man Blues -- Merle Haggard -- Collectors Series -- Capitol Ain't Necessarily So -- Lynn Morris -- Mama's Hand -- Rounder Heartaches for a Dime -- Wynn Stewart -- California Country: The Best of the Challenge Masters -- AVI New Broom Boogie -- Al Dexter and His Troopers -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Shake, Rattle Roll -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Oh, Lonesome Me -- Don Gibson -- RCA Nashville Classics: The 50s -- RCA If I Had a Boat -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb Mary -- The V-Roys -- All About Town -- E-Squared Bluebell -- Greg Trooper -- Popular Demons -- Koch I've Got a Tiger by the Tail -- Buck Owens -- The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 1 -- Rhino I Never Picked Cotton -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Night Train to Memphis -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Misery Loves Company -- Porter Wagoner -- The Essential Porter Wagoner -- RCA Framed -- Chris Knight -- Chris Knight -- Decca Kiss an Angel Good Morning -- Heather Myles -- Highways and Honky Tonks -- Rounder Coal Miner's Daughter -- Loretta Lynn -- From the Vaults: Decca Country Classics -- MCA The Cigarette Song -- Honky Tonk Confidential -- Honky Tonk Confidential -- Too Many Dogs Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! -- Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Pop a Top -- Jim Ed Brown -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Cigarettes and Coffee Blues -- Lefty Frizzell -- Look What Thoughts Will Do -- Columbia Across the Alley from the Alamo -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Robbie Fulks -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Smoky Mountain Boogie -- Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Vintage Collections -- Capitol I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size -- Merle Travis -- The Best of Merle Travis -- Rhino Big Ball's in Cowtown -- Don Walser -- The Horse Whisperer -- MCA There's A Party Goin' On -- Wanda Jackson -- Right or Wrong/There's A Party Goin' On -- TNT Dixie-Doodle -- Link Wray -- Rumble! The Best of Link Wray -- Rhino Pink Pedal Pushers -- Carl Perkins -- Restless: The Columbia Recordings -- Columbia (...and for the drunk fella who kept calling to say, "Play some Hank!"...) Your Cheatin' Heart -- Hank Williams -- 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest
Re: Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 2/6/99
Howdy, errr...ummm. That should be "Always *Late*," but then you knew that already, didn't you? Earlier in the day, I posted... Take It Away, Leon -- Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band -- Hillbilly Boogie -- Columbia Always Left -- Lefty Frizzell -- Look What Thoughts Will Do -- Columbia Stay a Little Longer -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Neko Case and Bob Boyd -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot Take care, Shane Rhyne (look at what thoughts will do, indeed...) Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Bare Jr., Boo-tay
Re: Tennessee...I hear you calling me
Howdy, I don't have a lot of time to play reindeer games right now... I'm on my way to WDVX to fill in at the last minute for another DJ, but I felt compelled to comment about the following... Ranger Wyatt warns East Tennesseans: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11 - Bird's Eye View Pub and Coffee House, Knoxville, TN (www.birdseyeviewpc.com) - 9 PM And I feel like it ought to be noted that I'm going to pull myself away from "Must See TV" to be a part of this historic event-- the first live One Riot One Ranger show in the Volunteer State. Heck, I may even have to add a new historic marker to the "Cradle of Country Music" walking tour. "On this spot on February 11, 1999, worldwide fears of the predicted Y2K disaster were realized 10 months ahead of schedule. It will be noted that the end came not with a bang or a whimper, but with a bluegrass band armed with an accordion and Jim Jesse lyric sheets." Of course, it'll also be nice to have the Ranger boys on the air with us at WDVX that afternoon. We're non-commercial radio, so it's not like ratings really ever mattered to us, anyway. Yours in Ranger love, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Johnny Hicks His Troubadors, Hamburger Hop FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12 - Station Inn, Nashville, TN (www.extravaganza.org) - 12 midnight I view the latter show, which places the Rangers in the epicenter of bluegrass in Music City, to be a sign that the Last Days are truly nigh. Deal with it. P.S. Did anyone else see Riders in the Sky on Penn and Teller this past week? A tape of that will someday be the Video Daily Double answer to the question "What is surrealism?" ___ Mark Wyatt * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * One Riot One Ranger * Columbus, OH http://members.aol.com/oneriot/oneriot.html ** "That ain't no part of bluegrass... that ain't no part of nothin'" (Bill Monroe) **
Clip: Will Drum for Five Bucks
Howdy, Knoxville News-Sentinel 2-5-99 Town Hound column (The local music scene) Shannon Stanfield Knox native Brian Waldschlager says his Nashville band Five Bucks has been performing in recent weeks with a different drummer every show although last week the band auditioned Knox rocker Kevin Trotter for the job. Both Waldschlager and FB bassist Mark Brooks shared the stage with Trotter in one of Knoxville's most popular early '90s bands, Boogie Disease. Waldschlager said that during his last Nashville performance, Five Bucks guitarist Richie Owens pulled a no-show, opting to perform instead at a gig backing his cousin, Dolly Parton. Taking Owens' place on stage was none other than Walter "Magnet and Steel" Egan. Waldschlager says that in recent weeks he has been working hard in the studio singing both backing and lead tracks for Egan's latest record. # # # Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Nancy Apple, The Cadillac Cowgirl with her Backdoor Men
Clip: Bare Jr.-- Just another Vol at the Sidewalk's End
Howdy,
Knoxville News-Sentinel
2-5-99
Bare Jr. rocks with a "perverse twist"
Wayne Bledsoe, KNS Entertainment Writer
When Bobby Bare Jr. began writing songs, he didn't immediately go to his
songwriter father for critique.
Instead, Bare Jr. sought out family friend, songwriter, author, cartoonist
Shel Silverstein.
"Shel critiqued everything I did for two years," says Bare, who will bring
his group Bare Jr. to the Tennessee Theater on Monday to open for the Brian
Setzer Orchestra.
Silverstein, known for his books "The Giving Tree," "Where the Sidewalk
Ends," and others, also wrote many country classic songs, including the
Loretta Lynn hit "One's on the Way" and Dr. Hook's "Cover of the Rolling
Stone."
"His idea is to take something already over the top, push it way over the
top and then put a perverse twist on it."
Bare Jr. took the advice to heart. One of the standout tracks on "Boo-tay,"
the debut album by Bare's group, Bare Jr., depicts a high school femme
fatale who asks -- "Do you care enough about me to beat the hell out of the
one who really loves me the most?"
While that contains the perverse sense of many of Bare Sr.'s lyrics ("Drop
Kick Me Jesus" remains a Bobby Bare favorite), Bare Jr.'s style is ragged
rock 'n' roll rather than country -- albeit rock with a lap dulcimer adding
its odd twist.
The hottest rock act to come out of Music City since Jason the Scorchers,
Bare Jr. was signed by Immortal Records, the same label that signed the hard
rock outfit Korn.
While Bare cites Silverstein as his main sounding board, he says his father
*is* a big influence on art. However, Bare Sr. did try to influence his son
to not choose music as a career.
"People in music don't lead normal lives," says Bare. "There's not anybody
who's done it that will say it's a breeze. It's not good for relationships.
My parents are the only people I know who've managed to stick together--
except for Waylon [Jennings] and Jessi [Colter]."
Yet, Bare says that his father was supportive when he realized he was
committed to chasing his musical aspirations. The elder Bare even sings
guest background vocals on one song on "Boo-tay."
While Bare grew up in Nashville, he's very familiar with Knoxville. He
graduated from the University of Tennessee, majoring in psychology in 1989.
"And, I went to a *lot* of keg parties."
# # #
Take care,
Shane Rhyne
Knoxville, TN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NP: Countrypolitans, Tired of Drowning
Clip: Jim Ed Brown's Theater
Howdy, Knoxville News-Sentinel 2-5-99 James Rogers returning to Dollywood With Music Mansion in Pigeon Forge closed and up for sale, its headliner, James Rogers, announced he'll be returning to Dollywood this spring. Rogers' new production can be seen in D.P. Celebrity Theater beginning April 24-25, says Dollywood publicist Ellen Liston. His shows will hit the stage every day but Sundays, when the theme park's celebrity concert series will run. "I'm excited over the new challenges of coming back to Dollywood," Rogers said. "I'm grateful and thankful to all the fans that came out and supported Music Mansion for the years I was there. I look forward to seeing them at Dollywood." Rogers was the headliner at the Dollywood-owned Music Mansion for all five seasons it was open. In December, Dollywood Company officials said Music Mansion was being sold to Pigeon Forge businessman "Z" Buda [and country music singer Jim Ed Brown]. A few weeks later, the company announced the deal with Buda fell through. The 1,800-seat music theater will remain empty until it is sold, Dollywood officials said this week. Music Mansion, the first theater to open in Pigeon Forge's Music Road development, was built to help spur the growth of Pigeon Forge's music theater industry. It was touted as "the No. 1 most attended show in the Smokies." # # # Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: The Drive-By Truckers, Gangstabilly
Playlist: The Fringe 01/30/99 featuring GRETA LEE
Howdy, The happy little trailer of WDVX has been blessed to host some of the best danged live music in East Tennessee for the past few weeks. Recent guests in Studio C (C stands for "couch," I'm sure) have included Heather Myles, Chris Knight, Phil Ledbetter and Richard Bennett, and the Freighthoppers. Not to be outdone, the Fringe had the hopefully not-too-rare opportunity to host two consecutive weeks of live music. Jan. 23 found the show hosting a boisterous band of Bystanders from Johnson City (The alliteration would've worked out better if they'd been from Bristol...) and this week's episode was (while less boisterous) certainly a high point in WDVX's live music moments. Ladies and gentleman... Greta Lee. Before I dive right into the play list, let me tell you a few things about Greta Lee and Jon Byrd. First of all, I was pleased as punch to receive the new disc, "This Ain't Over Yet," back in December, and have been happily slipping it into the playlist whenever possible. I casually mentioned in an earlier playlist back at the beginning of January that I was going to feature that album on 1/30. Gayle Thrower at Radiogram contacted me almost immediately to say Greta would be happy to come up and perform live on the show. Keep in mind that, at the time, Greta didn't have a show booked for the area. Greta was willing to make the trip up from Atlanta just to play in our little trailer for free. You gotta love that. Happily, Greta and Jon did get booked a while later at the Bird's Eye View in Knoxville on the same night so, hopefully, the trip was worthwhile for them. Of course the show in Knoxville didn't end until 10:30 or so and, on a rainy night in the mountains, Jon called to apologize for running late and said they would be heading right over to the studio. Hey, they could have just as easily blown the show off and stayed warm and happy at the Bird's Eye where they were getting paid. Bonus points awarded to Greta and Jon. The live performance on WDVX itself was a great showcase for Greta's songwriting and voice and gave me yet another chance to introduce the area (via the airwaves) to some of the best new music being created in our little alt.country world. Station response has been good and I've had a few folks ask me when Greta and Jon will be returning to the area. Note to other DJs-- nice folks, great music, real professionals, and a lot of fun-- get 'em on your show, too. I've babbled enough. Here's the playlist. I filled the first half of the show with cuts from Greta's disc while waiting for Greta and Jon to arrive. Live performances are marked with an asterisk and, yes, there are a couple of songs that were played live and on disc within the show. Sue me. Contact information and the usual stuff follows. Fringe -- Episode #20 -- 10 PM to Midnight WDVX- FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 30, 1999 Cas Walker Theme -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Great Balls of Fire -- New Grass Revival -- New Grass Revival -- Hollywood Looking for the Killerman -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie Breathless -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology -- Rhino I Hate the Cold -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet I Don't Understand -- Bob Egan -- Bob Egan That Thang -- Al Anderson -- Pay Before You Pump -- Imprint I'm Convicted -- Bad Livers -- Industry and Thrift -- Sugar Hill Not in a Million Years -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Family Reserve -- Lyle Lovett -- Joshua Judges Ruth -- MCA/Curb Tulsa Telephone Book -- Calexico -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Somebody New -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet They Say There's A Time -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy You Were So Right -- Radney Foster -- See What You Want to See -- Arista/Austin Hanging Blue Side -- Son Volt -- Wide Swing Tremolo -- Warner Brothers (2/2@Bijou) My Name Joe -- David Massengill -- Legacy -- High Street Records (2/4@Down Home) Take Me to the River -- Bill Mize -- Coastin' -- Moon Pie in the Sky (2/5@Down Home) It Must Be Heaven -- One Riot One Ranger -- Side Tracks -- Hayden's Ferry (2/11@Bird's Eye View) *He Ain't Comin' Here -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet * Silly Me -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet (one of my requests...) *As Good As It Gets -- Greta Lee -- unreleased (in which I nearly choked to death trying not to cough while she sang...) Money Honey -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Wave a White Flag -- Elvis Costello -- My Aim is True -- Rykodisc I Always Follow -- Buck Diaz -- Buck Diaz *Not in a Million Years -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet *The Way I Am -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet *Run Away -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet (another request by moi...) Box of Pine -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday And there you go, another night on the Fringe ends with no permanent damage done. Thanks again to Greta and Jon for making the trip up from Atlanta. I truly enjoyed the opportunity to meet
Fw: CFP: AS/Ethnomusicology (East Lansing, 17 April 1999)
Howdy, I've not had time to do much in these last few days but forward information like this to the list. I hope it's at least helpful to the some of the list members. Maybe I'll submit a real post a little later. That being said... -Original Message- From: Catherine Lavender [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 11:21 PM Subject: CFP: AS/Ethnomusicology (East Lansing, 17 April 1999) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:55:54 -0500 From: Anthony Shiu [EMAIL PROTECTED] UPDATE: Deadline for abstracts extended to February 16, 1999. Call for Papers Disruptive Disciplines: A Joint Conference of American Studies and Ethnomusicology Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan April 17, 1999 Keynote Speaker: Eric Lott, University of Virginia Author of Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class The American Studies Graduate Student Association at Michigan State University and the Midwest Association of Ethnomusicology invite graduate students and independent scholars across all disciplines to present their work in a forum that reflects the breadth and variety of interdisciplinary work. American Studies and Ethnomusicology are two of many academic sites that encourage critical scholarship across disciplines. Graduate student work is uniquely positioned to explore both the promise and limitations of this recent scholarship. This conference is conceived as an opportunity to consider the wide range of approaches and methods that challenge disciplinary distinctions in both form and function. Therefore, we invite a mix of presentations--from conventional research papers to performances--that reflect the dynamic work done in our fields. All approaches from graduate students in (but not limited to) the following areas are welcome: American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, English, Ethnomusicology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Queer Theory, Race/Ethnicity studies, Rhetoric/Composition, Sociology, Visual Arts, and Women's Studies. Respondents are asked to submit one page abstracts by February 7, 1999, for papers of fifteen minutes. Panel proposals are encouraged. The following are just a few examples of the range of approaches and topics we invite: --Media: television, radio, music, and popular culture --Education: classroom practices, theory and policy --Performance as scholarship/Music, Dance, and Drama in the academic conference --The centrality of theory/the poverty of theory --Modernism and its promises --Internet/technology studies --Culture and the "hard" sciences --Race, gender, class, and sexuality --Rhetoric, composition, and English studies --Disciplinary boundaries and horizons --Film, history, and literature --Ethnography and the "New" Anthropology --Communication Studies and Issues of Representation --Narratives of Conquest, Postcolonialism, and Imperialism The conference will be held in East Lansing, Michigan, at Michigan State University. Submissions are due February 7, 1999. The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual Russel B. Nye Lecture, given by Eric Lott, and a jazz concert featuring faculty from the School of Music will be held afterwards. To provide for ease of travel planning, applicants will be notified of their acceptance as soon as possible. Early abstracts would be greatly appreciated. Submission of abstracts and panel proposals via e-mail is encouraged. Our web site address is: http://www.msu.edu/~shiuanth/conf.html Send abstracts/panel proposals to: ASGSA Conference Program in American Studies 319 Linton Hall Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 48824-1044 Or e-mail to: Anthony Shiu: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inquiries should be directed to: April Herndon: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anthony Michel: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 01/30/99
Howdy, Well, I'm so late getting this posted it's almost time for the next show... Nonetheless, in the spirit of sharing such information, here's what I played last week on a Tennessee Saturday Night. The show itself, because of my mood didn't have quite the traditional feel that it usually has. (It could be that I was quite literally randomly pulling discs from the shelves at times.) I intend for things to get back on track this weekend. In the meantime amuse yourself by following along in this week's playlist. This week's challenge: find the DJs restroom break... (Contact information, etc., follows the playlist) Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #19 -- 7 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 30, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley with the Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino So Far So Good -- Fox Family -- When It Comes to Blues -- Sierra Applejack -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye Truck Driving Man -- Jimmy Martin -- Truckin' On -- Starday The Call of the Honky Tonk -- Carl Jackson John Starling -- Spring Training -- Sugar Hill Crying, Waiting, Hoping -- Marty Stuart Steve Earle -- Not Fade Away -- Decca Pauline -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie All for the Love of a Girl -- Johnny Horton -- America Remembers Johnny Horton -- TeeVee Give Back My Heart -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb D-18 Song -- Norman Blake and Tony Rice -- Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 -- Sugar Hill I Was the One -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Mean Eyed Cat -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Duncan and Brady -- Johnson Mountain Boys -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Past the Point of Rescue -- Gary Ferguson -- I'm Really Leaving -- Webco The Ballad of Thunder Road -- R.B. Morris -- Take That Ride -- Oh Boy Six Days on the Road -- Steve Earle -- Ain't Ever Satisfied -- Hip-O Our Town -- Iris DeMent -- The Folkscene Collection -- Red House He Don't Care About Me -- Kelly Willis -- Uprooted -- Shanachie Drunkard's Blues -- Pine Valley Cosmonauts w/Kelly Hogan -- Salutes the Majesty of Bob Wills -- Bloodshot I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine -- The Brother Boys -- Presley's Grocery -- Sugar Hill The Way I Am -- Greta Lee -- This Ain't Over Yet Sixty Acres -- James McMurtry -- It Had to Happen -- Sugar Hill Train on the Island -- Stephen Wade -- Dancing in the Parlor -- County Dixie Hoedown -- Richard Bennett -- A Long Lonesome Time -- Rebel (1/30@Down Home) Boll Weevil/Tuttle's Reel -- Mike Cross -- High Powered, Low Flying -- Sugar Hill Your Cheatin' Heart -- Hank Williams -- 24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits -- Mercury Knoxville Girl -- Jimmy Martin -- Me 'n Ole Pete -- Hollywood Big Hoedown -- Tom, Brad Alice -- Been There Still -- Copper Creek Who'll Stop the Rain -- One Riot One Ranger -- Side Tracks -- Hayden's Ferry (2/11@Bird's Eye View) Pigeon Roost -- Bluegrass Reunion -- Bluegrass Reunion -- Acoustic Disc Working on a Building -- Johnson Mountain Boys -- Bluegrass Spirit -- Easydisc Sick, Sober Sorry -- Johnny Bond -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino The Wild Side of Life -- Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Baby, I'm Ready -- The Tunesmiths -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Car Hoppin' Mama -- Hawkshaw Hawkins -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Let's Don't and Say We Did -- Vern Gosdin -- The Voice -- BTM Southern Rain -- Cowboy Junkies -- Essential Junk -- RCA Can't Get There from Here -- Jerry Douglas and Peter Rowan -- Yonder -- Sugar Hill Aragon Mill -- Dry Branch Fire Squad -- Live! at Last -- Rounder Smoky Mountain Memories -- Dolly Parton -- Heartsongs -- Blue Eye When There's No One Around -- Tim O'Brien -- When There's No One Around -- Sugar Hill I'll Take the Blame -- The Stanley Brothers -- The Early Starday/King Years -- Highland Teach Me About Love -- Lyle Lovett -- Step Inside This House -- Curb/MCA Jug Band Music -- Lucinda Williams -- Ramblin' -- Smithsonian Folkways Foggy Mountain Breakdown -- J.D. Crowe the New South -- Live in Japan -- Rounder Mary Danced with Soldiers -- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- Will the Circle Be Unbroken II -- Universal Let the Mystery Be -- Iris DeMent -- Infamous Angel -- Warner Brothers Rise and Shine -- Kristi Rose the Handsome Strangers -- Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley -- Bloodshot Sheik of Araby -- Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR I Am a Town -- Mary Chapin Carpenter -- Live at the Iron Horse -- Signature Sounds Welfare Music -- Bottle Rockets -- The Brooklyn Side -- TAG Sad, Sad Music -- Dwight Yoakum -- If There Was a Way -- Warner Brothers Country Gentleman -- Chet Atkins -- Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Vol. 2 -- RCA Highway 52 -- Dave Evans Riverbend -- The Vetco Sessions -- Vetco And that's the end of a Tennessee Saturday Night for another week. Submissions for airplay consideration, comments, valentines, naughty polaroids, and help with
Fw: CFP: Popular Music IASPM-US Natl. Mtg. (Murfreesboro, 30 Sep-2 Oct 1999)
Howdy, Of possible interest... -Original Message- From: Catherine Lavender [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 11:17 PM Subject: CFP: Popular Music IASPM-US Natl. Mtg. (Murfreesboro, 30 Sep-2 Oct 1999) CONFERENCE ANN0UNCEMENT/CALL FOR PAPERS IAPSM-US (International Association for the Study of Popular Music, United States Branch) 1999 National Meeting. WHEN: Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1999 WHERE: Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Murfreesboro, TN DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH: POPULAR MUSIC The 1999 IASPM/U.S. conference welcomes papers on the cultural roles of music and musicians; the means by which music gets to its audiences; and the ways in which music is interpreted and used by listeners in a variety of contexts. Within this broad frame, the conference will focus especially on consumption practices. In the study of popular music, attention is sometimes focused on producers at the expense of consumers: we still understand and investigate very little who it is who listens to popular music, how they hear it, and how that music affects their lives. Thus we encourage papers on this topic. In addition, we welcome disciplinary and interdisciplinary examinations of (among other topics): * various histories and traditions in popular music * institutions, politics, and popular music * race and popular music * the dominant discourses of popular music/popular music studies * gender studies and its relation to popular music studies * technology and new media * authorship issues in popular music * performance theory and performance styles * new ways of understanding both "popular" and "music" GRAD STUDENT AWARDS: IASPM-US will offer three awards of $200 each to the three best papers presented by graduate students. ABOUT THE LOCATION: Murfreesboro is located approximately 35 miles from Nashville. We will plan several panels, speakers, and recreational activites around music-making activities in the Nashville area. Deadline for proposals: May 15, 1999 Please send all proposals to (submissions by e-mail are strongly encouraged): Professor Thomas Swiss Chair, Program Committee e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1514 Buresh Ave Iowa City IA 52245 For more info, contact: Professor Paul Fischer Dept. of Recording Industry Box 21 Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: (615) 898-5470 FAX (615) 898 5682 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] conference info is also available at: www.mtsu.edu/~pfischer
Fw: Nevers Tour Stuff
Howdy, Since we were talking about the Nevers, Judybats, et. al., the other day... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 06:05 PM Subject: Nevers Tour Stuff Hey Everybody: We have some more live dates to announce. FRI, FEB. 5 - Nashville TN - Exit/In SAT, FEB. 6 - Knoxville TN - Moose Lodge (formerly BH, the Library) FRI, FEB. 12 - Nashville TN - NEA Extravaganza - 12th and Porter That's right, we're finally returning to Knoxville - where it all started. It's important that we get up there every now and then to make sure nobody's knocked over the Sunsphere. Come on out if you can! There are a few new things up at www.nevers.net - so surf on over. There are a couple of .wav sound files up there too. (sorry Mac users, no disrespect intended) See ya! Paul Co. The Nevers
Clip: Launching the P2 Commune Radio Station
Howdy, From this morning's FCC web site (www.fcc.gov) comes the following news of interest... The FCC today proposed to license new 1000 watt and 100 watt low power FM (LPFM) radio stations, and sought comment on also establishing a third "microradio" class at power levels from 1-10 watts. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted today, the Commission said its goals are to provide new opportunities for community-oriented radio broadcasting, foster opportunities for new radio broadcast ownership and promote additional diversity in radio voices and program services, while protecting the integrity of the spectrum. It said that new LPFM stations could provide a low-cost means of serving urban communities and neighborhoods, as well as populations living in smaller towns and communities. It said it had received over 13,000 inquires in the last year from individuals and groups showing an interest in starting a low power radio station. The Commission said it was proposing a number of interference protection criteria that would help to insure that any new low power FM radio service would protect existing radio services and preserve the technical integrity of radio service today which has been fostered and maintained by existing FCC rules. It proposed minimum distance separations between LPFM stations as the best practical means of preventing interference between low power radio and full power FM stations. It said it would require co-channel (or same channel) and lst adjacent channel protections, but felt that 3rd adjacent channel and possibly 2nd adjacent channel protection would not be necessary in view of the low power levels and other factors. It specifically asked for comments on any potential adverse effects from LPFM stations on future digital radio developments, particularly In Band on Channel systems. The Commission said the proposed new services could meet a variety of local needs and capabilities from broad community coverage to smaller neighborhood areas. It proposed one service with primary frequency usage status to operate at a maximum effective radiated power and antenna height of 1000 watts and 60 meters which would produce a service area with a radius of about 8.8 miles. It proposed another service with secondary use status to operate at maximums of 100 watts and 30 meters with a service radius out to 3.5 miles. It also asked for comments on a 1-10 watt microradio class of stations with an antenna height of 30 meters with a service radius of one to two miles. The Commission proposed to require the LP 1000 watt class of stations to follow most or all of the rules applicable to full-power broadcasters. It asked for comments on its inclination not to apply most radio station service rules to new LP100 and 1-10 watt microradio stations in view of the smaller size of the operations and secondary status of these services. It stated that it was proposing to not permit any LPFM station to operate as a translator station retransmitting the programming of a full-power station. The Commission asked for comment on whether LPFM stations would need to generate revenue from advertising or underwriting, and whether the population in these service areas could sustain an advertising base. Alternatively, it asked for comment on whether these LPFM stations should be strictly noncommercial and whether educational institutions are the best potential LPFM licensees. Because of the increased opportunity for new entry and diversity from LPFM stations, the Commission proposed to apply strict ownership restrictions by not permitting existing broadcasters to own or have any joint sales or marketing agreements with an LPFM station and by prohibiting anyone from owning more than one LPFM station in the same community. It asked for comment on whether a limit of five or ten stations nationally would provide a reasonable opportunity to attain efficiencies of operation while preserving the availability of these stations to a wide range of new applicants. The Commission proposed an electronic filing system, with short windows of only a few days each for the filing of applications, but asked for comment on whether longer windows or a first-come, first served procedure would be preferable. It said that mutually exclusive applications would have to be resolved by auctions. However, it asked for comments on the best means to fulfill the statutory obligation to explore other means to avoid mutual exclusivity prior to ordering competitive bidding for the LPFM station authorizations. Action by the Commission January 28, 1999, by Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 99-6). Chairman Kennard, Commissioners Ness, Powell and Tristani, with Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth dissenting; Chairman Kennard and Commissioner Tristani issuing a joint statement, and Commissioners Ness, Furchtgott-Roth and Powell issuing separate statements. This could be interesting... I'm too busy wrapped up in work to comment much right now,
Clip: Don't Fence Jay In
Howdy, Many genres power Son Volt January 29, 1999 By Wayne Bledsoe, News-Sentinel entertainment writer Knoxville News-Sentinel Who: Son Volt, Alvin Youngblood Hart When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2 Where: Bijou Theatre Tickets: $15.50, available at Tickets Unlimited outlets. Call 656-. When Uncle Tupelo broke up in 1993, fans of roots rock and what had just been dubbed "alternative country" mourned. The group's first album, "No Depression," had given a name to a movement and a magazine dedicated to it. Although Tupelo songwriters Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy went separate ways, each took former Tupelo members with them and formed strong bands. Tweedy and Tupelo's then drummer and bassist formed Wilco, which teamed up with Billy Bragg in 1998 on the album "Mermaid Avenue." Farrar formed Son Volt, which included original Tupelo drummer Mike Heidorn and brothers Dave and Jim Boquist. The group, which recently released its third album, "Swing Wide Tremolo," appears Tuesday at the Bijou. "I think it gave both songwriters a lot more room to move," says Farrar of the split although he does admit that many fans were upset with Tupelo's demise. Yet Farrar doesn't believe Uncle Tupelo started a trend. "I think that's misleading," says Farrar from his St. Louis home. "We happened to be there at a certain time period, but there was certainly a lot of bands that came before us." Farrar says he didn't really pay attention to country music until he was out of his teens. "I really didn't seek out country or hear it from my parents," says Farrar. "I had an older brother who was into bluegrass, but, for me growing up, I was listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones." Farrar was in garage bands that covered the Clash and other popular '70s acts. "It was three-chord songs, pretty simplistic," says Farrar. Later, Farrar discovered Hank Williams Sr. and the Flying Burrito Brothers. It was not the country he was used to. "It always takes awhile to find out what real country music is -- or was," says Farrar. "Your first exposure to it is Top 40 country, and it's hard to reconcile that with the real thing." Still, Farrar never planned on becoming a classic country revivalist or becoming pigeonholed in the genre that Tupelo helped create. In fact, breaking up Tupelo liberated all concerned. While both Son Volt and Wilco are favorites on Adult Album Alternative and Americana radio stations, both bands strain mightily at the boundaries of any specific genre. Son Volt, in particular, mines turf first turned by the Band. The terms rock, country and folk both do and don't apply. "I'd like to have music without trying to categorize it at all," says Farrar. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Clip: Did Someone Mention the Kinks?
Howdy, Davies' life goes beyond 15 seconds of distortion fame January 29, 1999 By Wayne Bledsoe, News-Sentinel music writer Knoxville News-Sentinel In 1964, a 16-year-old guitarist played a 15-second solo that forever changed modern music. Dave Davies went into a London recording studio to record the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" with an intentionally damaged guitar amp. He had, in fact, cut the amp's speaker cone with a razor blade, giving his guitar the distorted aural smack of a giant rubber band. On radio, it sounded like a wild liberation, grittier and more unbridled than anything then heard over the airwaves. Through the next few years, Davies' solos became an essential part of the Kinks' biggest hits. Davies says working on the early Kinks records was "like catching lightning out of the sky." "I don't think you're aware of what you're doing at the time," says Davies, in a phone call from Los Angeles. "I mean if we had recorded 'Till the End of the Day' two hours later it would've been completely different." Through the years, Davies' contributions to the Kinks have been overshadowed by those of his brother Ray. Ray was the primary songwriter, lead singer and spokesman for the group (which is now on an indefinite hiatus). "The constant problem with the Kinks is that we had too much material," says Davies. "But it's better that way than the other way 'round." Davies says he wanted to release his two-disc career retrospective "Unfinished Business" (Velvel) "to put the record straight a little bit on my contribution to the Kinks." The set includes the group's first demo (recorded as The Ravens); highlights from Davies' vocal, guitar and songwriting contributions to the Kinks; excerpts from solo albums and some new recordings of his better-known songs, original versions of which could not be licensed for release in the United States. The set comes on the heels of Davies' autobiography, "Kink" (Hyperion Press). Unlike his brother, who wrote an "unauthorized autobiography" (it was written as if it were fiction), Davies chose the path of brutal honesty. One of the revelations in "Kink" was a romance when Davies was 15-years-old. His girlfriend became pregnant. However, Davies would not see his daughter from the relationship for 30 years. At the time, the teenagers' parents kept the two apart, insisting to each that the other never wanted to see them again. "It affected me very deeply, and I probably only came to terms with it when we met again in middle age," says Davies. He says nearly every song he wrote as a young man reflects the pain he felt from the loss of the relationship. Yet, Davies says his mother was probably working from the best intentions. "I think Mom knew it would drag me down," says Davies. "We were working class people. I think my mother saw I had an opportunity and if I didn't take it I'd end up having some menial job." Davies eventually reconnect with his lost love and formed a relationship with his daughter. The book also chronicles Davies's tumultuous relationship with Ray. Davies says his brother has never admitted to reading the book. "There have been some confrontations and it's been awful sometimes," says Davies. "But, you know, the dark side dissipates." In the end, Davies says the brothers' individual strengths help the other. Davies is currently planning a solo album of new material. He recently recorded an album of instrumental music with his son, Russell. And he says he would like to make another Kinks record. He does not, however, seem interested in the possibility of touring with the reunited original Kinks line-up, an idea that his older brother has occasionally floated to the press. "I don't think that's a particularly smart idea," says Davies. "And, Ray has never mentioned it to me." Ironically, Davies has found himself having to defend that he was actually the person who fired that first shot of distortion in "You Really Got Me." Led Zeppelin founder Jimmy Page, who was an aspiring studio musician in 1965, has occasionally taken credit for Davies' famous solo. "It's an old lie that keeps coming up," says Davies. "I think he should shut his trap before he embarrasses himself in his old age ... I'm very surprised he would say things like that considering the success that he's had in his own career. If he's so desperate for attention, I feel very sorry for him." Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lucindavision (was: Re: Night Flight (was: Re: I can't helpit...McHale's Navy TV-Rock Fluff))
Howdy, Amy says of Rob Thomas' contributions to the ABC television show, "Cupid,": Rob Thomas always peppers his novels with interesting and un-obvious music references, so it's a good bet that he's the source of any good music on the show. And the source for any *bad* music on the show would be...? g Take care, Shane Rhyne --- thinkin' about applying for the "bad music consultant" job if the networks have an opening. Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Bob Egan's new one
Clip: eBay investigated for fraud
Howdy, Not a drop of twang... but since you guys are addicted to that web site... eBay investigated for fraud Associated Press-- New York After vowing to combat fraud, online auction service eBay Inc. finds itself the subject of a fraud investigation being conducted by the city's Department of Consumer Affairs. The department is looking into whether people who use eBay to sell items [are] falsely label[ing] some sports memorabilia as "one-of-a-kind," a source close to the investigation told The Associated Press. Department officials confirmed the probe but refused further comment. The probe raises the question of whether eBay can be held accountable for allegedly unscrupulous sellers and how it could monitor claims made in each sale. eBay receives an average of 27 fraud complaints for every 1 million auctions, the company said. # # # Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night-- 1/23/99
Howdy, I had intended to play a three or four song set of Decca tunes from the Decca box set. Instead, the show evolved into a full blown Decca-themed show, with about an hour and a half worth of music from the Decca vaults. For what it's worth, I received more audience response to this installment of Tennessee Saturday Night than any other, except possibly the Cas Walker tribute show. The Decca stuff was good to have from the box set, because admittedly, I was a bit tired tonight. I had come on the air at 2:30 that afternoon to prepare for a live in-studio interview with the Freight Hoppers. With the exception of a 90 minute dinner break just before the kick-off of Tennessee Saturday Night, I was on the air continuously until midnight. The Decca set helped me conserve my energy for the Fringe and our special live guests. But, I digress... Here's what a Tennessee Saturday Night sounds like, with a special thanks to all the folks who've worked through the years at Decca records. (Contact information, etc., follows the playlist) Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #18 -- 7 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 23, 1999 Tennessee Saturday Night -- Red Foley w/The Cumberland Valley Boys -- Heroes of Country Music, Vol. 2 -- Rhino Fall on My Knees -- The Freight Hoppers -- Waiting on the Gravy Train -- Rounder When It Rains I Get Wet -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town and Country -- HBI Pink Pedal Pushers -- Carl Perkins -- Restless: The Columbia Recordings -- Columbia Back to the Barrooms -- J.D. Crowe the New South -- Come On Down to My World -- Rounder That's How I Got to Memphis -- Kelly Willis -- Real: The Tom T. Hall Project -- Sire Do-Re-Mi -- Woody Guthrie -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Marcella -- The Deliberate Strangers -- Mood Music for Snake Handlers -- Payday Nagasaki -- The Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR Give Back My Heart -- Lyle Lovett -- Pontiac -- MCA/Curb College Horn Pipe -- Mark O'Connor -- Hills of Home -- Rounder Sink the Bismarck -- Johnny Horton -- Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits -- I Never Picked Cotton -- Johnny Cash -- Unchained -- American Penneyrille -- Blue Mother Tupelo -- My Side of the Road (1/23@Baker-Peter's Jazz Club) Best Friend -- Mike Cross -- High Powered, Low Flying -- Sugar Hill (1/23@Down Home) Our Town -- Iris DeMent -- Infamous Angel -- Warner Brothers (1/23@Bird's Eye View) Lookin' For Love -- Junior Brown -- Long Walk Back -- MCA/Curb (1/29@Bijou) Texas Plains -- Stuart Hamblen His Covered Wagon Jubilee -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA After the Fire Is Gone -- Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Honky Tonk Songs -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca (Texas Plains was the first hillbilly recording from Decca's new "Hillbilly" series in 1934. After the Fire Is Gone was written in 1970 by L.E. White, a fiddler from my hometown and an army buddy of my great-uncle's. Hungry Again is the best album of 1998.) Uncle Pen -- Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Put It Off Until Tomorrow -- Bill Phillips -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Short Life of Trouble -- Riley Puckett -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Fraulein -- Bobby Helms -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Raggedy Ann -- Jimmy Dickens -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA They Took the Stars Out of Heaven -- Floyd Tillman His Favorite Playboys -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Tennessee -- Jimmy Martin -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA The Eyes of Texas -- Milton Brown and His Brownies -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Pork Chop Stomp -- Grady Martin and His Winging Strings -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA I Never Had the One I Wanted -- Claude Gray -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Truck Driver's Blues -- Cliff Bruner and His Boys -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Another -- Roy Drusky -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA This Much a Man -- Marty Robbins -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy -- Red Foley -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Hello Vietnam -- Johnny Wright -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Bile Dem Cabbage Down -- Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Blue Days, Black Nights -- Buddy Holly -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA My Dixie Darlin' -- The Carter Family -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA I'm Sorry -- Brenda Lee -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Coal Miner's Daughter -- Loretta Lynn -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Walking the Floor Over You -- Ernest Tubb -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA It Ain't Easy Being Me -- Chris Knight -- Chris Knight -- Decca Sweet Dreams -- Patsy Cline -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA I Ain't Never -- Webb Pierce -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Rocky Top -- The Osborne Brothers -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA The Salt in My Tears -- Dolly Parton -- Hungry Again -- Decca Hello Darlin' -- Conway Twitty -- Decca: from the Vaults -- MCA Paralyzed -- Elvis Presley -- Elvis 56 -- RCA Great Balls of Fire -- New Grass Revival -- New Grass Revival
A Month's Worth of Music in East Tennessee
Howdy, Here's a partial listing representing a portion of the live music available to folks visiting East Tennessee in the next thirty days or so... Not all of this is necessarily directly related to twang, but is selected based on musical interests discussed at various times on P2. (Including Local H...alas, playing the same night as One Riot One Ranger...choices, choices.) Chattanooga, TN Greg Horne -- January 29 -- Blue Angel Willie Nelson -- February 14 --Tivoli Theater Elton John -- February 20 -- UT Chattanooga Arena Cleveland, TN Sparky Rucker -- February 5 -- Blythe Elementary School Crossville, TN Molly Mason Jay Unger -- February 12 -- Cumberland County Playhouse Johnson City, TN Blue Rapture -- January 28 -- Down Home Gove Scrivner -- January 29 -- Down Home Richard Bennett Phil Ledbetter -- January 30 -- Down Home David Massengill -- February 4 -- Down Home Steve Forbert -- February 5 -- Down Home Martina McBride, Diamond Rio -- February 6 -- Freedom Hall Hector Qirko Band -- February 6 -- Down Home John Cowan Band -- February 12 -- Down Home Jay Unger Molly Mason -- February 13 -- Down Home Trout Fishing in American -- February 20 -- Down Home James King Band -- February 25 -- Down Home Knoxville, TN Varnaline -- January 26 -- Tomato Head Junior Brown -- January 29 -- Bijou Theatre The Bystanders, The Town Criers -- January 29 -- Long Branch Saloon Jag Star -- January 29 -- Bird's Eye View Pub Phil Leadbetter, Richard Bennett and Friends -- January 29 -- Laurel Theater Nancy Brennan Strange -- January 29 -- Knoxville Museum of Art Greta Lee -- January 30 -- Bird's Eye View Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Atomic City Rhythm Rascals -- January 30 -- Laurel Theater Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- January 31 -- Manhattan's Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brian Lee -- February 2 -- Knoxville Civic Auditorium Son Volt, Alvin Youngblood Hart -- February 2 -- Bijou Theatre Bobby Blue Bland -- February 4 -- Bijou Theater Blue Mother Tupelo -- February 5 -- Knoxville Museum of Art Jennifer Daniels -- February 5 -- Bird's Eye View Bill Mize and Martha Jacobs -- February 5 -- Laurel Theater Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bare Jr. -- February 6 -- Tennessee Theater Lantana Drifters, Danny Gammon, All Over the Road -- February 6 -- Laurel Theater The Nevers, Flesh Vehicle (Superdrag) -- February 6 -- Moose's Music Hall Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 7 -- Manhattan's Peter Myer -- February 9 -- Bijou Theater Fuel Local H, Mayfield Four -- February 11 -- Moose's Music Hall One Riot One Ranger -- February 11 -- Bird's Eye View Wishing Chair -- February 11 -- Laurel Theater Eddie from Ohio -- February 12 -- Bird's Eye View Ray Charles -- February 13 -- Knoxville Civic Coliseum Willie Nelson -- February 13 -- Tennessee Theatre Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 14 -- Manhattan's Gaelic Storm -- February 16 -- Bird's Eye View Edward's Canvas Tent -- February 19 -- Laurel Theater Steve Kaufman -- February 20 -- Laurel Theater Benny Skyn's Performers Showcase -- February 21 -- Manhattan's David Vai Friends -- February 25 -- Tomato Head Powell, TN Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- January 30 -- David's Music Barn Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- February 6 -- David's Music Barn Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- February 13 -- David's Music Barn Larry Maples 24 Karat Country -- February 20 -- David's Music Barn Sevierville, TN Ricky Van Shelton -- February 13 -- Louise Mandrell Theater Ricky Van Shelton -- February 14 -- Louise Mandrell Theater Tazewell, TN Turner Brothers Gospel Singers, Grassy Ridge, Hamblen County Boys, David West --January 30 -- Claiborne County High School Doyle Lawson Quicksilver, New Harvest -- February 6 -- Claiborne County High School That's a pretty good selection with a little something for everyone. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hidden Tracks: Crossposted
Howdy, Neil Weiss says: I've been scared shitless many a time by a song or some sort of weird noise that comes out of my speakers ten minutes after the album has supposedly ended. Um, yeah. That's happened to me more than a few times, too. I think most recently it happened to me on Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" cd. I had totally forgotten about the disc being over and was in a housecleaning mode (a rare mode, to be sure) when suddenly I heard a girl whispering to me somewhere in the house. It took me a minute to figure out someone wasn't hiding in the kitchen cabinet. Neil also says: A couple of note include the previously mentioned "Eurotrash Girl" by Cracker, which might be the first case of CD hidden track becoming hit single? Along about the same time, if I recall correctly, Nirvana had a college radio single with a hidden track from the "No Alternative" compilation album. I don't remember the name of it off the top of my head. Of recent vintage, for folks collecting such information, there is a hidden track at the end the V-Roys "All About Town." I'm kind of partial to the hidden Prince cover on the Derailers "Reverb Deluxe" myself. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Radney Foster
More News that Stinks
Howdy,
In the rush to beat postmark deadlines for grant applications, I couldn't
help but notice that some of the news drifting over the e-mail transom these
past days has been pretty depressing.
It seems every bit of music I personally enjoyed in 1998-- Dolly Parton,
Chris Knight, Radney Foster, etc. -- has now been rejected by the folks in
charge of the record studios.
Charles Brown died.
And now, in local news, this...
Metropulse 1/21/99
Ear to the Ground column
"Radio Waves"
A half-century old this year, WUOT is East Tennessee's oldest and strongest
public radio station. Two of its longest-running shows are the locally
produced "Music of the Southern Mountains," a half-hour show of bluegrass
and old-time music hosted by Paul Campbell; and "Live at Laurel," hosted by
Craig Walker, which broadcasts recent live performances of folk music at the
Laurel Theater. Moved from their original Sunday night berths, both have
been running starting at 8 on Friday nights for the past several months.
The shows have been consistently excellent and diverse, but their volunteer
hosts just heard just this week that they're both being cancelled. "With
WNCW and WDVX in the market already playing that sort of [folk music]
format, we don't want to compete," says WUOT program director Daniel Berry.
"That gives us a chance to narrow our format." The shows will probably be
replaced with more classical music programming. It's another step away from
local productions for WUOT, which has been moving in that direction for
several years.
Unfortunately, WNCW (in Spindale, N.C., with a transmitter in Knoxville) and
WDVX (in Norris) are not accessible to thousands of Knoxvillians who can't
pick up their relatively weak signals.
WUOT also plans this spring to start a second weekly airing (probably on
Sunday afternoons) of Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion," a show
that -- like "Live at Laurel" and "Music of the Southern Mountains"--
celebrates folk music and community spirit. Unlike them, however, "PHC"
broadcasts from Minnesota. (Well, it is coming to Knoxville for one night
later this year...)
# # #
Damn. WDVX, relatively speaking, is just a piddly little station next to
WUOT's 100,000 watt signal. I knew that some of the folks at WUOT weren't
amused when WDVX stuck its 250 watts in the air, but I don't really see how,
realistically, they can put the blame for a poor programming decision
(canceling the two best local radio shows currently on the air) on a little
upstart's so-called "competition."
This move marks another notch in the handle of the powers-that-be who have
been dedicated to converting WUOT into a generic NPR station. Other recent
casualties have included the local noonday talk show (cut back to one show a
month), the live broadcast of Friday night jazz performances at the
Knoxville Museum of Art, live local news mixed in with "All Things
Considered" and "Morning News," and other similar bonehead decisions.
Some local programming still exists, but I won't be surprised to see the
locally-produced storytelling show ("Mumbleypeg"), the free-form music show
that regularly features alt.country, avant-garde rock, and other
non-mainstream sounds ("Unhinged"), and the one or two other local shows
(which have mostly been moved to the 2-4 am time slot on Sunday mornings) go
the way of the radio dodo soon.
I want to rant. But I'll hold off a moment...
Take care,
Shane Rhyne
Knoxville, TN
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
NP: Elena Skye
Clip: Mr. Zimmerman's son and the Fastball connection
Howdy, ROLLING STONE Blair R. Fischer (January 20, 1999) A Horse of a Different Color The Wallflowers make a "significant change" in sound for forthcoming album The only difference between the old Wallflowers and the new Wallflowers is that they are no longer deafened by cries of nepotism -- they're now a respected act. Well, actually, there is another difference -- and it's not that 1996's Bringing Down the Horse recently sold its four-millionth copy. Rather, the group is making a "significant change" in its sound, according to Julian Raymond, who's begun producing new material for the band. "The song structure and the whole thing [frontman Jakob Dylan's] laying down is a completely different sound," says Raymond, who recently finished producing "Eat You Sleeping" and "Hand Me Down" for the group. "It's very much the Wallflowers because it's his voice, but the music has changed significantly." Raymond, who produced Fastball's All the Pain Money Can Buy, is not signed, sealed and delivered as the band's producer for the forthcoming album, though he's under consideration. Raymond says Dylan, manager/producer Andy Slater and Interscope president Jimmy Iovine will decide who gets the full-time gig after the two songs are mixed on Feb. 4 and 5. "[The new material] definitely has a lot more attitude as far as edge goes," Raymond adds. "The one track 'Eat You Sleeping' is a cross between [the Beatles'] 'A Day in the Life' and 'I Am the Walrus,' yet it has [the Beatles'] overtones in terms of being a substantial song." Though Dylan will be forever linked with his father Bob in name alone, Raymond says the son of the folk-rock elder statesman is now reaping other heredity rewards. "He's just really, really grown," he says. "He's not a kid anymore. He's writing amazing, amazing songs. In my opinion, he's definitely his father's son."
Rob Ickes
Howdy, Mister Weisberger asks of Rob Ickes: I'd imagine this is in connection with his new album, Slide City, which is some very nice stuff, mostly jazz, and not a trace of bluegrass. I wonder who's going to give it airplay. Well, I can't speak for the rhetorical universal radio world that Jon was probably aiming for, but I'll say that I will likely play it. But what the heck do I know about radio and good music? I don't run my planned play lists by any consultants. I thought Dolly's latest album was the best thing in the Decca catalog last year, followed closely by Chris Knight's debut. I thought public radio was for the *local* public. I though Radney Foster's album was enough to make me shed any misgivings I had about the Arista/Austin label. I once almost started civil unrest when I had the audacity to play a bluegrass song within the regular rotation of a station's music programming (rather than relegating it to the standard bluegrass ghetto of Saturday morning specialty shows). I thought, to paraphrase someone else here, that hits came from radio and not the other way around. Sorry 'bout that. I have some issues this evening. g But, yes, I'll play the Ickes record. Both listeners will hopefully enjoy it. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Elena Skye, One Dog Town
Re: Jim Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley
Howdy, Hopelessly behind in reading P2 posts. Y'all got verbal in the last few days, didn't you? Who was it recently lamenting the relative quiet of the list, with the birth of the fluff channel? g Anyway, my original point here was to say that this little nugget of information from Elena caught my eye: A friend of mine is going down to Bristol, TN today to take pictures of Jim Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley, apparently they're down there recording a record together. Should be pretty cool. Which would explain Jim's surprise appearance on stage Saturday night with Ralph Stanley at the Tennessee Theater in Knoxville. They sang "I'll Lead You Home," from Whisper and another tune, I believe. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Hillbilly Idol, Town and Country
Re: Live at the Ryman: A visit to the Mother Church (long)
Howdy, Always late Bob Wray was talking a few days ago about his visit to the Ryman and mentioned Jim Ed Brown. Specifically, he said: Can someone tell me something about the Jim Ed Brown? Of all the old timers last night, he seemed to me the one who had weathered the best. His voice was good, smooth, and he carried himself with an undeniable dignity (unlike Bill Anderson and Porter, who seemed to me caricatures of themselves). I vaguely remember Brown on country radio when I was child but nothing concrete immediately comes to mind. Is he someone who's career is worth reviewing? Jim Ed has indeed weathered better than some of the other Opry regulars. I don't know how much having a regular performance schedule helps out in that cause, but Brown does have a Branson-type theater show over here in the Smokies. (Of course, there are also artists out there who perform just as regularly as Brown, but don't seem to be weathering well at all, so that's likely not the key ingredient...) For what it's worth, I mentioned in a post a month or so ago that Brown and partner Helen Cornelius were buying Dolly's music theater up in Pigeon Forge and would be starting a new show in the larger theater this spring. Rumor at this point says the deal has fallen through, so I don't know what the future holds for Jim Ed at this time. When I find out more, I'll happily invite Bob (and anyone else) to join me for a fun-filled day at Dollywood and a trip to the Jim Ed Brown show. Again, for what it's worth, RCA has a Jim Ed Brown disc in their "Essential" series. Curiously, for a collection of "essential" Jim Ed Brown songs, none of his duets with Helen Cornelius is included. Was a second disc released focusing purely on that subject? The aforementioned disc includes duets with his sister, a Louvin tune "I Take the Chance," "Pop-A-Top," "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On," and others. Although lacking in Helen Cornelius duet material it's still a good disc to start with. I don't think he's released a new disc of material since maybe the Carter Administration. You may be able to find a greatest hit album of his duets. I don't know if any of that has been helpful at all. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True
Clip: Radney Foster shelved
Howdy, Remember my early vote for the best album of 1999? Apparently my support is something akin to the kiss of death. Y'all better be glad I didn't include Lucinda in my top 40 list last year. g Foster's latest deserves to be seen and heard 01/15/99 MARY COLURSO The Birmingham News The album in my hand might be a collector's item some day. That depressing fact makes me want to shriek so they can hear it in Nebraska - or at least pout profusely and share my righteous anger. It's a pop/country CD, See What You Want to See, by Nashville's Radney Foster. Ten extraordinary tunes, all written and performed by Foster, with guest vocals from Abra Moore, Patrice Pike, Birmingham native Emmylou Harris and Darius Rucker of Hootie the Blowfish. Forget your feelings about Hootie for the moment, because Rucker's a big Radney fan. Obviously, so am I. Foster's a recent addition to my list of faves, earning his place in the pantheon in late September. I had never run into Foster's music before that, just knew he was a singer/ songwriter type performing here Oct. 14 with Graham Parker and Jeff Black. In a routine way, Foster's publicist had sent an advance copy of See What You Want to See by mail, hoping to drum up a little interest in the show. Well, the first few notes hit me exactly right - always a good sign I'll fall in love with the rest of an album. Sure enough, Foster had me hooked with "I've Got a Picture," "Angry Heart," "Folding Money," "I'm In," "The Lucky Ones" and other tracks from See What You Want to See, which the Arista Austin label was planning to release in the fall. When extra copies came, I immediately trumpeted Foster's virtues and presented them with a flourish to friends. Then I discovered that the record company, downsizing its staff, had decided to shelve Foster's project until February 1999. Gak! Foster, however, said not to fret; said he didn't want to rush his new CD into stores without the necessary marketing and promotion. "At first it's a jolt," he admitted during a phone interview. "I finished the music and it's ready to go. But I'd rather the record company have all their ducks in a line. Better this happens later and right than sooner and wrong." Hope Foster still feels that way, because Arista Austin isn't releasing See What You Want to See at all. Last week, a spokesman for the label said Foster's CD didn't have enough commercial potential. The first single from the CD, "I'm In," hadn't made even a small blip on the music-world radar, he said. Also, Foster wanted to "go in a different direction" than Arista Austin had in mind. According to the label guy, Foster was trying to find a new home for the album but nothing had been decided yet. The Arista Austin pressing? On a fast track to Collector's Item City. If justice prevails, some insightful exec at another label will scoop up Foster's offering and give him the exposure he deserves. And during a New Year's Eve concert at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Foster mentioned he was optimistic about a spring release. I'll be tut-tutting over his situation until that happens - and holding tight to my copy of the stellar See What You Want to See. Despite repeated hearings and the passage of three or four months, its luster hasn't dimmed one bit. Perhaps that's because Foster probes deep into a well of emotions, singing about the pain of severed relationships and the blissful renewal of love. He's honest enough to admit the songs come directly from experience - a tumultuous four-year period when he got divorced, remarried and waged an unsuccessful battle to keep his first wife from moving their son to France. "These songs were born from trying to keep from going nuts," Foster said in October. "The gory details are mine to keep, but ...songwriting is a lot cheaper than therapy." With such origins, it's not surprising that See What You Want to See has resonance. Yet it's catchy, too, and contains enough memorable hooks to please even the most casual listener. Foster has a voice that can growl or wail, and the ability to create vivid images with clean, clear, dart-to-the-heart lyrics. I've been feverishly collecting his two previous solo albums, plus three he recorded as half of an alternative country duo called Foster Lloyd. They're tough to find, but not nearly as difficult as See What You Want to See. For now it remains floating in limbo, prime bootleg material - and the best CD you may never get to hear. -- Sad. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True
Playlist: Tennessee Saturday Night 1/16/99
Howdy, A little late in getting this posted, but really, you weren't listening when I played the music the first time, so I figured you'd live. The sharp-eyed among you will notice that my normal theme song didn't get played this week. The disc containing it went missing. I improvised and somehow maintained control of the evening. Contact information, etc., follows the playlist. Here's a Tennessee Saturday Night, Tennessee-style. Tennessee Saturday Night -- Show #17 -- 7 PM to 10 PM WDVX-FM -- Clinton/Knoxville, TN -- January 16, 1999 I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night -- Faron Young -- Live Fast, Love Hard -- Country Music Foundation Sheik of Araby -- The Cluster Pluckers -- Just Pluck It -- CPR That's All Right Mama -- Carl Perkins -- Restless -- Columbia Honky Tonk Man -- Johnny Horton -- Greatest Hits -- Columbia Hey! Hey! Hey! -- The Stanley Brothers -- The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers -- Columbia Thanks a Lot -- Robbie and Ron McCoury -- Robbie and Ron McCoury -- Rounder Play Me Some George Jones Songs -- Jimmy Martin -- Me 'N Ole Pete -- Hollywood Where Grass Won't Grow -- George Jones w/Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Trisha Yearwood -- The Bradley Barn Sessions -- MCA Just Joshin' -- Josh Graves -- Josh Graves -- Rebel God's Own Jukebox -- Chris Wall -- Tainted Angel -- Cold Spring Way Down Deep -- Ralph Stanley w/Vern Gosdin -- Clinch Mountain Country -- Rebel (1/16@Tennessee Theater) Red Clay Halo -- Nashville Bluegrass Band -- American Beauty -- Sugar Hill (1/16 @Tennessee Theater) Nobody's Business -- Freight Hoppers -- Waiting on the Gravy Train -- Rounder (1/22@Down Home, 1/23@Laurel Theater) Summertime -- Allen Shadd -- A Cut Above -- Mid-Knight Records Faded Love -- The Kentucky Colonels -- Appalachian Swing -- Rounder Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms -- Flatt Scruggs -- The Complete Mercury Sessions -- Mercury Paddy on the Pike -- Wilson Douglas -- The Merrimac Anthology -- Rounder There Goes My Love -- Chris Hillman Herb Pedersen -- Bakersfield Bound -- Sugar Hill Where Ya Been -- The Derailers -- Jackpot -- Watermelon Ring of Fire -- Johnny Cash -- Super Hits of the 60s -- Epic Will I Do -- Prairie Oyster -- Everybody Knows -- RCA Rock and Roll -- The Lonesome River Band -- Looking for Yourself -- Rebel Mama Tried -- The Cluster Pluckers -- Unplucked -- CPR Leavin' Tennessee -- Robert Earl Keen -- West Textures -- Sugar Hill I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More -- Tennessee Ernie Ford -- Vintage Collections -- Capitol Almost Persuaded -- David Houston -- Super Hits of the 60s -- Epic I Count the Tears -- Rosanne Cash -- Till the Night Is Gone -- Forward When I'm In Dixie -- Adie Grey -- Brand New Old Time Music -- Hey Baby Take Me Back to Tulsa -- Don Walser and the Pure Texas Band -- The Archives Series, Vol. 2 -- Watermelon Feel Good Day -- Continental Divide -- Feel Good Day -- Pinecastle Better Off Believin' -- Hillbilly Idol -- Town Country -- HBI Hello Walls -- Faron Young -- All-Time Greatest Hits -- Curb I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size -- Merle Travis -- The Best of Merle Travis -- Rhino Hey Joe -- Carl Smith -- Honky Tonk Heroes -- Columbia I'll Try Not to Cry Tonight -- Elena Skye the Demolition String Band -- One Dog Town -- North Hollow I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart -- Patsy Montana the Prairie Ramblers -- The Golden Age -- Columbia When I'm Gone -- The Carter Family -- Their Complete Victor Recordings: Worried Man Blues 1930 -- Rounder Down in Washington -- Honky Tonk Confidential -- Honky Tonk Confidential -- Too Many Dogs Frankie and Johnny -- Jimmie Rodgers -- The Singing Brakeman -- Bear Family Long Gone Lonesome Blues -- Marty Robbins -- Hank Williams Songbook -- Columbia The Blizzard -- Jim Reeves -- Legendary Country Singers -- Time Life I Think I'll Fall in Love -- One Riot One Ranger -- Side Tracks -- Hayden's Ferry Columbus Stockade -- Woody Guthrie -- Deja Vu -- Modern Times Memphis Tennessee -- Jim Jesse -- Y'all Come -- Epic New White House Blues -- The Ghost Rockets -- Bootlegs What Made Milwaukee Famous -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology -- Rhino Tweedle Dee -- Wanda Jackson -- Right or Wrong/There's a Party Goin' On -- TNT Looking for the Killerman -- Kevin Gordon -- Cadillac Jack's #1 Son -- Shanachie Love's Not Everything -- Connie Smith -- Connie Smith Sleepy-Eyed John/Tom Jerry -- Laurie Lewis Tom Rozum -- Hand Picked -- Rounder Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room -- Merle Haggard -- Down Every Road -- Capitol Union County -- Jimmy Martin -- 1954-1974 -- Bear Family Peaches and Cream -- Pee Wee King The Golden West Cowboys -- Pee Wee King The Golden West Cowboys -- Bear Family Bury Me in Bluegrass -- Kate Campbell -- Songs from the Levee -- Compass St. Louis Blues -- Craig Smith -- Craig Smith -- Rounder Charade -- Craig Smith -- Craig Smith -- Rounder # # # And that's a Tennessee Saturday Night...until next Saturday. Does your music have a place in a Tennessee Saturday Night?
Any questions for the Freight Hoppers?
Howdy, One more quick post then it's off to bed for me. I found out this morning that I'll likely conducting a live in-studio performance and interview with the Freight Hoppers on January 23. So, does anybody have any questions that they'd like asked? Or, will the Hoppers be forced to put up only with my own measly thoughts? Of course, if you have a question for Rob Russell and the Bystanders, feel free to forward that to me as well. (Off list, please; let's keep Rob in the dark until the last possible moment g). I am busy concocting a list of accordion-related questions for Mark Wyatt in anticipation of his studio visit on Feb. 11. (You guys are still dropping by aren't you? I am actively lobbying to host during your segment.) Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: nothing
Tom T. Hall on the 'net
Howdy, I was finishing up some research on tonight's featured album, "Real: The Tom T. Hall Project" and found this URL that I thought folks might enjoy. I don't know if Mr. Bechtel has already posted this before, but here's the link for Tom T.'s web page. From there it links to a nice site about the project album, complete with biographies on the participants. Enjoy... http://www.tthproject.com/index2.html Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Jeff Black, Birmingham Road
Why I Love Knoxville
Howdy, Okay, so it's probably a shorter list that what folks in Nashville or Austin could come up with. I don't bump into musical celebrities on a regular basis or get to be a fly on the wall at recording sessions. But I like it here, fine. Mainly because of nights like last night. I left work late at the museum and was walking down the street to the art museum to see a buddy of mine, when my ears zoned in on a familiar but unexpected sound. Bagpipes! Coming down Walnut Street at 6:30 PM, was a parade of bagpipers in full Scottish costume, leading a parade of people dressed in everything from formal wear to casual clothing. I had to see this and ran down the street to catch up to the parade. These unlikely pied pipers were leading the group to the nearby Hilton Hotel where I discovered a banquet was being held in honor of the retiring Episcopal bishop. After the parade disappeared, I continued my journey to the art museum where I enjoyed an evening of reggae-jazz from "Mustafa and the Mystic Meditations." The band was joined at one point by a group of students from one of the inner-city high schools. The boys had been organized into a traditional African drumming ensemble by a volunteer musician here in town. After that show, my friend (the pr director from the art museum) and I ventured over to the Old City to catch some folk music at Birds Eye View. Local musician Karen Reynolds opened and was followed by Chuck Brodsky. And on the drive home, my radio was tuned to WDVX and the sounds of Ralph Stanley. I am sure other cities can claim more impressive events, but I always get a kick out the things I find in my own hometown. Especially when the locals always try to convince themselves that "nothing ever happens here." I saw a bag pipe parade, African drummers in the art museum, and a folk singer with a pretty cool repertoire of baseball songs. I'm sure Austin and Nashville have their own fun events, too. I've been told that you can sometimes see unusual things in New York City, too. g Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Hillbilly Idol, Town and Country
Re: cryptic messages in old vinyl numbering systems
Howdy, Jeanne asks: what's up with the funky sayings inscribed in the smooth part of the vinyl at the end of an album side? From time to time folks would sign the master copy of the wax pressing. Sometimes, it was the artist's signature, sometimes a little stranger... (for example, "Smell this.") At work and away from my collection, but I recall that a Bobby Darin album of mine has some sort of inscription. And a tribute box set of Elvis stuff that came out around 1986 or so included the King's signature embedded in the vinyl. I recall one of my albums at one time or another had an inscription along the lines of "Turn this record over." Just merry pranksters in the days of wax and vinyl. Now, I'm off to lunch and continue previewing new music that arrived in my mailbox this week-- The Bystanders, Buck Diaz, Hillbilly Idol, and Elena Skye the Demolition String Band. Woo hoo. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Elena Skye the Demolition String Band, One Dog Town
Clip: Gospel Music Television...I Want My GMT
Howdy, Of particular interest to the gospel and bluegrass fans out there (and also of interest to Alex Millar-- note the barbershop quartet reference. g) From the Wednesday, January 13 edition of the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Some local content with national implications. Now, I've gotta get cable installed at my apartment... Gospel channel on cable Terry Morrow, News-Sentinel entertainment writer Gospel Music Television's prayers are being answered. Comcast cable is running a sneak peek of the 24-hour Southern gospel music channel through Friday for subscribers in Knox and Campbell counties. The peek, which can be seen on Channel 72, is reaching 110,000 homes in the area, says Jeff Moser, affiliate marketing director for Gospel Music Television. Although GMT is based in Pigeon Forge, the channel can only be viewed usually through satellite subscription services. Moser says GMT has about 10.5 million viewers nationwide and Canada. "We are coming from right here at home and if there is any place in the country where we should be been, it should be here in East Tennessee," he says. "The network has been up and running for two years. We have been incubating and forming and gelling, and now we are busting out of our shell. We are getting aggressive about marketing ourselves to cable companies. "Our whole goal is to become a cable network." The Comcast preview could provide that chance. Moser said GMT is already negotiating with Comcast to be added permanently, but viewers can express their opinions of what they think by calling Comcast. GMT shows performance videos and some original programming. Among the shows it produces: coverage of the Southern gospel music festival held each August at the Grand Hotel in Pigeon Forge and the National Quartet Convention in Louisville, Ky. If GMT is added permanently to Comcast, the network would also expand its variety of gospel music sounds to include more country and bluegrass, Moser says. "The results of this Comcast peek is very big for us," Moser says. "It shows to other cable operators what kind of a demand and response we have right here. This is a big opportunity for us." Unlike many other religion-related TV channels, GMT does not solicit donations from viewers and is not affiliated with a denomination, Moser says. For more information about GMT, call (423) 453-4683. # # # Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Mary Cutrufello, "Candy in the Window"
Clip: Stuart Duncan fiddles around more than anyone else in Nashville
Howdy, from the Friday, Jan. 15 edition of the Knoxville News-Sentinel Duncan fiddles away all his time by Wayne Bledsoe, News-Sentinel entertainment writer Getting in touch with Nashville Bluegrass Band fiddler Stuart Duncan is not easy. Since Mark O'Connor retired from recording session work early in the decade, Duncan has become probably the most sought-after fiddler in Nashville. In the past few months, he's performed on recordings by more than a dozen country performers, including George Strait and Sammy Kershaw. He called once from a session with Bela Fleck and promised to call back when there's a free moment. It's several days later, just before a session with contemporary Christian artist Susan Ashton, when he managed to fit in time for an interview. "As much as I get in my car and go downtown, it's hard to imagine anybody else is working," says Duncan. The California-born Duncan may be the most visible member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band, which will perform with Ralph Stanley Saturday at the Tennessee Theatre. However, the group's lineup includes bluegrass all-stars: banjo player Alan O'Bryant, guitarist Pat Enright; mandolinist Roland White and bassist Gene Libbea. White has been active since the late '50s, founding the Country Gentlemen with his brother Clarence and later performing with Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and the Country Gazette. Enright first made waves with banjoist Bela Fleck in the group Tasty Licks. O'Bryant worked with Bill and James Monroe and also wrote the song "Those Memories of You," which became a hit for Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt. Libbea toured Europe with the band Trukee and performed with Vince Gill and fiddle great Byron Berline. It was, in fact, Berline who inspired Duncan to pursue the fiddle. "When I heard Byron Berline play, it pretty much changed my life," recalls Duncan. Duncan says the fiddle wowed his preteen ears, and he took to the instrument with a vengeance. "I think I was in seven bands by the time I was 12," says Duncan with a chuckle. "My first band, the Pendleton Pickers, broke up because our parents couldn't get along." The first of Duncan's bands to gain any notice was Lost Highway. After 21/2 years, Duncan hooked up with Larry Sparks' band and moved to Kentucky. Duncan's playing style developed opposite to that of most bluegrass fiddlers. "I started playing wild and then came back to earth," says Duncan. The West Coast bluegrass scene included a heavy dose of Western swing and modern folk music. Many on the scene, including Berline, were considered "progressive bluegrass" players. While Duncan's list of favorite musicians includes hard-core bluegrass performers (including Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys), some of his other tastes might surprise his fans. Duncan lists the late jazz bassist Jaco Pastorious, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, Ray Charles and old blues player Scrapper Blackwell. "And after we played the Middle East, I started listening to a lot of Middle Eastern music," says Duncan. "The first time I listened to an Indian piece, it was 45-minutes and I never realized that they never changed keys!" The Nashville Bluegrass Band was formed in 1984 by Enright and O'Bryant. Duncan joined two years later, and in 1989 White and Libbea replaced original members Mike Compton and Mark Hembree. The group became favorites at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, picking up Vocal Group of the Year Awards four years in a row. Regularly nominated for Grammys, the group's "Waitin' for the Hard Times to Go" won Bluegrass Album of the Year in 1997. The group's most recent disc, "American Beauty," is nominated in the 1999 awards and is in competition with Stanley's "Clinch Mountain Country." "We're all going to the Grammys and watch Ralph win it," says Duncan with a chuckle. Duncan says he hopes to sit-in with Stanley for a couple of songs on Saturday's show. Stanley recorded three songs on Duncan's upcoming solo album, due late this year. Most years Duncan makes more money from playing sessions than from working with the Nashville Bluegrass Band, the exception being a year the group spent touring as Lyle Lovett's opening act, and Duncan doubled-up by performing in Lovett's band as well. The only downside to that experience was Lovett's requirement that his band members wear suits. "I find a three-piece suit constricts my bowing arm," says Duncan. Yet, with as many musicians as Duncan performs with, there's no one he enjoys more than his co-members of the Nashville Bluegrass Band. "Every band is going to have personal differences, but the music we play makes it worth it." # # # Sidebar: Ralph Stanley the Clinch Mountain Boys, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, and Tony Rice Friends, will perform at the Downtown Hoedown II, 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Tennessee Theater. Tickets are $20.50, available at Tickets Unlimited outlets. Call 565-. # #
Re: Steve Earle/old vinyl/Huddie Ledbetter
Howdy, Dern. I thought I'd beat Weisberger to the punch for once... I'm getting slow in my "old" age... g Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: old vinyl numbering systems
Howdy, Jeff Weiss, he say: Some sort of demarcation has just taken place. Those old enough to remember the stacking turntables and those who don't and, accordingly, are young 'uns. Stacking turntable spindle thingees those were the days. I loved the stacking turntable spindle thingees. As a young 'un, I'd put on a stack of as many of my momma's Elvis records as the spindle thingee could hold without getting too wobbly and I'd enjoy the rest of the day listening to the King and working on my Elvis impersonation skills. However, I really didn't care for those yellow insert thingees for 45s. You never could seem to find one when you needed one...usually my sister was turning them into strange future fashion headwear for Barbie dolls. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Hillbilly Idol, Town and Country
Re: AC/DC meets Patsy Cline? Yeee-haw
Howdy, Tucker talks about an author I've always meant to investigate further. I seem to enjoy movies and television shows based on Elmore Leonard's writings (Maximum Bob on ABC was brilliant fun and I hope it comes back someday.) Strangely enough, I haven't read any of Leonard's actual writings, though. I'll have to rectify that. But, really the point of this was to address Tucker's comments: As the newest guest in your house of love, I'm little too talkative, ain't I? This made me giggle. I think he has posted three times today. By normal P2 standards, I don't think that would make the definition of talkative. or even get him much beyond lurker status. By P2-Fluff standards, he's damn near mute. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, This World Is Not My Home
The Secondary Market (Was: a bunch of stuff about Garth)
Howdy, I realize that this thread has faithfully morphed into an Anti-Garth thread somehow, but if I may return to the original premise for a moment... g Garth's (and some other, less vocal, artists') statements about used CD sales represent a valid concern about royalty revenues. However, as much as I try to be in favor of artists getting paid for their creation, I find the anti-used CD stance to be a bit weak. Mainly because, economically, I've never seen it work. Attempts by members of the primary market to control the secondary market have generally had the exact opposite effect that the primary market folks hoped for. Some boring personal background-- When I was 18, I helped launch a series of magazines aimed at collectors of limited edition art figurines of various artists. Picture it as a "beany babies" culture of the late '80s. The magazines were aimed at collectors of those Emmett Kelly, Jr. clown figurines, a god-awful line of African-American themed collectibles, collectors of those gnome figurines that used to be all over Cracker Barrel gift shops until angels apparently invaded, and a general interest magazine for collectors of everything from those collectible houses (David Winter, Dept. 56) to Precious Moments and Hummels. Here's how the economy of that system worked-- Corporation mass produces figurines and sells to gift shop which sells to collector. That's your primary market. Then the secondary market kicks in. Collectors begin selling to one another. Harder to find items inflate in "value." We even printed a stock market-like chart that tracked the national trends based on regular interviews with some stores that sold "secondary market" items, highly active collectors, and assorted sources. The problem in the economy of the system kicked in when a few of the companies, tried to do one of two things. Some companies tried to influence the secondary market by purposely creating a short supply of some items. In the short term, this works, by creating a "demand" for product, big PR, lots of publicity about "popularity," etc. These companies were usually profiting under the books by selling excess stock of the selected items on the secondary market themselves. (Highly unethical and representative of the more correct usage of the term "gray market" that a record company rep was tossing about in an earlier Philclip.) Eventually, this catches up to the company. Over inflated values usually crash (Quick, anybody want to buy a beany baby? g) and the collectors either quit before this happens because they can't find the items they want or quit after the crash because they got burned. The second instance, which I think is representative of part of the used CD argument and the point of this thesis, involves companies trying to cut out the secondary market altogether. These companies did all they could to control the system and set the secondary market values themselves. Essentially, if collector A wanted to sell to collector B, he had to register the sell with the Corporation. The theory here was that the corporation (arguing familiarly that the original artist should somehow benefit from the repeated transaction) would charge a fee to handle the transaction. The end result was people didn't use the system, worked around it entirely and created a black market that could not be tracked by the company or through recognized secondary market services such as mine. In the end, the product was still traded but had become valueless commercially. I realize this isn't a direct match to the used CD argument, but I think there are some interesting lessons to learn from it all. The record companies would do just as well to find some other crusade. I think attempts to control the secondary market will only create ill will between the labels and the consumers. If the labels are truly worried about artists getting proper royalties, then perhaps they should consider raising the royalty payment on the primary transaction. I note, with interest, that book publishers tried to pick this fight once a while back with used book stores but eventually backed down. The publishers eventually took the viewpoint that they'd have to reconcile themselves to making their 40% markup on the primary transaction and let folks like Burke's in Memphis, and McKay's in Knoxville help collectors happily buy used and out-of-print books. I believe there was data to suggest that such folks actually bought more *new* books than folks who didn't buy any used books. Makes sense. I've rambled enough. I've got some new music to listen to, along with the used disc I also bought tonight. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, The World Is Not My Home
NP: Lone Justice
Howdy, NP: Lone Justice, This World Is Not My Home Dear sweet mother of all that is twang! Good gracious but I'm in heaven. I am having sudden and wonderful flashbacks to life in the Memphis State University dorm and the first time a friend of mine put a tape in my tape player and said, "I think you'll like this..." All that's missing to my taste is "Soap, Soup, and Salvation." I could have done without Bono, though. Pretentious ass that he is. (Slam Garth all you want, here's the true source of all evil...) I am suddenly remembering debates in junior high over the longevity of competing careers. I sided with Cyndi Lauper over Madonna and INXS over U2. Anybody want to show me how to work this Beta machine? But I digress. NP: Lone Justice, This World Is Not My Home Lord, but this makes me smile. Take care, Shane Rhyne Heaven [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, This World Is Not My Home
Knoxville Shows -- Jan and Feb
Howdy, Here's an updated listing for Jan.-Feb. in the Scruffy City. Note some new additions, including P2's favorite Rangers, and Bare Jr., Freight Hoppers, and others... Knoxville, TN Chuck Brodsky, Karen Reynolds -- January 15 -- Bird's Eye View Finnegan's aWake -- January 15 -- Laurel Theater Gran Torino January 15 Moose's Music Hall Mustafa and Mystic Meditations January 15 Knoxville Museum of Art Audio Poolside, Martha's Thirst January 16 Bird's Eye View Adam Hill and Greg Siedschlag January 16 Tomato Head Greg Horne's Exploding Band January 16 Manhattan's The Skillet Lickers II January 16 Laurel Theater Ralph Stanley, Tony Rice Group (w/Sammy Shelor, Dan Tyminski, Ricky Ronnie Simpkins), and the Nashville Bluegrass Band-- January 16 -- Tennessee Theatre Greg Horne January 21 Borders Books Music Blues Blasters January 22 Knoxville Museum of Art Delbert McClinton -- January 22 -- Tennessee Theatre Roux du Bayou January 22 Laurel Theater Big Ass Truck January 23 Moose's Music Hall Iris Dement -- January 23 -- Bird's Eye View Freight Hoppers -- January 23 -- Laurel Theater Greg Horne's Exploding Band January 23 Hawkeye's Varnaline January 26 Tomato Head Junior Brown -- January 29 -- Bijou Theatre Phil Leadbetter, Richard Bennett and Friends January 29 Laurel Theater Nancy Brennan Strange January 29 Knoxville Museum of Art Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brian Lee February 2 Knoxville Civic Auditorium Son Volt, Alvin Youngblood Hart -- February 2 -- Bijou Theatre Bobby Blue Bland February 4 Bijou Theater Bill Mize and Martha Jacobs February 5 Laurel Theater Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bare Jr. February 6 Tennessee Theater Lantana Drifters, Danny Gammon, All Over the Road February 6 Laurel Theater One Riot One Ranger February 11 Bird's Eye View Wishing Chair February 11 Laurel Theater Eddie from Ohio -- February 12 -- Bird's Eye View Ray Charles -- February 13 -- Knoxville Civic Coliseum Willie Nelson R.B. Morris -- February 13 -- Tennessee Theatre Edward's Canvas Tent February 19 Laurel Theater Steve Kaufman February 20 Laurel Theater Dale Ann Bradley and Coon Creek February 26 Laurel Theater Will Keys and the Mumbillies February 27 Laurel Theater Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, This World Is Not My Home
Re: Query:Archive this list?
Howdy, CK: I would prefer not to have my e-mail address out there on a buncha web pages. Deb: I have to agree with CK on this one. I get enough mail from nuts as it is. Fortunately for Deb, Jeff Wall is shipping out to sea in April... Badum-bum. Thank you, thank you very much. Seriously though, I think part of the beauty of this list is that it isn't necessarily publicly available. I think most of us feel a little freer to express ourselves with the knowledge that whatever missives we send will find its way to a limited audience, rather than the entire internet system. Of course, there's always the possibility of publicizing the fluff channel... Take care, Shane Rhyne, working late Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, "Don't Toss Us Away"
Re: If you ran into Garth with a used CD in a dark alley.....
Howdy, Jeff Wall: So THAT's what my wife is doing. Supporting the Porn Industry. Cause there damn sure aint no fucking going on in our home. At least not involving me. And yet, strangely, the best word to describe Jeff's condition in this situation is... fucked. Take care, Shane Rhyne Knoxville, TN [EMAIL PROTECTED] NP: Lone Justice, Lone Justice (I dug out the older disc...)
