Bob Harris Country: BBC Radio 2 - Thursday 29th April 1999
BOB HARRIS COUNTRY WEEK 17 29.04.99 99MA6251MLO CD JUST ENOUGH ROPESUZY BOGGUSS CD NOBODY LOVE, NOBODY GETS HURTCAPITOL 7243 8 57310-2 CD MY OWN PECULIAR WAY WILLIE NELSON/EMMY LOU HARRIS CD TEATRO ISLAND 314-524 548-2 CD I HOPE YOU WANT ME TOO THE MAVERICKS CD TRAMPOLINE MCD NASHVILLE UMD 80456 CD THIS DIRTY LITTLE TOWN KIERAN KANE/EMMY LOU HARRIS/LUCINDA WILLIAMS CD DEAD REKONINGDEAD RECKONING DR 001 CD SAME THINGS HAPPENED TO ME JOHN PRINE CD LOST DOGS AND MIXED BLESSINGSRYKODISC RCD 10333 CD DOES HE LOVE YOUREBA McINTYRE CD SINGLE INFO : REBA HAS 1 CONCERT AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL ON 4TH JUNE - LISTENERS CAN RING 0870 444 4041 FROM THIS EVENING FOR TICKETS ALTHOUGH THE OFFICE DOESN'T OPEN OFFICIALLY UNTIL FRIDAY 30TH APRIL*** CD ACRES OF CORN TOM RUSSELL / IRIS De MENT CD THE MAN FROM GOD KNOWS WHERE FXCD 209 CD LOVE GROWS WILD BUDDY MILLER CD POISON LOVE HIGHTONE HCD 8084 CD 'TIL I GET IT RIGHT TRISHA YEARWOOD CD TAMMY WYNETTEÂ….REMEMBEREDASYLUM 7559-62277-2 CD BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY BILL MONROE THE BLUEGRASS BOYS CD COLUMBIA COUNTRY CLASSICS VOLUME 1 COLUMBIA 468119-2 CD PILGRIM STEVE EARLE/DEL McCOURY BAND CD THE MOUNTAIN GRAPEVINE GRACD 252 CD SOUTH OF SANTA FE BROOKS DUNN CD BROOKS DUNN 5 ARISTA NASHVILLE 07822 18865-2 CD AMARILLOBIG HOUSE CD BIG HOUSEMCA NASHVILLE MCD 11446 -- Bob Paterson http://www.ursasoft.com/bob Bob Harris Country BBC Radio 2 (Researcher) CMR DJ (Thursday nights 10-12)
Blue Chip Radio Report, 04/26/99
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT Country Music News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info April 26, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Nashville Casualty Life" by Lee Roy Parnell. Writers: Kinky Friedman. Producers: Kacey Jones. Label: Kinkajou Records. Parnell's best-ever vocal, fine guitar licks and a splendid lyric. From the excellent tribute album, "Pearls In The Snow (The Songs of Kinky Friedman)", which jumped 9 slots to # 15 on Gavin's Americana chart this week. BMG picks up distribution tomorrow. Ray Stevens has prostate cancer. The singer/comedian is optimistic about a complete recovery. Doctors feel they caught the cancer in its early stages. His summer series in Nashville, The Ray Stevens Show, has been cancelled as a result of the illness. Blackhawk's Van Stephenson told Country Weekly that his cancer treatments have been successful and that he's healthy again. Cledus T. Judd recently had a procedure to correct a defect in his heart. To celebrate, Cledus plans a parody of Chad Brock's "Ordinary Life" on his next album. The title will be "Coronary Life". George Richey has asked he be dismissed from the lawsuit filed by four of Tammy Wynette's daughters. The widower's logic is that he is not a doctor, so a medical malpractice lawsuit would be misdirected. Jo Dee Messina won Act Of The Year at the Boston Music Awards show last Thursday. Has Barbra Streisand gone country? New hubby James Brolin is said to be an avid country fan and has led Barbra to the light. Here's some inside skinny. You may remember when we reported that Streisand and Vince Gill did a session together a few weeks ago on the west coast. The great one was so pleased with the session that she looked for other country material. The grapevine says Barbra fell in love with a song off an old George Strait album, "We Must Be Loving Right" (written by Clay Blaker Roger Brown), and called Tony Brown to L.A. to produce the tracks last month. Those who have heard the final mix say there's some fine steel guitar mixed in with the orchestra. It's expected to be on her fall album, along with the Vince Gill duet. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Lynn Stewart from WIL/fm in St. Louis; Gary Major, PD at WNAI/am in Louisville KY; Christophe von Goufein from R.P.L. Radio in France; Janet Bozeman with Sony Music; Jeny Duke with The Music City News; and, Freddy Fender. They say her Denver CO fans were shocked to see Faith Hill with long, brown hair and a ponytail a few days ago. Quite a change. Meanwhile, our Tattoo Police report that hubby Tim McGraw is sporting a new tattoo on one of his biceps. It says "Faith". The old standard of 3 single-for-radio releases from an album seems to have fallen by the wayside. These days one can expect four or five releases. For superstars, six releases seems to be the trend. The record companies lead the effort to get more gross dollar return out of each album investment. With the productive life of an artist becoming shorter and shorter, the labels want to squeeze out every dollar of profit before leading the artist to pasture. The upside is that smart producers and artists will be looking for more top-flight songs (read "not co-written by the artist") since they may have to go six deep into an album for releases. The downside is that the not-so-smart producers and artists won't go looking for 6 power songs. The result will be less competitive releases, less chart action, and a quicker contract termination from the label. Dixie Chicks will be doing some of the stops on the Lilith Fair tour this summer. Fund raising problems have slowed plans for the Country Music Hall of Fame's new building in Nashville. Shedaisy is composed of 3 sisters. They have performed in the past as The Osborn Sisters and as The Violets. Travis Tritt expects to be touched by a couple of angels in the coming months. Tritt filmed an episode of the TV show "Touched By An Angel" in Salt Lake City last week. Closer to home, he and Theresa are expecting to paint the baby's room blue before he enters the world in June. David Letterman's stage manager, the legendary Biff Henderson, has been in Nashville taping some stuff for a May episode of Late Night. BR5-49 will be one of the artists featured. In a deft casting move, Jo Dee Messina is scheduled to play a musician on this Friday's (4/30/99) episode of "Nash Bridges" on CBS. By the way, when is someone going to do a radio parody of the show and call it "Nashville Bridges"? Rumor has it that David Ball is about to re-enter our cosmic orb. Garth Brooks has sold 4.4 million copies of "Garth Double Live", according to the New York Daily News. John Michael Montgomery's new album, "Home To You", is due May 25th. It marks the first time that JMM has worked w
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Re: Jon Emery on KUT Radio
Joe writes: There is also a great show on Sunday nights right after "Live Set" by my old compadre Larry Monroe that features Texas artists. Yeah this is great if you never wanna know what artists and songs he plays. What's the point of playing 50 minutes straight of music and then back announcing it all at the same time? This is inconsiderate to most listeners. It's happened to me more than a few times that I tuned in, heard something I liked and never found out what it was because he never seems to back announce. Just one of my pet peeves I guess. Jim
Re: Jon Emery on KUT Radio
Bill Gribble wrote: Actually, any KUT DJ can host Live Set. They sort of rotate. Overnight DJ Jeff Johnston asked the Barkers to do a Live Set on May 30, which we're pretty excited about. Another show to listen to is Folkways, on Saturday morning. Great show. There is also a great show on Sunday nights right after "Live Set" by my old compadre Larry Monroe that features Texas artists. Larry also does a blues show on Monday night and a show on Thursday night. Saturday night is Paul Ray's great oldies RB show. KUT is one of the best NPR stations around. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
Re: Jon Emery on KUT Radio
Christopher Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently started listening to KUT on the web from Austin. I started with Mark Rubin's "Overnight" show, though it comes on a bit late. Then I discovered Tom Pittman (I believe he is with the Austin Lounge Lizards) hosting live shows on the LiveSet show. This week, Sunday April 25th from 8-9 CST, he will host Jon Emery. Actually, any KUT DJ can host Live Set. They sort of rotate. Overnight DJ Jeff Johnston asked the Barkers to do a Live Set on May 30, which we're pretty excited about. Another show to listen to is Folkways, on Saturday morning. Lots of live local and touring music, and despite the name it's not all folky. There are several DJs who take turns, and they range from Celtic to folky to more bluegrassy in their tastes. Also, KUT carries This American Life on Saturday afternoon, which is my favorite NPR program, and not too many NPR affiliates seem to carry it. Bill Gribble Barkers mp3's at http://www.mp3.com/thebarkers
Jon Emery on KUT Radio
I recently started listening to KUT on the web from Austin. I started with Mark Rubin's "Overnigt" show, though it comes on a bit late. Then I discovered Tom Pittman (I believe he is with the Austin Lounge Lizards) hosting live shows on the LiveSet show. This week, Sunday April 25th from 8-9 CST, he will host Jon Emery. I heard Jon for the first time on a tape compilation of train songs that someone sent me. With the help of David Goodman of Modern Twang, I was able to find out more about Jon Emery. A description follows. The address for KUT on the web is http://www.utexas.edu/kut/kutradio.ram. A direct link to the LiveSet show is: http://www.kut.org/liveset/index.html. There is also an archived show by Austin folk/blues artist Peter Keane, who I have become a real fan of, both his solo work and with Bill Morrissey. I see that 5/9 is a show with Bruce Robison. Born in Vermont, December 28, 1946; was in a group in California in the early 1960s called the VIPs with Leroy Preston who was later in Asleep at the Wheel. Jon then had a country swing group called the Missouri Valley Boys that toured the Midwest in the early 1970s; he then moved to Austin, Texas and the MVB became a Western swing group called Whiskey Drinkin' Music which morphed into the Jon Emery Band. Played clubs in Austin the 70s-80s and recorded Hillbilly Rock Roll for Bear Family in 1985; guests on the record included Jimmy Day, Alvin Crow, and Erik Hokkanen; did a live album from the Cactus Cafe then another for BF called If You Don't Buy This, I'll Find Somebody Who Will in 1995. Latest album = Two Separate Highways in 1997 for Rib House Records. -- Christopher Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Strange Things Happenin' Every Day" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Country radio
Remember, what drives the format (like any other commercial one) is ratings, which, it has been pointed out (most recently by Mike Hays), have been going down, especially for HNC-oriented stations, as their target audience grows disaffected. The obvious remedies for station owners are 1) abandon the country format altogether, 2) chase even harder after that audience with even more pop- and rock-oriented fare, or 3) re-orient toward the long-term, "traditional" country music audience. I expect we'll see a combination of all three, especially the latter two (after all, most other formats aren't doing that well, either), and the charts will be increasingly schizophrenic over the next couple of years. I don't imagine that many individual stations will try to combine 2 and 3, but you may see a few cases of it. Jon Weisberger, Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger
Re: Blue Chip Radio Report, 04/19/99
At 09:00 PM 4/20/99 -0500, you wrote: Hey there, Expect more rear-end collisions on Music Row in the near future. Vince Gill's Volvo was involved in a 3-car accident on West End Avenue just off the row a few days ago. Reports say that Vince was stopped for a red light when he was rammed from behind and pushed into the car in ahead of him. Shouldnt driving a Volvo disqualify one from being the AOTD? Cal Highway Patrol is testing a few Volvos as police crusisers. I would be embarassed to be pulled over by a Volvo. Jeff Miles of Music mail order http://www.milesofmusic.com FREE printed Catalog: (818) 883-9975 fax: (818) 992-8302, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alt-Country, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk, power pop and tons more.
Boxy but safe (was Re: Blue Chip Radio Report, 04/19/99)
Hey there, Expect more rear-end collisions on Music Row in the near future. Vince Gill's Volvo was involved in a 3-car accident on West End Avenue just off the row a few days ago. Reports say that Vince was stopped for a red light when he was rammed from behind and pushed into the car in ahead of him. Shouldnt driving a Volvo disqualify one from being the AOTD? Later... CK "They're boxy, but safe." A few years back when the 850 series first came out, a Car and Driver type rag commented that they really liked the car but sure wished it looked a little less like the box it came in. As tidy a summing up of Volvo sheet metal as you're likely to find. Cheers, TG... recently seen driving around in a boxy car listening to The Backslider's Throwing Rocks at the Moon and wondering how the CD had flown under his radar for so darn long. Fine stuff.
Blue Chip Radio Report, 04/19/99
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT Country Music News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info April 19, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Bang Bang Bang" by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Writers: Al Anderson and Craig Wiseman. Producers: Josh Leo. Label: Dreamworks. CDX: volume 209. Our first two-time pick as The Blue Chip Song Of The Week. Last year we chose this song and the record label promptly folded, but Dreamworks wisely picked up the album and re-released this single. Hey, "Bang Bang Bang" is a lot of fun- and radio should be fun. Tammy Wynette's body was exhumed Wednesday (4/14/99) and an autopsy was performed. Wynette's widower, George Richey, requested the autopsy after a $ 50 million wrongful death lawsuit was filed by 3 of her daughters (a 4th daughter joined the lawsuit this past week). Results of the autopsy are expected in four to six weeks, according to Nashville Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Levy. Mindy McCready may not have had a big hit in awhile, but her ability to grab headlines is second only to Garth Brooks. The gal who was engaged to Superman, and then engaged the attention of at least one pro hockey player, is now charming an an oil prince. According to Brad Schmitt at The (Nashville) Tennessean, Mindy's stud muffin du jour is Saudi Arabian prince Khaled Al Fahd. Khaled is the 23-year-old eldest son of one of the world's richest families. Trisha Yearwood's singing talent continues to grow. On TNT's "An All-Star Tribute To Johnny Cash" Sunday, she sang Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down" like she had just discovered the song. Although it's hard to imagine her having a beer for breakfast and liking it so much that she had another one for dessert, Trisha did a killer rendition of the song. By the way, Johnny Cash is feeling so good that he went back into the studio last week. The Man In Black is getting excited about a doing a new album. Expect more rear-end collisions on Music Row in the near future. Vince Gill's Volvo was involved in a 3-car accident on West End Avenue just off the row a few days ago. Reports say that Vince was stopped for a red light when he was rammed from behind and pushed into the car in ahead of him. After the usual swap of driver's license and insurance company numbers, the guy who rammed Vince gave him the old by-the-way-I'm-a-songwriter and slipped him a demo tape. They say that Vince graciously accepted it. Vince will skip the Academy of Country Music awards show on May 5th. He has multiple nominations, but that's the day of daughter Jennifer's birthdate. Daddy has promised daughter the evening, according to Associated Press. Fan Fair ticket sales are sluggish for the 2nd year in a row. In an effort to move them faster, Ticketmaster has been added as an outlet for the June 14-19 event. Your listeners may also call 615.255.9600 for tickets. Mark Wills was watching "Maury" on TV the other day. The theme was "Beautiful Girls With Ugly Scars". One young girl, badly scarred from a fire, told her story and then broke into the Wills' hit "Don't Laugh At Me". Wills was so moved that he called the producer. He's now booked to appear on a followup show next month with the girl. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Mike Forrest from 101.9 The Twister in Oklahoma City OK; Gary Murdock, PD/MD at Kix 96 in Florence/Muscle Shoals AL; Greg Dorschel with Collins Music; Pontus Lindroth with Radio Viking 101.4 in Svartsjo, Sweden; Ed Cohen with Clear Channel Communications; and, Ted Stecker. Johnny Paycheck is hoping to leave an Atlanta hospital after a nearly six-month stay. Paycheck told WSM Radio in Nashville that he hopes to be released within the next couple of weeks. Shania Twain is scheduled to be the cover girl on the June issue of Glamour magazine. She has already appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan and Rolling Stone. Shedaisy is composed of 3 sisters: Kristyn Osborn, Kassidy Osburn and Kelsi Osborn. They hail from Magna, Utah. Who has the largest fan club in country music? Alan Jackson holds that honor among no-fee clubs with 125,000 members. Among the fee-based clubs, George Strait leads with 75,000 members. Faith Hill says she started her Family Literacy Project because her father never learned to read. To aid the project, she's collecting donations of books at each of her concerts. In a recent interview, Faith also disclosed that having children released some of the stress of her career. She said that having her two daughters made her realize that her career wasn't the most important thing in her life. Have you ever seen the Roy Minnie statue at The Ryman Auditorium? The single, white female who posed as Minnie Pearl was Chely Wright. Billy Ray Cyrus has recorded the Scooby-Doo theme song for an episode of the cartoon. A new Townes Van Zandt album is set for release on June 29th. "A Far Cry From Dead&quo
Re: Blue Chip Radio Report, 04/19/99
Hey there, Expect more rear-end collisions on Music Row in the near future. Vince Gill's Volvo was involved in a 3-car accident on West End Avenue just off the row a few days ago. Reports say that Vince was stopped for a red light when he was rammed from behind and pushed into the car in ahead of him. Shouldnt driving a Volvo disqualify one from being the AOTD? Later... CK "They're boxy, but safe." ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Border Radio for 18APR99
Border Radio, WXDU Duke University April 18, 1999 Border Radio - Hot Rod Lincoln - Blastered Never Go Back - The Beat Farmers - Tales of the New West Where's Waldo - Big Bad Johns - I Will Be Good Don't Think Twice - Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire Little Heaven - Cesar Rosas - Soul Disguise Farther Along - Johnny Cash - Just As I Am Good Enough - Billers Wakefield - The Hot Guitars of... Baby Back - The Blue Rags - Eat at Joe's Gangsta Lean - The Gourds - Ghosts of Hallelujah Livin' on the Road - Camp Black Dog - Rock Roll Summer Camp 98 ATF - Sixty Acres - Banjos and Sunshine Mardi Gras Mule - Red Star Belgrade - The Fractured Hymnal Forever Came Today - The Backsliders - Southern Lines Lucky Moon - Jon Dee Graham - Summerland Pacific Standard Time - Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings - Sweet Ona Rose playing together on Thursday Tobacco Spit - Bare Jr. - Boo-tay Miss Operator - The V-roys - All About Town
Bob Harris Country BBC Radio 2 - Thursday 15th April 1999
BOB HARRIS COUNTRY WEEK 15 15.04.99 99MA6249MLO CD MY LOVE LITTLE TEXAS CD BIG TIME WARNER BROS=9=45276-2 CD OUR LITTLE TOWN CICADAS (RODNEY CROWELL) CD CICADAS WARNER BROS 9=46498-2 CD STAND BESIDE ME JO DEE MESSINA CD I'M ALRIGHT CURB/HIT=CURCD=054 CD ALMOST HOME MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER CD PARTY DOLL (SAMPLER) COLUMBIA=CSK=41999 PROMOTIONAL ALBUM, NOT YET AVAILABLE CD GRAVEYARD SHIFT STEVE EARLE/DEL McCOURY CD THE MOUNTAIN GRAPEVINE=GRACD=252 CD SILVER DEW ON THE BLUEGRASS TONIGHT HOT CLUB COWTOWN CD SWINGIN' STAMPEDEHIGHTONE=HCD=8094 CD SUGAR MOON BOB WILLS CD THE ESSENTIAL BOB WILLS COLUMBIA/LEGACY=CK=48958 CD WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL ALISON KRAUSS CD NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU - A COLLECTION ROUNDER=CD=0325 CD IF I NEEDED YOU LYLE LOVETT CD STEP INSIDE THIS HOUSE CURB=MCAD2=118331 CD PANCHO LEFTY EMMYLOU HARRIS CD LUXURY LINER WARNER BROS=7599-27338-2 0 CD T FOR TEXAS BOXCAR WILLIE CD THE BEST OF BOXCAR WILLIEBOX=2=1993 CD LET ME LET GO FAITH HILL CD SINGLE WARNER BROS=WB=W=473=CDDJ CD A SOFT PLACE TO FALLALISON MOORER CD THE HORSE WHISPERER MCA NASHVILLE=MCAD=70025 CD START THE CAR TRAVIS TRITT CD NO MORE LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER WARNER BROS=9362=47097=2 -- Bob Paterson http://www.ursasoft.com/bob Bob Harris Country BBC Radio 2 (Researcher) CMR DJ (Thursday nights 10-12)
Border Radio for 11APR99
Border Radio, WXDU Duke University April 11, 1999 all these folks in the first set will be in town next week Heavenbound - Kelly Willis - What I Deserve See You Around - Bruce Robison - Wrapped So Far Gone - Lou Ford - Sad, But Familiar Roky - Coal Palace Kings - Everyone's Got Drinking Stories You Win Again - Jerry Lee Lewis - Country Classics Too Much Sex (Too Little Jesus) - Drive By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance Sigh to Signal - The Mary Janes - Record No. 1 Mary Jane - The Vulgar Boatmen - You and Your Sister Tupelo County Jail - The True Brothers - The True Brothers Sing Queen of the World - Andre Williams the Sadies - Red Dirt Nobody - Troy Young Campbell - Man Vs. Beast Rest of Our Lives - Mike Ness - Cheating at Solitaire If That's Alright - Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone Jukejoint Girl - The Carbines - The Carbines 7" Never Be Your Darling - The Backsliders - Southern Lines A Place in the Shade - Jon Dee Graham - Summerland 19 - The Old 97's - Fight Songs
Radio
Please don't misunderstand my ranting about radio- I appreciate Mike Hays and everybody else here who does good radio. Some local radio still can make a difference, thank God. I'm speaking generically about corporate numbthink radio as it exists for the most part these days. We actually have a building here in Austin which houses a bunch of little DJ studios with the whole setup and a DAT machine, and there are a whole bunch of DJs in there taping radio shows to be sent out to a whole bunch of radio stations all over the country. They try to simulate the sound of a live DJ who is actually in that town, so they say things like "we're having a great day here in Lompoc" and horrible lame horseshit like that. Can it get any worse than this? Every time I think it has hit rock bottom, somebody comes up with a big drill and takes us farther toward Hell. -- Joe Gracey President-For-Life, Jackalope Records http://www.kimmierhodes.com
Chicago Radio -- Wilco On WXRT
Don't recall if this has been mentioned here: SOUND OPINIONS Tuesday Nights at 10PM With Jim DeRogatis, Greg Kot and Marty Lennartz APRIL 13 "WILCO Live in the Studio." On the heels of their critically acclaimed new album, "Summerteeth," Jeff Tweedy and the members of WILCO drop by to perform some songs and to answer listeners' questions. Plus GREG's selection for the Desert Island Jukebox. TWM === -- Tom Mohr usually here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sometimes here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Radio
Joe Gracey writes: Can it get any worse than this? Every time I think it has hit rock bottom, somebody comes up with a big drill and takes us farther toward Hell. Listen to the latest Firesign Theater album. This is the future of radio, complete with a format change every fifteen minutes. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
radio sweeps underway, intersting TV ad
Just saw an ad for the new country radio station in Richmond, VA "The River" and they segued from Alan Jackson Tall Tall Trees to "He Stopped loving Her Today". This isn't a renegade operation either, it's owned by a very successful black radio entrepreneur who saw a hole in the market and is going after the HNC station that's been the 25-54 leader for years but has recently dropped substantially. While the HNC throws money at the listeners "The River" is throwing real country at the listeners. Mike Hayshttp://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.netFor the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
Border Radio for April 4, 1999
Border Radio, WXDU Duke University April 4, 1999 Jack's Truck Stop Cafe - Dale Watson - I Hate These Songs Your Place in the Sun - The Two Dollar Pistols - On Down the Track Lullaby - Tift Merritt - The Garden Place comp. Ramblin' Rose - Lynette Morgan and Her Tennessee Rhythm Riders - Little Red Wagon Honky Tonkin' - Maddox Brothers and Rose - Their Original Recordings Steel Crazy - Biller and Wakefield (w/ Big Sandy) - The Hot Guitars of... Murder (Or a Heart Attack) - Old 97's - Fight Songs Green Suede Shoes - Black 47 - Live in New York City No Place Worth Dying For - Julian Dawson - Spark Big Hug - Charlie Chesterman and the Legendary Motorbikes - It's Heartbreak That Sells Jet Set - The Blue Rags - Eat at Joe's Winner's Circle (request) - Paul Burch the WPA Ballclub - Wire to Wire Abe Lincoln - The Backsliders - Southern Lines By the Moon - Tony Tidwell the Scalded Dogs - Out of the Way Better Than This - Hadacol - Better Than This California Blues - Alejandro Escovedo - Bourbonitis Blues God-shaped Hole - Hayseed - Melic
Forward: Internet B92 Serbian radio station shuts down
Not sure if this has been reported here. Subject: FC: Internet B92 Serbian radio station shuts down Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 14:00:50 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pressrelease Radio B92 Amsterdam, April 2, 1999 Sound of B92 Banned Government officials have shut down radio B92 - silencing the last independent voice in Serbia. In the early hours of Friday morning, April 2, police officers arrived to seal the station's offices, and ordered all staff to cease work and leave the premises immediately. A court official accompanied the police. He delivered a decision from the government-controlled Council of Youth to the station's manager of 6 years - Sasa Mirkovic - that he had been dismissed. The council of youth replaced Sasa Mirkovic with Aleksandar Nikacevic, a member of Milosevic's ruling Socialist Party of Serbia, thus bringing B92 under government control. B92 has been the only source of alternative information in and from Serbia since the start of NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia 10 days ago. Although a ban on the station's transmitter in the morning of the first day of airstrikes - Wednesday March 24 - took the station off the air, B92 has continued to broadcast news and information via the Internet and satellite. On the same day as Federal Telecommunications' officials seized the station's transmitter police officers also detained the station's chief editor - Veran Matic. He was released unharmed and without explanation eight hours later. Since the transmission ban on B92 the station has been heavily policed and has been operating under severe restrictions. The ban on B92 is the latest in a series of crackdowns on free media in the past week. The wave of media repression has resulted in the closure of a large number of members of the B92-led independent broadcasting network - ANEM, and all independent press. Since the launch of B92 news broadcasts on the web last Wednesday its site has had some 15 million visitors. Support sites such as http://helpb92.xs4all.nl report 16,000 visitors per day. Local radio stations across Europe have been re-broadcasting b92 audio signal from the Internet. B92 is the leading independent broadcaster in Yugoslavia, and established the national re-broadcasting network of 35 radio and 18 television stations - ANEM - in 1996. The station was due to celebrate its 10th anniversary this May. -- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -- === -- Tom Mohr usually here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sometimes here: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Blue Chip Radio Report 03/29/99
Dunno if Jeff Wall's taken off yet since he normally takes care of these, but I'll send it out anyway. --Jon Johnson THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT Country Music News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info March 29, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the radio and music industries. To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Some Broken Hearts" by Bellamy Brothers. Writer: Wayland Holyfield. Producers: Bellamy Brothers and Randy Hiebert. Label: Intersound Country and Bellamy Brothers. CDX: volume 207. The original country hat act, the Bellamys come from left field with this arrangement of the 1977 Don Williams hit (under the title "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"). This song has a reggae beat, much more hip and jiggy than some of the second-rate pop music flowing out of Nashburg these days. Most importantly, the lyric is timeless. After all, some broken hearts never mend. Two more of radio's heavy hitters from the past year are without labels this morning. Toby Keith has left Mercury Nashville as Tracy Byrd exits MCA. The news is better for Doug Stone and for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Stone returns to the major label arena with an Atlantic Nashville deal. He had a long string of fine country hits for Epic before sliding into a rock sound that was greeted with a collective yawn by the radio and music public. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has signed with Dreamworks. Their first release, scheduled for May 4th, will be "Bang Bang Bang", an album recorded for the defunct Rising Tide label a year ago. Ray Price was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphenalia and marijuana last week near his Texas ranch. He posted a $ 500 bond, pleaded no contest to the possession of drug paraphenalia charge, and paid a $ 200 fine. The 73-year-old member of The Country Music Hall of Fame is expected to go to court at a later date on the possession of marijuana charge. It's not unusual for a radio station to react to a downturn in ratings by cutting the playlist. When the pressure's on, "Play the biggest hits more often" is always a line that a P.D. or consultant on shaky ground can sell to the men and women in the large, carpeted offices. How bad are things? Trini Triggs broke into R R's Top 50 with only 8 reporting stations playing "Horse To Mexico". That number broke the previous low record of 22 stations on a LeAnn Rimes tune of awhile back. You may recall that former California Governor Ronald Reagan pardoned Merle Haggard for his felony convictions after The Hag achieved stardom. Through the generosity of North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt, Randy Travis now enjoys the same pardoned status. As a troubled teen, Travis was convicted of larceny, burglary and weapons charges at various times in his home state. Quoted in Seventeen magazine, The Dixie Chicks' Martie Seidel said that men haven't started throwing underwear at the group, but they'd prefer boxers, not briefs, if and when the phenomenon develops. Chad Brock has worked as a car salesman and as a pro wrestler. He was on the WCW circuit using his real name and wearing cowboy togs as his gimmick. Brock says he wrestled 19 times on TV, including one appearance against Paul Wight, a.k.a. The Giant. Rumors are that Brock may still want to hide soap and bottle caps in his trunks. Some speculate that he may combine his new-found singing stardom with a return to the WCW ring. He'll be the good guy, no doubt. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Rick McCracken, MD at WSOC/fm in Charlotte NC; John Nichols of WKMH/fm in Cullman AL; Jim Murphy, Director of Operations at Jones Radio; Catherine Gollery with Spinner.com; Diny Schapendonk of CENTRAAL FM in The Netherlands; and, Joel Denver. Brock Speer of gospel music's Speer Family died earlier today (3/29/99) in Nashville. Speer joined his brother Ben and Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires on Elvis Presley's first Nashville session for RCA Victor Records in 1956, according to The Tennessean. The brothers also contributed to other Presley sessions, but the family is legendary in gospel music circles. Speer was a former president and chairman of the board of the Gospel Music Association. Brock Speer was 78 years old. Charles Sawtelle, a founding member of the bluegrass group Hot Rize, died March 20th from complications of leukemia. Charles Sawtelle was 52 years old. Inspiration is everywhere. The Bellamys said on Crook and Chase awhile back that they got the idea for the reggae arrangement on "Some Broken Hearts" from a bar band- a beach bar band, in fact. In the Miami area, the brothers walked out to the beach bar (as in "thatched tiki hut") and heard someone do a reggae arrangement of the classic. Supposedly, they looked at e
The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/29/99
THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT
News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info
March 29, 1999
Bill Miller
Editor Publisher
The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the
radio and music industries.To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to
remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!
The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Some Broken Hearts" by Bellamy
Brothers. Writer: Wayland Holyfield. Producers: Bellamy Brothers and Randy
Hiebert. Label: Intersound Country and Bellamy Brothers. CDX: volume 207.
The original country hat act, the Bellamys come from left field with this
arrangement of the 1977 Don Williams hit (under the title "Some Broken Hearts
Never Mend"). This song has a reggae beat, much more hip and jiggy than some
of the second-rate pop music flowing out of Nashburg these days. Most
importantly, the lyric is timeless. After all, some broken hearts never mend.
Two more of radio's heavy hitters from the past year are without labels
this morning.
Toby Keith has left Mercury Nashville as Tracy Byrd exits MCA.
The news is better for Doug Stone and for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Stone returns to the major label arena with an Atlantic Nashville deal.
He had a long string of fine country hits for Epic before sliding into a rock
sound that was greeted with a collective yawn by the radio and music public.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has signed with Dreamworks. Their first
release, scheduled for May 4th, will be "Bang Bang Bang", an album recorded
for the defunct Rising Tide label a year ago.
Ray Price was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphenalia and
marijuana last week near his Texas ranch. He posted a $ 500 bond, pleaded no
contest to the possession of drug paraphenalia charge, and paid a $ 200 fine.
The 73-year-old member of The Country Music Hall of Fame is expected to go to
court at a later date on the possession of marijuana charge.
It's not unusual for a radio station to react to a downturn in ratings by
cutting the playlist. When the pressure's on, "Play the biggest hits more
often" is always a line that a P.D. or consultant on shaky ground can sell to
the men and women in the large, carpeted offices.
How bad are things?
Trini Triggs broke into R R's Top 50 with only 8 reporting stations
playing "Horse To Mexico". That number broke the previous low record of 22
stations on a LeAnn Rimes tune of awhile back.
You may recall that former California Governor Ronald Reagan pardoned
Merle Haggard for his felony convictions after The Hag achieved stardom.
Through the generosity of North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt, Randy Travis
now enjoys the same pardoned status. As a troubled teen, Travis was
convicted of larceny, burglary and weapons charges at various times in his
home state.
Quoted in Seventeen magazine, The Dixie Chicks' Martie Seidel said that
men haven't started throwing underwear at the group, but they'd prefer boxers,
not briefs, if and when the phenomenon develops.
Chad Brock has worked as a car salesman and as a pro wrestler. He was
on the WCW circuit using his real name and wearing cowboy togs as his gimmick.
Brock says he wrestled 19 times on TV, including one appearance against Paul
Wight, a.k.a. The Giant.
Rumors are that Brock may still want to hide soap and bottle caps in his
trunks. Some speculate that he may combine his new-found singing stardom with
a return to the WCW ring.
He'll be the good guy, no doubt.
Welcome to our new subscribers, including Rick McCracken, MD at WSOC/fm
in Charlotte NC; John Nichols of WKMH/fm in Cullman AL; Jim Murphy, Director
of Operations at Jones Radio; Catherine Gollery with Spinner.com; Diny
Schapendonk of CENTRAAL FM in The Netherlands; and, Joel Denver.
Brock Speer of gospel music's Speer Family died earlier today (3/29/99)
in Nashville.
Speer joined his brother Ben and Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires on
Elvis Presley's first Nashville session for RCA Victor Records in 1956,
according to The Tennessean. The brothers also contributed to other Presley
sessions, but the family is legendary in gospel music circles.
Speer was a former president and chairman of the board of the Gospel
Music Association.
Brock Speer was 78 years old.
Charles Sawtelle, a founding member of the bluegrass group Hot Rize, died
March 20th from complications of leukemia.
Charles Sawtelle was 52 years old.
Inspiration is everywhere.
The Bellamys said on Crook and Chase awhile back that they got the idea
for the reggae arrangement on "Some Broken Hearts" from a bar band- a beach
bar band, in fact. In the Miami area, the brothers walke
Re: The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/29/99
snip The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Some Broken Hearts" by Bellamy Brothers. Writer: Wayland Holyfield...The original country hat act, the Bellamys come from left field with this arrangement of the 1977 Don Williams hit (under the title "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"). This song has a reggae beat, snip [sigh] Pud covers of songs you love by the pud factor: the price you pay for listening to one kind of music for any length of time. Kelly
Re: Border Radio for 21MAR99
my gos - it still boggles my mind every time I see you t show if i didn't have a shit computer at home I'd listen online check out the new little sue - new backsliders and blue rags coming we need to talk soon - catch up did you come to sxsw? -- From: Rick Cornell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Border Radio for 21MAR99 Date: Mon, Mar 22, 1999, 8:26 PM Border Radio, WXDU Duke University March 21, 1999 I Was Drunk - Alejandro Escovedo - Bourbonitis Blues Black Box - Jon Dee Graham - Summerland The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over - Whiskeytown - promo EP Underneath Your Wheels - The Pinetops - Above Ground and Vertical I Wish It Was Saturday Night - Dave Alvin - Romeo's Escape Someone Like You (request) - The Knitters - Poor Little Critters on the Road Castanets - Ray Mason Band - Castanets Missyouville - Ass Ponys - It's Heartbreak That Sells Sweet Ona Rose - Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings - Sweet Ona Rose Rage of Angels - Buck Storm - Goodbye From Venus Music to Pack By - Farmer Tan - Farmer Tan I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew - Johnny Cash - Real Between the Lines - Hayseed - Melic Red Leg Boy - Terry Allen - Salivation Ireland - Greg Trooper - Everywhere
Re: The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/22/99
Jeff Wall wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Dwight Yoakam will appear in an upcoming TV commercial for Gap. He'll be singing Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". I think I saw this ad last night, although didn't notice Dwight in it, I suppose it was him singing. A weird bit of post-something marketing. Same dancers as in that swing ad for Gap, only this time they are boot scootin, thumbs in belt loops line dancing to a rockabilly number in Khakis!!!. Now wait just a dad blamed minute here! What on earth is this marketing strategy? I could see the swing/khaki connection: hip urban yupster clothes etc. But line dancing? to rockabilly? in kahkis? Slumming? I'm cornfused. But I'm stickin to jeans, thankyewverymuch. Stuart hey, I like these blue chip reports. Who's gonna post em while Jeff is off defending us?
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Stuart writes: hey, I like these blue chip reports. Who's gonna post em while Jeff is off defending us? I've sent 'em to the list two or three times when Jeff hasn't been around, as has Nancy Apple, I think. I don't mind doing it. --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
Border Radio for 21MAR99
Border Radio, WXDU Duke University March 21, 1999 I Was Drunk - Alejandro Escovedo - Bourbonitis Blues Black Box - Jon Dee Graham - Summerland The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over - Whiskeytown - promo EP Underneath Your Wheels - The Pinetops - Above Ground and Vertical I Wish It Was Saturday Night - Dave Alvin - Romeo's Escape Someone Like You (request) - The Knitters - Poor Little Critters on the Road Castanets - Ray Mason Band - Castanets Missyouville - Ass Ponys - It's Heartbreak That Sells Sweet Ona Rose - Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings - Sweet Ona Rose Rage of Angels - Buck Storm - Goodbye From Venus Music to Pack By - Farmer Tan - Farmer Tan I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew - Johnny Cash - Real Between the Lines - Hayseed - Melic Red Leg Boy - Terry Allen - Salivation Ireland - Greg Trooper - Everywhere
The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/22/99
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 23:03:26 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/22/99 THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info March 22, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the radio and music industries.To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "From The Inside out" by Linda Davis. Writers: Marc Beeson and Angela Kaset. Produced by James Stroud and Julian King. Label: Dreamworks Nashville. Davis drops the Celine Dion copycat act for a more interpretive sound. Nice steel guitar and a fresh lyrical approach to a classic theme. George Jones was dismissed from the Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville on Friday. Jones rode home on his tour bus. As Garth Brooks' masterfully markets Garth Brooks with the express, written consent of Major League Baseball, his pop (as opposed to country) album for Capitol is being readied for the Garth Brooks market. The initial release date, May 4th, has been been scuttled. The album will likely be released in June or July, according to Billboard. Meanwhile, keen Brooks' observer Steve Wariner has jumped on the baseball cross-promotional bandwagon. For every strikeout thrown by New York Mets reliever Turk Wendell (pronounced Wen-DELL) this summer, Wariner and Wendell will each contribute $ 100 to Garth's Touch 'Em All Foundation. Some radio researchers are discovering that Faith Hill's "This Kiss" was played more by non-country stations than country stations. If that's true, then should sales of the recording be tallied as "country" or "pop"? Should they be apportioned between formats (with country getting the smaller percentage)? Does that make the song a bigger country hit or lesser country hit? Willie Nelson guests on Howard Stern's TV show on the E! entertainment channel, March 29th and 30th. Willie may be too quick for Howard. Jeff Foxworthy will join the crowded field of national countdown radio hosts. The Foxworthy Countdown debuts next month. By the way, you might be a redneck if you can't countdown from 20. New York City will be the site of "An All-Star Tribute To Johnny Cash" on April 6th. The program will be recorded for playback on Turner Network Television (TNT) on April 18th. 32 years ago this month, Porter Wagoner had a # 2 chart hit with a classic country tune called "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life". It's a terrific country song that ranks alongside "The Carroll County Accident" as my favorite hits by the original rhinestone cowboy. Porter has had 28 songs in Billboard's Top 10 as a recording artist. He has owned several successful publishing companies, a profitable recording studio, a long-running syndicated TV, and produced boucoups of hits, including almost all of Dolly Parton's country hits. In fact, when pretty little Miss Norma Jean decided to retire from the business, it was Porter who saw the potential of the unknown Dolly from the Smoky Mountains and invited her to join the cast of his TV show. The rest, as they say, is history. Porter will make a guest appearance at the Tennessee Songwriters Association International weekly meeting on March 31st at Belmont University in Nashville. Non-members are invited to attend. For the several hundred songwriters in the Nashville area who subscribe to this newsletter, and the hundreds of other people in the Music Business City who also subscribe, I think the ol' Wagonmaster might have a thing or two to say that you would find of value. And, as Jeff Wall points out, Porter is still the best dressed man in country music. For more info on The Tennessee Songwriters Association International, visit their website at http://www.ClubNashville.com/tsai.htm or call the TSAI hotline at (615) 969-5967. Nashville's ever-growing songwriters festival, Tin Pan South, is set for April 12-17. Welcome to our new subscribers, including Chris Bev Jackson of Americana Promotion LTD in the United Kingdom; Jim O'Hara, PD at WLLR-fm in the Quad Cities IL/IA; Capt. Billy Anderson from the morning show at KPAN in Hereford TX; Bjorne Hesselbjerggaar
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I see your point Jon, but I think you give Shania too much credit for her early career as some people slam her too much for singing cabaret-style "pop" tunes. Before Lange got involved, you have a woman who wanted a music career; was influenced equally by country and pop and who tinkered around writing songs. She sang whatever gave her a paycheck and the Nashville invite was just "luck". She says now that she fought to get things her own way - well, interesting point is that she really didn't have a style at that point. She pretty much sang as a pop songstress, wore ordinary and sometimes frumpy looking clothes and had that wedge cut of a hairdo. She got a job as a house singer for Crook Chase. I think it was Wilson who did say that he looked over the songs she had written and didn't think much of them, adding that "they" didn't think they were good. Exit Norro Wilson, enter Lange. Her vocal style changes, her music changes, her "look" changes and she adopts male rock star stage mannerisms. She didn't do this all by herself. The songs which she did write were altered by Lange and we'll probably never know exactly who wrote what or was responsible for what as it's all part of the myth those two want us to "buy" into. Her future was thought-out beforehand and planned step-by-step. Absolutely brilliant "take" on the Eliza Doolittle story. While I'm on the subject - often I think that people look at her rock influence and cite her videos and some of her television appearances as a threat to country music and sometimes to women in general. Her videos express a more perfunctory sensuality than her actual stage presence. In concert, she is not the sassy little belly-button waving sex kitten or the freewheelin' liberated woman, but rather a happy cheerleader of country/pop who literally bounces about the stage, invites members of the audience to sing with her, including children and who often shows a video of herself strumming guitar and singing a country song at age 9 or 10. She tries very hard to entertain and she is quite likeable in a little sister sort of way. After seeing one of her concerts, my impression was that she was a "nice girl" who just wants to be liked. Her music and her "style" belies the fact that she is a 33 year old woman. I have concluded that she is an interesting phenomenon whose time will pass also as the bouncy cheerleader pose won't work much longer as she gets older. Actually, I'm a bit suprised it has worked thus far. Those videos obviously work to her advantage. Anyway, Jennings, Nelson, Glaser and Colter had a cause to support, were already in the business and knew exactly how they wanted to approach and stand up for their beliefs whereas Twain just wanted to be in the music business and sing with the likes of Elton John and Stevie Wonder. Tera -Original Message- From: Jon Weisberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 1:36 PM Subject: RE: Clip: The state of country radio Looking at the matter in terms of the country music industry and the way that it works, Twain's career, at least through The Woman In Me, bears a considerable resemblance to that of some of the 70s Outlaws - that is to say, a struggle with "conservative" producers and label execs over her desire to pursue a new sound that could appeal beyond the "normal" country audience by bringing in pop/rock elements. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Jon, you keep making this point, but I'd argue that you're overstating the resemblance between Twain's career (and, by necessity, her music, since that's her career) and that of the 70s outlaws. Let's see. Artist A has essentially mediocre success using producer-determined/arranged material, fights with his label in order to record the stuff that *he* wants to, rather than what the label has stuck him with in the past, wins fight, hits it big with crossover appeal. Artist B has essentially mediocre success using producer-determined/arranged material, fights with her label in order to record the stuff that *she* wants to, rather than what the label has stuck her with in the past, wins fight, hits it big with crossover appeal. Looks like a pretty close resemblance to me on a pretty important level. As I said before, there's rock influences and then there's rock influences, and they're not all floating around on the same, precise relativist plain. So you say, but I think it depends a lot on your degree of interest in rock. If you're not interested in classical music, and you think that incorporating classical music influences into rock makes the result less enjoyable, are you really going to care whether it's Beethoven's influence or Holst's? Are you going to find a Beethoven-influenced rock song better than a Holst-influenced one? Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 10:33 PM Subject: Re: Clip: The state of country radio In a message dated 3/15/99 9:40:41 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just happened to be station-surfing Sunday morning on the way back from the gig in Knoxville and came across Elton John's "Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer" rock/pop operretta -- it features, in addition to overblown strings and an overall baroque-rock arrangement, a pedal steel! I seemed to have forgotten about EJ using steel in a lot of his 70's stuff. "Tumbleweed Connection" was an amazing album. I still listen to it every once in a while. Was it alt. country? Slim Maybe alt.country/pop given some of the embellishment in arrangement g. Some beautiful stuff on that album. I also play it every now and then, btw. "Come Down In Time" with the moody oboe and harp backing is still one of my favorite ballads. I've read that John was very enamoured of the American Old West when he was a kid. He enjoyed reading cowboy and indian epics and always dreamed of visiting. It was said he was further inspired to write the songs on TC due to his promo trip to the states for "Your Song". Encouraged by that lp, I also bought "Madman Across The Water" with that "Tiny Dancer" song some have mentioned here. Not a bad album, but definitely lost interest in John, except for a few random singles every now and then heard on the radio. Perhaps if he had taken the concept of Tumbleweed Connection further... Tera
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This is pretty evident by the fact that instead of folding to the whims of Nashville and becoming another music publisher's puppet, she fond Mutt Lange (or should I say he found her), who in return allowed her to do things her own way. Not aware of what her lounge singing consisted of in Canada, but before she met Mutt she did a pretty decent straight ahead country CD which if I remember correctly, received critical acclaim but little commercial acceptance as it came out just as the POP boom in country was exploding. Mike Hays http://www.TwangCast.com TM RealCountry 24 X 7 Please Visit Then let us know what you think! Mike Hays www.MikeHays.RealCountry.net For the best country artist web hosting, www.RealCountry.net
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Correct me if I'm wrong here (and I've been meaning to bring this up about Shania), but since when was Shania ever really "Country." From what I've read about her, she was singing pop songs in a Vegas format in some vacation lodges in Canada. It just so happens that the one person that "discovered" her was from Nashville. Her musical background before that time was pretty much "Pop" bands playing in Ontario. As Mike Hays pointed out, Twain's first album, produced by Norro Wilson and Harold Shedd (he's the guy who signed her), was pretty much straightahead country. More to the point, though, the CMF's new Encyclopedia of Country Music says that 1) she came to Nashville with a tape and hooked up with Shedd there, and 2) "by her teens she was a veteran of Canadian country TV shows," which suggests that her background wasn't solely pop. Looking at the matter in terms of the country music industry and the way that it works, Twain's career, at least through The Woman In Me, bears a considerable resemblance to that of some of the 70s Outlaws - that is to say, a struggle with "conservative" producers and label execs over her desire to pursue a new sound that could appeal beyond the "normal" country audience by bringing in pop/rock elements. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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From: Mike Hays Not aware of what her lounge singing consisted of in Canada, but before she met Mutt she did a pretty decent straight ahead country CD which if I remember correctly, received critical acclaim but little commercial acceptance as it came out just as the POP boom in country was exploding. Yes, but was this the pre-Mutt Lange Shania, or post? If it was pre, then she was only allowed to contribute one or maybe two songs of her own. Her lounge singing BTW, consisted of Gloria Gainer etc. type songs. Derek
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Terry says: As for rock influences on country, Jon's made this point before, and it's well documented, but I'd argue that there's rock influences and then there's rock influences. The sort of rock influences that's "corrupting" commercial country music these days is, for the most part, banal, done-a-million-times bar-band type junk that was cliched when the Doobies were hacking away at it in the Seventies. Take Shania [and] Garth Brooks. Viewed from a rock perspective, these folks are living and breathing cliches. Could be, but I'll bet there are plenty of rock fans who would disagree from their rock perspectives, eh? I mean, about what qualifies as rock junk and what doesn't. Not that those are arguments I'm especially invested in g. In any event, I don't know that the idea of "cliche" has the same content across different musical styles or listeners' backgrounds. A huge number of country shuffles start off with the same two-note fiddle pickup, and a huge number of mid- and up-tempo bluegrass tunes start with the same 3-note banjo pickup. Are those cliches? By most stabs at an objective definition of the term, I'd guess so, but I, at least, not only don't get tired of and bored with them, I'm usually disappointed if they're not there. Maybe this kind of stuff is only cliched if you don't like it g. I don't know a lot about rock/pop, but even I can recognize that the passage in, say, "Bye Bye Baby" that follows the bridge, where Messina is singing the first part of the chorus over a stripped-down backing that comes crashing back in for the second part of the chorus is a technique that's been used in a gazillion pop/rock songs; even so, it doesn't bother me. To my ears, it works, it sounds good, it fits the song (in a pop/rock kind of way g), and so the question of whether it's a cliche or not is just plain irrelevant. YMMV, etc., but I wonder if it can't be said that, at least in one sense, country listeners have a higher tolerance in general for recycling musical material (not meaning songs, but licks, riffs, arrangements, etc.). Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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From: Jon Weisberger More to the point, though, the CMF's new Encyclopedia of Country Music says that 1) she came to Nashville with a tape and hooked up with Shedd there, Well shame on me then for watching and believing what I see on VH1, but according to their report, she was singing away doing her lounge act while Mr Shedd just happened to be in the audience. As reported by Mr. Shedd in the segment, he approached Shania and asked her to please come back to Nashville with him. 2) "by her teens she was a veteran of Canadian country TV shows," which suggests that her background wasn't solely pop. I never meant to suggest that her background was "solely" pop (which I know it kinda came off sounding like), but according to Terry's post (which got me started), he was dissapointed in Shania for her desertion of "real country." I just don't see it that way. It's not as if she had some long struggle as an unknown country artist, then only to make it to the top and totally do a 180, thus leaving her throngs of long devoted country fans in the dust. Now if Terry was simply saying that he liked Shania better as a "real country" performer, than the pop diva she's now becoming, then I can understand that. Derek
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[Matt Benz] Shania sez in the VH1 special that she sang whatever was in demand: she sang in rock bands, top 40 cover bands, country bands. She was a typical lounge-type performer: simply doing whatever styles were wanted at the time. As far as I can tell, she was not pre-disposed to country music, which is clear from her pop thrusts lately. She just wanted to succeed in a musical career. Which is fine. She did have at least one good country song, I think, based on that special: a clip from an early video (her playing guitar in a rustic porch setting) was kinda good.
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[Matt Benz] Shania sez in the VH1 special... Hmm, first Derek, now Matt confesses to having tuned in. I think it's pretty clear just who the real Shania fans are here. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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I was at my in-laws, lying on the couch, watching lots of satellite tv. Lots of VH1 music specials. I didn't see all of Shania's, tuned out before the "fake Native American backround" scandal. I admit I was curious. And she is good looking, no denying that. But then I also watched the Grand Funk one. So yeh, I'm shameless. M -Original Message- From: Jon Weisberger [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 10:26 AM To: passenger side Subject: RE: Clip: The state of country radio [Matt Benz] Shania sez in the VH1 special... Hmm, first Derek, now Matt confesses to having tuned in. I think it's pretty clear just who the real Shania fans are here. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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Looking at the matter in terms of the country music industry and the way that it works, Twain's career, at least through The Woman In Me, bears a considerable resemblance to that of some of the 70s Outlaws - that is to say, a struggle with "conservative" producers and label execs over her desire to pursue a new sound that could appeal beyond the "normal" country audience by bringing in pop/rock elements. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Jon, you keep making this point, but I'd argue that you're overstating the resemblance between Twain's career (and, by necessity, her music, since that's her career) and that of the 70s outlaws. They actually could write songs, or had the good judgment to pick songs, with some staying power and grit. I'm not a soothsayer, so I can't say this for sure, but I'll bet my bottom dollar that the tunes of Kris Kristofferson and Outlaw era Willie will be around when Shania's been long forgotten. As I said before, there's rock influences and then there's rock influences, and they're not all floating around on the same, precise relativist plain. -- Terry Smith
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Looking at the matter in terms of the country music industry and the way that it works, Twain's career, at least through The Woman In Me, bears a considerable resemblance to that of some of the 70s Outlaws - that is to say, a struggle with "conservative" producers and label execs over her desire to pursue a new sound that could appeal beyond the "normal" country audience by bringing in pop/rock elements. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Jon, you keep making this point, but I'd argue that you're overstating the resemblance between Twain's career (and, by necessity, her music, since that's her career) and that of the 70s outlaws. Let's see. Artist A has essentially mediocre success using producer-determined/arranged material, fights with his label in order to record the stuff that *he* wants to, rather than what the label has stuck him with in the past, wins fight, hits it big with crossover appeal. Artist B has essentially mediocre success using producer-determined/arranged material, fights with her label in order to record the stuff that *she* wants to, rather than what the label has stuck her with in the past, wins fight, hits it big with crossover appeal. Looks like a pretty close resemblance to me on a pretty important level. As I said before, there's rock influences and then there's rock influences, and they're not all floating around on the same, precise relativist plain. So you say, but I think it depends a lot on your degree of interest in rock. If you're not interested in classical music, and you think that incorporating classical music influences into rock makes the result less enjoyable, are you really going to care whether it's Beethoven's influence or Holst's? Are you going to find a Beethoven-influenced rock song better than a Holst-influenced one? Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 16-Mar-99 RE: Clip: The state of cou.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne So you say, but I think it depends a lot on your degree of interest in rock. If you're not interested in classical music, and you think that incorporating classical music influences into rock makes the result less enjoyable, are you really going to care whether it's Beethoven's influence or Holst's? Are you going to find a Beethoven-influenced rock song better than a Holst-influenced one? Perhaps. I'd rather hear Debussy than Wagner in my rock. The latter leads to things like Meat Loaf. Carl Z.
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So you say, but I think it depends a lot on your degree of interest in rock. If you're not interested in classical music, and you think that incorporating classical music influences into rock makes the result less enjoyable, are you really going to care whether it's Beethoven's influence or Holst's? Are you going to find a Beethoven-influenced rock song better than a Holst-influenced one? Perhaps. I'd rather hear Debussy than Wagner in my rock. The latter leads to things like Meat Loaf. Hmm, Carl, does this mean you're not interested in classical music? Besides, the former leads to things like BST. g Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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Often in these P2 discussions of radio, I'm surprised at the notion that people could actually make a change in it. I'm much more of the opinion that the music industry *manufactures* mass taste and the need for its products. Very pessimistic on that point. I know it's not a simple equation, but the music and radio companies have all the cards. Popular taste is not formed before industry dreck gets heard, it's formed *in and by* industry dreck. When did T.W. Adorno sneak on to the list? Anyway, right on Junior. Unfortunately, it's hard not to be pessimistic in this cultural climate, and to wonder whether anything meaningful can even get through to people when their tastes, as you suggest, are so thoroughly mediated by commercial interests and industry drecksometimes I wonder whether all you can hope for as a musician is to try to give people a few moments of pleasure and count your blessings if you're able to achieve at least that, however illusory it might be (as opposed to actually believing that you can encourage real "change" of any kind). Todd
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Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 16-Mar-99 RE: Clip: The state of coun.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne Hmm, Carl, does this mean you're not interested in classical music? Relative to several other types of music, that would be a fair statement. I'm a casual listener at best. Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 16-Mar-99 RE: Clip: The state of coun.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne Besides, the former leads to things like BST. g Ew. You have a point, though I'd take at least pre-David Clayton Thomas BST over Meat Loaf or Styx, or any number of arena-rock bands that took cues from Wagner any day of the week. There are traces of Debussy in some of Richard Thompson's work, btw. Would a discussion of the merits of Kenny G's and Sonny Rollins's influence on rock by non-jazz fans be fair? I'll bet there's a lurker or two who's not big on jazz but digs the Stones' "Waiting For a Friend" runs screaming from Michael Bolton's work Carl Z.
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Carl says: Would a discussion of the merits of Kenny G's and Sonny Rollins's influence on rock by non-jazz fans be fair? I'll bet there's a lurker or two who's not big on jazz but digs the Stones' "Waiting For a Friend" runs screaming from Michael Bolton's work Fair, sure, why not? g But consider that, as best I can tell, anyhow, one of the raps on Kenny G is that his work is influenced by the wrong kinds of rock and pop, so a certain degree of circularity starts to creep into the discussion. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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So: Perhaps. I'd rather hear Debussy than Wagner in my rock. The latter leads to things like Meat Loaf. Hmm, Carl, does this mean you're not interested in classical music? Besides, the former leads to things like BST. People!! Wagner and Debussy are yucky *romantic* music. They are NOT *classical* music. All European music isn't the same. Don't mix great composers like Mozart and Cimarosa in with trash like Wagner, sheesh g What would you think if somebody characterized Buck as Bluegrass?!?!? Boy o boy, whatta listg, --junior
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Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 16-Mar-99 RE: Clip: The state of coun.. by "Jon Weisberger"@fuse.ne But consider that, as best I can tell, anyhow, one of the raps on Kenny G is that his work is influenced by the wrong kinds of rock and pop, so a certain degree of circularity starts to creep into the discussion. True, but you could substitute Chuck Mangione or Russ Freeman or even Dave Brubeck for Kenny G and wind up with jazz with far different sensibilities than much of Rollins or Sun Ra or Coltrane, and (to continue using fans of rock music) a lite-rock fan would be a lot more likely to prefer the former, while a heavy-rock fan might tend toward the latter, regardless of their knowledge of or affinity to jazz. Carl Z.
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Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 16-Mar-99 RE: Clip: The state of coun.. by "Ph. Barnard"@eagle.cc.u People!! Wagner and Debussy are yucky *romantic* music. They are NOT *classical* music. All European music isn't the same. Don't mix great composers like Mozart and Cimarosa in with trash like Wagner, sheesh g What would you think if somebody characterized Buck as Bluegrass?!?!? Damned purists.g Told ya I was a casual listener at best! Though what I know of Debussy I like... Carl Z.
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People!! Wagner and Debussy are yucky *romantic* music. They are NOT *classical* music. All European music isn't the same. Don't mix great composers like Mozart and Cimarosa in with trash like Wagner, sheesh g What would you think if somebody characterized Buck as Bluegrass?!?!? Damned purists.g Told ya I was a casual listener at best! Well, now, if I were you, Carl, I'd tell Junior that we're using "classical" here the same way we're using "jazz" and "rock" g. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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I love this. Only on P2 does a discussion of the state of country radio devolve into questions about the differential effects of radically diverse sax players like Brubeck, Kenny G, Sun Ra, or Coltrane on a non-informed rock audience. Not to mention this business about Wagner --junior
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Jr. goes: Popular taste is not formed before industry dreck gets heard, it's formed *in and by* industry dreck. And then Todd goes: When did T.W. Adorno sneak on to the list? And so I goes: Like, too long ago? Jr. is using a real overpure Frankfurt-school reading of popular culture? And if not superceded totally the likes of Adorno need to be modified (sez me) by more recent cultural thinking on response, interpretation and appropriation? Adorno was an utter snob? He would think every bit of the music we're talking about was dreck, including, say, George Jones? (Tho that seems fitting to Jr.'s mood today considering his later "romantic music isn't classical music" nitpickery? Like, take a chill pill?) Plus, y'know, I'd like to, kinda, stand up for myself as more pessimistic than Junior? Because while thinking that people are to some degree, like, sheep herded and counted in the pens of the purveyors of dreck, I also think people can wallow dreck all on their own? Which is why the purveyors got to be the big muscular purveyors in the first place? 'Cuz no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the [fill in nation-state here] public? Along with the logic of late capitalism, I'll grant you? But, well, shit, remember even among the dreck there are pearls? Pearls of parody at least? Y'what I mean? like, Carl W?
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Junior wrote: People!! Wagner and Debussy are yucky *romantic* music. They are NOT *classical* music. All European music isn't the same. Don't mix great composers like Mozart and Cimarosa in with trash like Wagner, sheesh g What would you think if somebody characterized Buck as Bluegrass?!?!? Sorry, Junior but I have a hard timing figuring out just what you are talking about. Yucky romantic music, you say. Sure, if you want to waltz around with the salong fähigness of Mozart, you are welcome any day. This don't mean I don't appreciate Mozart. Stating Wagner as trash is a little too much. Eventhough he took up many of the worst aspects of "Die Lebens-philosophie" in his music, not to say in his writing, his music is incredible. I'll listen to Jussi Bjoerling as Calaf in Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde any day, above much of the crap that is hyped on this list. So just when did "classical music" die and romanticism take over? With Beethoven's Piano Sonata op.111, or was it before? Was Beethoven romantic crap all along? Okay, If you feel so, let me recomend an album for you. Put on Bach's mass in H-minor (preferable with Collegium Vocale and Philippe Herreweghe). Turn it up loud, listen as they breath in, before Kyrie is heard out of the speakers. Is Bach in your classical category? And since Adorno was mentioned in this thread. I just wrote an essay about Adorno's influence on Thomas Mann in writing Dr.Faustus. The focuse was especially on his contribution to Mann's understanding of the 12-tone technique, and Adorno's presence in the "Devil's" tale in that book. If you want to read it, learn Norwegigan. Geir Nyborg Oslo,Nyborg np:Townes Van Zandt: "Kitchen album"
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No, no, I know that, Mr.Junior. (I mean, really, with a name like "Junior", you'd have been drummed out of the Teddy-and-Walt Noble Frankfurters Clubhouse at the first meeting...) But I was somewhat, somehow serious that the management-and-creation-of-taste line, while valid, can turn into monolithic cultural conspiracy theory (a la Adorno) if not used with caution and parental warning stickers. PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE YELLOW LINE. Etc. (The above in reference to the statement from the plaintiff-turned-defendant, Philip aka "Junior" Barnard, aka "the twangy professor": Like, dude g, I would never look at pop culture from Adorno's perspective, so I take this as facetiousness.) In other news, went to an Epitaph preview party for Tom Waits's new album The Mule Variations last night. Hard to hear over the beer-fuelled chatter (including mine) but sounded, in a word, extraordinary. Carl W.
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Terry says: What I'm trying to say -- the relative merit of the music (which is all a matter of taste) isn't addressed on any levels in your comparisons about how each of these artists, or group of artists, dealt with the "industry." If Shania was a duck quacking, and she'd gone through some of those fights for freedom with the Nashville establishment, that wouldn't say a damn thing about quacker's merit vis a vis Waylon, Willy, Jerry Jeff, etc. Well, sure, but the relative merit of the music isn't the only, or even necessarily the most important point at issue here. Plus which, as you say, that's all a matter of taste g. I think your comparative points are instructive, but of limited utility, when we're trying to gauge to what extent rock influences have eroded or heightened the quality of country music. It depends on the influence. Quality is subjective, but to deny the lack of differences in quality is lunacy. I'm sorry, but I just can't buy the unqualified line you're selling here. There are passionate arguments here all the time about the relative merits of one rock group or another that I couldn't care less about, and if I couldn't care less about their relative merits on their own terms, why would I care about their relative merits as influences on country music? Between you and me, I never liked a lot of that Outlaw stuff much anyhow - a song here, a song there, sure, but I never found it nearly as exciting or interesting as some other, less rock-influenced (at least to my ear) stuff that was coming out at the same time; the only Waylon Jennings album I ever bought until that Essential comp came out was the cassette version of Waylon Live, and that's because I really liked "Rainy Day Woman." So an argument that hinges on the superiority of the Outlaw kind of rock-influenced music over Twain's kind just doesn't go very far with me. As far as I'm concerned, the differences in quality (or, better, enjoyment) have to do with the less obviously rock-influenced aspects of their music. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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Jon quotes me here (and is kind of enough not to point out that I tangled up that last sentence and said the opposite of what I meant): I think your comparative points are instructive, but of limited utility, when we're trying to gauge to what extent rock influences have eroded or heightened the quality of country music. It depends on the influence. Quality is subjective, but to deny the lack of differences in quality is lunacy. Then he addresses that statement with this: I'm sorry, but I just can't buy the unqualified line you're selling here. There are passionate arguments here all the time about the relative merits of one rock group or another that I couldn't care less about, and if I couldn't care less about their relative merits on their own terms, why would I care about their relative merits as influences on country music? Between you and me, I never liked a lot of But isn't the history of country music more or less the history of its influences? And that being the case, doesn't that make the influences, and genres within the influences, very valid -- even crucial -- factors in assessing the music? It seems as if you're throwing all rock music into the same bag. And rock is a lot more diverse than country. Jon says he didn't like a lot of "that Outlaw stuff much anyhow - a song here, a song there, sure, but I never found it nearly as exciting or interesting as some other, less rock-influenced (at least to my ear) stuff that was coming out at the same time; the only Waylon Jennings album I ever bought until that Essential comp came out was the cassette version of Waylon Live, and that's because I really liked "Rainy Day Woman." So an argument that hinges on the superiority of the Outlaw kind of rock-influenced music over Twain's kind just doesn't go very far with me. As far as I'm concerned, the differences in quality (or, better, enjoyment) have to do with the less obviously rock-influenced aspects of their music. I agree with regard to Waylon. I liked that tune, and Ralph Mooney's memorable steel solo, better than anything else Waylon did. I was bored by a lot of the pacing and oomph, pha, pha, type bass stuff, and was always wishing he'd do more material along the lines of Rainy Day Woman. But there was a lot of Outlaw and Austin stuff at that period with great merit, including Waylon, Willie, Doug Sahm, Kris K., Asleep at the Wheel, Rusty Weir, Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys, etc. Now that I think of it, the stuff from that time that I enjoyed the most, however, was the material that borrowed heavily from the country side. Well, maybe I should be making this argument, using punk country as my example of good rock influences I'll let my tag-team partners take over for that. -- Terry Smith
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This thread is nuts g. Heh Geir, I was mostly joking. Carl, I'm way back off that yellow line!! And Geir: while Wagner isn't my own cup of tea, more power to ya. As Jon Weisberger was just saying in another context of this same thread (!?), these taste matters are not really the basic point. I was simply alluding to a kind of basic historical/stylistic distinction in European music. Dividing what we Americans universally refer to as "classical" into some still-overlarge categories that don't lump 400 years of music into a single notion, etc. You know, Palestrina to Bach etc. in an early music to baroque phase, Mozart and Co. as classical, and post-Beethoven to the 20th century as romantic. Memo to self: use g thingies, --junior, who never would have been invited to lunch with Adorno
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Jon, you want to elaborate a little on your take on the Outlaws? I've never been wild about them musically, myself. It's mostly a stylistic thing, as they just don't seem to come from the places that move me in that sense (the beats, especially, didn't swing, as I think you mentioned). I was attracted to the stance and the attitude, but the music never grabbed me... --junior
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But isn't the history of country music more or less the history of its influences? And that being the case, doesn't that make the influences, and genres within the influences, very valid -- even crucial -- factors in assessing the music? It seems as if you're throwing all rock music into the same bag. And rock is a lot more diverse than country. Well, yeah, I am, but I'm also throwing pop, blues, rb and everything else into that same bag g. No, really, as far as the history of country music goes, I think it would be more accurate to say that it's the history of how those influences were incorporated, not the history of the influences themselves. Plus which, the biggest influence, so to speak, is the past practice of country music itself. Or at least it used to be g. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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Junior wrote: This thread is nuts g. Heh Geir, I was mostly joking. Carl, I'm way back off that yellow line!! And Geir: while Wagner isn't my own cup of tea, more power to ya. As Jon Weisberger was just saying in another context of this same thread (!?), these taste matters are not really the basic point. I was simply alluding to a kind of basic historical/stylistic distinction in European music. Dividing what we Americans universally refer to as "classical" into some still-overlarge categories that don't lump 400 years of music into a single notion, etc. You know, Palestrina to Bach etc. in an early music to baroque phase, Mozart and Co. as classical, and post-Beethoven to the 20th century as romantic. Memo to self: use g thingies, --junior, who never would have been invited to lunch with Adorno I should have known not to drunkenly jump into threads I haven't been following up. Then again, I hope it makes fun reading for those who do. Follow up, I mean. Now, I'm gonna search, search for the basic point. Geir I've found it - Vince Bell:Texas plates
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Country radio programmers hear criticism at seminar March 15, 1999 By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Listeners are deserting country music radio stations because they're bored with the music being played, according to two teams of researchers who spoke at a convention of radio industry workers. More than 2,300 of the nation's 10,000 radio stations play country music, making it the most popular format in the United States. But ratings have dropped about 25 percent over the past two years. Researchers speaking Friday at the annual Country Radio Seminar said listeners are tired of hearing songs that are indistinguishable from one another, and they think programmers should be less loyal to established artists. "What's the expression? Beat a dead horse -- it still ain't going to run. That's what they do," said one man surveyed by Denver-based researchers Roger Wimmer and Matt Hudson. Another member of the focus group said he "couldn't tell Bryan White from Wade Hayes if they walked through that door." White and Hayes are young country music singers. Wimmer and Hudson showed video clips of anonymous interviews of focus groups conducted in Kansas City. Edison Media Research of Somerset, N.J., released statistics from a study of 611 country music fans in six metropolitan areas. "I find country's obsession with artists questionable at times," said Larry Rosin of Edison. He said 48 percent of the fans Edison surveyed thought their local station would play records by a superstar act, even if the music wasn't good. Rosin said pop radio stations were far less loyal to established artists than their country counterparts. He used Alanis Morissette as an example. After songs from the pop singer's "Jagged Little Pill" album were successful, "radio yawned collectively" at her follow-up album, he said. Rosin said the message given was that if Morissette's music wasn't up to snuff, her name wouldn't be enough to get it played. Country fans miss the outlaw movement of the 1970s when unique artists like Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson were popular, the researchers said.
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Well, well, wellmaybe if they started playing folks like Dale Watson, The Derailers, Duane Jarvis, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rosie Flores, Kelly Willis, Jann Browne, Heather Myles, Mike Ireland, Lucinda, Lauderdale, Cisco, The Hollisters, Buddy Miller and Steve Earle they'd get those listeners back. .just a thought! Kate [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Listeners are deserting country music radio stations because they're bored with the music being played, according to two teams of researchers who spoke at a convention of radio industry workers.
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Kate writes: Well, well, wellmaybe if they started playing folks like Dale Watson, The Derailers, Duane Jarvis, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rosie Flores, Kelly Willis, Jann Browne, Heather Myles, Mike Ireland, Lucinda, Lauderdale, Cisco, The Hollisters, Buddy Miller and Steve Earle they'd get those listeners back. .just a thought! I don't think that big changes are in the works, personally. Radio has been taking its lumps on this subject for years and they inevitably chalk it up to "a vocal minority of malcontents," or words to that effect. In addition, most of these artists are on small labels and don't have the dough to duke it out toe-to-toe with the majors in terms of pushing their stuff at radio. Finally, my most cynical belief is that collective change is unlikely simply because it sounds too much like the consultants admitting that they've been wrong. I recall a Dale Watson interview a couple of years back where he said that he would gladly accept a country music industry that was half its current size if it meant that the music got back to its roots as a result. If radio continues its current approach, he might just get his wish! --Jon Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wollaston, Massachusetts
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Well, well, wellmaybe if they started playing folks like Dale Watson, The Derailers, Duane Jarvis, Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rosie Flores, Kelly Willis, Jann Browne, Heather Myles, Mike Ireland, Lucinda, Lauderdale, Cisco, The Hollisters, Buddy Miller and Steve Earle they'd get those listeners back. .just a thought! And a nice one, too, but also a questionable one. These folks are already on the air in many major markets, and they have albums out, too, yet they don't, with the occasional exception, seem to be drawing listeners and buyers in the kind of numbers that mainstream country radio is looking for, and it was getting away from, not moving toward, the twangier stuff that brought a lot of listeners in in the first place; why would moving toward it bring those people back now? I frankly think that what's happening is that the novelty factor is wearing off for a lot of the newer country listeners, and they're off to look for the Next Big Thing without much concern for whether it's labeled rock or pop or something else again. I haven't seen even a whisper of a desire for twangier, more hardcore country stuff in the coverage of the CRS that's been posted here - and in fact, the positive references to "outlaws" merely underlines the point, as the musical content of The Outlaws boom of the 70s consisted in large part of "breaking the rules" and "taking risks" by bringing more rock influences into the country mainstream. The best thing that can happen to country music right now is for the audience to shrink. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
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or something else again. I haven't seen even a whisper of a desire for twangier, more hardcore country stuff in the coverage of the CRS that's been posted here - and in fact, the positive references to "outlaws" merely underlines the point, as the musical content of The Outlaws boom of the 70s consisted in large part of "breaking the rules" and "taking risks" by bringing more rock influences into the country mainstream. Jon's probably correct when he expresses doubts that there's some great untapped audience out here for hardcore country stuff. Maybe if John Travolta makes a movie with a Pentium-powered electronic bull, in a Texas dance hall, while occasionally battering a younger version of Debra Winger, that'll spark some renewed interest in hard country, but I wouldn't hold your breath. (Wait a minute, "Urban Cowboy" sparked an interest in soft country. Oh well.) As for rock influences on country, Jon's made this point before, and it's well documented, but I'd argue that there's rock influences and then there's rock influences. The sort of rock influences that's "corrupting" commercial country music these days is, for the most part, banal, done-a-million-times bar-band type junk that was cliched when the Doobies were hacking away at it in the Seventies. Take Shania. The other day I was reacting as I usually do when I see or hear her, gagging, and then it came to me. I don't have a problem with her because of what she's doing to country music; the problem involves what she's doing to rock. The same applies to Garth Brooks. Viewed from a rock perspective, these folks are living and breathing cliches. And they're popular as hell. So, my point? It's easier for me to explain why this stuff turns me off, if I do it from the perspective of a rock fan. Coming from the country side, the main reason to have a problem with Shania (and her increasing progeny) is her desertion of "real country," and as Jon and others have so well argued, the notion of pure or real country music isn't unlike a toddler's idea of Camelot. Also, I know that Jon's rhetorical chops, with regard to rock, aren't nearly as sharp as they are with country. g -- Terry Smith np a review copy of Steve Wynn's new one. I'll report back.
Re: Clip: The state of country radio
From: Terry A. Smith Coming from the country side, the main reason to have a problem with Shania (and her increasing progeny) is her desertion of "real country," and as Jon and others have so well argued, the notion of pure or real country music isn't unlike a toddler's idea of Camelot. Correct me if I'm wrong here (and I've been meaning to bring this up about Shania), but since when was Shania ever really "Country." From what I've read about her, she was singing pop songs in a Vegas format in some vacation lodges in Canada. It just so happens that the one person that "discovered" her was from Nashville. Her musical background before that time was pretty much "Pop" bands playing in Ontario. It seems to me that Shania had a dream of one day making it big in the music industry, and when she got her chance, she took it. Had it been some guy from LA vacationing in Canada who asked her to come back with him so that she could be Sony's new star recording artist, we would be listening to her as the latest Pop Diva, and all these questions about her allegiance to "Real Country" music would be completely irrelevant. This is pretty evident by the fact that instead of folding to the whims of Nashville and becoming another music publisher's puppet, she fond Mutt Lange (or should I say he found her), who in return allowed her to do things her own way. It is simply guilt by association that it was someone from Nashville that opened the doors for her to do what she has always wanted to do from the start. If you're going to blame anyone, blame Nashville for still holding onto her. Derek ducking and hiding
RE: Clip: The state of country radio
I frankly think that what's happening is that the novelty factor is wearing off for a lot of the newer country listeners, and they're off to look for the Next Big Thing without much concern for whether it's labeled rock or pop or something else again. I haven't seen even a whisper of a desire for twangier, more hardcore country stuff in the coverage of the CRS that's been posted here - and in fact, the positive references to "outlaws" merely underlines the point, as the musical content of The Outlaws boom of the 70s consisted in large part of "breaking the rules" and "taking risks" by bringing more rock influences into the country mainstream. The best thing that can happen to country music right now is for the audience to shrink. Using up my "me too" quotient for the month, I'll say that I think Jon has this exactly right. The line- dancing-for-yuppies era is pretty well dead and buried, the suburbanites who embraced HNC in the late 1980s and early 1990s have moved on, as Jon notes, to whatever--Hootie or Lilith Fair or God knows what--and pop acts like Shania Twain and, er, Shania Twain have begun to give up any vague association with country music. That's the most convincing explanation for why the balance seems to be shifting, on country radio and on CMT, back toward a preponderance of music that we may or may not like, but that we can all agree, I think, is indisputably what we think of as country music, unlike some of the more pop-oriented HNC stuff. That's why Junior and other folks, me among them, are finding it so much easier to listen to mainstream country radio lately. --Amy
Re: Clip: The state of country radio
In a message dated 3/15/99 9:40:41 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just happened to be station-surfing Sunday morning on the way back from the gig in Knoxville and came across Elton John's "Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer" rock/pop operretta -- it features, in addition to overblown strings and an overall baroque-rock arrangement, a pedal steel! I seemed to have forgotten about EJ using steel in a lot of his 70's stuff. "Tumbleweed Connection" was an amazing album. I still listen to it every once in a while. Was it alt. country? Slim
Re: Clip: The state of country radio
Using up my "me too" quotient for the month, I'll say that I think Jon has this exactly right. The line- dancing-for-yuppies era is pretty well dead and buried, the suburbanites who embraced HNC in the late 1980s and early 1990s have moved on, as Jon notes, to whatever--Hootie or Lilith Fair or God knows what--and pop acts like Shania Twain and, er, Shania Twain have begun to give up any vague association with country music. That's the most convincing explanation for why the balance seems to be shifting, on country radio and on CMT, back toward a preponderance of music that we may or may not like, but that we can all agree, I think, is indisputably what we think of as country music, unlike some of the more pop-oriented HNC stuff. That's why Junior and other folks, me among them, are finding it so much easier to listen to mainstream country radio lately. --Amy I'm still not sure "the balance is shifting." Believe me, listening to country music radio these days is 50 percent luck. And it has been for years. If you tune in one day, you just might hit on Gill's shuffle duet that's getting play, and then maybe Sara Evans or Dwight. But you're just as likely to pick a day when three or four nice-sounding lounge singers with cowboy hats begin sappy ballad time. You're more likely to hear it, unless you're lucky enough to strike paydirt and find a station that's pickier, or grants the freedom to be pickier. Like Mike's. The thing is, I've been tuning in to this stuff for a long time, and the minutes when there's actually something interesting getting play haven't increased, at least from what I can notice. Of course, there's always the possibility that the ornery cuss who owns our local country station is deliberately sabotaging the playlist just to piss me off. - Terry Smith
P2 radio? Have a transmitter!
WRCT is selling its old 100-watt FM transmitter on ebay. If you're interested in starting up a station or increasing your broadcast power, it's at: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=77628084 Carl Z.
Re: Radio/media for tour/record promotion?
In a message dated 99-03-10 10:12:41 EST, you write: My band is setting up a very short tour up the Mississippi corridor from Austin to launch the record that we'll be finishing any day now. We'd like to have (gasp!) people at the shows, even though we don't get out of Austin too much, so we're trying to find media outlets that we can barrage with hookers and blow. I'm thinking radio appearances, reviews of the record, in-stores, mentions in "recommended" lists, etc. I'd start out getting my hands on a copy of Musician Magazine's Guide To Touring And Promotion. It's not everything but I have found it to be extremely helpful. Stacey's Hellcountry website also has some good leads, a lot of it is New England based, but not all of it, and it can give you ideas. Good luck! Elena Skye
Radio/media for tour/record promotion?
My band is setting up a very short tour up the Mississippi corridor from Austin to launch the record that we'll be finishing any day now. We'd like to have (gasp!) people at the shows, even though we don't get out of Austin too much, so we're trying to find media outlets that we can barrage with hookers and blow. I'm thinking radio appearances, reviews of the record, in-stores, mentions in "recommended" lists, etc. The band is the Barkers; we played at Twangfest II and have a song on the Edges/P2 comp CD. We're more pop than alt-country but there's a significant amount of country in there. It looks like we are going to go to the following cities, in more or less this order: Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago, Columbia MO, Kansas City, Lawrence/Topeka/Manhattan? somewhere in Kansas. I'm trying to find out what the weekly entertainment rags and left-end FM stations might be pliable; what record stores might be willing to do in-stores for a band with self-released product; what DJs might set up studio appearances in a likely time slot. Any info for me? Thanks, Bill Gribble The Barkers
Border Radio for 07MAR99
Border Radio, WXDU Duke University March 7, 1999 Analog - Pete Krebs and the Gossamer Wings - Sweet Ona Rose Day Job - Farmer Tan - Farmer Tan Throwin' Horseshoes at the Moon - Tom Russell w/ Iris Dement - The Man from God Knows Where Gravity Talks - Green on Red - Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground Tell Me Why You Love Me - Chris Smither - Drive You Home Again Greg Trooper at Pine Hill Farm last night; everybody else coming to town next week. I Thought I Was Dreaming - Greg Trooper - Everywhere Harlan Man - Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band - The Mountain Blackjack County Chains - Del McCoury Band - Cold Hard Facts Saviours - Varnaline - Sweet Life Hey, Joe - Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider Long Time Comin' - Big Joe - Big Joe Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis Breakfast in Bed - Donnie Fritts - Everybody's Got a Song I Can't Make It Alone - Continental Drifters - Continental Drifters In Store - Dick Prall Band - Somewhere About Here Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - Bill Lloyd - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
country radio
After wrappin' up Swingin' Doors last night, I tuned to one of Seattle's commercial country stations. They were playin' John Anderson's "Straight Tequila Night," one of my favorite country songs of the '90s -- alt. or otherwise. While it's true that modern country radio's programming is erratic at best, they're still capable of knockin' one outta the park. For those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don
Re: country radio
In a message dated 3/5/99 12:11:16 PM EST, don yates writes: for those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don as long as you don't mind listening to the all the dreck in between. but i guess that's par for the course with pretty much all commercial radio (the exception being kpig in northern cal).
Re: country radio
After wrappin' up Swingin' Doors last night, I tuned to one of Seattle's commercial country stations. They were playin' John Anderson's "Straight Tequila Night," one of my favorite country songs of the '90s -- alt. or otherwise. While it's true that modern country radio's programming is erratic at best, they're still capable of knockin' one outta the park. For those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don Well, yes and no. I don't have an AAA station, so I can't speak to that. But I do have three country stations pre-set on my car radio, and I can drive to work -- about 17 minutes -- without hearing one tune worth listening to on any one of those stations. Bland, formulaic, non-threatening, slick jingles, with a few cute phrase formulations, the same guitars, etc.* But then out of nowhere, they'll play something great -- Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis, Anderson, Vince Gill (they've been playing that country shuffle duet lately), Dwight -- etc. So if you tune in and expect to be blown away, best be prepared to wait a while. And maybe pre-set nine or ten stations, just to be safe. -- Terry Smith * of course, this applies to most commercial radio, no matter the genre.
Re: country radio
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". I'll give you the folk point though - you won't hear that on Country Radio and as most public radio stations' licenses are held by institutions of higher learning, their airwaves are rife with it. Most is as cliched as the worst country stuff. I guess that's academia for you. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 11:20 AM In a message dated 3/5/99 12:11:16 PM EST, don yates writes: for those interested in hearing actual country music -- as opposed to roots-rock, f*lk, etc. -- you're still quite likely to run into it on mainstream country radio. And you're certainly gonna hear a lot more of it there than you will on your local AAA station.--don as long as you don't mind listening to the all the dreck in between. but i guess that's par for the course with pretty much all commercial radio (the exception being kpig in northern cal).
RE: country radio
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Lots of people have been doing that for as long as I've been listening to country music. Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Re: country radio
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country radio, Jenni. The more things change...--don
Re: country radio
alow me to update: "cripes, it sounds like Billy Ocean!" -- From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 12:07 PM On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country radio, Jenni. The more things change...--don
Lawrence Welk (RE: country radio)
half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Lots of people have been doing that for as long as I've been listening to country music. On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the upcoming Spade Cooley record that Bloodshot is releasing soon and my first reaction was "This sounds like Lawrence Welk!" Maybe not as cheesy but the accordion and the western swing arrangements have that "champagne" sound. I must be getting old, though, I kinda liked it. g Jim, smilin'
Re: country radio
"Caribbean Queen" was a swell song. -Original Message- From: Jennifer Sperandeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: passenger side [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, March 05, 1999 1:17 PM Subject: Re: country radio alow me to update: "cripes, it sounds like Billy Ocean!" -- From: Don Yates [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: country radio Date: Fri, Mar 5, 1999, 12:07 PM On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Jennifer Sperandeo wrote: half the time I either laugh out loud at the cliches or think, "cripes it sounds like lawrence welk!!". Which is pretty much what folks outside the traditional country music audience were doin' back in the '50s and '60s when listening to country radio, Jenni. The more things change...--don
RE: Lawrence Welk (RE: country radio)
On a totally different tangent, I have been listening to the upcoming Spade Cooley record that Bloodshot is releasing soon and my first reaction was "This sounds like Lawrence Welk!" Maybe not as cheesy but the accordion and the western swing arrangements have that "champagne" sound. I must be getting old, though, I kinda liked it. g Welcome to Club Geezer, Jim. Cooley and Welk were essentially direct competitors in Southern California in the early-mid 50s. That's a bit after the period covered by the Bloodshot transcriptions comp, but even so... Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/
Radio Shows and Live Concerts
Morning Campers Contents: (1) I'm back on CMR - broadcasting live music from The Kashmir Klub (2) Four more "Bob Paterson Presents" gigs left this year - three at The Spitz and one at The 12-Bar Club (3) Cambridge Folk Festival and Suffolk Good Festival this year (4) Coming soon - Bob Paterson broadcasting on The Net N.B. Should you want to be removed from this mailing list - please reply saying so. Alternatively - any way you could help let people know about these musical developments would be greatly appreciated. (1) I'm a disc jockey on Britain's leading Country Music radio station - rather aptly titled Country Music Radio for Europe. My new Showtime is Thursday evenings from 10pm (British time), 11pm in Europe. It has replaced my old Tuesday night show. The format of the show is the same - i.e. "The Singer Songwriter Show" with heavy slants on Americana, Country Rock, Roots Rock, Alternative Country, No Depression, Insurgent Country, Country Blues, Bluegrass and Contemporary Folk..! Expect to hear the old faves: Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Alison Krauss, Neal Casal, Stacey Earle, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Hank Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Shawn Colvin, John Hiatt, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin, The Jayhawks, Show of Hands, The Dead Reckoners, Kate Campbell, Steve Forbert, MCC . Instead of having regular live sessions I broadcast live music as performed in London's top Singer Songwriter venue The Kashmir Klub. It's an exciting development of the programme and I'm delighted to be joined at the hip with this cool venue. CMR has a new Channel on Astra as well as Shortwave around the world. The new channel is No 58 on Astra 1D - Transponder 58 - 10.847V - Stereo Audio 7.38 7.56 mhz plus various Cable companies around Europe. This new service is via the MNO network with a temporary restricted non 24 hour service. We will be running a restricted service using the MNO network between 6pm and midnight (Mon - Fri), Saturdays and Sundays from 1400 hrs-2400 hrs [all UK times]. If you heard us on Cable please inform your Cable company. We can also be heard on Shortwave on Saturdays and Sundays from 1400 - 1800 hrs the frequencies are as follows for the UK and the rest of Europe 1400 - 1600 hrs 9915 khz 13680 khz 17630 khz 1600 - 1800 hrs 6185 khz 3965 khz The new phone in number for requests and dedications in the above times is 0171-661 Fax 0171-661 1122. Outside the UK +44 and drop the 0. (2) BOB PATERSON PRESENTS. I've four remaining gigs this year. From June I will be taking a long sabatical from promoting - focusing on radio projects. Here's what's coming up on my nights at The Spitz (109 Commercial St, Old Spitalfields Market, London, E1 6BG. Adv Tickets: 0171-392 9032. Venue Tel: 0171-392 9034) and at The 12-Bar Club (22-23 Denmark Place, off Denmark Street, London, WC2. Adv tickets: 0171-209 2248. Venue Tel: 0171-916 6989). Saturday 13th March 1999 at THE SPITZ 8/7 Those Magnificent Men + The Blazing Homesteads + Dave Sutherland TMM (as they are fondly known in the Paterson camp) a new name to many - but once you see their pedigree you'll be curious as hell to see them live. A country rock band comprised of band members of The Bootleg Beatles (George), World Party and The Robbie Williams Band. Their debut album on Way Out West records "What Kind of Country Is This" spawns two songs on the soundtrack to "Sliding Doors". It's British and it's authentic. This will be their last gig before performing at this month's South By South West (SXSW'99) Festival of good roots music in Austin, Texas. There's no easy way to describe the music of The Blazing Homesteads, a band whose influences are as diverse as Cajun and Bluegrass, Celtic Folk and Power Pop! Their debut album "Another Country" is a fiery affair and has been finally released on A New Day records. This music is an infectious combination of melodic songwriting with a punchy rhythm of mandolins, banjos and fiddles. Last summer they completed a summer of festivals including Sidmouth, Guildford and Cambridge. They've just been confirmed for Cropredy this year. They are Britain's best part-time band, and are regular visitors on my CMR broadcast. Greenwich's Dave Sutherland was one of my best discoveries of 1997. His repertoire incorporates lightning-fast guitar riffs, haunting ballads, country-blues, Celtic fiddle tunes and upbeat pop classics. This unique blend of songwriting with a distinctly British sound makes Dave
FWD: The Blue Chip Radio Report 3/1/99
-- Date: 1.3.1999 19:40 Uhr From: DelanoBoy THE BLUE CHIP RADIO REPORT News, Charts, Show Prep, Sales Info March 1, 1999 Bill Miller Editor Publisher The Blue Chip Radio Report is a free weekly newsletter for people in the radio and music industries.To add your name to our e-mailing list, or to remove your name, send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks! The Blue Chip Song of the Week: "Stranger In My Mirror" by Randy Travis. Writers: Skip Ewing and Kim Williams. Producers: Randy Travis, Byron Gallimore and James Stroud. Label: Dreamworks Records. CDX volume 207. This one jumps out of the speakers. Clearly distinctive from the rest of the pack. Vince Gill was in David Foster's Malibu CA studio last Monday (2/22) with Barbra Streisand. In The (Nashville) Tennessean, Jay Orr reported that Gill recorded a duet with Streisand on a Richard Marx song with an undisclosed title. Word is that it will be on Streisand's next album. Mr. Streisand, James Brolin, is a big country music fan, apparently explaining the connection between Streisand and country music. Vince Gill may have drawn the biggest laugh of the Grammy awards show when he held his trophy his ear and said, "Somebody told me that if you listen real close, you can hear Garth Brooks play baseball.''Whoever was directing the shot selection for CBS must have been a country music fan (or extremely lucky for an inside laugh). The camera panned to Trisha Yearwood who looked as if she'd just swallowed a tablespoon of vinegar. Lots of country artists were wearing black at the Grammy Awards. Most, if not all, won't be around long enough to earn a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The original man in black, Johnny Cash, got his last week. June Carter Cash accepted the award for her husband. John R. was resting at the family home in Jamaica. Clint Black won a Grammy for his role in the "Tribute To Tradition" album. It was Clint's first win after 14 nominations. Patti Page also won her first Grammy Wednesday night. Vince Gill won his 12th in the past 10 years. Best quote by a winner goes to Ricky Scaggs, winner of Best Bluegrass Album, on why bluegrass continues to grow in audience size: "(Bluegrass) never had to make a fashion statement to be cool. Bill Monroe survived The Beatles. He survived Bob Dylan. He even survived Nashville." Welcome to our new subscribers, including Loretta Crawford with the morning show at WPOR 101.9 in Portland ME; Dugg Collins from KFDI in Wichita KS; songwriter John Bettis; Chuck Edwards with KSCS-fm in Dallas/Ft. Worth TX; and Hiromi Chida, Country DJ at FMK Radio in Kumamoto, Japan. Actor B.T. Stone played an investigative reporter on last night's episode of "The Practice" on ABC. Those of you in Tennessee and Kentucky will probably remember him as WIVK's Bob Thomas. Bob spent 20 years on-air at the Knoxville station before heading to Hollywood. Blue Chip Radio Report reader Terri Fricon, with The Fricon Entertainment Company in Nashville, has been busy lately. Terri was the music supervisor for "Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke", the mini-series starring Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain which aired on CBS last week. Fricon also supervised the music for the recent Miramax release "Down In The Delta" starring Wesley Snipes and Alfie Woodard. Next up: "Fatal Error", a made for TBS movie starring Janie Turner, Robert Wagner, and Antonio Sabato, Jr., which will premiere on The Superstation March 28th. According to Country Weekly, John Michael Montgomery likes to listen to demo tapes in his pickup truck. "I want the song to touch me just like I was hearing it over the (radio) for the first time", says John Michael. By the way, John Michael Montgomery is the latest country singer who has let it be known that he'd like to be in the movies. The rumble is that VH1 wanted to play The Dixie Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces", but wanted to edit out the fiddle parts. The group refused. Guess the banjo didn't bother them. Jeff Cook from Alabama is selling his home. "Excalibur", on Lookout Mountain near Ft. Payne AL, is a castle featuring a Japanese-style kitchen with an eat-around hibachi grill, 8 bedrooms (including 4 master suites), pool with rock waterfall and other luxuries. Asking price is $ 4,820,000. Austin based drummer Donald Lindley died February 3rd of cancer. He had been diagnosed with the illness in December. Lindley may have been best known for his work with Joe Ely, Lucinda Williams, Dave Alvin, Julie and Buddy Miller,
Wilonsky on Wilco and the sleazy radio programmers
I started to post this article from the Dallas Observer but it is really long. If someone really wants to see it I will post it to the list. I haven't read it all but I have heard several folks are pretty steamed. http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999/current/music1.html Jerald NP: Mike Ness 4 song sampler-he covers "Don't Think Twice" and there is steel guitar on a couple of tracks.
Re: Wilonsky on Wilco and the sleazy radio programmers
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Jerald Corder wrote: I started to post this article from the Dallas Observer but it is really long. If someone really wants to see it I will post it to the list. I haven't read it all but I have heard several folks are pretty steamed. http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999/current/music1.html Wilonsky can be a jerk, but the music industry -- particularly the current sorry state of radio -- deserves every bit of scorn and ridicule that's heaped upon it. Sic 'em, Bob.--don
Re: Wilonsky on Wilco and the sleazy radio programmers
Jerald Corder wrote: I started to post this article from the Dallas Observer but it is really long. If someone really wants to see it I will post it to the list. I haven't read it all but I have heard several folks are pretty steamed. http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999/current/music1.html Interesting piece Jerald, thanks. But aside from Wilonsky's occasional editorializing, where's the controversy from it? b.s.
Re: Wilonsky on Wilco and the sleazy radio programmers
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999/current/music1.html Interesting piece Jerald, thanks. But aside from Wilonsky's occasional editorializing, where's the controversy from it? b.s. There's a little steam rising over on Postcard. I would say that anyone who claims Jay Farrar has written not only the same album three times over, but the same song, what, 35 times over since forming Son Volt, doesn't really have a clue. In terms of the interview itself, I think some people wonder why Jeff Tweedy has to drag out the sour grapes every time Uncle Tupelo comes up in conversation. I do sometimes think it's about time he got over it, rather than inventing new ways of expressing the bitterness he feels towards Farrar every time. Oh well. Stevie np - Son Volt, Left a Slide. Which, if you think about it, sounds just like Route, Straightface and Way Down Watson...
Re: Blue chip radio report
In a message dated 2/22/99 10:00:15 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sawyer Brown may not record any more videos. CMT has refused to play "Drive Me Wild" without editing. The group refuses to edit the video. Meanwhile, the lack of video airply on CMT doesn't seem to have hurt the single at all- in fact, it's doing better than most of the group's recent releases. The reason CMT is refusing to play this video is because of a short introduction by WWF rassler Stone Cold Steve Austin. I guess he is to lowclass for HNC fans. I think it is class discrimination. Stone Cold Slim Chance
Border Radio/Starry Eyes for 21FEB99
Border Radio/Starry Eyes WXDU Duke University February 21, 1999 The pop half of the show for this week focused on rootsy pop (poppy roots?), so I'm including both hours. The Bum You Say I Am - Cisco - Wishing You Well From the Pink Motel Can't Stop a Train - The Derailers - Broadcasts Vol. 6 That's How I Got to Memphis - Kelly Willis - Real: The Tom T. Hall Project The Game of Love - The Okra All-Stars - The Okra All-Stars In Memory's Arms - Tim Carroll - Rock Roll Band Rockin' Country Cat - Ronnie Dawson - More Bad Habits Colonel Josh's B.B.Q. - Asylum Street Spankers - Hot Lunch Thirsty - The Old Joe Clarks - Metal Shed Blues Northwoods - Waco Brothers - Wacoworld Shakespeare's Picasso - Chris DiCroce - Brand New Fool Sweet Jane (live) - Lone Justice - This World Is Not My Home Landed in the Mud - Beaver Nelson - The Last Hurrah Fall from the Sky - Bob Egan - Bob Egan Pilgrim - Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band - The Mountain I Am a Pilgrim - The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo ***Starry Eyes*** One Hundred Years from Now - Velvet Crush - Hold Me Up single Sooner or Later - The V-roys - Just Add Ice I Got You - John Walsh the Sinkholes - Antimatter Eisenhower She Must Think I Like Poetry - Robbie Fulks - Let's Kill Saturday Night Trampoline - Bill Lloyd - Set to Pop Track 5 Blues - Martin's Folly - Man, It's Cold Lisa Marie - Michael Shelley - Too Many Movies Back to You - Walter Clevenger and the Dairy Kings - Love Songs to Myself (Redraw) The Line - Dick Prall Band - Somewhere About Here Act Naturally - The Beatles - Help! Wouldn't Want to Be Me - John P. Strohm - Vestavia Think She's Coming Around - The Luxury Liners - Fireworks, Vol. 2 NothingsEverGoingToStandInMyWay (Again) - Wilco - Summer Teeth Winona - Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend Middle of Nowhere - Liquor Giants - You're Always Welcome You're My Favorite Waste of Time - Kevin Johnson and the Linemen - Memphis for Breakfast I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee) - Marshall Crenshaw - Downtown
Radio M show ! Will it go on in future ?
Hard times are comming ! USA wants to bomb YU and i remember what problems i had last year when some old people called radio station and asked to forbid my show because as they told to editor i'm doing propaganda for enemy !?!?!? I hope i'll avoid it this time. Alex N.P. - Americana - A Tribute to Johnny Cash
RE: Radio M show ! Will it go on in future ?
Good luck, Alex. Not all of us over here are for *any* bombing, so take care, and know that we're pulling for you. Matt -Original Message- From: Lazarevic Aleksandar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 1998 2:47 PM To: passenger side Subject: Radio M show ! Will it go on in future ? Hard times are comming ! USA wants to bomb YU and i remember what problems i had last year when some old people called radio station and asked to forbid my show because as they told to editor i'm doing propaganda for enemy !?!?!? I hope i'll avoid it this time. Alex N.P. - Americana - A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Re: Radio M show ! Will it go on in future ?
Matt Benz wrote: Good luck, Alex. Not all of us over here are for *any* bombing, so take care, and know that we're pulling for you. Alex,Sure hope that whatever happens you and your people will be OK. As Matt says, the way Americans think and the way our government acts can be very different. Usually it's been pretty faceless when the use of force is threatened, and used. We *are* pulling for you. b.s.
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Amy Haugesag wrote: Bob Soron--an editor, I might add--wrote: A soon-to-be-former technical book editor, if you will. And if any of you publishing types have any contacts around Chicago in a saner and more interesting line of editing work (no books, no daily-paper copy desks, but just about anything else), I'd love to know about it offlist... I liked the lead singer better than Tracy Really? Does Tracy know about this, Bob? I actually did tell her this last night. She seemed OK with it, but I'll let her speak for herself. Bob
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
Hey there, Linda post scripts... np. The Mary Janes. All of you must get this record. Must. Except for Jon who can sell his back if he wants. I can't remember ever being so bowled over by a first record. I must say the first time I saw the band, maybe 3 years ago, now, at Schubas, they were a mess. Um, I saw em at Schuba's 3 months ago (w/ Jim Roll and The Damnations TX) and although they werent a mess, there were not above average. Later... CK It's a common failing of the listening public that they listen to old Rhythm and Blues records and miss the fact that this is folk music. Frank Zappa ___ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob Soron! You and Tracy saw TWO SONGS! And you were getting beer through half of one. Sorry to bust ya, buddy, but. . . let's be fair. The second song you saw, which was the last in their set, was an a' capella ballad--which doesn't work for Ryan Adams, either. It was a bad idea. Well, now let's both be fair. I saw four, they were as audible at the bar as they were a few feet from it, and as Chris says, they were about the same at the Jim Roll/Damnations TX show. I loved their entire show, but the record is much much better. Give it a chance. For free, sure. For money, no. Bob
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
Bob Soron--an editor, I might add--wrote: I liked the lead singer better than Tracy Really? Does Tracy know about this, Bob? --Amy
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
Alex wrote; 1. BLOODSHOT (WHY ? Because of Alejandro Escovedo, P.V. Cosmonauts, Sadies, Split lip Rayfield,.. ) I can just see Bloodshot's next T-shirt right now; THE NO. 1 INSURGENT YUGOSLAVIAN RECORD LABEL Cool post, Alex. insurgently yoursg, dan (who promises to stop posting so damn much...)
Re: Radio M show about No depression music
ALEX FOR PRESIDENT OF YUGOSLAVIA!!! Rock the vote! You rule, man. Made my year. Linda np. The Mary Janes. All of you must get this record. Must. Except for Jon who can sell his back if he wants. I can't remember ever being so bowled over by a first record. I must say the first time I saw the band, maybe 3 years ago, now, at Schubas, they were a mess. But I'd have stuck with them through thick and thin just cuz of the Vulgar Boatmen bloodlines. Making a record this spectacularly good is far more that what would have been necessary to keep my interest. Can't wait to see them again!
