published: 4/28/99 Thursday, April 29, 1999
Country music's answer to the boy groups changes name!
Country music's answer to Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, 5ive and 98 Degrees,
Young Guns is changing their name. In light of the tragedy at Littlton
High
School near Denver the teens have decided to
Wednesday April 28, 2:13 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Council Vote, Approval of Financing Clear Way for Hall of Fame
Groundbreaking
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 28, 1999--Approval last
week
by the Metro Council of a $2 million allocation for the new downtown
Country
I forwarded this to the list:
``Young Guns was a name we came up with meaning the 'new kids in town'
Or "New kids on the block," as the case may be.
with a country twist. I am sure there is another name that could convey
the same
message,
"The Rentboys?"
Jeff Copetas writes:
I'd like to add Martin's Folly to the list of New York bands that play
around there fairly often:
4/30/99 - Manitoba's
And, yes, this is the bar that is owned by Dictators vocalist
Handsome Dick Manitoba. Haven't been there yet myself but plan on making
the required
From today's Nashville Digest. Congratulations, Mike!
Cyber Country
Internet 'Station' Redefining Country Broadcasting
BY REBEKAH GLEAVES
Everybody has an opinion on what s wrong with country radio today.
General
consensus seems to be that country music has lost its soul that it sold
out
to
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
Carl Wilson writes:
RELS: Hattifatteners (Syd Straw and Cat Power's Chan Marshall)
I thought the Hattifatteners were a God Is My Co-Pilot sideproject?
More to the point, I thought Syd Straw had moved back to Vermont.
--Jon Johnson
Tom Stoodley writes:
So who's going to the Johnny D's show? Anyone want to meet up for
supper and get a table?
I'll be going, though I'll probably save myself some money and have
supper at home.
--Jon Johnson
[EMAIL
Dave Purcell writes:
Yeah, for better or worse, my early Rush thang got me to read
some stuff I probably otherwise wouldn't have. Not that I understood
much of it, but
Yup. I, too, place my high school/college-era interest in Rand's
stuff squarely on Peart's shoulders. She doesn't
William F. Silvers writes:
Great quote Dave. This reminds me, has any of that Little Kings stuff
ever been made available for public consumption?
I believe that two Little Kings songs ended up on a collection of
Dion's post-Belmonts material that was released (on Sony?) a few years
back,
Stuart writes:
I always liked that first Argent album, that was more Zombies and
less bombastic 70s rock band. My vinyl of it is shot. Did Koch
reissue this one by any chance?
Good question. And you're right - it *is* a real good album. I
probably have something like six Argent
Buck Owens rescues beloved sign
Copyright © 1999 Nando Media
Copyright © 1999 Associated Press
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (April 22, 1999 2:41 p.m. EDT
http://www.nandotimes.com) - A condemned, 40-ton sign that once welcomed
people to Bakersfield has been rescued by country music singer Buck
Owens.
Friday April 23, 12:28 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Illness to Remove Grammy Winner Ray Stevens Temporarily from Performances
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--April 23, 1999--Grammy winner Ray
Stevens has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo
treatment as
June in bloom
(pub. date: April 25, 1999, The Tennessean)
By Jay Orr
staff, The Tennessean
Carter Family legacy lives in 'Press On'
As they prepared to retreat to Jamaica last fall after the family's
Thanksgiving celebration, Johnny Cash urged his wife, June Carter Cash,
to consider
Jerry Curry writes:
Well, I took some time digging through the KOCH WWW site and their
catalogs this morning. I couldn't find the Argent album I have let
alone another record. Hmm...their address is: www.kochint.com
So, I'm not sure what the answer is, but I'm betting only _All
Togehter
It's a bit long to post here, but there's a nice piece on Tom Waits
that can be found in this week's "LA Weekly" at
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/99/22/music-lloyd.shtml.
--Jon Johnson
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s_Week:Music:Industry
The Virgin King
Scott Hendricks talks about life after Garth
By Beverly Keel
On a rainy Wednesday morning, a relaxed, denim-clad Scott Hendricks eases
into his morning of interviews and phone
http://www.nashscene.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?browser=netscaperequest=Thi
s_Week:Cover_Story
Would You Trust This Man With a Record Company?
Christian music iconoclast Steve Taylor finds unexpected mainstream
success
By Rob Simbeck, photos by Ben Pearson
Steve Taylor may not be the last
Tuesday April 20 3:54 PM ET
Johnny Cash Gets Spiritual
BURLINGTON, N.J. (AP) - Johnny Cash has recorded more than 400 of his
favorite Scriptures for a soon-to-be-released line of electronic Bibles.
Cash will narrate the desktop version of Franklin Electronics' King James
Bible due out in
Country flame
After 10 years, Kelly Willis gets what she deserves
By Donna Freydkin
CNN Interactive Contributing Music Writer
(CNN) -- Given country singer Kelly Willis' less-than-easy sojourn in the
music business, she's probably earned a certain amount of bitterness.
In less than a
Lance Davis writes:
For those of you relatively close to Memphis this May, keep in mind
that Big Star will be playing a very rare show at the aforementioned
festival on Friday. Unfortunately, detail on bandmates is unknown
at this time, but as long as Jody Stephens shows up, a splendid
time
Dave Purcell writes:
From Matthew 21:2 -- "Hello, I'm Jesus Christ."
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Don't apologize, Dave--I almost used that as my subject line!
--Jon Johnson
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John Friedman writes:
Molly Hatchet also hails from FLA. BTW, they toured several years ago
w/Danny Jo Brown at the helm. It was him, a bass player, ONE freakin'
guitar player and a drummer.
*One* guitar player?!?!?! Hell, John, why don't you just tell us
they were recruiting for the
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
From TV Guide:
Wrestling Heading to TNN?
Friday, April 16, 1999
Is The Nashville Network ready to add a wrestling show to its schedule,
or is the speculation just a bunch of pro-wrestling hokum?
Rumors have been flying among wrestling fans that the country-oriented
cable channel is preparing
From today's Boston Globe:
MUSIC
Merle Haggard still calls the tune
The country legend pulls no punches
By Steve Morse, Globe Staff, 04/16/99
When Merle Haggard released ''Okie from Muskogee'' 30 years ago, the song
made him a right-wing hero. Issued at the height of the Vietnam War
04/15/99- Updated 12:29 PM ET
Johnny Cash carries on
By Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY
Just an hour before he was to sing Folsom Prison Blues at his own tribute
concert last week, Johnny Cash wasn't sure he could do it.
Johnny and June: Johnny has spent the past 19 months
Jerry Curry writes:
Bill, No more"Can I get a witness?" requests for you. I couldn't
disagree with a statement further than the one I snipped below. I
find the textured beauty of _Dear 23_ to be so wonderful, that it easily
creeps onto a Desert Island short short list. As for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
"You're My Favorite Waste Of Time" is on Marshall Crenshaw's
CD "The Nine Volt Years", which is a pretty good collection of outtakes
and rarities from the '80's. It's not a crucial buy but it's fun for
fans of
the man.
It's also on MCA's promo-only
No Asylum For Country Singer Jon Randall
-
---
(4/12/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - With his first single "Cold Coffee Morning"
struggling on the Billboard charts, country singer Jon Randall and his
label Asylum Records parted
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
Matt Benz writes:
Just found out the original J. Geils Band is coming to Columbus to
play this over-priced shithole called Polaris. One of 15 shows. I will
be
there, despite Polaris and my sworn oaths.
This has been in the rumor mill for a few months around here. There
have been at
Ran across this on the double bass list. Thought some doghouse
players here might find it of some use.
--Jon Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wollaston, Massachusetts
- Forwarded
Jon Weisberger writes:
Roger's Kay stuff is dandy. I'm proud to say that I made a modest
contribution to his info, in the form of a photo of a
previously-undocumented tailpiece decal. Hey, I'll sneak into the
history books any way I can...
There's a great picture of 70-year-old Jon
Paycheck expects to be released May 1
WSM Radio News
Grand Ole Opry member Johnny Paycheck is still in the hospital recovering
from respiratory problems.
The 60-year-old singer is hoping to leave the hospital on May 1, but
isn't sure when he'll return to the stage.
"I can't tell right yet,
Money for No One, and your Discs for Free
MP3 is Quietly Wreaking Havoc on Music Row
BY REBEKAH GLEAVES AND SNACKBAR JENKINS
Forget Y2K. What Music City needs to lose sleep over is MP3, a digital
audio compression technology that allows music to be posted on the
Internet and downloaded at
Neal Weiss writes:
Got me thinking, anyone know who the most popular Japanese artist in
US history might be? I can't think of anyone beyond Cibo Matto, who, by
virtue of being on a major label, might win this pony race.
Well, Pink Lady actually had a bona-fide top 40 hit circa 1979 with
Morgan Keating writes:
We played with this metal act once from Japan, but I can't remember the
name to save my life... They came out right around the same time as
Loudness give or take a year...
Vow Wow or E-Z-O? They were the other two big Japanese metal bands
around that time who
William F. Silvers writes:
Review/commentary on the re-release of Television's live BLOW-UP
record.
I don't get it. This has been on CD as a French import for, what,
six years or so? I've had it that long, anyway.
To be honest, it's not their best work. It's interesting, but the
Published Monday, April 5, 1999, in the San Jose Mercury News
Gold reunion rocks country music's Louisiana Hayride
Fifty years after the legendary Louisiana Hayride first took to the
stage, hundreds of the weekly music show's original regulars returned to
a renovated Municipal Auditorium
Friends, fans lavish praise on Cash in tribute concert
Country music legend Johnny Cash performs during a tribute concert last
night. The show is scheduled to air on April 18. (AP)
By Jay Orr / Tennessean Staff Writer
NEW YORK -- For more than 40 years, Johnny Cash has sung about keeping
Carl Abraham Zimring writes:
Has Richard lloyd put out any solo work this decade? His record on
Celluloid about a dozen years ago was excellent.
I have an import LP that he did at some point on a Swedish label
with - I believe - a Swedish backing band. I think it was done earlier
in the
Breaking a color line, song by song
Country music attracts more and more African-American listenersand
artists
BY JOHN MARKS
When he first took his country music act on the road in the early 1990s,
Trini Triggs booked himself into the most remote honky-tonks in the state
of Texas. He wanted
Michael Berick writes:
I'll second that. "The Whole Sheband" was a song that always perked up
my ears and made my toes tap when it played on KCRW down here. it
perfectly recalled the glam era without souding like a weak parody. This
also reminds me that I never picked up the soundtrack. And
Neal Weiss writes:
Which reminds me, any minor or major Drake fan want to offer up a good
starting point into that artist's catalog? I need to go buy yet another
CD
that I've never gonna have enough time to appreciate to its fullest.
Sigh...
Yeah, there's a real nice single-disc best-of
From the In-Review (Nashville) website:
Dicked Over
What Happened to WKDF, and Why is it Screwing Nashville?
Like the culmination of a bizarre April Fools Day joke, long-time
Nashville rock staple WKDF 103.3 has decided to trade in its electric
guitar for a fiddle, leaving Music City in the
Don Yates writes:
I know Mary Lou Lord rubs some folks the wrong way, but I find her
wide-eyed fandom of different kinds of music to be pretty darn
endearing.
By the way, you might want to check KCMU's rockabilly library to see
if the new Raging Teens CD is on hand. Mary Lou co-wrote a
Dave Purcell writes:
np: Masters of Reality - Sunrise on the Sufferbus
Wow. I thought I was one of, like, five people who thought this was
a great record. I just pulled it out over the weekend, in fact, for the
first time in about eight months.
--Jon
Kate writes:
Great news this week: the radio station of MIT (yup, that school with
all the smarties) is now available over the Internet (WMBR, 88.1). For
anyone that has ever lived close to the Boston/Cambridge area --
listen up Soron -- this is like a dream come true!
Yeah, I was
There is also a Brit / Commonwealth magazine, which may be simply
titled "Country Music" (I forget), that I've seen a few copies of and
which always amazes me by how much it covers what *I* would
consider good country as opposed to HNC industry promo, etc
Country Music People.
The
Brooks' impact comes off field
The Arizona Republic
March 28, 1999
In the world of music, he has recorded a bunch of hit singles.
In spring training, he has a single hit.
One hit in 16 at-bats.
As the Padres slung travel bags over their shoulders and filed out of the
small visitors
Dunno if Jeff Wall's taken off yet since he normally takes care of
these, but I'll send it out anyway.
--Jon Johnson
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March 29, 1999
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The Blue Chip
From the Rockabilly Hall of Fame website...
Buddy Holly Lawsuit Update
Buddy Holly's widow pleaded with MCA Records for decades to raise royalty
payments from her husband's music before resorting to a lawsuit this
month seeking millions for alleged underpayment. Maria Elena Holly and
her lawyer
I've exchanged e-mail a few times with Wren Stewart Tidwell, Wynn
Stewart's daughter, and got this this morning:
To all Wynn Stewart fans:
I want to give you a BIG thank you for visiting the Wynn Stewart website
and special thanks to those of you who took the time to sign the
guestbook
Paul Kirsch writes:
PS I've discovered after listening to interviews with people on NPR
yesterday that, if you are an elected official, you can say anything
controversial you want publicly- provided you end your statements
with the following:
"...although I fully support our troops in
Monday March 22 7:34 PM ET
How Garth Brooks Fared on Monday
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - How it went for Garth Brooks on Monday at spring
training for the San Diego Padres:
COUNTRY CAMPER: Brooks was hitless in two at-bats and made an error in
left field in the Padres' split-squad, 7-7 tie with the
From the CNN website at http://cnn.com/WorldBeat/news/index.html#story5
--Jon Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wollaston, Massachusetts
Friday, March 19, 1999
Plans for Rockabilly Hall of Fame
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
Eagles take concert prices to limit
Best seats for New Years gig will cost $1,500
REUTERS
HOLLYWOOD, March 18 Call it the taking it to the limit tour. The
Eagles are in talks to usher in the New Year at the Staples Center in
downtown Los Angeles, with the top ticket price
Buddy Holly's Survivors Sue MCA
By CHRIS NEWTON Associated Press Writer
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Relatives of Buddy Holly sued MCA Records Monday,
alleging that the company hoarded royalty payments, forged contracts and
illegally produced albums without family consent.
The lawsuit seeks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In a message dated 3/15/99 10:01:18 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Search Destroy - Red Hot Chili Peppers (didn't EMF do this too?)
don't know about emf, but the dictators did/do a great version of this
on "bloodbrothers".
"Manifest Destiny," actually.
Carl Abraham Zimring writes:
Who exactly is in Blue Oyster Cult these days aside from Eric Bloom
Buck Dharma? Anybody named Bouchard?
Nope, last I'd heard Joe B. had gotten a music degree from Julliard
(not sure what he's doing with it) and Al B. was still playing with his
wife Deborah
New country acts get tepid response from radio execs
By Tom Roland / Tennessean Staff Writer
Record companies spent last week trying to gain the favor of the nation's
broadcast media at the Country Radio Seminar, and the convention closed
with the ultimate attempt, the annual New Faces
Steve Gardner writes:
The Iggy Pop documentary on VH-1 last night was awesome. It really
made me want to see him live. I'm sure he's not as crazy as he once
was...but some of the footage showed him as still being pretty damn
wild on stage.
I saw him on the "American Caesar" tour a few
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
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
According to this week's Boston Phoenix, Hank Williams III will be
at TT the Bear's in Cambridge on Wednesday, April 14th.
--Jon Johnson
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Wollaston, Massachusetts
Jeff Wall writes:
They put on a good live show. Yes they are popish, but I love Henry's
voice. I think they have suffered a lot from production. I would like
to see them do a straight Bluegrass album. I think you might be
suprised.
I'm with Jeff here. Normally I find them insufferable,
Nancy Apple writes:
How do artists plan to get away with this. Remember what happened to
ELO. They sure end up looking like fools if the DAT fails.
Unfortunately, when something like this happens once or twice, the
public tends to be "innoculated." The Milli Vanilli fiasco wouldn't
William F. Silvers writes:
Do you know if was Kubrick's own doing? Interesting?
My understanding is that the film inspired some rapes and other
crimes in Great Britain that seem to have unnerved Kubrick. The film had
been on the British market for about a year when it was removed from
Jon Weisberger writes:
It's a double-CD in one of those flip cases, released a couple of
weeks ago. Basically, it's The Sun Sessions plus - the plus being
a number of live cuts from 1955, pre-Sun stuff and a couple of
alternate takes that didn't appear on The Sun Sessions. The
notes
Is there still space on Curry's 'acts we wouldnt mind seeing
wiped from the earth' list?
Oo Can I play? In order: 1) The Grateful Dead. 2)
Michael Bolton. 3) Steve Perry.
And the world wakes up shiny and new, as if reborn and seen for the
first time
Jon Weisberger writes:
Oo Can I play? In order: 1) The Grateful Dead
Nope. If I understand the rules correctly, this would not only wipe
out the Old In The Way stuff, which I could probably live with, but
the
Bluegrass Reunion album with Red Allen, and since that's
Jon Weisberger writes:
Having said that, and taking note that the fiddle players in the band
do, in fact, play their instruments (I've had two separate reports of at
least one of them contacting people who played fiddle on the
recordings in order to get some pointers on specific passages), it
Layoffs Hit Country Music Industry
By Jim Patterson
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, February 24, 1999; 2:41 a.m. EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- As Shania Twain waited to see how many Grammys
she would win tonight, some of her country music colleagues were in a far
less glamorous situation:
Rebecca writes:
I bought a Merle Haggard box set a few months ago and have greatly
enjoyed it. I recently saw in the Globe that he is coming to the Boston
area in a couple of months and am wondering if he is worth going to
see. What do you guys think? Anyone seen him recently? Would I be
The prophet Chuck D, on MP3
By Patti Hartigan, Globe Staff, 02/12/99
In the words of Cornel West, he's ''a freedom fighter of his
generation.'' In the words of Spike Lee, he's ''one of the most
politically and socially conscious artists of any generation.'' But
forget the superlatives. Chuck
Bob Soron writes:
I have to admit some curiosity. One of the reasons Sony's MiniDisc has
been met with disdain is that it uses a lossy format. MP3 doesn't strike
me as all that different, and I do wonder why many people seem to feel
so differently about the two. (I'm not implying you have,
Jon Weisberger writes:
Gov. Patton is kicking off is re-election bid and visited Sandy Hook,
Ky. Don was there with others and played the Gov. Patton a little
grass. According to the paper Gov. Patton joined in the chorus on
"Fox On The Run."
Yeah, I was always a big fan of the Sweet,
A friend of mine just clued me into a new Wynn Stewart website that
was created by his daughter, Wren Stewart Tidwell. It's still a work in
progress, but you can find a lot of interesting stuff there nonetheless.
Well worth a look at: http://members.tripod.com/WynnStewart.
Dan Bentele writes:
Well, you probably said a number of things that folks will be
interested
in, Tera g, but I am curious about the above, mainly because I
honestly
don't know or can't remember; did Nashville actually abandon Lang? I
mean, was she dropped, was her budget slashed, did radio
R.W. Shamy Jr. writes:
Heather is and has been her own girl- Kinda remind you of Dale Watson?
(too country for country?)
Just like June Carter Cash?
--Jon Johnson
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Jon Weisberger writes:
Since the Del McCoury comment I posted here recently, naming Der Bingle
as
one of his favorite singers, reminded me that I've heard the same from
lots
of other cool country guys (e.g., Maggard), I figure my library isn't
complete
without something representative. Any
There are several lesbians in country music who have done quite well.
Oh really? By all means, name even one successful *openly*
gay country artist, male or female.
Yeah, this baffled me, too. Who (short of spreading
Buddy Woodward writes:
Incidentally, Mike has written his first novel, "The Long Sandy Hair
of Neftoon Zamora, which was released by St. Martin's Press in
December. He just did a book signing at Barnes Noble here in NYC on
Jan 29th...woo-hoo!!
How's the book?
Matt Benz writes:
Interesting: BR5, who seem to have more than a little
rockabilly in their sound, esp on the last album, does ok with
the modern country biz, whereas the Derailers have been
drawing rockabilly fans while sticking to a more traditional
country sound, and getting
William T. Cocke writes:
Some of those '70s party/latenite stoner albums saw some
hard use.
You're telling me? Back in the early and mid-'80s when I was
filling in the holes in my prog collection with used vinyl, I'd
*constantly* get albums with gatefolds (which is 95% of every
Say, here's a question that's bothered me for a while. Does anyone
know why WSM doesn't feed its signal through the Internet? I mean, it
seems like kind of a no-brainer to me, seeing as how it's easily the most
high-profile country radio station in the world (and maybe that's part of
the
Brad Bechtel writes:
Either "Beach Boys Today!" or "Summer Days" would be good if you
didn't want "Pet Sounds". Personally I'd just get the greatest hits
package, "Endless Summer".
Both are superb albums, as is "Endless Summer." Of the post-"Pet
Sounds" albums, I'm extremely fond of
Sarah Wrightson writes:
Hell, if you are going to talk about the Beach Boys I can ask another
dumb question...also on CNN (guess what I watch while eating lunch)
one of the news lines at the bottom said that Michael Nesmith of the
Monkeys had been awarded 47Million (well it may have been
From the MSNBC site, since Sarah asked.
--Jon Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wollaston, Massachusetts
PBS owes ex-Monkee $47 million
Jury finds public broadcaster defrauded Michael Nesmith
Jerry Currey writes:
Now, I must admit, I had to look up Pallas. Never heard of those
guys.
British prog-rock band of the early/mid-'80s; probably second only
to Marillion in terms of popularity in the rather anemic prog revival
that took place in the U.K. around that time. I know of at
Stacey Taylor writes:
Thanks Jeff...now I'm on the way out to pick up that Herald
article...have you seen it?
I picked it up at the train station this morning. It's fairly short
- it's not a feature story like the Kirk Franklin piece in the same issue
- but the coverage certainly can't
Joe Gracey writes:
There is no substitute for a 60s-era soul review. Take my word for it.
Okay, as sad as it is, I'll provide a bookend to Joe's James Brown
story. The year was 1988. I had graduated from college about a year
earlier and was working and teaching bass at a local musical
Looks like Wall isn't around, so I'll do the honors this week.
--Jon Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wollaston, Massachusetts
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Interesting article. I missed this when I was looking through the
Globe on Sunday. Yup, it can sure be grim here if you're in a local
country band and aren't playing at rock clubs (as several do). Morse
didn't mention the Fritters, who I think highly of (particularly the Rose
Maddox-ish
Geffry King writes:
Has anybody ever seen an actual 16rpm record? I heard that the Highway
HiFi offered as an option on some old Chrysler automobiles played
these, but was never able to verify it.
Yeah, it's true. It was an option on certain Chrysler models in the
late '50s. Actually, I
From today's Nashville Tennessean:
Shakeup swallows Decca
By Jay Orr and Tom Roland / Tennessean Staff Writers
Decca Records closed shop, Mercury Records trimmed its artist roster, and
MCA Records fired staff yesterday as Nashville felt the impact of a
national corporate overhaul.
Chris Orlet writes:
It gives us an advantage in terms of our margins," said a
source within the company.
Just makes me feel all warm/fuzzy inside to know they are looking out
for their margins. The artists, employees, screw em.
I liked this one (from the Universal press release):
Junior writes:
Apparently this person is already in the black on the self-release,
whereas the indie still claims it hasn't recouped on sales 5 or 6
times that high
And that's an indie. The break-even point at a major would probably
be another five or six times higher than *that*, if
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