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MONTINE
FELSO
informs me that JANIE FRICKE has set aside February 8, 2012 to be
in
Nashville and "I was wondering if you might be interested in doing an
interview with her while she is in town."
Janie, who will be playing WSM's Station Inn Sessions the following day, is a terrific interview! When I last interviewed her for Country Song Roundup, my readers and I learned that Fricke finds housework- especially ironing- relaxing.
And, those who have read my review of Janie's newest CD, Country Side of Bluegrass, know I enjoyed it as well.
Janie, who will be playing WSM's Station Inn Sessions the following day, is a terrific interview! When I last interviewed her for Country Song Roundup, my readers and I learned that Fricke finds housework- especially ironing- relaxing.
And, those who have read my review of Janie's newest CD, Country Side of Bluegrass, know I enjoyed it as well.
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In real estate news, CHARLEY PRIDE has sold his ROY ACUFF Place (Music Row) office building to CONNIE JAMES and LEWIS JAMES for $550,000.
On a related note, anyone familiar with Realtors' lingo knows that selling a home, especially in a buyers' market, often requires imaginative advertising. Further, you can ask a Realtor whether it is easier to unload an abandoned house that has become an eyesore "as is" or a multimillion-dollar mansion and the Realtor will pick the abandoned property.
Why? Because the former can be sold as a "fixer upper," "handyman's delight" or the like while anyone with enough money to buy a mansion can well afford to wait until s/he can get "a deal."
With this in mind, consider a full-color, double-sided, full-page insert in a recent edition of the Sunday Tennessean. The headline reads "FRANKLIN HORSE FARM. 10 ACRE GATED ESTATE." Readers looking below a photo of the spacious property found that the Maple Lane horse farm find the phrase "OWNED BY COUNTRY MUSIC ICON TERRI CLARK."
Terri is a photogenic and talented country singer. But "icon?" How liberally (or restrictively, so as to preserve its meaning) should that designation be applied?
While cogitating on that dilemma, consider that once the prospective buyer is further enticed by the prospect of owing the 2,922 square feet four-bedroom, three and one-half bath piece of Southern architecture, complete with a fireplace, an expansive kitchen full of stainless steel appliances and solid-surface countertops, not to mention a 608 square feet, separate one bedroom, 1 bathroom guest apartment, three-stall stable (with equipment bay and tack room), a 16 feet by 36 feet in-ground pool and four vehicle garage and what more could a person in the market want?
Not so fast. The ad, costing a few thousand dollars, wasn't enough to sell the property with a single insertion. Another, less elaborate ad (this time, not a more expensive color insert) was found in a subsequent edition of the newspaper.
Not only that, the fine print discloses that Clark paid $770,000 for the place she has called home since 2008, that the property will be auctioned, therefore "You name the price in 2012."
This means Terri had the home on the market but there have been no takers, or at least none willing to shell out $770,000; a price on the "lower end" of "high end" properties the auction company working with Clark typically unloads.
"You" may "name the price" at the February 4, 2012 auction, but that doesn't mean the seller will be low-balled. While there is no opening bid, if the highest bid offered is deemed insufficient, Terri will relist the property for private sale.
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TRACY BYRD is suing his former Vidor Boys, LLC business partners, fellow Texan JOE CARTER and MICHAEL TALIFERRO, a Tennessean, in Davidson County Circuit Court (12C-336).
In a four-page Complaint on a Promissory Note, Security Agreement and Guaranty, Byrd claims that the "truth about men" (or at least record producers Carter and Taliferro) is that, having personally guaranteed two promissory notes, they defaulted on their obligation of $175,000 plus interest. This, despite the fact that the now defunct Rockbridge Commercial Bank made the loans to all three partners.
Tracy, represented by attorney JAMES BRYAN LEWIS, claims he "did his part" to meet his financial obligations and, in turn, Carter and Taliferro "did not perform their contractual obligations" but, "As a result of their breaches, [Byrd] has been damaged and is entitled to recover from each, "jointly and severally," at least $187,667.59 plus interest, reimbursement Tracy's attorney's fees and any additional money the Circuit Court wants to award Byrd.
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From the emailbag: RPR Media's BRANDY REED writes "Hi, Stacy! This 13-year-old girl is amazing! I hope you can make it out."
Brandy was personalizing an invitation for a January 21, 2012 showcase that read "You are invited to witness the wonder that is LANEY MEREDITH. Join us for her first showcase at SIR Studios."
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Also from the emailbag:
ALISON GRAHAM is
first with the news that "For the first time in
its history, The New
Yorker... will stream on its website
former Nashville resident
LEONARD COHEN's new lyric Going Home, one of ten songs on his
new studio album, Old Ideas. The New
Yorker will publish the lyric in its January 23rd
issue... The song will also be streamed on The New Yorker website on
January 16th.
Cohen and Sony
will release the album on January 31st."
During my six-year tenure as a Nashville-based reporter for ABC Radio News I had many "glamorous" assignments. I interviewed country-music stars, former U.S. secretaries of states, presidential candidates, a former president and so forth, but not all of my assignments were "glamorous."
One of the latter would have required me to interview victims and their families following an incident at the Municipal Auditorium of the Altmamont variety. (Due to extenuating circumstances, I respectfully declined.)
Fortunately, these were not long interviews, but no reporter with any self-respect enjoys being pressured to stick a microphone in the face of someone who does not to deserve to have their privacy invaded, especially at a sensitive time, in order to ask a (hopefully diplomatic) variation on the insensitive, rhetorical question of the "How do you feel?" variety.
That experience came to mind when, in the midst of the lawsuit in which SUGARLAND (thought to have big pockets) has been named as a defendant, I learned of further, though less-publicized and indirect, fallout (no pun intended) from the 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse. (I'm not taking a position as to how far-reaching responsibility is in the ongoing litigation, since I don't know the extent to which Sugarland was "hands on" in the formulation of the contract the group had with show promoters.)
I refer to news I received shortly after Christmas that WISH had just unceremoniously fired my colleague, BRAD EDWARDS. An Emmy Award-winning, high-salaried investigative reporter, Brad's final report for the TV station focused on allegations of fraudulent handling of the fund established to aid victims of the Indiana State Fair tragedy.
Some observations on CHARLIE COLLINS' passing, beginning with my own: Charlie was one of the entertainers I most enjoyed encountering during my backstage visits to the Grand Ole Opry.
If Collins had an ego, I never saw it. While some of the Opry veterans were full of themselves, Charlie always greeted backstage guests by name and they had his full attention, whether it was to fulfill an interview request or simply to acknowledge them in passing within the often busy corridors or when in the green room where it might be difficult to relax with several occupants vying for the same person's attention.
Nice guys like Collins don't always get the sendoff their stature should secure. When Charlie's January 12, 2012 death was noted two days later in the The TENNESSEAN's January 14, 2012 print edition, courtesy of an above-the-fold obituary with PETER COOPER's byline, the final paragraph noted that "Funeral and survivor details are not yet available."
But right below the fold was a photo of the Grand Ole Opry star and death notice that listed Collins' survivors, funeral and burial details!
The copy desk caper occurred following DEMETRIA KALODIMOS' voice-over announcement of Collins' death on the January 13, 2012 edition of Nashville's WSMV's 10 p.m. newscast.
Kalodimos' announcement came as video ran, not of Collins, but of PETE KIRBY (a/k/a BASHFUL BROTHER OSWALD, who died nearly a decade before! Demetria, the station's former entertainment reporter, made matters worse when, noting that both musicians not only played in ROY ACUFF's band but teamed to form the comedy duo Oz and Charlie, she pronounced Oz incorrectly as "ooze."
From the emailbag: JOHN O'DOWD writes from Pine Brook, New Jersey: "Hi STACY, I hope you're doing well. I wanted to let you know that the reissue label Real Gone Music has a great JODY MILLER CD coming out on January 24 titled Jody Miller: Complete Epic Hits which contains her 25 biggest hits for Epic Records (where she recorded from 1970-1980).
"I am already hoping that a follow-up CD is in the works and that it will contain Jody's memorable cover versions of HEART's Crazy On You, LOU CHRISTIE's I'm Gonna Make You Mine, MEL CARTER's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS' I Don't Want Nobody (To Lead Me On) (all non-album singles) and other rare cuts from her eight albums for Epic.
"Stacy, I also hope that Real Gone Music considers doing a similar collection of some of Jody's rare, mid-to-late 1960s Capitol Records (non-album) singles, including here versions of To Sir With Love (ultra-rare, it came out the same time as LULU's, or a little before, and was then retracted by Capitol) and Only Mama That'll Walk the Line (obviously the female version of WAYLON JENNINGS' Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line). Also worth considering, I think, for her fans: Jody's controversial "unwed teenage mother" song from 1968, My Daddy's Thousand Dollars, and her very traditional Italian-sounding (and "Sopranos"-like) I Remember Mama. There is a wealth of cool-sounding and undeservedly obscure records in Jody's uncatalogued, both for Capitol and Epic, and I, for one, hope they can be hear again by the public.
"I hope you will consider running my post in your column, Stacy. Thank you, and I hope you have a very happy and healthy new year.
"Best wishes, John."
REBA McENTIRE will be featured on the new season- the third- of Who Do You Think You Are?
****
During my six-year tenure as a Nashville-based reporter for ABC Radio News I had many "glamorous" assignments. I interviewed country-music stars, former U.S. secretaries of states, presidential candidates, a former president and so forth, but not all of my assignments were "glamorous."
One of the latter would have required me to interview victims and their families following an incident at the Municipal Auditorium of the Altmamont variety. (Due to extenuating circumstances, I respectfully declined.)
Fortunately, these were not long interviews, but no reporter with any self-respect enjoys being pressured to stick a microphone in the face of someone who does not to deserve to have their privacy invaded, especially at a sensitive time, in order to ask a (hopefully diplomatic) variation on the insensitive, rhetorical question of the "How do you feel?" variety.
That experience came to mind when, in the midst of the lawsuit in which SUGARLAND (thought to have big pockets) has been named as a defendant, I learned of further, though less-publicized and indirect, fallout (no pun intended) from the 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse. (I'm not taking a position as to how far-reaching responsibility is in the ongoing litigation, since I don't know the extent to which Sugarland was "hands on" in the formulation of the contract the group had with show promoters.)
I refer to news I received shortly after Christmas that WISH had just unceremoniously fired my colleague, BRAD EDWARDS. An Emmy Award-winning, high-salaried investigative reporter, Brad's final report for the TV station focused on allegations of fraudulent handling of the fund established to aid victims of the Indiana State Fair tragedy.
****
Some observations on CHARLIE COLLINS' passing, beginning with my own: Charlie was one of the entertainers I most enjoyed encountering during my backstage visits to the Grand Ole Opry.
If Collins had an ego, I never saw it. While some of the Opry veterans were full of themselves, Charlie always greeted backstage guests by name and they had his full attention, whether it was to fulfill an interview request or simply to acknowledge them in passing within the often busy corridors or when in the green room where it might be difficult to relax with several occupants vying for the same person's attention.
Nice guys like Collins don't always get the sendoff their stature should secure. When Charlie's January 12, 2012 death was noted two days later in the The TENNESSEAN's January 14, 2012 print edition, courtesy of an above-the-fold obituary with PETER COOPER's byline, the final paragraph noted that "Funeral and survivor details are not yet available."
But right below the fold was a photo of the Grand Ole Opry star and death notice that listed Collins' survivors, funeral and burial details!
The copy desk caper occurred following DEMETRIA KALODIMOS' voice-over announcement of Collins' death on the January 13, 2012 edition of Nashville's WSMV's 10 p.m. newscast.
Kalodimos' announcement came as video ran, not of Collins, but of PETE KIRBY (a/k/a BASHFUL BROTHER OSWALD, who died nearly a decade before! Demetria, the station's former entertainment reporter, made matters worse when, noting that both musicians not only played in ROY ACUFF's band but teamed to form the comedy duo Oz and Charlie, she pronounced Oz incorrectly as "ooze."
****
From the emailbag: JOHN O'DOWD writes from Pine Brook, New Jersey: "Hi STACY, I hope you're doing well. I wanted to let you know that the reissue label Real Gone Music has a great JODY MILLER CD coming out on January 24 titled Jody Miller: Complete Epic Hits which contains her 25 biggest hits for Epic Records (where she recorded from 1970-1980).
"I am already hoping that a follow-up CD is in the works and that it will contain Jody's memorable cover versions of HEART's Crazy On You, LOU CHRISTIE's I'm Gonna Make You Mine, MEL CARTER's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS' I Don't Want Nobody (To Lead Me On) (all non-album singles) and other rare cuts from her eight albums for Epic.
"Stacy, I also hope that Real Gone Music considers doing a similar collection of some of Jody's rare, mid-to-late 1960s Capitol Records (non-album) singles, including here versions of To Sir With Love (ultra-rare, it came out the same time as LULU's, or a little before, and was then retracted by Capitol) and Only Mama That'll Walk the Line (obviously the female version of WAYLON JENNINGS' Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line). Also worth considering, I think, for her fans: Jody's controversial "unwed teenage mother" song from 1968, My Daddy's Thousand Dollars, and her very traditional Italian-sounding (and "Sopranos"-like) I Remember Mama. There is a wealth of cool-sounding and undeservedly obscure records in Jody's uncatalogued, both for Capitol and Epic, and I, for one, hope they can be hear again by the public.
"I hope you will consider running my post in your column, Stacy. Thank you, and I hope you have a very happy and healthy new year.
"Best wishes, John."
****
REBA McENTIRE will be featured on the new season- the third- of Who Do You Think You Are?
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While I would never blame someone such as Tom for errors of fact made by journalists or event publicists whose errors could be easily chalked up to a misunderstanding, and thus was not planning to mention the following when I first became aware of it, now that Hall's organization- over which Tom has control- has perpetuated the myth, rather than disassociated itself from it, I must disclose that, contrary to a bit of revisionist history that has been published in recent days, Tom T. Hall is not a "Vietnam veteran."
I salute Tom for his military service to our country, but, as his time in uniform did not include defending the United States against the North Vietnamese (in anything other than song), it is nothing short of shameful, not to mention disrespectful to our Viet Nam vets and the families of Americans who lost their lives in that war, to appear to be promoting a lie that has now gone viral within the context of a promotional press release about a personal appearance and the news stories based on that news release.
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Column's congrats to British buddy TONY BYWORTH! Tony is currently promoting GEORGE HAMILTON IV's recording of A Tribute to Luke the Drifter (The Other Side of Hank Williams) to be released by Lamon Records on January 24, 2012 with net proceeds from the cd's sales to be split between the Hank Williams International Fan Club and the Mt. Olive Baptist Church.
According to the January issue of Country Music People, Byworth was recently honored by the state of Texas for his support of Texas music and by the Country Music Association as the CMA's "Member of the Month."
Speaking (writing?) of CMP, the same issue carries ADRIAN PEEL's cover story on JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ. Rodriguez, now 60, was living in Colorado at the time of the interview.
Johnny suggests plans for an autobiography, but Rodriguez has been known for big ideas that he frequently abandons. Peel seems to be drinking the Kool-Aid. (Rodriguez stops short of debunking the goat story, mythology that Adrian revisits and unknowingly promotes all of these years later.)
Once again, the self-destructive singer has new people in his life (who historically have been enablers). MARY JANE LOSEY is described as a "trusted friend and adviser who takes care of travel arrangements," runs Rodriguez' Web site and sets up interviews.
If this turns out to be a good arrangement the results should be rather dramatic, permanent and, like tough love, effectively scaring Johnny straight in short order. Otherwise, chalk the pairing up to nothing more than the latest disturbing development in the life of a former teen heartthrob who attracts losers and users like a magnet, has somehow blown every gift and opportunity he has ever received and, in the process, has never managed to grow up.
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Thanks to
Webster
& Associates' CALLAN DONOHO
for the invitation to attend the January 9, 2011 CD release party in
support of (JAMIE) DAILEY & (DARRIN) VINCENT's The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent
at the Cookeville, Tennessee Cracker Barrel.
Thanks also to Tennessee Performing Arts Center Public Relations Manager TONY MARKS for the invitation to attend the January 3, 2012 Media Evening (opening) performance of The Addams Family at TPAC's (ANDREW) JACKSON Hall. (Performances run through January 8th.)
The musical comedy, based on the 1930s New Yorker cartoon (and the '60s TV series that followed) includes a great ensemble cast (even without such big names as NATHAN LANE, BEBE NEUWIRTH and BROOKE SHIELDS)
The show begins with WEDNESDAY ADAMS as a young adult. Wednesday is planning to marry a "normal" husband but wants her father, GOMEZ to keep the engagement a secret from her mother, MORTICIA (who is still in the process of processing the fact that Wednesday is dating) until the families can meet over dinner. This is problematic for Gomez who has never kept a secret from his wife.
The production has been updated (new script, songs, sets, choreography, orchestration ) from an earlier version that was panned by critics and the result is a contemporary comedy filled with great lines (like "Lose the basic black") that will make the time slip away and leave you laughing!
Click here for show times and ticket information.
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Thanks also to Tennessee Performing Arts Center Public Relations Manager TONY MARKS for the invitation to attend the January 3, 2012 Media Evening (opening) performance of The Addams Family at TPAC's (ANDREW) JACKSON Hall. (Performances run through January 8th.)
The musical comedy, based on the 1930s New Yorker cartoon (and the '60s TV series that followed) includes a great ensemble cast (even without such big names as NATHAN LANE, BEBE NEUWIRTH and BROOKE SHIELDS)
The show begins with WEDNESDAY ADAMS as a young adult. Wednesday is planning to marry a "normal" husband but wants her father, GOMEZ to keep the engagement a secret from her mother, MORTICIA (who is still in the process of processing the fact that Wednesday is dating) until the families can meet over dinner. This is problematic for Gomez who has never kept a secret from his wife.
The production has been updated (new script, songs, sets, choreography, orchestration ) from an earlier version that was panned by critics and the result is a contemporary comedy filled with great lines (like "Lose the basic black") that will make the time slip away and leave you laughing!
Click here for show times and ticket information.
****
If my sources are correct (and I hope I will be corrected if they are not), JEANNIE C. RILEY is engaged to her fellow Texan, BILLY STARNES. (These days, engagements are broken as often as the marriages that follow "successful" coupling.)
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The January, 2012 edition of Redbook features an interview with DOLLY PARTON.
Dolly tells MARISA FOX that Parton had her breasts "enhanced after I lost all that weight, " because she "didn't want to disappoint my fans. I had to maintain my image."
Evidently Dolly is not as introspective as her business acumen would suggest. Had Fox followed up with a question about self-esteem issues and rationalizing Parton's "admission" would suggest, the interview would have been taken to a new level of candor.
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