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Post by auntym on Feb 21, 2018 14:25:38 GMT -6
www.rollingstone.com/music/features/brenda-lee-nashville-more-than-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-w516825 Inside the Life of Brenda Lee, the Pop Heroine Next DoorBy Jonathan Bernstein / www.rollingstone.com/contributor/jonathan-bernstein2-19-2018 She awed a young Elton John, influenced Taylor Swift and had the Beatles open for her. So why doesn't Brenda Lee get more respect? Brenda Lee at her home in Nashville. David McClister for Rolling Stone Brenda Lee is sitting inside her spacious Nashville home, sipping a glass of sweet tea and staring at dead friends. She shows off an autographed portrait of the Beatles from when the group opened for her at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, in 1962, then points to a wall, where a photo of a 12-year-old Lee dancing with Elvis hangs next to a framed gold necklace he gave her. Next, she brings out a commemorative brass coffer the King of England gave to Judy Garland, Lee's childhood idol and, later, her mentor. Was it a gift from Garland? "I wish," she says, smirking. "I bid on that." From architects of the genre like Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers to game-changers Garth Brooks and Shania Twain Despite being one of the most successful American pop singers of the 20th century, Lee still looks up to her contemporaries as if she were an adoring fan. "I'm an autograph hound," she admits. At the moment, she's particularly proud of a Fats Domino signature she received shortly before his death. Lee turns to another recent acquisition: a signed photo of Jerry Lee Lewis. The two of them toured the world together in the late Fifties and have crossed paths a few times since. "I called up Jerry Lee," she recalls, "and said, 'You know, as many times as I've worked with you, I've never got your autograph.'" Like Lewis, Lee is a living link to the dawn of rock & roll, a member of a rapidly shrinking group that also includes Wanda Jackson and Little Richard. At 73, Lee is the youngest of those artists. They were all roughly a decade older than her when she began her professional recording career – with a revved up version of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" – at the age of 11 in 1956. Right now, though, Lee is thinking less about her legacy and more about her left foot, which she broke recently and which is bothering her more than usual. "With this darn big old thing I'm wearing, you'd think I broke my whole leg," she says, pointing to her ankle brace. Lee, who is only 4-foot-9, rises from her chair and hobbles over to some of her other treasures – an autographed Taylor Swift guitar, a signed illustration of Elton John, a framed photo of Keith Richards' knuckly fingers – before arriving at her most-prized possession. "That's my graduation from high school," she says, pointing to her 1963 diploma from the Hollywood Professional School, an L.A. institution that catered to children working in show business. The prominent display of the diploma serves to illustrate a point the singer wants to make clear: Brenda Lee is normal. "The thing about me is I've always led a normal life," she says. "I'm probably one of the few artists that did." If not normal, Lee is at least almost unfathomably levelheaded, a former child star who steered clear of the fates of, say, Frankie Lymon or Michael Jackson or her good friend Tanya Tucker, who could never avoid being in tabloid headlines. Lee's career has been marked by longevity, stability and, above all, sanity, despite a whirlwind youth that included poverty, tragedy and international fame, all before the age of 18. Lee rarely gets mentioned in the same breath as artists like Elvis, Johnny Cash or Muddy Waters, but in her prime, she was as popular as any of them. In the Sixties, she earned more Hot 100 singles in the United States – 46 – than any recording artist besides the Beatles, Elvis or Ray Charles, and she has sold more than 100 million records worldwide throughout her career. Listening to Lee's voice – which blended the rural country-blues and gospel of her small-town Georgia upbringing with the sophisticated crooning styles of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett – is like hearing the various histories of mid-20th-century American pop collide in real time. As the Fifties turned into the Sixties, Lee’s manager, skeptical of rock and dismissive of the country-music market, pushed her toward old-world, night-club showbiz. After transforming from young rocker to pop balladeer, she scored more than 20 Top Forty hits between 1960 and 1963 alone. In England, meanwhile, she remained famous for her unhinged rockabilly act. Her early-Sixties tours in the U.K. featured the teenage singer running through ramped up versions of songs like "Sweet Nothin's" and "Let's Jump the Broomstick" with her Nashville backing band the Casuals. It was primal rock & roll, unfiltered and filled with the type of abandon that Presley and Little Richard would become known for. "When I saw her perform, I was just stunned. I don't think I had ever heard anything like it," says Elton John, who was a teenager when he first saw Lee play in England. "Brenda Lee is in the top three female rock & roll singers of all time: her, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner." John Lennon seemed to agree; he's said to have called Lee "the greatest rock & roll voice of them all." Lee's hits became favorites of Elvis and helped lay the foundation for an entire generation of cosmopolitan Nashville country. Her music continues to leave its mark in surprising ways. Last year, Alison Krauss covered two of Lee's songs on her Top Ten album, Windy City. Lee inspired both Kanye West, who sampled Lee's iconic "uh-huh honey" introduction on "Sweet Nothin's" for his 2013 hit "Bound 2," as well as Taylor Swift, who has covered "I'm Sorry" and wrote an essay in which she called Lee – one of her earliest idols – "the singer who mastered the sound of heartbreak." (The essay appeared in last year’s Woman Walk the Line, a book of personal essays about the most influential women in country music.) "Brenda is one of the greatest entertainers ever," says Dolly Parton, who's collaborated with Lee over the years and remains a close friend. "But I think I like her mostly because she's the only person I know that I'm taller than." These days, Lee describes her life as "just the regular day of a woman that has kids, grandkids, a husband and a house." She'll wake up early and do some chores, then fix lunch for her husband, Ronnie, whom she married in 1963, and her teenage grandson Charley, who lives with his grandparents alongside an 86-pound rescue dog they call "Little Girl." Today, Charley is running errands with Ronnie, who has worked his whole life as a general contractor in the Nashville area. Lee also remains busy with an ever-expanding array of duties and obligations pertaining to various organizations in Nashville. She is still constantly being called to appear onstage, host dinners, give speeches, sing at one-off events and induct fellow members into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lee herself was inducted in 1997, just a few years before she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (She is the first, and still - somehow - the only woman artist to earn both distinctions.) Lee serves as Nashville's unofficial mayor of sorts, having lived in the city for 60 years. Just about everyone in town has a Brenda Lee story: the time they ran into her at the grocery store, the time they interrupted her lunch at the Cheesecake Factory to ask for an autograph (she happily obliged), the time they helped lift her luggage into an overhead compartment. "She's a treasure here in Nashville," says Bobby Tomberlin, the Grammy-nominated country-music songwriter who has co-written songs with Lee. "She's one of those people you see in the grocery store, and everyone just bows. Sometimes when I play a show in Nashville, I look out in the audience and there's Brenda in the audience, cheering you on. She's still a fan." Today, Lee's schedule is as packed as it might have been 50 years ago: Later tonight, she’s hosting an awards dinner at the Musician's Hall of Fame; the following morning, she's slated to sing her 1965 song "Unforgettable" at a friend's funeral; later that evening, she's giving a keynote address for another local organization's event. "In town, I speak more than I sing," she says. Right now, however, Lee is sitting among her framed photos of dearly departed celebrities and famous friends, trying to figure out why, exactly, she isn't more respected. Why, despite being one of the best-selling artists of the Fifties and Sixties, doesn't Lee get more credit as a rock and pop pioneer? CONTINUE READING: www.rollingstone.com/music/features/brenda-lee-nashville-more-than-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree-w516825
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Post by auntym on Mar 30, 2018 14:16:58 GMT -6
www.rollingstone.com/country/news/see-charlie-rich-sing-behind-closed-doors-on-late-night-tv-w518577 Flashback: See Charlie Rich Sing 'Behind Closed Doors' on Late-Night TV Grammy-winning song was written by Kenny O'Dell, who died March 27th at 73 years oldBy Stephen L. Betts / www.rollingstone.com/contributor/stephen-betts3-30-2018 In 1974, Charlie Rich took the Kenny O'Dell song "Behind Closed Doors to late-night TV, hosting NBC's 'Midnight Special.' After nearly a decade of recording, musician Charlie Rich signed a deal with Epic Records in 1967, making it his sixth record label since signing with Sun in 1960. Rich's bent for jazz and R&B made the idea of marketing him as a country artist less than ideal, but at the urging of songwriter-producer Billy Sherrill, Epic took a chance on the piano-playing entertainer. By 1974, the risk had paid off handsomely as Rich turned a series of middle-of-the-road ballads into pop-country classics. One of those classic tunes, "Behind Closed Doors," was an across-the-board and around-the-world smash, featuring a now-famous piano intro played, not by Rich, but by session musician (and now Country Music Hall of Fame member) Hargus "Pig" Robbins. The sessions for "Behind Closed Doors" were recorded in Studio B of Music Row's famed Quonset Hut, built by producer Owen Bradley and his guitarist Brother Harold, and included an 11-piece string section. Rich and all the musicians recorded together live in the session, with Rich standing close to the piano. Sherrill would go on to record that way for years, placing singers beside the studio's 7-foot Steinway. Of course, "Behind Closed Doors" is an iconic record for another key reason: the song itself. Sadly, on March 27th, the writer of that tune, Kenny O'Dell, passed away at 73 years old of natural causes at a health care facility south of Nashville. The Oklahoma native, born Kenneth Guy Gist, Jr., was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1996. "Behind Closed Doors" earned O'Dell a Best Country Song Grammy in early 1974, and the song was also nominated in the overall Song of the Year category, in addition to taking top honors at both the ACM and CMA Awards. O'Dell, who worked briefly with guitarist Duane Eddy after high school, would pen a Top Twenty Pop hit in 1967 with "Next Plane to London," by the Rose Garden, before signing a publishing deal with singer Bobby Goldsboro's House of Gold. He would again top the charts with songs penned for Loretta Lynn, Billie Jo Spears and Tanya Tucker, with Cher, Kenny Rogers and Mac Davis among the many others who cut his tunes. O'Dell also had a Top Ten hit of his own with the 1978 single, "Let's Shake Hands and Come out Lovin'." The songwriter's wife, guitarist Vivian "Corki" Casey O'Dell, died last year. Charlie Rich would perform "Behind Closed Doors" on numerous high profile television shows and specials throughout the remainder of his life. The above performance, from NBC's The Midnight Special, is a scaled-back rendition of the mellow, romantic tune, with Rich at the piano backed by three musicians. The singer hosted this particular episode, which originally aired in April 1974, at the height of his fame. Rich died at 62 years old in 1995. Three years later, "Behind Closed Doors" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
www.rollingstone.com/country/news/see-charlie-rich-sing-behind-closed-doors-on-late-night-tv-w518577
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Post by swamprat on Apr 5, 2018 15:38:16 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Apr 30, 2018 12:14:13 GMT -6
www.rollingstone.com/country/news/hear-tony-joe-white-on-walking-the-floor-podcast-w519675 Hear Swamp-Rock Icon Tony Joe White on 'Walking the Floor' Podcast"Polk Salad Annie" hitmaker talks songwriting, recording with a blues legend, and golfing with Willie Nelson with host Chris ShiflettBy Robert Crawford / www.rollingstone.com/contributor/robert-crawford4-30-2018 The first song Tony Joe White ever finished was "Polk Salad Annie," the popular late-Sixties tribute to Southern women and edible weeds. Half a century later, he's grown into a bluesy, backwoods folk hero, celebrated for his swampy guitar playing, slow-motion delivery and signature songwriting. He's still an active musician, too, regularly recording and touring as a 74-year-old road warrior.As this week's guest on Walking the Floor, White talks about Wille Nelson's golfing etiquette, Lightnin' Hopkins' studio routine and his own approach to tracking down the muse. Our list of episode highlights is below, followed by the full premiere of Chis Shiflett's podcast. White's songwriting process involves the great outdoors and a bit of booze. For White, having a productive day normally hinges upon having a good time. He approaches his songwriting from a similar perspective, coaxing out new musical ideas with a little help from a few beers and some fresh air. "I usually have a guitar lick or something going in my head just about all the time," he explains. "When I get home [from touring] and can get out[side], get a six pack of cold beer and go down by the river and build a little fire and get an acoustic guitar, usually something will come along. But I don't push it." He comes from a big family of musicians. "I had five sisters, an older brother – he's the oldest, I'm the youngest, and we had them girls in between us – and then Mom and Dad, and all of them played guitar and piano and sang," he says of his childhood in rural Louisiana. "We'd sit on the porch at night – it was a cotton farm – after you'd been working all day, picking cotton. I was 6 or 7 years old at the time, and I'd sit on the porch after dark, listening to them all harmonize and play a lot of gospel." He once played backup guitar on a Lightnin' Hopkins record, and watched the blues legend collect his money in a liquor-store paper sack. "He had a big paper sack with a big ol' jug of wine in it," White says of Hopkins. "And he come right on in to the studio. He stopped for just a second and looked at me and said, 'You playing with me, boy?' I said 'Yeah,' and I went into 'Baby, Please Don't Go,' or one of his licks or something, and he said, 'Alright.' He just turned around, walking into the booth and said, 'Turn it on,' and they turned that tape on, and me and him played 13 to 14 songs with only him stopping to hit his wine." White and Hopkins hadn't rehearsed the songs, so White simply followed along, learning each composition as it unfolded. By the time the session wrapped up, Hopkins had finished his wine. White watched as the blues icon prepared to leave, carrying the paper sack that had once carried the wine. "He walked over to these two guys in suits with ties, and they dropped 10 $100 bills in that sack," he remembers. "His wife folded it up and they walked out." Golfing with Willie Nelson is, predictably, a hazy experience. Longtime friends, White and Nelson occasionally join each other for a round of golf on Nelson's private course. During their first game together, White learned that his partner's recreational habits extended all the way to organized sports. "He had a golf cart that had a full bar inside it, with everything in the world that you can imagine – and Willie didn't even drink!" White says. "At that time, 11 o'clock in the morning, I just had a Coca Cola or something going. Willie got on the first tee and he already had a little smoke going, and he reared back and took a huge blow at the ball and it went straight up over his head about a hundred yards and almost hit him coming down. And it landed. And he turned to me and said, 'Now, Tony Joe, this is what golf is all about: hang time!' And any time that ball was up in the air, he was having him some puffs." Pop artists, blues singers and country icons have all covered White's material – a feat that the songwriter attributes to the universality of his writing. "I always thought it was the simplicity of the song," he says, when asked to pinpoint a reason for his music's popularity to other performers. "The way we'd cut it, it could hit anybody from Charlie Rich to Tina Turner to Elvis Presley. It didn't have any boundaries. It was there. It was real." www.rollingstone.com/country/news/hear-tony-joe-white-on-walking-the-floor-podcast-w519675
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Post by auntym on May 7, 2018 14:24:53 GMT -6
www.rollingstone.com/country/news/see-yodeling-kid-mason-ramsey-sing-at-the-grand-ole-opry-w519891 See Yodeling Kid Mason Ramsey Sing Hank Williams at the Grand Ole OpryEleven-year-old viral star reprises his Walmart selection, Williams' "Lovesick Blues," for his Opry debutBy Luke Levenson / www.rollingstone.com/contributor/luke-levenson5-7-18 Mason Ramsey sings Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" at the Grand Ole Opry. It's been a remarkably short span of time since "Walmart yodeling kid" became a trending topic, launching 11-year-old Mason Ramsey's career and scoring him a deal with Atlantic Records and Big Loud. His debut single "Famous" has already racked up over 9 million spins on Spotify, and in April he got to enjoy a country music rite of passage by making his Grand Ole Opry debut. Eleven-year-old singer trades Hank Williams for young romance in his first major-label release With characteristic poise, the Illinois native took the historic stage for a winsome, yodel-replete rendition of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues," the song that introduced him to America. Similar to his original rendition, Ramsey revitalized the classic tune with his smooth croon and youthful reverence. In April, Ramsey got to introduce his new song "Famous" in style, joining Florida Georgia Line onstage at Stagecoach to sing the tune. Produced by Joey Moi, the song was written by FGL's Tyler Hubbard with Corey Crowder, Sarah Buxton and Canaan Smith. Ramsey will return to the Opry this Saturday, where he shares the bill with Jordan Davis, Ricky Skaggs and more. www.rollingstone.com/country/news/see-yodeling-kid-mason-ramsey-sing-at-the-grand-ole-opry-w519891
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Post by auntym on May 14, 2018 13:11:54 GMT -6
FRANK SINATRA DIED 20 YEARS AGO TODAY
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Post by auntym on May 25, 2018 14:48:02 GMT -6
www.rollingstone.com/country/news/watch-bobby-bares-opry-performance-of-marie-laveau-w520762 Watch Bobby Bare's Lively Grand Ole Opry Performance of 'Marie Laveau'By Stephen L. Betts / www.rollingstone.com/contributor/stephen-betts5-25-2018 Newly reinstated Opry member wasted no time bewitching audience members with his classic Shel Silverstein-penned hitBobby Bare's 1974 hit "Marie Laveau," co-written by Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor, was Bare's only Number One on the chart. Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Bare was welcomed back last month as a member of another Nashville institution – the Grand Ole Opry. Having been part of the long-running radio show's cast in the Sixties, when he was charting with such classics as "Detroit City" and "500 Miles," Bare's membership would eventually lapse, although his stature as one of country music's finest songwriters would only increase. On April 7th, Bare was scheduled for an Opry performance when superstar Garth Brooks surprised him onstage informing him that he was being reinstated as an Opry member. Bare's performance that night included his solitary Number One single as an artist, a song written by longtime friend Shel Silverstein and folk singer Baxter Taylor. "Marie Laveau" is the tale of a voodoo witch in New Orleans and the suitor who tries to get Marie to use her magic to make him rich by promising to marry her then breaking that promise – a move that proves to be his undoing. The memorable tune incorporates a bewitched scream (executed by Silverstein on Bare's hit version) followed by the line "Another man done gone," and has in the past 45 years since its release become one of Bare's most popular tunes and a live concert favorite. Silverstein and Bare, who first met at a party at songwriter Harlan Howard's home in the late Sixties, would team for an entire album featuring Silverstein's songs with 1973's Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies, a Top Five LP which, in addition to "Marie Laveau," included "Daddy, What If," a Number Two single which featured Bare's five-year-old son, Bobby Bare Jr. Bobby Bare is among the artists celebrated in Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s, the extraordinary new exhibit which officially opens today at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, spotlighting country's rebels and renegades who shook up the status quo through their left-of center music and an unwillingness to conform to Nashville's Music Row-dictated norms. The "Armadillo" in the exhibit's name is a reference to the iconic Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, the showplace for outlaw country's greats and near-greats, with dozens of the venue's posters on display. Among the items on display is Bare's mink-skull-and-snake skin-adorned hat, a gift to Bare from Willie Nelson. www.rollingstone.com/country/news/watch-bobby-bares-opry-performance-of-marie-laveau-w520762
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Post by paulette on May 27, 2018 22:33:26 GMT -6
Sting and friend.
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Post by auntym on Jun 27, 2018 14:37:58 GMT -6
in case you missed it...here it isPAUL MCCARTNEY'S CARPOOL KARAOKE this is fun...
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Post by auntym on Jun 29, 2018 21:53:39 GMT -6
UFO SIGHTINGS INCREASE NEAR CONCERTS & HONKY-TONKS!
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Post by swamprat on Jul 1, 2018 13:50:18 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Jul 3, 2018 15:10:56 GMT -6
Willie Nelson - "On The Road Again" (Live at the US Festival, 1983)Published on Jun 26, 2013 Willie Nelson performs "On The Road Again" live at the US Festival, 1983. "On the Road Again" became Nelson's 9th Country & Western No. 1 hit overall in November 1980. In addition, the song reached No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his biggest pop hit to that time. Nelson won Grammy Award for Best Country Song a year later. Buy the entire concert here at: www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/1... June 4, 1983, was "Country Day" at the US Festival, and the headliner was none other than the legendary Willie Nelson. Featuring many of his best-loved songs and greatest hits, this concert showcases the country music superstar at his peak.The US Festival was held over two weekends in 1982 and 1983. ROLLINGSTONE FLASHBACK: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-see-willie-nelson-sing-on-the-road-again-at-us-festival-695635/ by Stephen Betts / www.rollingstone.com/author/stephen-betts/Willie Nelson gave fans in Austin, Texas, a double dose of entertainment during Independence Day week in 1980. On July 3rd, the entertainer, who made his big screen debut a year earlier in the Robert Redford-Jane Fonda film, The Electric Horseman, attended the world premiere of Honeysuckle Rose, which would mark his first appearance in a lead role. The following day, Nelson hosted his eighth annual Fourth of July Picnic on the 20-acre golf course of his Pedernales Country Club with a crowd of 60,000 braving the stifling heat for what Nelson had announced at the time would be his final July 4th picnic event. After a two-year hiatus, the picnic would return, taking place in Atlanta in 1983 before returning to Austin the following year. The Honeysuckle Rose premiere at Austin’s Capital Plaza Cinema was attended by Nelson, accompanied by his then-wife, Connie, along with co-stars Dyan Cannon, Slim Pickens, director Jerry Schatzberg and the film’s producer, Sydney Pollack, who also directed Nelson in his previous film role. Others on hand for the auspicious event included actress (and Texan) Sissy Spacek, fresh from her role as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner’s Daughter. Nelson’s role in Honeysuckle Rose wasn’t exactly against type. The 47-year-old played country singer Buck Bonham, enmeshed in a love triangle with his wife (Cannon) and a young musician, played by 26-year-old Amy Irving, who was at the time romantically involved with director Steven Spielberg – and would, in fact, marry him five years later. Nelson and Irving began an on-set affair, as did Cannon and the film’s director. But for all the sparks behind the scenes, Honeysuckle Rose wasn’t exactly generating the same kind of electricity with film critics. Irving’s performance was especially singled out, earning the future Oscar nominee the first-ever Golden Raspberry (“Razzie”) award for Worst Supporting Actress. The music-filled film, which also featured appearances from Emmylou Harris, legendary songwriter Hank Cochran and fiddle icon Johnny Gimble, would also get an Oscar nomination and today Honeysuckle Rose, in addition to providing the names for Nelson’s tour buses, is perhaps best remembered for the song that has become a true country-music classic. According to the Billboard Book of Number One Hits, “On the Road Again” was penned by Nelson on a plane flight with Schatzberg and Pollack, who told the songwriter they needed a tune about touring for the film. To their amazement, he proceeded to write out the lines for the chorus in mere minutes. The melody would come later – months later, in fact, on the day the song was recorded during filming. Nelson had also tried to persuade the powers-that-be to title the film after the song, but that didn’t happen until the film was reissued on video later. The song, however, has since become one of his most popular, having been covered several times and used in commercials included a 2016 Volkswagen ad featuring the Red Headed Stranger himself. Since its 1980 debut, the song has popped up in everything from Dumb and Dumber To to the short-lived 2015-2016 series The Muppets and is now enshrined in the Grammy Hall of Fame. In June 1983, one week after the second US Festival concerts took place in California, a country-themed day was added to the official event. The lineup featured Nelson and band as the closing act, along with appearances by Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Alabama, Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings. In the video above, Nelson and his fellow musicians, including Mickey Raphael on harmonica, tear through a lively version of “On the Road Again,” which by then had become a familiar staple of their concert repertoire. Willie Nelson’s 44th annual Fourth of July Picnic will be broadcast live on Nelson’s SiriusXM channel, Willie’s Roadhouse, on Independence Day beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. Among the performers scheduled to appear are Margo Price, Gene Watson, Johnny Bush, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, and Ryan Bingham, with Nelson and his Family band closing out the event. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-see-willie-nelson-sing-on-the-road-again-at-us-festival-695635/
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Post by paulette on Jul 4, 2018 22:43:51 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Aug 15, 2018 12:11:05 GMT -6
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-woodstock-festival-opens-in-bethel-new-york?cmpid=TWITTER_TWITTER__20180815&linkId=555903708-15-2018 1969 The Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New YorkOn this day in 1969, the Woodstock Music Festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel. Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near the town of Woodstock, New York. The longtime artists’ colony was already a home base for Bob Dylan and other musicians. Despite their relative inexperience, the young promoters managed to sign a roster of top acts, including the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more. Plans for the festival were on the verge of foundering, however, after both Woodstock and the nearby town of Wallkill denied permission to hold the event. Dairy farmer Max Yasgur came to the rescue at the last minute, giving the promoters access to his 600 acres of land in Bethel, some 50 miles from Woodstock. Early estimates of attendance increased from 50,000 to around 200,000, but by the time the gates opened on Friday, August 15, more than 400,000 people were clamoring to get in. Those without tickets simply walked through gaps in the fences, and the organizers were eventually forced to make the event free of charge. Folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens kicked off the event with a long set, and Joan Baez and Arlo Guthrie also performed on Friday night. Though Woodstock had left its promoters nearly bankrupt, their ownership of the film and recording rights more than compensated for the losses after the release of a hit documentary film in 1970. Later music festivals inspired by Woodstock’s success failed to live up to its standard, and the festival still stands for many as a example of America’s 1960s youth counterculture at its best. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-woodstock-festival-opens-in-bethel-new-york?cmpid=TWITTER_TWITTER__20180815&linkId=55590370
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Post by swamprat on Aug 19, 2018 13:06:19 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Aug 20, 2018 13:15:09 GMT -6
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS THE EAGLES 2016
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Post by auntym on Aug 25, 2018 14:33:26 GMT -6
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chuck-berry-carson-tonight-show-1987-715467/ Flashback: Chuck Berry Opens Up Like Never Before on ‘Tonight Show’ in 1987 Johnny Carson gave his entire show over to the Godfather of Rock & Roll – and he didn’t disappointBy Patrick Doyle / www.rollingstone.com/author/patrick-doyle/Chuck Berry rarely did interviews, and when he did, he could be confrontational and reticent. Which is why his 1987 appearance on the Tonight Show is so remarkable. At the time, Berry was well into his pickup-band years, touring the country and playing with local groups to save money. But he also on the edge of a resurgence, thanks to a salacious autobiography and Hail Hail Rock & Roll!, the concert film about his 60th birthday concert that was released that year, which exposed Berry’s fascinatingly difficult personality. But Berry had clear respect for Johnny Carson, the King of Late Night, who felt the same way about Berry, devoting the entire episode of his network TV hit show to Berry: three interview segments plus musical performances. Carson begins by telling a story about how Berry, in typical fashion, was late for his performance due to travel issues and had just soundchecked right in front of the studio audience. “Is it worth sticking around for?” Carson asks, to huge applause. Berry proceeds to play a raw “Memphis” alone on stage, with Carson’s studio band out of the frame. It’s a little out of tune, but Berry is loose and playful, his voice as strong as it was in 1955. He unleashes on his Gibson and taps the strings to the rhythm during the verse. Berry’s multi-segment interview is even more fascinating. Though awkward at times, Berry opens up on subjects he had normally shut down in the past. He shares why he stopped touring with a band (“in the ’60s, things got a little juicy, and then they got a little smokey in the late Sixties. I didn’t want any part of it,” Berry said. Carson responded: “I understand.”) Berry shares the recipe for his musical inspiration: “I wanted to sing like Nat Cole with lyrics like Louis Jordan, with the swing of Benny Goodman … playing Carl Hogan’s riffs, and with the soul of Muddy Waters. I had it all mixed in.” And at one point, Berry gets up to showcase a new version of his famous duckwalk he’d been working on. That’s just the first segment: Berry strolls over to the stage to play “Roll Over Beethoven,” then heads back to the couch for another interview, and then does another song. Berry loosens up with each segment, at one point getting sentimental about why he still loves his job: “I really do. When I’m near that mic and there’s people looking at me, it just goes all through me.” The appearance was clearly important to Berry. Decades later, Berry told Rolling Stone‘s Neil Strauss that when he was younger, he wanted to be a comedian. “It’s… why when you discuss his appearances on the Johnny Carson show decades ago, he’ll tell you the jokes and comebacks he should have said (even though, to anyone else watching, he came across as a perfectly fine yet eccentric guest),” Strauss wrote. “And why interviews with him are filled with random quips and one-liners.” “Does he still want to be a comedian?” Strauss asked Berry. “Every time I get a chance,” Berry replied. “I’m still trying!” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chuck-berry-carson-tonight-show-1987-715467/
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Post by paulette on Aug 26, 2018 18:48:54 GMT -6
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Post by swamprat on Sept 1, 2018 15:50:56 GMT -6
17 minutes of memories.....
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Post by jcurio on Sept 1, 2018 16:03:44 GMT -6
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Post by swamprat on Sept 4, 2018 8:13:44 GMT -6
Heard this two years ago this month; one of my favorites. Aaron Farquhar just posted it on Facebook.....
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Post by auntym on Sept 30, 2018 12:47:52 GMT -6
Published on Sep 29, 2018
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Post by paulette on Oct 1, 2018 18:14:16 GMT -6
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Post by swamprat on Oct 2, 2018 10:35:45 GMT -6
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Post by jarmen71 on Oct 26, 2018 21:03:11 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Nov 7, 2018 19:27:10 GMT -6
Published on Mar 25, 2017
Awesome special from Behind the Music series and best interview of Neil.
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Neil Diamond Live Full Concert 2018 HD
Published on Jun 5, 2018
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Kennedy Center Honours Neil Diamond Part 1
Kennedy Center Honours Neil Diamond Part 1
Published on Jan 12, 2014 2011 WASHINGTON — The good times never seemed so good for Neil Diamond.
Known for his songs that have become anthems at ballparks and bars, Diamond was chosen Wednesday to receive the Kennedy Center Honors this year along with some of the biggest names from Broadway, jazz, classical music and Hollywood.
Diamond will be honored with Broadway singer Barbara Cook, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, saxophonist Sonny Rollins and actress Meryl Streep for their contributions to American culture through the arts. President Barack Obama will salute the artists and others will perform in their honor at a ceremony at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 4. CBS will broadcast the show Dec. 27.
Diamond said he was "flying way above sea level" when he heard about the honor.
"I've watched, and I've seen, and I've even dreamed that someday that would happen to me," he told The Associated Press. "But I never really believed that it would."
Diamond said he used to get distracted when people sang along with him to hits like "Sweet Caroline," which was written for presidential daughter Caroline Kennedy who hosts the show.
"But I realized pretty quickly that it was a compliment, and I had no choice in the matter anyway, so I got with the program and just learned to love it," said Diamond, who earlier this year was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He said he's planning another U.S. tour next summer after performing abroad recently.
The 70-year-old Diamond also tweeted Wednesday that he was engaged to a woman named Katie -- but wouldn't tell AP who she was so that she wouldn't "change her mind."
PARTS 2,3 & 4 click on you-tube symbol on bottom right hand side of screen
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Neil Diamond says he has Parkinson's, retires from touring
Published on Jan 27, 2018 (23 Jan 2018) Neil Diamond is retiring from touring after he says he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Days shy of his 77th birthday, the rock legend is canceling his tour dates in Australia and New Zealand for March. He was on his 50th anniversary tour.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer offered his "sincerest apologies" to those who planned to go to his shows and says he plans to still write, record and work on other projects "for a long time to come."
Diamond's numerous hits include "Sweet Caroline," ''America," ''Love on the Rocks" and "Hello Again."
Diamond turns 77 on Wednesday and will get the lifetime achievement award at Sunday's Grammy awards.
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Post by auntym on Nov 22, 2018 20:09:52 GMT -6
Lionel Richie & The Commodores 'SAIL ON' 1979 (full version) Top of The Pops August 30th 1979
Lionel Richie 'STILL'
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Post by swamprat on Nov 26, 2018 10:28:23 GMT -6
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