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It’s always good to hear from our friends, and Gary P. Nunn is no exception. When I checked my email this morning there was a note from Gary and Ruth. Gary always puts on a great show and is worth seeing. Here is Gary’s schedule for December 2008, followed by a video of Gary:
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY: “Country singer Merle Haggard is recovering from lung cancer surgery, his family announced Wednesday. “Merle has undergone the removal of a cancerous growth in his right lung,” the 71-year-old singer’s wife, Theresa Haggard, said on his website, “Merle is recuperating from the surgery and doing better and better each day.”
We’re honkin’ it tonight with Lefty Frizzell and a song off of his “16 Greatest Hits” CD titled “I Never Go Around Mirrors”, which is one of the all time great honky tonk hits. Would he be a legend if he went by his full name, William Orville Frizzell? Probably, but we all knew him as lefty. My first thought was that music was so much different then than now. There were no tummy tucks, botox, or fast track glamour shots from flashy producers in lefty’s day.
I was researching Ray Benson when I thought of a unique instrument – the mando-guitar – and thought it would be nice to feature it in our educational section. It is not really a mondolin. Vox is the name that comes to mind when we speak of the mando-guitar, and sure enough there is a featured video of the instrument so you can see what it sounds like. We also found a good photo of the Vox, which is seen here. And here is the video of a mando-guitar:
When people think of Jim Reeves the think of his great hit “He’ll Have To Go” and rightfully so. Jim Reeves had a beautiful voice and a full range. His wife Mary Reeves kept his work going after his untimely death on July 31, 1964. Today I want to feature a country classic hit by Jim Reeves titled “Little Ole Dime.” Jim changed his style and Nashville fought the change until Jim Reeves hit the top of the country charts with “Four Walls” and, at the same time, made it to #11 on the pop charts with the same song.
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