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Country Music ColumnWalkin’ A Country Mile!
with Tom Lounges
Beginning with this issue, our regular Nashville-based country music columnist, Scott Stem, will be on a business-related hiatus.
We’ll do our best to keep you up on country music news you can use, until Scott returns to our pages in our February edition.
COUNTRY CHATTER...
• Country music’s 5-time Entertainer of the Year, Hank Williams, Jr. will personally donate $125,000 to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Biloxi, Miss during his concert at Pearl River Resort on October 14.
“When I got the offer to do this show I simply could not take money from the devastated folks in Mississippi, so I passed. Then the next morning I woke up and thought I will do that show and make a donation to help the local people,” says Hank Williams Jr. “This show will be special and who knows what will happen or who will show up, but it will be special.”
President George W. Bush was recently joined by Denny Rehberg, R-Mont; Jett Williams, daughter of Opry legend Hank Williams, Sr., and artist Bill Rains in the Oval Office of the White House. The visit was to present and unveil a 5-foot-tall bronze statue of Hank Williams that Mr. Rains sculpted for Bush, a hard core Hank fan.
• Grammy award winning and multi-platinum selling artist Wynonna Judd’s candid autobiography Coming Home to Myself (New American Library) debuted in the Top 10 on the New York Times Best Sellers list, while her live CD, Her Story: Scenes from a Lifetime on Curb Records, charted at #2 on Billboard’s Country Album Chart.
Coming Home to Myself is the result of that heartfelt journey-a song of personal discovery that taught Wynonna Judd to love not just what she does, but who she is. From a truly exceptional woman comes a memoir of survival, strength, hope, and forgiveness, filled with an exultant and empowering message certain to resonate with those who need the courage and inspiration to begin their own journey.
Wynonna is coming to a book store near you! Check www.wynonna.com for her schedule!
• Crystal Gayle, the first female country artist to achieve platinum sales for We Must Believe In Magic, has just released Crystal Gayle in Concert on DVD. Gayle’s many accomplishments (multi-Female Vocalist of the Year awards) has lead to her being a fan favorite.
The DVD concert performance was recorded live in 1982 and finds her singing some of her greatest hits – “Gone at Last,” Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For,” “When I Dream,” “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes”, “Talking In Your Sleep”, and “Half The Way.”
The Hoosier-born country start was raised in Wabash, Indiana and was recently honored by The Indiana Historical Society with “The Living Legend Award”. The black tie dinner took place at the Indiana History Center in Indianapolis.
“What a thrill! I am truly honored to be selected along with some of Indiana’s finest,” said Crystal of the honor. “After the event, my husband Bill and I attended our 35th Class Reunion from Wabash High School.”
Gayle’s latest album All My Tomorrows has received raves reviews from People Magazine to Country Weekly and beyond. For more on her: www.crystalgayle.com. . • The Highwaymen –– Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson –– were/are each legendary in his own right, but together as a group, they were a musical force to be reckoned with.
CMT original one-hour documentary – American Revolutions: The Highwaymen – premiers October 14 at 7pm CST.
This special gives a rare glimpse into the personalities of these country superstars, peeling away their “outlaw” personas while revealing that behind their tough guy images, Cash, Jennings, Nelson and Kristofferson were just four men struggling with their own demons, creativity and mortality.
Along with archival footage of their final recording sessions and the group’s meeting with singing cowboy legend Gene Autry, there are exclusive new interviews from Kristofferson, Nelson, Jessie Colter, Shooter Jennings, Don Was, John Carter Cash, Rodney Crowell, Billy Joe Shaver and others.
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