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Sunday 29 December 2013

Happy Birthday Ed Bruce

                                                    Happy Birthday Ed Bruce
 William Edwin "Ed" Bruce, Jr. (born December 29, 1939) is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 country number one hit "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had". He also co-starred in the television series Bret Maverick with James Garner during the 1981-82 season.
          

Lou Bradley is set to launch her new album, The Other Side , with a run of shows during the upcoming Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Lou Bradley is set to launch her new album, The Other Side , with a run of shows during the upcoming Tamworth Country Music Festival.
The album, to be released to iTunes on January 17, is described as "a perfect way" of kicking off her time at the biggest country music festival in the Southern Hemisphere next month.
From her debut release in 2007, through to various festival appearances alongside many artists, Lou has been working hard on what has become her highly-anticipated third studio album. The Other Side was co-produced by Lou with Anthony Lycenko who has also worked for artists like Busby Marou and Pete Murray.

People's Choice flooded with votes

People's Choice flooded with votes
Organisers of the annual Australian Country Music People's Choice Awards have been inundated with votes for the 2014 presentation.
The voting, which closed only a few weeks ago, has been the strongest in the Awards' 14-year history with well over 90,000 individual votes cast for hundreds of different artists, groups, songs, albums, videos, radio presenters, stations and/or programs.
"We've been working on validating, sorting and counting the votes since the voting closed," said Bob Kirchner, spokesman for the Country Music Bulletin, organisers of the scheme that provides a means for members of the public to vote for their favourites.
"Normally we would have announced our finalists by now," Bob said, "but we will need to work through some of the Christmas/New Year break to make sure everything is right."
He said it was expected finalists would now be announced on or near New Year's Day.
"To say we are delighted with this result is an understatement," Bob said. "And what a great reflection this is on the country music industry. For so many people to take the time to reflect on and vote for their favourites tells me the grassroots support for country music in Australia is huge.
"It also speaks volumes for the work artists are putting in on the ground, recording, touring and promoting their music.
"Not to forget Australia's hard-working broadcasting sector, too," Bob said. "Dozens and dozens of individuals and stations are recognised through the People's Choice Awards scheme for what they do in bringing the music to the people and supporting our artists."
The Australian Country Music People's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Trans-Help Foundation, recognises finalists and winners in 11 categories and will be staged in Country Music Capital's Capitol Theatre at 10am on Wednesday, January 22.

The Burrito Brothers



                                       
                                 The Burrito Brothers

 
A significant chapter in The Flying Burrito Brothers history began in 1979, when Kleinow, Gilbeau, and Battin reunited under the name Burrito Brothers, and added vocalist and multi-instrumentalist John Beland to the lineup. Beland and Guilbeau had been bandmates in Swampwater (a pioneering country-rock band in its own right) a decade earlier, and the old chemistry between the two really clicked. This lineup recorded two full-length albums for the Curb label, and scored several minor hit singles on the country charts.

1982's Sunset Sundown consists of mellow mainstream country music, and is well done on that level. Beland and Guilbeau did most of the writing on both albums, and the results are impressive. The music of these Burrito Brothers was certainly more commercial than that of the original Parsons-Hillman combo

Mandy Barnett new cd

                              
                                                     Mandy Barnett
I Can't Stop Loving You: The Songs of Don Gibson
    New cc  Date: November 11, 2013: I cant`t stop loving you::The Songs of Don Gibson


 Born Amanda Carol Barnett, she was the only child of Betty and Dan Barnett (who worked respectively as a bookkeeper and contractor). Barnett began her musical career by singing in church at the age of five. Her mother encouraged her by booking singing engagements wherever people would listen: bowling alleys, VFW halls and political rallies (notably for Lamar Alexander and future Vice President Al Gore, Jr.). When there was no venue, she would perform in parking lots. By age nine, her father financed a professionally recorded gospel music album. The following summer, she had joined a summer theatre cast at Dollywood and shared the stage with Dolly Parton herself. It was during her two years at Dollywood that she won a talent contest that included making a demo in Nashville.tt!"

Don Gibson would be proud!. With the help of Allison Krause doing background vocals .. and Charlie McKoy on harmonica ... this tune will Become a tune that you will hum all day! ANOTHER stunning version of "I'd Be A Legend In My Time" will bring you two tears .. In a good way .. Mandy takes EACH tune in this CD and makes it here own.A Difficult task with tunes we've heard for years!. EVEN with the Familiar ones like "I Can not Stop Loving You" and "Oh Lonesome Me" you feel like you are hearing them for the first time! .. Also she has chosen several tunes that Don Gibson wrote that were unfamiliar to me .. making this one of the BEST country music CD's this year.