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Lonnie Ratliff Country Music Newsletter March 23rd. , 2008 Note: New Subscribers that would like to read old NEWSLETTERS just click the LINK below # subscribers: 4,344 http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive.php?NashvilleRecordProducer
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"Spotlight Artist" Jack Greene
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Jack Greene Jack
Greene (born January 7, 1930) is an American country musician
nicknamed the "Jolly Green Giant" and well known for his 1966 hit "There Goes My
Everything." Early
Career Greene was born on January 7, 1930, in Maryville, Tennessee. In the early 1950's, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he formed his own band, The Peach Tree Boys as a lead vocalist, drummer, and guitarist. In 1959, he moved back to Tennessee and settled in Nashville and formed his own band, The Tennessee Mountain Boys. One day in 1961, the band opened for Ernest Tubb, and Ernest noticed Jack's talents and asked him to join his band, which he did. For the next few years, he was a drummer, guitarist, vocalist, and M.C. in Ernest Tubb's band, The Texas Troubadors. He soon was starting to open shows for Ernest playing guitar and singing and in 1964, Jack released his first solo record with "The Last Letter" which first appeared on one of Tubb's live albums. The song got attention from Ernest's record label Decca Records who released it as a single. Another single followed in 1965 with "Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurtin' Me" but this didn't chart as it came out at the same time as Ray Price's version. Tubb encouraged him to pursue a solo career, and Greene achieved great success right away. His first Top 40 hit came in early 1966 with "Ever Since My Baby Went Away". Later that year, he released a song that put him on top. The song was "There Goes My Everything" and it was a monster hit, staying on top of the Country charts for 7 weeks, and even becoming a crossover hit, the album stayed #1 for an entire year. The success continued into 1967 as well with another number 1 smash in "All The Time" (on top for 5 weeks) and a number 2 hit with "What Locks The Door". In 1967, he received the prestigious awards for Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year, and Album of the Year from the Country Music Association. In all, he has recorded nine number one country hits on various charts including 5 number one Billboard hits. His success continued into 1968 with another number 1 with "You Are My Treasure" and the top 5 hit "Love Takes Care Of Me". In 1969, he had 2 number 1 hits with "Until My Dreams Come True" and "Statue Of A Fool". He completed the year out with the Top 5 "Back In The Arms Of Love". Later CareerIn 1970, Jack gained a duet and a touring partner in Jeannie Seely, and together they had a number 2 hit with the song "Wish I Didn't Have To Miss You". Jack and Jeannie's stage show became one of the biggest touring acts during the 1970's. Jack continued to have both solo hits and duets with Jeannie Seely. Among the biggest of these hits during the 70's included "Lord, Is That Me" (1970), "There's A Lot About A Woman A Man Don't Know" (1971), and 2 more duets with Jeannie with "Much Oblige" (1972) and "What In The World Has Gone Wrong With Our Love" (1972). Jack's career continued when Decca became MCA Records and he continued to chart with "Satisfaction" (1973), "I Need Somebody Bad" (1973), and "It's Time To Cross That Bridge" (1974). Afterwards, his chart success declined rapidly as another song in 1974 and one song in 1975 were minor hits and he was dropped by MCA Records in 1976. Jack enjoyed a brief comeback to the charts in 1980 with the Top 30 hit "Yours For The Taking" on Frontline Records. He achieved several more minor hits on Frontline and then on EMH and Step One. He continues to tour regularly and appears on The Grand Ole Opry, where he has been a member since 1967, and this year marks his 40th anniversary with the Opry. Greene currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he regularly performs at the Grand Ole Opry.
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Erin
Hay..........................................................Tim
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next NEWSLETTER) Just send me an E Mail with 2 or 3 sentences and you
can include your website and E Mail if you like. Try to make it
interesting enough people will want to read it. Don't have to be about
music just something that is happening to you. If it looks like you
may have thought about what you wrote for at least 30 seconds I
will probably include it in the next Newsletter which means your website
LINK will go out to over 4,200 people that are in the country music
business. If it looks like you are obviously just using the gossip
section for free advertisment I probably will skip over it. Heck
folks most of us claim to be writers so we should be able to write 2 or 3
sentences. Make sure you put GOSSIP in the subject line of your
E Mail when you send it so it don't get
lost. E Mail GOSSIP
to: NashvilleShowcase@comcast.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================================== Erin Hay
http://www.ErinHay.com and Perley
Curtis http://www.perleyc.com are acting and singing in their church’s
Easter play. Perley is playing Ananias, the disciple who went to pray
for Saul and gave him back his sight, and ======================================================== Billy
Darnell http://www.myspace.com/billydarnellmusic
music has released a new Single called "They Dont Make Country Like
They Use To". It's an upbeat tune that reflects the current state of
Country music from a traditional country music lovers standpoint. It
reflects on George Strait, and Alan Jacksons statement with their
hit single " Murder On Music Row ", and even makes reference to the
singers in the song.
In an effort to give
something back to the fans, and so that everyone who wants a copy
can obtain one, Billy is offering a FREE download at his website
www.billydarnellmusic.com for Fans and DJ's alike. Just go to the announcement
tab, go to the announcement section, look for the small gray box that says"
click here for your free download... ", and it's
yours. =========================================================== DJ Rosalie Powers, many thanks for
interesting letters, and news about singers we haven't heard of here in the
"last frountier of Western Australia" the listeners on my three shows a
week are thrilled to learn and listen to such great country music.Country
is popular and from 1 hour a week 10 years down the track it is now three 3
hour programes of country a week. Lots of room for new singers, so keep it
coming one and all. Many thanks Lonnie. Rosalie country_rosalie_powers@yahoo.com.au =========================================================== Hey Country Friends... It's Doug Adkins http://www.dougadkins.com/
from Montana... Wrote
this new song, then recorded on my laptop, then made a short video....
called Dinner For 1 ... You can view it on my website http://www.myspace.com/dougadkins or on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjli1Ag3FxI Thanks for
your support! Doug JACILYN MUSIC HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME
.. FRANCES V.
LONG AND MILTON
WOOLDRIDGE ARE THE OWNERS. OUR WEB SITE IS www.jacilynmusic.com
... AT THE PRESENT TIME WE HAVE 34 ALBUMS ON OUR WEB SITE.
AND WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THREE MORE WE WILL ADD TO OUR WEB SITE C D
BABY. . WE HAVE A VARIETY OF ALBUMS
POSTED. - COUNTRY (10), GOSPEL, CHRISTIAN, EASY LISTENING, CHILDREN'S, HOLIDAY, PATRIOTIC,
NAME SONGS (MALE & FEMALE), INSTRUMENTAL AND
COMEDY. WE ALSO HAVE
FOUR PRINTED ALBUMS OF CHILDRENS MUSIC WITH SIMPLE ARRANGEMENTS AND
CRAZY PICTURES. I WROTE THOSE
SONGS AND THE SIMPLE ARRANGEMENTS WHEN I WAS TEACHING CHILDREN TO
PLAY PIANO. THEY LOVED THE MUSIC AND THE DRAWINGS. =========================================================== Distillery Dave http://www.famecast.com/distillerydave just completed his fourth album
at Big Mama's Recording Studio in Seymour, TN. The album, titled
"Contemporary Country Classics, Volume 4, contains a mix of
Contemporary and Traditional covers. Dave's most
recent live performance was in October at the Renfro Valley Entertainment
Center, where he opened the show on Sunday with "Ace in the Hole."
Other songs for that show included; "Somebody's Needin' Somebody," "What's
Going on in Your World," "Little Rock," "Austin," and "You Never Even
Called Me by My Name." He also placed 16th in a field of 154 Country
artists in the Famecast National Internet Video Contest with the Coe
Classic. ============================================================ J. Gale
Kilgore http://www.myspace.com/jgalekilgore JUST wrote a song, "I had the right to remain
silent,(but i did not have the ability)". gonna send Lonnie a demo so we
can become more famouser than we are. ill be in Nashvile 26 27 28
april,2008,Gaylord Opryland Hotel. dont die with your music in you j gale, my videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/eyeballmusic
hear my sound click music at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=162102 $19 song demo,and "texas meteorite"good luck charm gift at www.eyeball-records.com ==================================================================== C W Colt www.myspace.com/cwcoltsinger is
now going to be broadcasting live 3 hours via Internet to 5 Bars at the
same time . The setup has a chatroom where patrons can request and interact
with him Live. The bars also have cams set up for CW to view who's in the
club. This is a new venue for musicians to pursue and can perform from
their home or other locations. On the shows CW will feature other artists
and plans are in the works to have upcoming stars appear and
perform. ============================================================ The
Norwegian band "Bente & The
Chaingang" with lead singer Bente Torgersen
Sirnes http://www.bentetorgersen.no/ in front is
playing countryfestivals in Norway this summer. The album "Join my world"
has been doin it great and the video "Wastin away" can be seen
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64iwpmal4g8 To
all the countrylovers everywhere , check out our
album.Cheers http://www.cdon.com/ ============================================================ Hi
Lonnie: AFter 53 years I have located my triple neck, seven pedal custom
Bigsby Steel Guitar that I had built by Paul Bigsby back in July of 1955.
It is now owned by Michael Lee Allen in Fresno, California and it is worth
a small fortune. I has happy to see it is still in existance and in top
shape. Remember my favorite saying "Old Is Always Better: Regards
from Louis Armentaro
at lousteeler2@msn.com ============================================================ MICHAEL ONEILL www.michael-oneill.com
the roots-country-rawker now living on an island south of
seattle just finished a west coast club tour with a closing date in Las
Vegas playing the top of the Riviera Hotel Sky Room , with Lacy J Dalton's
Guitarist Jim Lewin, Craig Olsen on bass Steven Silver on Steel John Perry
fiddle Fred Rautman drums, they played to a packed house then partied with
the Las Vegas crazies till dawn , Michael is taking his road show to Texas
and heading back into the studio , Rawk on Nashville
!! ============================================================ ================================================================================ HI Lonnie ! Here is some gossip from Nelson & The Stagecoach. http://www.stagecoach.se/frameset_en.html I'm working in my
own studio with new material for the coming album and spending some quality
time with my family. Best wishes from Nelson (Nelson & The
Stagecoach) ================================================================================ Brent Bennett, whose first three CDs ("Crossing the Country," "Under My Own Power" and "The Movers Are in Town") are receiving worldwide airplay, is getting ready to release a blues album. Titled "It Must Be the Blues," the album will feature covers of eight standard blues songs and a Bennett original, also called "It Must Be the Blues." Release is expected in summer 2008. "It Must Be the Blues" can be heard on OurStage.com at http://www.ourstage.com/music/channel/14-acoustic/WLGTAFERRUOZ-it-must-be-the-blues . ================================================================================ Jayme Lynn Scott www.myspace.com/jaymelynnscottmusic will be with a band which is opening up for Ronnie Milsap at The Will Rogers Theater in Dallas, Texas on April 11, 2008. ================================================================================ Hi Lonnie! I've been hiding out! I've been giving myself a break to concentrate on learning guitar songs like Stairway to Heaven and Teardrops on My Guitar! I love picking better than strumming and I have an awesome guitar teacher who is teaching me how to play great picking songs. I've also been preparing for a couple of great shows. I'll be performing a 1/2 hr. show at the Ajax, Ontario "Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone", raising money for and encouraging kids to ask for help when they really need someone to talk to. I'm also preparing to play my guitar and sing at a couple of places near Nashville, Tennessee in June 2008, during the week of the CMA Festival.Thanks for including me in your Newsletter! Hopefully we'll run into each other again real soon! Luv, Kristen :) Kristen Clark http://www.myspace.com/kristenclarkmusic =============================================================================== 'DoubleVision' http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=22487 Nadinne and Candice from Adelaide South Australia here. We are currently in the process of recording a song written by 'Doug Colosio' who is Merle Haggards piano player, Scott Joss who is also in Merles band and Doug's brother. Doug wrote to us and asked us if we would like to record their song. The music is being recorded for us by one of USA top Indie Southern Country Rock bands 'Ghost Riders' after which they will send the recording to us and we will then record the vocals from over here. =============================================================================== Debbie Bergeron http://www.debbiebergeron.com/ has been raking up the air miles traveling between Nashville and Vancouver, BC Canada. She performed with HMG at Lyrix in March 07 at a label showcase. Warner, Curb and Word labels were in attendance and Debbie did very well. She also showcased at Bluebird for a writers night while in town. She was again in Nashville in June 07 to perform at BB Kings during Music Fest or fan fair with HMG. She finished off her US performances at the Gibson Theatre for the ICM week in November where she debuted her Gospel self-penned song By My Side to a appreciative audience. ========================================================================================= New Zealand super-star, Dennis Marsh, who has 7 gold and one triple-platinum album to his credit, is in the studio finalizing a 12-cut CD of new Country songs penned by Renie Peterson http://www.lpsrecords.com/about.htm of Bellingham, WA for soon release on Sony Records. Guess that about sums it up, Lonnie. ======================================================================================== Kris Miller http://krismillermusic.com/ is piling up the awards for her songwriting talents. She just won 3 more at the NACMAI convention in Pigeon Forge this last week. She also recently signed two single song contracts with one of Nashvilles top publishers. People say it's because her music touches a place deep in their hearts. I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of Kris Miller ======================================================================================== The Hank Stone http://www.hankstone.com/ CD ,, In A Texas Honky Tonk,, which was released to European radio, in 2007, has survived some stiff competition from the many hundreds of country CD's released to that market in 2007. And has become one of 5 finalists for the honor of Independent Album of the Year. Final voting takes place the last week in March,,,The Honky Tonk music scene is booming in Bandera Texas,,and Hank Stone has moved into the forefront by taking the lead position in the house band at Arkey Blues Legendary Silver Dollar Bar,,Big crowds and lots of Honky Tonk Music,,,It is still a great place for tourists from all over the world to get a genuine taste of a Texas Honky Tonk ======================================================================================= UNIVERSAL SOUND RECORDING ARTIST: "MARY LEE" WILL BE FINISHING UP HER NEW COUNTRY GOSPAL ALBUM BY END OF MARCH! PRODUCED BY: T. JAE CHRISTIAN / T. JAE CHRISTIAN JUST RECENTLY FINISHED RECORDING A DUET WITH T. GRAHAM BROWN, "THE VANISHING BREED" AND WILL BE RECORDING ANOTHER WITH HIM BY END OF MARCH! SO WATCH FOR A COUPLE GREAT DUET SINGLES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ================================================================================================== NOTICE to
ARTISTS: Send in your
GOSSIP for next week. Make sure you take the time to read the instructions at the
top of this section. Over 4,000 Subscribers read this NEWSLETTER every
week. ================================================================================================== ================================================================================================== ========================================================================== Scout
Finch http://www.scoutfinchmusic.com/ Lonnie, got a great review of my CD on a website
called http://www.rodeoattitude.com/ra/index.php Don't know of you consider that newsworthy or not, but I
thought it was great. Mentioned a wonderful Nashville songwriter named Jeff
Batson and also Aaron Schertz, but I'm not sure where he is from. Thanks,
Scout ========================================================================== I look forward to Lonnie's Newsletters, and especially the
lyrics of songs he is writing or co-writing. This is one very
talented man. Happy news Rev/DJ Wayne & Kathy Graham when
they were in Pigeon Forge,TN for a convention this
week..presented us the"One On One Syndicated 2008 award for outstanding
dedication to artists, DJ's and Radio in the field of promotions to
RhonBob Promotions. We are
now promoting many artists, duos and groups that are on Roots, New Music
Weekly, Top Country, Gospel, Blues, Bluegrass charts. Visit us the world
does http://www.rhonbob.com/ ========================================================================== Mr Music Country, the Scandinavian
monthly club compilation CD album No. 2 - 2008 has the sub title "The Texas
Contribution, Vol. II", and of course it contains only Texas related songs!
"Vol. I" was released on Mr Music Country No. 6 - 2007. Unfortunately the
albums are not allowed to be sold outside Scandinavia. Thomas
Buskhagen (Executive producer for Mr Music Country) ========================================================================== Moriah
Martin http://www.myspace.com/moriahmartin Wins Big in Pigeon Forge, TN Had an awesome time competing and representing the State of Georgia in the Nationals in Pigeon Forge, TN. Stop by website to see the new pix uploaded. Lotz of hugz to yah, and thank u for all ur continued support, u make it happen :) Have a blessed Easter. ========================================================================== Scott Wullkotte Az One Man
Band ========================================================================== Ruud Hermans (The
Netherlands) http://www.ruudhermans.nl/ At this time I am working on a new
album which will be released at my 40th Anniversary as an artist Show on
May 18th. A lot of work but also a lot of fun. ========================================================================= Natasha
James...new single, The Restless Kind" now #41 on FMQB
charts...band soon to be playing in the midwest and Texas where radio is
playing us the most..cd release for "Bad Judgements", on Highway One label,
April 22, available at your local record stores...check with Hands On PR
for more info http://www.natashajames.com ========================================================================== Bubben Music Hello Music lovers! Just want
to tell you that I'm still here, and have great songs for your next
album/production! Please listen to this
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=434323 and
then get in touch! Wish you the Best does singer/songwriter Odd
Arverud, Sweden. www.bubben-music.com ========================================================================== Jerry Yates http://www.jerryyatesministries.com/ I received a formal offer, which was totally
unexpected, from the independent label,"Tate Music Group" (TMG), in
Oklahoma. After going over, and over, and over the contract, sending
and receiving numerous emails, seeking advice from several music industry
insiders, and wearing out God with prayer, it just felt like the thing to
do, so I did it! I'm now in the process of writing new material, and
looking over my catalog of unrecorded songs, to be included on my first
album with TMG. ========================================================================== 13 Year Old Somer
Willard http://www.myspace.com/SomerSings
just recently returned from the Annual NACMAI Competition
in Pigeon Forge, TN where she won 3 awards including Most Promising Vocalist of the Year,
Rising Star Entertainer of the
Year, and Most Promising
Album/CD of the Year. ======================================================================================== Bobby Cash http://www.bobbycage.com/ After taking most of 2007 off, Bobby has been
concentrating on live performances mainly single acoustic acts in the St. Louis and
surrounding areas. Performing not just his own original
Alt-country/Americana material, but doing classic covers in the
rock/pop/country and blues genre as well. Bobby has enough material for his next several
albums but has not found the time to head back down to Nashville and
start laying them down yet,choosing instead to continue to shop
Wrong Side Of Love around for a distribution
deal. ======================================================================================== Click on PHOTOS below to play demos produced by Lonnie
Ratliff
If you are thinking of
recording in Nashville feel free the check out the artist below
that I have produced music on. No matter who you choose to
produce your next CD you owe it to yourself to check
out their credentials as well as listen to previous work
by that producer. After you have already written the check
it is too late to find out you are dealing with a shyster
or a producer who is more interested in your
money than they are in your
music. It's a
business, treat it that way & shop
smart.
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