Comments on: Country Radio Returns to NYC; Willie Nelson, Jerry Douglas to Play New Orleans Jazz Fest; Album Releases

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:58:22 +0000

Sorry Barry – I missed that particular article so I went back and read it. I had the John Hartford album on my Ten Best Reissues of 2012 list at MKOC

Since Buck was on HEE HAW for many years, there really should be a lot more tracks available for eventual release

By: Luckyoldsun

Luckyoldsun — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:32:30 +0000

After hearing the clips, I ordered the Buck disc–the guy could flat-out sing, whether being hokey or playing it straight.

On the other hand, the Rich clips just sound like “Jones-music-being-sung-by-someone-who-can’t sing-nearly-as-well-as-Jones.” Not much point, though I suppose it may have some historical significance.

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:41:43 +0000

Hey Paul, I previewed the Buck and Don CDs in the Roots Watch a few weeks ago. Just recallin’…

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:49:47 +0000

I’m delighted to discover that previously unreleased material on Buck Owens and Don Rich is now available. I’m also glad it is available as an actual CD rather than a compressed MP3

As my bumper sticker says

“45 rpm > MP3″

Yeah

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:06:19 +0000

Thanks for the info Jon. Is there any way to get Chuck interested in promoting younger traditional country music artists? Hmm…(lol)

I checked the Holly Williams tour schedule and she hits LA on Wednesday night February 6th at 7 PM at the Hotel Cafe for a 50 minute set. Why couldn’t she have booked at The Mint like last time? (Which is much closer to where I reside.) Don’t know if fighting the traffic is worth it? Darn!

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:27:28 +0000

SPBGMA is only nominally a society; in actual fact, it serves as the organizational framework for events promoted by Chuck Stearman. He puts on a fair number of shows in Missouri, and to some extent in AR and IA, and the annual “convention” in Nashville (that’s the event to which the awards show is attached) attracts a lot of jammers. I’ll be playing there Friday night with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:31:03 +0000

The entire marketing approach and mindset behind the Cumulus “NASH” effort kind of makes me want to “BARF”! I expect it to embody everything that makes Top 40 AirHead Country Radio so vile these days…

I don’t know whether to wish Jana Kramer my congratulations or condolences regarding her engagement to Brantley Gilbert.

I’m glad to read Holly Williams is touring again. I’ll have to see if she’s scheduled any shows while she’s out here in sunny LA (where it’s 81 degrees today).

I’m amused by the concept of a Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music! Crikey mate, the bluegrass scene is thriving just fine. I can understand the need for such a society for Barbershop Quartet Music or maybe even Western Swing music if there was one, but bluegrass? What we really need these days is a Society for the Preservation of Traditional and Honky Tonk Country Music! That genre is truly an endangered species nowadays and needs a support organization to keep it on life support.

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:20:08 +0000

There were concerts at the WTC courtyard right up until its demise; I saw Johnny Johnson, Chuck Berry’s brilliant piano player and mentor, out there just a few days before 9/11..

By: Arlene

Arlene — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:08:36 +0000

@NM- I don’t know about lower Manhattan or midtown but the Upper West Side had a clear signal.

@Bob- We attended some of the same WTC concerts.

By: Luckyoldsun

Luckyoldsun — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:43:46 +0000

I did not know they kept up the WTC concerts.
I guess that’s because I didn’t hear the station.