"When God-Fearing Women Get the Blues."

Danielle Kamman
age 13
sounds like age 23
with experience age 33

If BobZ's Darth can play musical instruments
as good as this age 13 can sing...
... WOW

San Diego Twin Peaks Middle School student Danielle Kamman,
sings "When God-Fearing Women Get the Blues."

Martina McBride Lyrics
When God Fearing Women Get The Blues Lyrics

Lock up your husbands
Lock up your sons
Lock up your whiskey cabinets
Girls lock up your guns
And Lock up the beauty shop
No tellin if they've heard the news
Call the boys downtown and Neiman Marcus
Tell Em' lock them high heeled shoes

Chorus:
When God fearin' women get the blues
There ain't no slap down a tellin what they're gonna do
Run around yellin
I've got a mustang it'll do 80
You don't have to be my baby
I stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my, be my, be my baby

Call all the decons
Call the ladies aid
Call all the altos, sopranos
Tenors call every bass
Well call all the pentacostals
And bring all the annointing oil too
Well call the preacher
He's the only one who can reach her
And there ain't no time to lose

Chorus:
When God fearin' women get the blues
There ain't no slap down a tellin what they're gonna do
Run around yellin
I've got a mustang it'll do 80
You don't have to be my baby
I stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my, be my, be my baby

She's on all our prayer lists
She's on all our hearts
As for the easter cantada
We don't know who'll sing her part

When God fearin' women get the blues
There ain't no slap down or tellin what they're gonna do
Run around yellin
I've got a mustang it'll do 80
You don't have to be my baby
I stirred my last batch of gravy
You don't have to be my, be my, be my baby

http://www.martina-mcbride.com/flash.shtml

pretty & cute

Thanks for the invitation, Original...

I just took a very quick look. Appears that it is mostly songs posted. This machine was built in the 19th century and believes in less is more... i.e. I can't access half the stuff on the net.

Not sure I'd have much to offer as I've only recently gotten into country tunes and am limited to the top 40 repertoire of CAT Country 96 broadcasting from the Lehigh Valley in PA. (96.1 on the dial.)

Have fun.

ksquared

Hi ksquared!

Long time no chat. I didn't know you liked Country Music!

How about stopping by the Country Music All The Time Board and help us getting it going some more?

Save a horse...

Ride a cowboy.

Dang. Big and Rich. I'd ride either of them any time to save a horse. Having myself a Big and Rich evening thanks to the miracle of electricity and stereo.

I'm not a purist. I love the new stuff that runs on the edge of rock and roll. Been dancing around the house to Big and Rich and Toby Keith. Great stuff!

Oh to meet a man who can dance to their tunes and have fun doing it.

wistful.ksquared.rocking

Country Star Birthdays Today -

Buck White Country singer 73 (father-in-law to Ricky Skaggs, and the elder statesman of The White Family Country/Gospel group)

Ron Getman Country singer (The Tractors) 55 (One Hit wonders?)

Randy Owen Country singer-musician (Alabama) 54 (Multi-hit Phenoms)

John Anderson Country singer 49 (What, on his third 'reincarnation' now? Swingin'; Ol' Chunk of Coal; Seminole Wind; Straight Tequilla Night;)


Many More!

Where are you hiding?

This new board is getting off to a good start, and I thought you said that you were a Country Western FAN!!!???!!!????

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Willie Nelson & Friends, Alive & Kickin’:


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LOL, GP. He looked like he was about 96. Everyone kidding him all night about all the pot he's smoked. He has more wrinkles than the Grand Canyon. But, Damn he still turns out great music. And when he is standing next to cute Shania Twain, you and I would look old. Har!

Colt

Colt - Why you onery ol' cuss ... if you've been going to Willie concerts all your life, as old as you are, then surely Willie must be lying about being 70 - probably closer to 85 or so LOL

Long live the red headed stranger!

Yes, OneBgg I did. I saw the repeat at 10 pm. Boy, Shania, looked cute. Ksquared would have enjoyed it with all the pot jokes they were telling. LOL. Willie Nelson asking Slick Willie if that was him up on the roof of the White House smoking pot with him. I've been going to Willie concerts and events all my life. Hard to believe he is 70 years old.

Colt

Anybody here see the Willie Nelson & Friends live special on USA last night?

It was his 70th birthday, they had a real good and varied selection of artist to play with him and for him, it was so good that I watched twice, right after the live showing they showed the tape, and sure as helll I watched the taped one two, one of my favorites was there, Ray Charles, he was so good you see the tears welling up ol' Willie eyes, Great Show!

I going to get the CD!!!


Keep Country & Western Pure!

Howdy shao...

I knew I missed something this morning...

On the other hand, I am that kinda guy. Sorry if you have a lower opinion of me now.

Nah... I just think you're healthy. <ggg>

Do you have DirecTV?... preceding post to Colt... I discovered their music channels at the end of the spectrum this weekend. There were at least two country stations... current and classic. I am going to have to spend some time checking them out. Might help me converse here.

Have a good one.
ksquared

An offer they couldn't refuse...

Ah principle.

This weekend I discovered a wide variety of music without video channels on DirecTV. They are at the end of the spectrum... click backwards from channel 2. Started wondering how I could wire the box into my stereo... cheap sound annoys me and there is a lot of good music to be found... no commercials no announcers... just facts about the band, name of the song, and the CD it is on. I could start my classic country education there. <g>

ksquared

Shaolin, I too, prefer the older singers and bands for the most part. I do enjoy looking at Faith Hill and Shania Twain, though...LOL The one new group I reall like is Trick Pony. If you haven't heard them click on this link and watch the video of 'On a mission' and 'Pour me'. They are kinda boogie woogie, rockabilly. A good change of pace. We saw them last year here at Far West. A very energetic show to say the least.

http://www.trickpony.com/videos.html

Have a good one...Colt

Ksquared, it could very well be that they were made an offer they couldn't refuse. After all sales have been down for them lately. :>)

Heavily airbrushed....LOL Well maybe! Next time I see them, I'll ask. <ggg>

Colt

ksquared: Thanks for the ditto's. I love country music but I am not a fan of the " new breed " of singers. They have no roots in the business. They are there because they have been marketed well. The acts like Marshall Tucker, Waylon, Willie, Merle, Conway, Hank Jr., Don Williams, Charlie Daniels and many others have paid thier dues. I might consider listening to one of thier opinions. I don't say that I would agree but, They have lived long enough to know what the heck they are talking about and put up a reasonable argument.

As for your remark BTW... I'm not interested in seeing any of the country gals sans clothes... that's just the kind of girl I am. ..... I hope not. On the other hand, I am that kinda guy. Sorry if you have a lower opinion of me now. Take care ~ shao

Gee...
guess the nerve to pose "nude" proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that these are highly intelligent ladies whose political opinions should be respected.

FWIW when I heard the story, I thought it was hysterical. Buff shots are usually something aspiring starlets do to achieve the big time. Rarely works... Never heard of chicks who hit the big time doing it to get their careers going again. Maybe they should put the shot on their next album cover.

Picture looks heavily airbrushed. evil.<g>

ksquared

"I don't believe that money is their biggest problem. I believe it is fame."

WHACK! Nail hit squarely on the head... I'm a Jersey girl who can take or leave Springsteen... little worm with big amps... big deal.

You're more attuned to country music than I so I defer to your musical judgment... however I do confess to still listening to their music... so much for principles.

BTW... I'm not interested in seeing any of the country gals sans clothes... that's just the kind of girl I am.

<g>
ksquared

The Photo - Dixie Chicks

Shao - yeah, Bruce the 'draft dodger' Springsteen. Now there is a real qualification to judge patriotism!

Thanks Ksquared. If I were to pick a country star ( stars ) to view in the buff, it wouldn't be that Ditzy Chicks anyway. I want Dolly or Faith : )

I feel patriotic - and strong" says Maines, 28. "If Bush was here right in front of me, I wouldn't degrade him. I have a lot of questions that I would ask." It seems to me that a person should ask these questions before they take a stand. As for the support they received from Bruce Springsteen, " What does that mean? ". Just because you record a few hit records or make a decent movie, that doesn't mean you have a clue about what the real world is about. Money makes a very good insulation. These " stars " have been insulated for way too long. I don't believe that money is their biggest problem. I believe it is fame. It makes them believe that we actually give a crap about their opinion. Take care ~ shao

Good one, gp...

Can't believe I missed this. Have to agree with you on all counts. Scares me to think what kind of children the amoral young adults of today are going to raise.

ksquared

Here shao...

This'll really fry your onions...

THE DIXIE STRIPS

By BILL HOFFMANN and ADAM BUCKMAN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COUNTRY FRIED:
Controversial country crooners the Dixie Chicks - Emily Robison, Natalie Maines and Martie Maguire (left to right) - talk with ABC's Diane Sawyer for "Primetime Thursday" about their alleged anti-American comments at a concert in London.
- AP

April 24, 2003 -- The Bush-bashing Dixie Chicks have struck back at their critics by baring their souls - and their bodies.
The country stars appear nude on the cover of next week's "Entertainment Weekly," with contradicting slogans painted on their skin: Saddam's Angels, Dixie Sluts, Patriot, Proud Americans.

Band members Martie Maguire, Emily Robison and Natalie Maines say they dreamed up the gimmick to defend themselves against the backlash over Maines' crack at a London concert: "Just so you know, we're ashamed that the president of United States is from Texas."

The remark - made just before the start of the war in Iraq and seen by many as unpatriotic - caused the band's record sales to fall and radio stations in the South to yank their songs off the air.



"We wanted to show the absurdity of the extreme names people have been calling us," Maguire said about the band's cheeky pose for photographer James White.

"How do you look at the three of us and think, ‘Those are ‘Saddam's Angels?

"We don't want people to think that we're being provocative. It's not about the nakedness. It's that the clothes got in the way of the labels. We're not defined by who we are anymore - other people are doing that for us."

The Grammy-winning performers insist the Bush snub was misunderstood and not meant to be anti-American.

"I feel patriotic - and strong" says Maines, 28. "If Bush was here right in front of me, I wouldn't degrade him. I have a lot of questions that I would ask."

But the Chicks, despite having issued an apology earlier this month, fall short of saying they're sorry in an interview with Diane Sawyer, set to air tonight on "Primetime Thursday" (10 p.m., WABC/Channel 7).

"The wording I used, the way I said it, that was disrespectful," Maines tells Sawyer.

"I feel regret for, you know, the choice of words. Or the non-choice of words . . . Am I sorry that I asked questions and that I don't just follow? No."

Maguire even claims that the singers' grandparents back in Lubbock, Texas, have been affected by the fallout.

"[Maines] was concerned for her grandmother, who's catching [flak] from all her friends, and our grandfather is catching [flak] at the nursing home," Maguire gripes.

Backpedaling, she adds: "No I'm not truly embarrassed that, you know, President Bush is from my state. That's not really what I care about."

The Chicks got a boost last night from Bruce Springsteen, who wrote on his Web site: "To me, they're terrific American artists expressing American values by using their American right to free speech. For them to be banished wholesale from radio stations for speaking out is un-American."

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/74257.htm

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Shao - K2: Travit Tritt has, I believe, always been pretty dang down-to-earth in his political views, and in his support and love for America. I too had to overcome some things about him, but after listening to him now for a few years, and seeing him perform live, I think he is sincere, and not afraid to speak his mind in support of the country. (another opinion Shao!! LOL) But as far as The Dipsey chicks ... I don't think I will accept Ms Maines' apology as sincere .. As said, I think it was based on $$$$ more than any real feelings - which IMO makes her a 'double traitor'!

Integrity is becoming more and more scarce, it seems, in the up-and-coming generations. I have encountered many who put on a good front, and maybe believe they are doing right, but who in actuality lack any ethics and can't spell integrity, much less live it. It's all "if it is legal, it is OK" and "If I dont; get caught, it doesn't matter anyway" - My real beef is, where have they gotten these ideals?

I (dis)credit 8 years of the total lack of leadership, and the "If I don't get caught, it's OK' examples in the White house from 93 - 2001 with a great deal of it, and with much of our loss of business ethics over tthe country. Again, my opinion. But to those who don't believe it ..I would ask where the idea came from that oral sex .. isn't???
Nuff blathering. Later.

I guess your quote has some merit but even as a pre-teen, I had no sympathy for the anti-war protestors. I wore my hair long and loved to wear my " mod " clothes. However, my favorite jacket was my Dad's old USMC field jacket. I've never had any doubts about my loyalties. I don't see being young as an excuse to being ignorant. The " chicks " are older than some of the young men who have been willing to, and in fact, have given thier life to defend their country.

As for the "chicks" music, it's no loss to me. I am a fossil. I still listen to music on "vinyl". Outlaw Country is what I like. Starting with Merle and including all those that sang from their hearts. Not part of this music industry that we have now that is just a music mill.

I have however, changed my opinion of Travis Tritt. I always considered him a " Willie " wannabe. He spoke out when it counted. I have a little crow to eat there.

All this is of course, my opinion, and my ex-wife and my current wife will tell you, I am very opinionated Take care ~ shao

Morning shao and gp...

Been giving the Maines/Dixie Chicks controversy a lot of thought as I sit here listening to them... I can be a bad American... the music was bought and paid for before she opened her mouth.

I am sick of the celebs smart mouth anti-President anti-war blather... but I am willing to cut the younger ones a tiny bit of slack... If you're not a liberal in your twenties, you have no heart. If you're not conservative by the time you reach forty, you have no brains.

"Traveling Soldier" tears me up every time I hear... there are days that I skip over it because it makes me so sad. Sometimes I think this sentiment is where the anti-war stance came from on her part. Doesn't want to see anyone's young love or son sent off to be killed.

I do agree that the apology probably has more to do with fattening the pocketbook than a change of heart. Damn shame the Chick didn't keep her mouth shut to begin with...

So it goes.
ksquared

Hello GP As well they should. One of the Chicks shot off her mouth but you didn't see either of the other two separating themselves from that remark. It has to make one question whether this was a genuine rethinking of the remark or perhaps a realization that their CD sales will suffer from this event.

I respect her right to speak her opinion on the war with or without respect to the President of the United States but, if you are bold enough to make a statement, have enough spine to live with the consequences. Don't crawfish when it suddenly seems that everyone doesn't agree with you. ~ shao

Back in the days before I was a lawyer (actually in college and for a while in law school), I worked for a company that produced and promoted small country western concerts for non-profit group's fund raisers. We booked either very old-timers or others the owner liked. The others were mostly folks who loved the music so much that they had resigned themselves to earning a living by playing small venues for little money (read cheap).

We had booked Paycheck before he hit it big and got too expensive for us. Other old timers included Faron Young and Earnest Tubbs, each of whom we booked several times over the course of several years. Lots of others as well, but as poor as I am at remembering names, it will take some cogitating.

Even With Apology, Fans Still Protesting Dixie Chicks
Maines Says Sorry In Statement To Bush Friday

POSTED: 9:18 a.m. EST March 17, 2003

Apparently singer Natalie Maines' apology to President George W. Bush Friday for a negative remark she made at a recent London concert wasn't enough for Dixie Chicks fans in Louisiana over the weekend.

On Saturday night, a few hundred protesters in Bossier City used a 33,000-pound tractor to destroy Dixie Chicks CDs and other items, referring to themselves as backers of President Bush and Barksdale Air Force Base.

Maines said at a Chicks' concert in London audience last week, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The group -- consisting of Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson -- are all Texans.

"As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect," Maines wrote on the Dixie Chicks Web site Friday.

Like the statement she issued earlier in the week, Maines, writing while on the Chicks' tour of Europe, reiterated that the group is "witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment"-- the result of what Maines termed "the perceived rush to war."

"While war may remain a viable option, as a mother, I just want to see every possible alternative exhausted before children and American soldiers' lives are lost," Maines wrote. "I love my country. I am a proud American."

Maines' remark caused boycotts of the Dixie Chicks music from radio stations in Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and Pennsylvania.

Radio stations in Dallas and Fort Worth report "huge" listener reaction and movement against her statements. The Web site for KSCS FM, also in Dallas-Fort Worth, shows a photo of the Dixie Chicks with black tape over Maines' mouth and the headline "Have The Dixie Chicks Gone Too Far?" Meanwhile, KILT FM in Houston has suspended playing the Dixie Chicks, based on polls of listeners' reactions.

The group recently won four Grammy awards including Best Country Album for their smash album "Home." They're set to launch a tour of the United States May 1 in Greenville, S.C. They'll return to Texas for a show May 21.

Travis Tritt Slams Dixie Chick, Antiwar Celebs
Singer Says Maines Comment Was Cowardly

POSTED: 1:09 p.m. EST March 18, 2003
UPDATED: 6:50 p.m. EST March 18, 2003

Country superstar Travis Tritt is taking Dixie Chick singer Natalie Maines and the celebrity antiwar movement to task over recent remarks about President George W. Bush and the impending war with Iraq.

Tritt said in a statement that while he's never felt it was his place as an entertainer to get in the middle of any political debate waged by other celebrities, recent comments made by some of my fellow entertainers caused him not to hold his tongue any longer.

Maines said at a Dixie Chicks' concert in London last week, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

The singer said it was cowardly for Maines to make the crack about Bush while overseas, and said, "I dare her to go to the (Houston) Astrodome and say that."

But even more, Tritt is upset that the remark was several months late. He said when it's this close to actual conflict, nobody's mind will be changed.

Maines' has since apologized to Bush for the remark on the Chicks' Web site, but fans and radio stations are still protesting the group throughout the United States.

Tritt urged that now is the time for "regular ordinary people" to get entertainers' attention by hitting them in the pocketbook.

"Celebrities have a public forum to voice their opinions, which makes folks think that they are representing the majority, when in fact they represent the minority," Tritt said in a statement. "Fans ask me all the time what they can do to be heard and I tell them the best way to have an impact is to hit'em in their pocketbook. Don't spend your money on what they're selling, be it movies, magazines or music.

Tritt acknowledged in the statement that "no one wants to go to war," but "it's the only solution to some of the complex situations like we're faced with in today's world."

The singer said after spending time with troops and their families in Ft. Bragg, N.C., that its imperative that Americans respect and support our troops overseas, whether they agree with President Bush or not.

"(I) observed both their dedication and their vulnerability. Hearing negative comments from fellow Americans -- especially those in the public eye -- is destructive and damaging to the morale of our servicemen and women and to our country in general," said Tritt. "Our military men and women are putting their lives on the line for each and every one of us and deserve nothing but our unfailing respect and support."

Tritt reassured in the statement that he's a "champion of our First Amendment privileges," but urged caution when speaking.

"I feel it is one of our God-given rights as Americans to speak our minds freely and honestly," Tritt said. "The First Amendment is one of the things that makes our country great. However, in such a fragile time in the world with that privilege comes the need to be responsible and mindful of the repercussions."

Dixie Chicks Attempt Career Rehab"

Posted by Kevin Willmann
Sunday, March 16, 2003


Did you just hear that flushing noise of rushing water? That was Dixie Chick Natalie Maines flushing the group's career down the drain, after her verbal slap at George W. Bush at a concert in England.

Maines' attack on Bush has stirred as much, if not more, anger as than John Lennon’s "bigger than Jesus" comment. Now, fans are throwing Dixie Chicks (or ''Vichy Chicks'' to some) CDs, concert tickets, and other souvenirs in their closest garbage can or bonfire.

Realizing their careers are sinking faster than the Titanic, the trio has issued another apology. More on their desperate attempt to save their career can be found in the following from Entertainment Weekly.

Angry fans and radio stations appear to have rapidly clipped Dixie Chick Natalie Maines' antiwar feathers. The country singer apologized Friday evening for saying her band is '''ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas''--comments that prompted furious online posts and phone calls from listeners, and boycotts from some country stations. '''I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful,'' Maines said in a statement released by her publicist. '''I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect.''

She also seemed to soften her antiwar stance in the face of protests. ''While war may remain a viable option, as a mother, I just want to see every possible alternative exhausted before children and American soldiers' lives are lost,'' she said in her new statement. In an earlier statement on their website, the Chicks had taken a stronger stand: ''While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost.''

To read the entire article, go to:

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,433054~4~0~dixiechickapologizesfor,00.html

Jab at Bush a flop for Dixie Chicks
By Jennifer Harper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


It is a cautionary tale during wartime: Tolerance for cheeky celebrities is getting low indeed.
Just ask the Dixie Chicks, who quickly discovered their timing was off — and that country music fans want to keep the country in their music.
The lead singer of the popular girl group ruffled fans' feathers last Monday when she stopped wailing about menfolk in song long enough to deliver political commentary on President Bush.
"Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas," Natalie Maines told a London audience — which roared its approval.
Yesterday, Miss Maines issued a public apology to Mr. Bush for being "disrespectful." And no wonder. When news of her criticism reached the United States, country music fans took down their shootin' irons and went to war.
Some immediately called for a boycott of the Dixie Chicks, who won three Grammys last month — some 13 years after they started out playing bluegrass on the streets of Dallas. A few fans suggested the group change its name to "Terrorist Chicks."
"This remark has really struck a nerve," said Jon Anthony, music director and afternoon personality for Washington-based country radio station WMZQ-FM.
"Now, Natalie Maines has a right to speak her mind," he said Friday, "but a lot of folks think she was disrespectful because she made that comment on foreign soil. We're hearing from people who want to boycott the Dixie Chicks, their sponsors, and even protest their concerts."
Stations in Dallas, Kansas City, Mo., and Nashville, Tenn., reported getting hundreds of phone calls.
"Dump that anti-America group. Obviously, this group intends to give aid and comfort to a known killer of the innocent," wrote one visitor at an online message board sponsored by ABC affiliate KMBC in Kansas City.
"When do 'celebs' finally realize they have an obligation to the fans that pay them millions? ... Let them go give a concert in Baghdad," he concluded.
Some observers supported the Chicks' right to free speech.
Nevertheless, all three country stations in Kansas City stopped playing their songs. One Missouri station set out a trash can Friday morning for listeners who felt compelled to toss the group's CDs; another logged 700 protest calls on Thursday alone. In Bossier City, La., KRMD organized a"Dixie Chicks Destruction," running over CDs with a tractor.
The trio first issued a clarification of Miss Maines' remarks Friday.
"We've been overseas for several weeks and have been reading and following the news accounts of our government's position," the group stated. "The anti-American sentiment that has unfolded here is astounding. While we support our troops, there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq and the prospect of all the innocent lives that will be lost."
The statement continued with a personal message from Miss Maines: "The president is ignoring the opinions of many in the United States and alienating the rest of the world. My comments were made in frustration and one of the privileges of being an American is you are free to voice your own point of view."
Miss Maines sounded chastened in her hastily written apology yesterday. "As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful," the singer said. "I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect."

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030316-24182798.htm

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Kia - Gosh! I recall "back in the day" drinking a few of them Colorado Kool Aids and listening to Paycheck. He was a great writer, and one hell of an entertainer. Shame to see him go. We are starting to lose more and more of the 'good ones' it seems! I still have a hard time accepting that Waylon is gone! Now another 'rebel' bites the dust. Think I will have to go find some Paycheck music and give it a spin. I would have a beer in his honor, if I still drank it - So whoever out there does, well, have one for me, and send it to Paycheck ... er PayCheck!

Posted by: kiababbuck
In reply to: None Date:2/20/2003 12:57:04 AM
Post #of 4644

Johnny PayCheck Dies
Feb 19, 5:08 PM EST

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Country singer Johnny PayCheck, the hard-drinking hell-raiser best known for his 1977 working man's anthem "Take This Job and Shove It," has died at 64.

PayCheck had been bedridden in a nursing home with emphysema and asthma. He died Tuesday, Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman Jessie Schmidt said.

Specializing in earthy, plainspoken songs, PayCheck recorded 70 albums and had more than two dozen hit singles. His biggest hit was "Take This Job and Shove It," which inspired a movie by that name, and a title album that sold 2 million copies.

His other hits included "Don't Take Her, She's All I Got," (which was revived 25 years later in 1996 by Tracy Byrd), "I'm the Only Hell Mama Ever Raised," "Slide Off Your Satin Sheets," "Old Violin" and "You Can Have Her."

"My music's always been about life. And situations. Situation comedies, situation life," he said in 1997.

Born Donald Eugene Lytle on May 31, 1938, in Greenfield, Ohio, he took the name Johnny Paycheck in the mid-1960s about a decade after moving to Nashville to build a country music career. He began capitalizing the "c" in PayCheck in the mid-1990s.

PayCheck's career was interrupted from 1989 to 1991 when he served two years in prison for shooting a man in the head in an Ohio bar in 1985.

He and another ex-convict, country star Merle Haggard, performed at the Chillicothe Correctional Institute in Ohio while PayCheck was imprisoned there.

"I heard from fans constantly throughout the entire two years," PayCheck said after his release. "The letters never stopped, from throughout the world. I looked forward to mail call every day."

Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste commuted PayCheck's seven-to-nine-year sentence for aggravated assault, and the singer returned to his career.

His brush with the law wasn't his first. He was court-martialed and imprisoned for two years in the 1950s for slugging a naval officer.

He was sued by the Internal Revenue Service in 1982 for $103,000 in back taxes. This landed him in bankruptcy in 1990, when he listed debts of more than $1.6 million, most of it owed to the IRS.

After his prison release, he seemed to put his life in order. He gave anti-drug talks to young people and became a regular member of the Grand Ole Opry cast in 1997.

Still, PayCheck said when people came to hear him play, they still expected to see the whiskey-drinking, cocaine-using, wild-eyed performer with unkempt hair and a surly frown — a reputation he built early in his career.

"They still remember me as that crazy, good-time-Charlie honky-tonker, and I don't tell 'em any different," he said after his Opry induction.

PayCheck was playing the guitar by age 6 and singing professionally by age 15. After a stint in the Navy in the mid-1950s, he moved to Nashville and found work as a bass player for Porter Wagoner, Ray Price, Faron Young and George Jones.

He recorded for Decca and Mercury records as Donny Young until he renamed himself and built success first as a songwriter and then as a singer.

One of his early compositions was "Apartment 9," recorded in 1966 by Tammy Wynette.

In 2002, a PayCheck compilation album, "The Soul & the Edge: The Best of Johnny PayCheck," was released.

PayCheck and his wife, Sharon, were married more than 30 years. They had one son.
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Good deal, GP. George used to come down here 2-3 times a year. He always did his shows at Honkey Tonks and would always get bombed. But, he still sounded great. Course everyone else was usually bombed too. He'd really get the house rocking when he'd start singing songs like White Lightening, The Race Is On, and Why Baby Why.

George is one of the best ever. Glad you and the wife had a good time. I agree that if you like George, go see him live.

Colt

Thanks for that post GP!

We need other Country Fans to post news like this here!

For Valentines Day .........
took the missus to see one of our long time favorites who was here in Branson for a show .....

I actually got to see the Possum himself, George Jones .....

And what a great evening it was. The show opened with a bluegrass band that played for about 20 minutes, "Mountain Heart", who were pretty darn good ..... Then after a 20 minute intermission, the "Jones Boys' came out (Possum's band) and played three or four popular country numbers made famous by other performers .. then George came on stage and sang hit after hit after hit, for over 90 minutes! He was in great voice, and obviously in good spirits from his on-stage banter and jokes ... the old voice was a bit weak on the first couple of numbers but once he got warmed up, it was that trademark Jones sound, from 'White Lightning' to 'He stopped loving her Today' to 'Rocking Chair' to 'Grand Tour' ...... What a show, and what a great evening.

If you ever get the chance to see him, take it. He is getting along in years, and it probably won't be long before we will be losing another true living legend and one of the mainstays of Country music for the past 40 years or so ........ Plus, I think you will enjoy it, if you like George at all.

I still have trouble believing I actually saw the Ol Possum live and in person. I was in total awe for the entire show - this guy is indeed one of the great ones!

Good idea, but I'm not sure I could name 25 country performers. I'll give it a try this weekend.

Troy

Announcing the Top Country Performer Poll!

The poll will be done in 3 phases.

Phase One begins now.
Please select the TOP 25 Country Performers (individual or groups) that you feel deserve TOP rating in our poll.

Private Message your 25 selections to me.
Free Members of IHUB can email their selections to me at dpb5@webtv.net

I will tally all selections and post a TOP 25 list on this board on or shortly after April 15, 2003.

Phase Two begins May 1, 2003 or shortly after.

In Phase Two, from the TOP 25 list, all members/posters will be asked to VOTE for their TOP 10 country favorites from that list of 25.

Private Message or email your 10 selections to me.

I will tally all selections and post a TOP 10 list on this board on or shortly after July 4, 2003.

Phase Three begins July 15, 2003 or shortly after.

In Phase Three, from the TOP 10 list, all members/posters will be asked to VOTE for their TOP 5 favorites from that list of 10.

Private Message or email your 5 selections to me.

I will tally all selections and post a FINAL TOP FIVE LIST shortly after August 31, 2003.

It will take place over five days, starting with the Number Five winner.

Day 1....#5 winner
Day 2....#4 winner
Day 3....#3 winner
Day 4....#2 winner
Day 5....#1 winner

Each day I will post audio songs relating to the Rock Performer as I announce the winners!

I will not predivuldge any winning Country Performers' names to anyone in advance. I hope to see a big involvement in this poll. Let's have fun with this!

IMPORTANT! Remember, you can choose INDIVIDUAL Country/Western PERFORMERS or Country/Western BANDS.

Original, I should be able to get this board caught up and the iBox cleaned up sometime this weekend.

Colt

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No posts on this board in over three months now!

Cmon People! No Country Western Fans out there in all of IHUB land?

Feel free to request a song or post about your favorite C&W Artist!

On February 1st, 2003, we will be beginning a TOP COUNTRY PERFORMER POLL!



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The Dixie Chicks Look Ahead To Next Project

09/25/2002

The Dixie Chicks' Home album was worth the wait for the trio, as they set records with their sales numbers during the project's release week last month. While the band's second single from the project, "Landslide," sits at Number 16 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart this week, Chick Martie Maguire is already getting into the mode of writing songs for the follow-up album.

Maguire told LAUNCH, "I'm inspired to write again and write with these two (Natalie Maines and Emily Robison) and we've been writing a little with Sheryl Crow and some Nashville songwriters have come down to Austin and written with us. So, I think it will maybe have more originals. I felt like we didn't have time to really write for Home, we were busy taking a year off. I think when Emily's done with her baby, I know I want to focus a lot more on writing."

Maguire's fellow Chick Natalie Maines is not so close to beginning work on a new album project. She told LAUNCH, "I haven't even gotten that far, I have no clue. Things come to me like, 'This is what we have to do,' so, I've got no idea."

Maguire and Maines collectively co-wrote five songs on Home.

-- Nancy Brooks, Nashville





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Merle Haggard Cancels Concerts Due To Back Problems

09/24/2002

Merle Haggard was forced to cancel 11 scheduled concerts after suffering back problems. The legendary singer has four herniated discs and is resting at his home in California under doctor's orders.

"Merle said he is sorry about this inconvenience, and he hopes everyone understands," Haggard's booking agent Lance Roberts told the Associated Press.

While more shows could be canceled in the near future, the concerts currently affected include previously scheduled September dates in Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Atlanta.

-- Margy Holland, Nashville





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Tanya Tucker Resurfaces With New Album

09/24/2002

Tanya Tucker's first album in five years hits retail outlets Tuesday (September 24). Simply titled Tanya, the album is the first release on Tucker's own Tuckertime Records, distributed through the singer's former label, Capitol Records.

Tucker has certainly been no stranger to the road over the last few years, and it was her personal encounters with people across the country that inspired her to record this new album. "We had so many requests along the way," she says. "I mean, anytime I'd run into anybody in radio, anyone from the fan club or just fans in general, they were always sayin', 'What's goin' on with you? Why aren't you makin' records?' I even had George Jones call me up and say, 'What are you doin'?' He said, 'How come my favorite female singer isn't--I don't hear her on the radio? How come she doesn't make any records?' It got to the point where it started to be ridiculous, you know, so many requests. I thought, 'Well, maybe out of sight out of mind is not always the case.'"

For the first time in her lengthy career, Tucker served as co-producer on the album, along with her fiance, songwriter Jerry Laseter and Barry Beckett (Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Hank Williams Jr., Dire Straits). In addition, Tucker co-wrote one song on the project. The singer will perform on the televised portion of the Grand Ole Opry Saturday (September 28) beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET.

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Strait Unveils New Tour, New Stage In Detroit

09/14/2002



(9/14/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Returning to arenas and moving into the center of the house, George Strait and his Ace in the Hole Band opened their fall tour with a 26-song, one-hour-and-45-minute performance Thursday night (September 12) at Michigan's Palace Of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit.

As always a gentlemanly man of few words, Strait--wearing blue jeans, boots, a plaid shirt, and a white Stetson hat that he tossed to the crowd at the end of the show--carefully used his simply dressed, squared-off stage to play to all sides of the house, rotating every two songs to microphones positioned on the perimeter. The opening number, "Stars On The Water," quickly nodded to Strait's current album, 2001's Road Less Traveled, and he dotted six songs from the record throughout the show, including the title track and his current single, "She'll Leave You With A Smile."

There were plenty of old favorites, too, including "The Best Day," "Murder On Music Row," "Lead On," "Lovebug," "I Can Still Make Cheyenne," and "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?", as well as a lively rendition of the Texas swing classic "Take Me Back To Tulsa" that showcased Ace in the Hole soloists such as fiddler Gene Elders and steel player Mike Daly.

Despite the proximity of the September 11 anniversary, Strait eschewed any direct comments about the event, but he did win big cheers from the crowd--a surprisingly sparse 12,000 fans--when he took a small American flag from a fan during "Amarillo By Morning" and stuck it in his microphone stand.

Jo Dee Messina opened Thursday's show with an energetic and playful hour-long set that paid tribute to the headliner when she said, "The reason he did this (stage) is so everyone...gets a good view, but I don't think there is a bad view of George Strait." Messina vamped through snippets of rock songs such as Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," Robert Palmer's "Bad Case Of Loving You," and AC/DC's "Back In Black." A rendition of Aretha Franklin's "Think," with it's refrain of "Freedom!", became Messina's 9/11 commentary.

Tour sponsor Chevy Trucks, meanwhile, had enough presence to be considered a third act on the bill--from ubiquitous signage around the arena to a team of youthful promotion staffers who shot T-shirts to the crowd and stage comments by both Strait and Messina.

Strait will be on the road through early November and next performs Thursday (September 19) in San Jose, California.

Strait's full opening-night setlist included: "Stars On The Water," "I Can Still Make Cheyenne," "Write This Down," "When Do You Stop?", "Heartland," "Check Yes Or No," "Lead On," "The Fireman," "Run," "Murder On Music Row," "The Chair," "Blue Clear Sky," "I Just Want To Dance," "My Life's Been Grand," "She'll Leave You With A Smile," "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?", "Meanwhile," "Amarillo By Morning," "If You Can Do Anything," "Living And Living Well," "Take Me Back To Tulsa," "Milk Cow Blues," "The Road Less Traveled," "Best Day," "Unwound," and the encores "Lovebug" and "The Cowboy Rides Away."

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Alan Jackson's 'Designated Drinker' With George Strait Proves Right Combination

09/08/2002

Alan Jackson and George Strait are nominated again this year in the CMA vocal event category, which they won in 2000 for their collaboration on "Murder On Music Row." This year, the two country superstars are nominated for their duet "Designated Drinker," which appears on Jackson's multiplatinum Drive album.

Jackson originally wrote the song to sing himself, but wasn't quite happy with the way it turned out, so he put pen to paper again to work it into a duet for himself and Strait. He told LAUNCH, "I finally looked at it as a duet for us and I re-wrote it from that perspective and he liked it so we went in and did it. It's tough to write on that subject without offending some people you know, so I tried to make it a nice version of it. George is a good singer and I've been a fan since 1980, so I was glad to have him on there."

Jackson's current single, "Work In Progress," looks like it's gonna be another big hit for the singer as it sits at Number 10 and is moving north this week on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Jackson will be appearing on ABC's Good Morning America on Monday (September 9).

-- Nancy Brooks, Nashville





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Chicks Chart a "Home" Run

Thu Sep 5,10:30 AM ET
By David Jenison

The Chicks continued a banner year for country music, becoming the fourth twangy act to lasso a number one debut in 2002.



Moreover, fans stampeded the retail racks in such numbers that Home set several new sales landmarks. Home sold 780,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, according to SoundScan numbers, giving the Chicks the best first week sales ever for any female group--country or otherwise. Home also scored the second best sales week for all of 2002, playing, um, second fiddle to The Eminem Show.

The Dixie Chicks are still the only country group to open on top of the pop charts, and they've done it twice, having previously debuted at number one with 1999's Fly (which sold 341,000 copies). Home's sales were fueled by two singles working on radio, the bluegrass-heavy "Long Gone" released earlier this summer and a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" issued last month.

Fans were especially primed to buy Home considering it was the first new album from the Texas trio in three years. The Chicks originally went on hiatus to begin nesting, variously marrying and having chicklets. But then, last year, the threesome of Emily Robison, Natalie Maines Pasdar and Martie Seidel sued Sony Music, accusing the label of swindling them out of millions of dollars. The band and Sony reached a settlement in June (reportedly for $20 million), paving the way for the new, chart-dominating release.

Prior to 2002, only four country artists had scored number ones: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes and the Chicks, with Brooks the only repeat offender before this week (Brooks landed country's first ever number one debut with 1991's Ropin' the Wind). So far this year, however, three more country artists--Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and Kenny Chesney--have reached this milestone. With a new Faith Hill album set for release in the coming weeks, 2002 may finish with an unprecedented five pop number ones for the genre.

With the Chicks ruling the world, VMA highlight Eminem ( news - web sites) fell back to number two spot as The Eminem Show sold 76,000 copies. Another MTV Video Music Award winner, newcomer Avril Lavigne, held at number three as Let Go finally moved past Nelly's Nellyville, now at four.

Critic darlings Coldplay landed the week's next best bow. The mellow Brit rockers' A Rush of Blood to the Head the follow-up to their 2000 breakthrough, Parachutes, sold sold 141,000 at number five. Rapper Eve followed at six with Eve-Olution selling 123,000 copies.

The rest of the Top 10, all holdovers, were Bruce Springsteen's The Rising at seven, James Taylor's October Road at eight, Clipse's Lord Willin' at nine and Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 10 at, appropriately enough, number 10.

Other heavy-hitting debuts included Lil' Flip's Undaground Legend at12, Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf at 17, BBMak's Into Your Head at 25, country duo Montgomery Gentry's My Town at 26 and the rap-heavy soundtrack to the upcoming comedy Barbershop (starring Ice Cube and Eve) at 30.

Indie star Aimee Mann's Lost in Space sold 31,000 copies to open at 35--an exceptional feat for an independent. She handily bested Slipknot side project number two, Stone Sour, whose self-titled album opened at 46.

With few new releases coming next week because of the anniversary of 9-11, this week packed in more debuts than normal: VMA host Jimmy Fallon's Bathroom Wall checked in at 47, Devin the Dude's Just Trying ta Live landed at 61, Silverchair's Diorama opened at 91 and actor Jared Leto's band, 30 Seconds to Mars, orbited at 107 with their self-titled debut.

Here's a recap of the Top 10 albums for the week ended September 1:

1. Home, Dixie Chicks
2. The Eminem Show, Eminem
3. Let Go, Avril Lavigne
4. Nellyville, Nelly
5. A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay
6. Eve-Olution, Eve
7. The Rising, Bruce Springsteen
8. October Road, James Taylor
9. Lord Willin', Clipse
10. Now That's What I Call Music! 10, various



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Soggy Bottom Boys Play Carnegie Hall!

by Mark Armstrong
Apr 7, 2001, 11:05 AM PT

Move over, Backstreet Boys. America's newest boy-band phenomenon has a criminal record, can't afford fashionable cityfolk duds--and the only thing slick about their pop songs is the Dapper Dan hair pomade that accidentally drips onto their microphones.

And to top it all off, they're completely fictional.



No, we're not talking about O-Town--Try the Soggy Bottom Boys, George Clooney's crooning jailbird trio from O Brother, Where Art Thou? While the Coen Brothers' quirky film tribute to roots music has been a mild success by box-office standards (it's their best showing yet, but ticket sales have only hit $38.8 million), the soundtrack to their loose adaptation of The Odyssey has turned into one of this year's surprise hits, topping the country album charts and creeping its way to platinum status.

Despite its odd fit on pop-country radio, stations have been spinning its catchy single, "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow." And, in turn, O Brother's collection of heartfelt bluegrass twang, angelic gospel and foot-stomping folk tunes has sold more than 772,500 copies--all without a major marketing push from its label. The Mercury Nashville disc, produced by T. Bone Burnett and featuring performances by Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Dan Tyminski (the gravelly voice behind Clooney's Soggy Bottom Boys), currently sits at number 14 on Billboard's album charts.

Its success has left the music industry dumbfounded. "We like to call this a phenomaly--a phenomenon and an anomaly," says Michael Powers, senior v.p. of promotions for Mercury Nashville. "You look at a movie soundtrack that's about music, and it just sort of reacts with people."

And now, the Soggy Bottom Boys are getting ready to take their music to the people.

Starting with a concert at New York's Carnegie Hall in June, tour organizers have confirmed that O Brother, Where Art Thou? is indeed moving forward with its summer tour plans. An official announcement is expected in the coming weeks and it's still unclear, logistically, which artists from the soundtrack will be able to participate in the tour. (The Hollywood Bowl also was reportedly hoping to schedule a tour stop for the end of September, but no word yet on whether that will happen.)

Whatever happens, tour organizers say they hope the O Brother road show will build on music fans' newly discovered appetite for "real" music.

"It really is about cultural zeitgeist, and tapping into a collective unconscious," says Janet Billig of Immortal Entertainment, which is producing the tour. "People are just reacting to something that's real."

Well, make that real music--from a fake band. Clooney won a Golden Globe as Depression-era slickster criminal Ulysses Everett McGill, who escapes from prison with two partners (John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson, who does his own singing) only to end up the biggest-selling fugitive recording artists since Ol' Dirty Bastard. The Coen brothers developed the soundtrack as framework for the movie itself and O Brother, Where Art Thou? is, at its core, a musical.

Much like traditional American folk music inspired O Brother, the idea for a live show came along before the movie hit theaters. Last May, Joel and Ethan Coen staged a sold-out, live benefit concert in Nashville featuring music from the movie. The event was filmed by famed documentarians D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hedgedus and the end result, Down From the Mountain, is currently hitting the film-festival circuit.

When O Brother does go on tour, expect a diverse audience. Jim Rainwater, a manager at Long Beach, California's Fingerprints record store, says the soundtrack, which has consistently ended up in his store's top 10, is selling to more than just "traditional" country fans.

"What's funny is that we don't have country at all and we've sold a ton of 'em," he says. "It's definitely that intelligent, over-30 crowd, and those are the people that are looking for something new. The timing is just right and it's kind of a new, old thing."

It appears the roots-music craze is just getting warmed up. Country artists like Dolly Parton and Iris DeMent are set to appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming Lions Gate film, Songcatcher, which hits record stores May 8. Or, for those not yet willing to give up on mainstream rock, there's always Hayseed Dixie--a bluegrass AC/DC cover band whose guitar-pluckin', fiddle-friendly renditions of "Highway To Hell" and "You Shook Me All Night Long" hit record stores April 17.

O Brother, indeed.



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