David Church - 3/6/2015

 

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From the iconic "Hank Williams" to his own "roots/retro" country music, David Church has made a huge impact on music enthusiasts all over the world. David & Terri Lisa have reignited a passion for traditional "RETRO" country music. The y have made a connection that has crossed generations, from college students to great grandparents.

The "Star" of RFD-TV's "MIDWEST COUNTRY" for over 10 years, David Church, along with his wife, Terri Lisa, have been lighting up the TV sets throughout the US. Midwest Country is featured on prime time Saturday night. With Nielson ratings in the top 3 on the RFD-TV network, David Church is the "most requested and most popular" artist! They have captured the hearts of millions from baby boomers to college students. From their dazzling rhinestone suits this dynamic couple has thrilled audiences around the world. David Church is recognized for his authentic rendition of "Hank Williams". And he is recognized by music historians, celebrities, and family members as the "#1 tribute to Hank".

The RFDTV network has grown by leaps and bounds and is now broadcast to over 65 Million viewers throughout the US. Church has been featured as a regular on the popular show "Midwest Country". It is easy to understand why he is RFD-TV's "most requested" artist. Amazingly, without a major hit on mainstream radio, Church has millions of fans all over the world. Bruce Maier, the editor of a major music magazine, Damn Good Tunes called David, "a rare entertainment entity". He went on to say "he creates a visual presentation that is absolutely dazzling to witness. He does something that 99% of all other artists cannot do and that is stand on their own with their own music."

He has gained attention by the mega music website, "Reverbnation". Reverbnation features over 2.9 Million artists all over the world. In 2012, "I Don't Live In Lonely Anymore" rose to #20 on the national charts, and stayed in this position for over 2 weeks. David is a strong patriot and believes in supporting our veterans. He wrote a song in tribute to our veterans to "thank them for their service". The song titled, "The Old Red White & Blue" was released on his "Falling" cd in 2012. It rose to #6 on the national charts. And in September 2013, another song, "A Dime At A Time" climbed to #16. In June, 2013, "With over a million artists in the country genre, that's an incredible accomplishment", stated by Michael Doernberg, the CEO and developer of one of the most popular music websites in the world. David has been featured on the "home" page of Reverbnation. The site gets over 250 Million visits a month from unique visitors.

A strong advocate for American made products, David and Terri Lisa made the decision a few years ago to only sell American manufactured products on their merchandise table. In April, 2014, The Church's joined forced with "American Made Matters®" organization as members and ambassadors. The mission is, "to educate consumers that buying US-made products strengthens the American dream." And to bring awareness of American made products and manufacturers to consumers and strengthen the economy. American Made Matters® declared November 19th the official "American Made Matters Day". The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, passed a resolution naming Nov. 19, 2013, as "American Made Matters Day" in Pennsylvania. Plans are being made to hold additional events in states across the US. And the Churchs are planning an event to be either in their homestate of Ohio or Nashville, TN.

David was born and raised in Lancaster, OH; a small town on the outskirts of Columbus. The youngest of 14, David grew up surrounded by country music and bluegrass. His father taught himself to play the 5 string banjo and played at local barn dances and picnics, where he performed some of the songs by artists such as Uncle Dave Macon, The Carter Family, Jimmy Rodgers, and Bill Monroe. Church's biggest influence was his Uncle Stant, who played the lap steel guitar. He encouraged his nephew to "never give up".

David has been featured in numerous major country music magazines including, Country Weekly, Country Music Report, Nashville, Music Guide, Dreamwest, Damn Good Tunes, Furious, and many others.
Church attributes his success in the music business to the millions of "true country fans" that are tired of what they hear on the radio. "The success that I have had has come from the fans that so long for the traditional sound of country that they have heard in the past, but no longer find in mainstream country music. Those are the fans that have been forgotten. I also feel that a lot of RFD-TV's success can be attributed to the country music shows that they have been airing, which go along with the country and farm lifestyle. We are proud to be a part of this family oriented TV network."

David performs throughout the world along with his talented wife, Terri Lisa Church. Terri Lisa is also a recording artist/songwriter. She sings lead and backup vocals. Terri Lisa is a published journalist.

ENDORSEMENTS

Martin Guitars, Scully Western War, Peavey, Ohio Arts Council, Larrivee Guitars, Shubb Capo's, Aloe King Products, Camargo Custom Boots, & Bailey Western Hats.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

"The Old Red White & Blue reaches #8 on the NATIONAL charts on Reverbnation

"I Don't Live In Lonely Anymore" reaches Top 20 on Reverbnation NATIONAL Charts and stays there for 6 weeks. 2012

Award winning Choreographer creates dance to David's song

"A Dime At A Time" receives national and international attention as Award winning/international dance choreographer, Ira Weisburd creates a new dance called "Cross Country Slide". "I don't often work with country music, but David's voice captured my attention. It has something really special. And I was right! I believe this will re-ignite a worldwide passion for country line dance." Ira Weisburd, Sept. 2013 Host's and performs at "Experience Music & Fashion" just prior to CMT Awards. Featuring Celebrity, Phil Vassar and a fashion show by world renowned, "Manuel. 2012 Endorsement from Martin Guitars - features David Church at the CMA Fest and 2012 NAMM in Nashville Recognized as a Celebrity by many music pro's & major celebrities. Headliner at Legends of Country & Bluegrass - "We have received more calls and emails on David Church than any other major act in 27 years." Johnnie Stinger, Promoter

Featured at the RFD-TV THEATER in Branson, MO. Named "RISING LEGEND" by the National Traditional Country Music Assoc. and Hall of Fame WWE, (World Wrestling Entertainment) records song by David Church. Featured on shows worldwide, and also on video game. WWE is the #2 most watched show in the world Custom Made" reaches #1 in Europe.

Bill Mack, Features David Church on XM RADIO.

Discography
2009
There You Are - CD
Live From Texas DVD and CD
2007
Softer Side of Blue - CD
2004
Images of A Country Drifter - DVD
2003
A Legend Froze In Time - CD
2001
Custom Made - CD
1998
Over The Edge - Bluegrass CD

The Reflections - 2/28/2015

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The legendary "Deacons of Doo Wop" are still one of the most widely requested Doo Wop acts in the world! Still featuring original members Tony Micale (original lead singer of their hits) and John Dean (Mr. Bass Man), The Reflections are joined by longtime members Gary Banovetz (from The Larados) and Joey Finazzo (from The Seminoles).  Their blockbuster hit “Just Like Romeo & Juliet” is an oldies anthem loved by millions worldwide Not only will they be performing all their hit songs, but all of your favorite classics as well.

 

Tony Ramey - 2/27/2015

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Tony Ramey (known among his most loyal followers as “TR”) has always nuanced his music and songs with elements from many genres, but his latest effort (a collection due for release this January called Soul Survivor) shows him evolving into an artist who defies classification.  While he is composing songs that still explore Country and Country and Western motifs (as in his Willie Nelson duet “The Bible, the Bottle, and the Gun”), soul, blues, and contemporary folk elements have begun to eclipse a style of music that most critics have labeled “traditional” (or  “Throwback,” as Tony called his latest acoustic album) country.

His relocation out of Nashville finds TR drawing from his earliest influences far more obviously than he has in past albums, which were (with the exception of Places and Throwback) more snapshots of where he was as a songwriter, rather than an accurate record of his artistic journey.  His early memories of music that “struck a chord,” as Tony says, recall Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Bill Withers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jackson Brown, Ray Price, Charlie Rich, Aretha Franklin, along with a hodge podge of mainstream Country artists who put forth elements of Folk and Blues in their songs as well:  “Everybody thinks of Haggard as a country artist, and I can’t disagree with that, but there’s nothin’ swampier or more R&B than the horn section on Haggard’s ‘Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink.'”  TR’s newest compositions reflect his principal belief about ‘American Music:’  It isn’t confined to a certain production, theme, type of voice, etc.; rather, it is an organic, constantly morphing phenomenon that resists mass market, trendy merchandising, and influence from corporations always vying for shelf space at a local retailer or  “sounds-like” lists of artists on a digital download store.
Tony’s live performances have taken him from the Texas and Midwest Honky Tonks where people are two-stepping and raising their bottles, to where he says he is starting to feel even more at home–in the two-hundred-and-fifty to one-thousand seat theaters, where people come to listen to a storyteller at work.  Audiences in the theaters at  Tony’s performances are compelled to listen–to go down the same road together, on the same journey, wherever his song takes them.  That journey ends up above the production and sonic value of a pounding track:  “I want people to dance and have a good time, but there’s a romantic part of me that wants to believe it’s all derived from an honesty and passion in music that has substance and meaning, not just a loop or hip-hop beat and words that rhyme.”
With gold and platinum records on artists like Trisha Yearwood, John Michael Montgomery, George Strait, and a host of others who have covered Tony’s material, and with BMI awards and more than fifteen years of professional writing behind him, Tony has proven himself as a songwriter, but the best is yet to come for those watching and listening to Tony as he is proving himself as an artist…It will be a journey worth taking–wherever the journey takes us.

 

The Light Crust Doughboys - 2/22/2015

 

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From the Texas State Historical Association
The Light Crust Doughboys, founded in 1931, have had the greatest and longest success of all the western swing bands in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. The group’s history covers more than three quarters of a century. In 1929 James Robert (Bob) Wills moved from West Texas to Fort Worth and formed the Wills Fiddle Band, a rather unimposing aggregation made up of Wills as fiddler and Herman Arnspiger as guitarist. In 1930 Milton Brown^qv joined the band as vocalist, and in 1931 the Wills Fiddle Band—Wills, Arnspiger, and Brown—became the Light Crust Doughboys.
With help from friends and fans in Fort Worth, Wills persuaded Burrus Mill and Elevator Company to sponsor the band on a radio show by advertising the mill’s Light Crust Flour. After two weeks of broadcasts, W. Lee O’Daniel, general sales manager of Burrus Mill, canceled the show because he did not like “their hillbilly music.” However, a compromise, inspired by Wills’s persistence and the demands of thousands of fans who used Light Crust Flour, brought the group back to the air in return for its members’ agreement to work in the mill as well as perform. People listened at noon each day for a couple of licks on Bob Wills’s fiddle and Truett Kimsey’s enthusiastic introduction: “The Light Crust Doughboys are on the air!” Then the Doughboys sang their theme song, which began: “Listen everybody, from near and far if you wanta know who we are. We’re the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill.” This went over so well that it became the permanent salutation of the Doughboys.
So impressed was O’Daniel with the band’s following that he became the announcer for the show and organized a network of radio stations that broadcast the Doughboys throughout Texas and most of Oklahoma. The Texas Quality Group Network, formed in 1934, included such radio stations as WBAP, Fort Worth; WFAA, Dallas; WOAI, San Antonio; KPRC, Houston; and KOMA, Oklahoma City. The show became one of the most popular radio programs in the Southwest.
In 1932 the original Doughboys began leaving the band. Brown left the show that year to form the Musical Brownies, and in 1933 O’Daniel had to fire Wills for missing broadcasts, especially because of drinking. In 1933 Wills organized the Playboys in Waco. Of all the early Doughboys, Wills was the most influential. The Light Crust Doughboys never departed from the fiddle–band style that Wills established in the band’s formative years.
In October 1933 O’Daniel took a new and talented group of Doughboys to Chicago for a recording session with Vocalion (later Columbia) Records. O’Daniel, who deserves much credit along with Brown and Wills for the initial success of the Doughboys, continued as manager and announcer until the mid–1930s. In 1935, when Burrus Mill fired him after a series of disputes, O’Daniel formed his own band, the Hillbilly Boys, and his own flour company, Hillbilly Flour. O’Daniel used this band in his successful bid for the governorship in 1938.
The years between 1935 and World War II were the most successful in the long history of the Doughboys. By 1937 some of the best musicians in the history of western swing had joined the band. Kenneth Pitts and Clifford Gross played fiddles. The rhythm section consisted of Dick Reinhart, guitar; Marvin (Smokey) Montgomery^qv, tenor banjo; Ramon DeArman, bass; and John (Knocky) Parker, piano. Muryel Campbell played lead guitar. At various times, Cecil Brower played fiddle. Almost from the beginning, the Light Crust Doughboys enjoyed a successful recording career; their records outsold those of all other fiddle bands in the Fort Worth–Dallas area. Their popularity on radio had much to do with their success in recording. By the 1940s the Light Crust Doughboys broadcast over 170 radio stations in the South and Southwest. There is no way of knowing how many millions of people heard their broadcasts. Though the Doughboys played good, danceable jazz, the band was basically a show band whose purpose was to entertain. Their shows took the listeners’ minds off the economic problems of the 1930s and added joy to their lives.
In the early months of World War II members of the band went into either the armed forces or war–related industries. In 1942 Burrus Mill ended the Doughboys’ radio show. The mill reorganized the band in 1946, but the broadcasts were never as appealing as they had been in the prewar years. The company tried various experiments and even hired Hank Thompson and Slim Whitman in the hope that somehow the radio show could be saved. By 1950 the age of television had begun, however, and the dominance of radio was over.
With its passing went the radio show that Texans had enjoyed since 1931. The Light Crust Doughboys were no longer “on the air.” But the group’s demise was only apparent, for in the 1960s the Doughboys’ music was revived. In 1973 members of the band took part in the last recording session for Bob Wills in Dallas for the album For the Last Time. During the following decades leader Smokey Montgomery continued to keep the band going in some form. In the late 1980s the Light Crust Doughboys were the first inductees into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. Throughout the 1990s the Doughboys continued to bring their music to new audiences. Art Greenhaw joined the group; as co-producer he added horns to their sound in 1993, thus bringing about a new type of “country jazz,” influenced by the old swing sound. The Texas legislature declared the Doughboys the “official music ambassadors of the Lone Star State” in 1995.
The band received some national recognition when one of their 1930s jukebox classics, “Pussycat, Pussycat, Pussycat,” written by Montgomery, was featured in the movie Striptease in 1996. By the late 1990s the Doughboys were also recording gospel music with James Blackwood on Greenhaw’s independent record label, based in Dallas. Beginning in 1998 the group performed jointly with the Lone Star Ballet in Amarillo, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Abilene Philharmonic, and other ensembles. They were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000 and continued to release material including the CD Doughboy Rock (2000).
After Montgomery’s death in 2001, the Light Crust Doughboys played a fitting tribute at his funeral, held in the Hall of State in Dallas. Art Greenhaw became the band’s leader and producer. The history of the Light Crust Doughboys was chronicled by John Dempsey in his book The Light Crust Doughboys Are on the Air: Celebrating Seventy Years of Texas Music, published in 2002. In 2003 the band won a Grammy for their work on the CD We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music: The James Blackwood Tribute Album.
The Light Crust Doughboys, under the leadership of Art Greenhaw, remained very active in the 2000s. Their collaborative work on Southern Meets Soul: An American Gospel Jubilee (2005) earned a Grammy nomination for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Album. In December 2005 the Light Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame and Museum officially opened in Quitman. The facility displayed exhibits of historic memorabilia of the group as well as hosted live performances. The Light Crust Doughboys were inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2006. The following year their release, Light Crust Doughboys 1936–1941, received enthusiastic reviews from western swing fans. The year 2011 marked eighty years of performances for the Light Crust Doughboys.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John Mark Dempsey, The Light Crust Doughboys are on the Air: Celebrating Seventy Years of Texas Music (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2002). Doughboy Fan (http://www.heroeswest.com/doughboyfan/index.html), accessed October 25, 2011. Art Greenhaw Official International Fan Club (http://www.artgreenhaw.com), accessed October 25, 2011. Bill C. Malone, Country Music U.S.A. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1968). Charles R. Townsend, San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1976).

Chicks Under the Covers - 2/21/2015

 

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On the road for the first time ever to appear at Texan Theater.

 

A unique band of woman bringing you a night of your favorite Country songs from the 60's to the 90's!

 

We are musicians who have created this band for entertainment for artists and fans! An event where artists can come out and... jump on stage and do their favorite cover tunes with us. No one can do their own songs...has to be a cover! We will have special guests with us....you never know who just might show up!

Anita Cochran- Artist/musician: Electric/Acoustic Guitars, bandjo, Mandolin, Vocals
Deanie Richardson - Plays with Patty Loveless and others: Fiddle, Mandolin, Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Nancy Gardner - Played with WIld Rose: Drums
Michelle Poe - Artist/musician: Bass Guitar, Vocals
Robin Ruddy - steel guitar, dobro, banjo, guitar
Chris Faulk - keyboards, guitar
Donna Hammit - Played with Bill Anderson: Steel Guitar
Catherine Marx - Plays with Reba and others: Keyboards

Jamie O'Neal - 2/14/2015

 

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Grammy nominated and platinum-selling country star Jamie O'Neal is back with her first new album in five years with music that is ETERNAL.
Produced by O'Neal and her engineer/musician husband Rodney Good, ETERNAL is an 11-song collection that infuses great country classics with fresh energy -- featuring O'Neal's own unique take on iconic tunes such as "Leavin' on your Mind" (Patsy Cline), "The Sweetest Thing" (Juice Newton) "Help Me Make It Through The Night" (Kris Kristofferson), "I've Done Enough Dying Today" (The Gatlin Brothers), and the George Jones and Tammy Wynette classic duet, "Golden Ring," which features O'Neal with Andy Griggs.
The bonus track on the new disc being released by Shanachie Entertainment, is titled "Wide Awake," the only original song included on the album. O'Neal co-wrote the tune with her dad, Jimmy Murphy, and says it's an "ode to all women who have to sleep beside a snoring moose every night."
"ETERNAL is a little different for me," says O'Neal. "I grew up listening and looking up to all these incredible artists who helped pave the way for singers like me. These songs helped shaped me into who I became as a performer. I was already singing some of these songs in my show and just loved the way I could wail on them. Those traditional, big emotional ballads are hard to come by these days, which is why it was such an honor and a challenge to record such great music."
"Just like going to the Grand Ole Opry is a special experience and takes us back to our roots of Country music, I hope my new album will take people back to that era and also introduce new fans who may never have heard these songs," adds O'Neal.
O’Neal became a household name in 2000 with her back to back No. 1 singles, “There Is No Arizona" and "When I Think About Angels." With multiple hits that followed like "Shiver," "Tryin' To Find Atlantis" and "Somebody's Hero," O'Neal's path to stardom was on fire, earning numerous career accolades, including four Grammy nominations, winning ACM and Billboard Awards, and appeared on numerous national television shows such as Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with David Letterman and many others.
A seasoned entertainer, O'Neal pretty much grew up with a mic in her hands. She has been performing on stage with her family since she was 8 years old, opening for many of her idols such as Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys just to name a few.
"I always knew from the moment I first stepped on stage that country music was in my blood and that I would make my way to Nashville, come hell or high water," says O'Neal.
While she has penned most of the songs for her own albums, O'Neal has also penned hits for such notable artists as Reba, Martina McBride, Leann Rimes, Cece Winans and others. And, when the music supervisors needed a vocal range powerful enough to cover Celine Dion's version of "All By Myself" for the movie Bridget Jones' Diary, they chose O'Neal to perform the song.
In recent years, O'Neal has ventured into new territory with the launch of her new independent record label, Momentum Label Group, of which she serves as the label head and produces music for some of the label's roster, including flagship artist, Rachele Lynae.
“There’s so much undiscovered talent out there, and the major labels in town are getting smaller and smaller,” notes O’Neal. “There are so many more advantages to what a small independent label can do for the artist these days, like allowing them to have more creative input and to retain ownership of their recordings."
While she humbly says she is learning as she goes, O’Neal has been leaning on her own career and businesswoman expertise to guide her along in this new chapter.
“Things have changed so much since I moved back to Nashville in ’96 and got my record deal,” confides O'Neal. “It’s so easy to discover new music and new artists on the web and that’s exciting because you can build a real fan base and connect with your fans so much easier now. It's no longer exclusively based on whether radio plays you or not.”
Whether she's writing hit songs, running a record label, producing or performing on stage for thousands of fans, O'Neal feels grateful for the journey she's been on, as well as what's ahead.
"All of these opportunities have come to light because of the "musical path God put me on," believes O'Neal. "I am so fortunate to be able to do what I love, which is making music and sharing it with anyone who will listen."

JAMIE TALKS ABOUT THE SONGS OF ETERNAL

Born To Run (#3 hit for Emmylou Harris in 1982) - “I have always loved Emmylou’s style and the feel and strength of the message of going for your dreams, feeling free, striving to be someone and get somewhere. That speaks to me about how I felt when I first got to Nashville."
Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin’ (With Lovin On Your Mind) - (#1 hit for Loretta Lynn in 1966) - “What can I say, it’s Loretta Lynn at her sassiest and it’s a sentiment that I share ha-ha!”
Golden Ring (w/ Andy Griggs) (#1 hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1976) - "My close friend Rafe Van Hoy wrote this. and I’ve always loved Andy Griggs voice. It’s classic George and Tammy and was a no-brainer to include it on this album."
I've Done Enough Dying Today (Top 10 hit for Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Bros. in 1978) - “Larry Gatlin’s voice and songwriting blow me away. I got to open for him at 11 years old and this song impacted me back then and to this day, still does.”
Just One Time (#2 hit for Connie Smith in 1982) - “I love the ‘feel good' nature of this song all the while desperately pining for just one more time with that lost love! Connie Smith’s version is my fave."
Leavin’ On Your Mind (Top 10 hit for Patsy Cline in 1963) - “I HAD to include a Patsy Cline song and I never got tired of hearing or singing this tune. To me Patsy Cline will always represent heartache and raw pain mixed with passion and sadness. Her smoky, velvety voice commands attention and rips your heart out with emotion. To me she’s in a class of her own.”
Help Me Make It Through The Night (#1 hit by Sammi Smith in 1970; #4 hit by Willie Nelson in 1979) - "Kris Kristofferson has always been a presence who moves me to tears. His honest and raw way of writing and singing is one of a kind. This song has been recorded many times by great vocalists and I hope my version stands up ‘cause I sure love to sing it!”
The Sweetest Thing (#1 hit for Juice Newton in 1981) - "I have been wanting to re-make this song of Juice Newton since I first heard it and fell in love with it as a teenager. It made me dream of when I was going to feel a love like she sings of in the song." Rock Me (In the Cradle of Love) (Top 30 hit for Deborah Allen in 1992) - “This song is so bluesy and soulful and that's my kind of country, I just love singing songs that have soul."
One Day I Walk (1971 album cut by singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn) - “This song is so special to me. It’s a Bruce Cockburn song and it deeply moves me…I love the lonesome, wistful and sometimes bluegrassy feel of this melody. I first heard k.d. lang sing it, and then Bruce Cockburn. To me it’s religious in a way, and represents the path we are all on to get to Heaven. Some suffer much more than others but we all have ups and downs and go through pain and hard times knowing one day we’ll make it to the ultimate ‘home’. The song really hits home for me."
Wide Awake (New original song co-written by Jamie and her father, James Murphy) - “I wrote this funny song with my Dad. It’s an ode to everyone out there who sleeps next to a snoring moose every night :-)"

Doug Stone - 2/13/2015

Buy Tickets   Douglas Jackson “Doug” Brooks (Born June 19, 1956 in Newnan, GA) is an American country music artist known professionally as Doug Stone. Doug, a contemporary country star, found his mark in music as a lonesome baritone balladeer, although he was very adept at hard-up-tempo country. Doug began at age five learning guitar from his mother an avid singer and guitarist. At age seven he was given the opportunity, by his mother, to open for Loretta Lynn. Life presented Doug a drastic change with the divorce of his mother and father. Doug, as result, moved in with his dad. As his youthful years past, Doug played at skating rinks, local bars or any money making project to help his father make ends meet. In the daytime Doug worked as a mechanic, something else that came to him naturally.

Doug had already past the age of 30 when a Nashville manager paired him up with Epic, his first record label. He debuted in1990 with the single, “I’d Be Better Off (In a Pine Box),” the first release from his 1990 self-titled debuted album for Epic records. This album found Pine Box at a number 4 position on the charts with three more in the top 10 ratings. These singles included, “Fourteen Minutes Old”, number 6 and number 5,”These Lips Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye”. Following these songs was his first number one, “In a Different Light”. In addition, the single was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Song. Both this album and its successor, 1991’s I Thought It Was You, earned a platinum certification from The Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of one million copies. Two more albums for Epic, 1992’s From The Heart and 1994’s More Love, each was certified gold. Stone has charted –twenty-two singles on Hot Country Songs, with his greatest chart success coming between 1990 and 1995. In this time span, he charted four Number Ones: “In a Different Light”, “A Jukebox and a Country Song”, “Too Busy Being in Love”, and “Why Didn’t I think of That”, and eleven more Top Ten singles. In early 1992, Stone found that one of the arteries in his heart was almost entirely blocked. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery and took time off to recover, just as his third album, "From the Heart," was released. With a gold certification for shipments of 500,000 copies, "From the Heart" included two Number Ones among its four singles: “Too Busy Being in Love” and “Why Didn’t I Think of That.” The other two singles were “Warning Labels” and “Made for Lovin’ You,” at No. 4 and No.6 respectively. One month later Stone released an album titled "The First Christmas."

In June 1994 Stone discovered that he was having breathing problems, which were affecting his singing. Doctors at Vanderbilt University’s medical center failed to find any problems in his throat. A second consultation revealed a lump in his nostril but amazingly it was not cancerous. While Stone was undergoing treatment, his Greatest Hits, Vol.1 compilation was released in late 1994.This album included the new song “Little Houses, “which debuted on the charts in October 1994 and peaked at No. 7 in early 1995. Stone made his acting debut in the 1995 film "Gordy." "Gordy," a heartwarming story featured Doug as Luke McAllister, a struggling musician. Gordy paved the way for stone’s acting career and as well featured several of his songs. In 2011 Doug moved on to another movie role, "When the Storm God Rides," a Thomas E. Kelly film. In 2000 Doug suffered a broken ankle and a cracked rib after crashing his ultra light plane in Robertson County, TN. In April 2012 Doug Stone and Dr. Gerald Murray of Muscle Shoals, Alabama signed a management contract. Murray is the former manager of George Jones and the late Vern Gosdin. In 2012 an agreement with Tonya S. Holly, Producer/Director of Cypress Moon Studios was made to further Stones acting career. Doug will be in the 2013 remake of the great movie Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie Parker will be played by Lindsay Pulsipher, most recently staring in the Hatfield’s & McCoy’s.

Air Supply - 2/8/2015

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Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock met on May 12, 1975, the first day of rehearsals for "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Sydney, Australia; they became instant friends with their common love for The Beatles and, of course, singing.
After the shows' performances at 10:30, they would play pizza parlors, coffee bars and night clubs with just one guitar and two voices. They quickly gained a reputation for great harmonies and for original songs that Graham was constantly writing. They made a demo on a cassette of two songs, "Love and Other Bruises" and "If You Knew Me" and took it to every record company in Sydney. Everyone turned it down but one — CBS Records — who admired their unique style.
They made a single in one afternoon and it shot to number one on the national charts. Air Supply was born! That same year, they opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then throughout the U.S. and Canada playing all of the famous huge venues before Rod would take the stage. They found new fans, but did not break the U.S. market.
Back in Australia they had to start again and made a record called Life Support. On this record were some treasures of songs, including "Lost in Love" which went Top 10 in Australia and somehow found its way to music industry executive Clive Davis in New York.
Clive immediately signed Air Supply to Arista Records and in 1980, "Lost in Love" became the fastest selling single in the world, leaping to the top of all of the charts. Now Air Supply was on their way. The second single was "All Out of Love," and that went up the charts even quicker.
Seven top-five singles later, Air Supply at that time had equaled The Beatles' run of consecutive top five singles. The albums Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever, and The Greatest Hits sold in excess of 20 million copies. "Lost in Love" was named Song of the Year in 1980, and, with the other singles, sold more than 10 million copies.
The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock's soaring tenor voice and Graham Russell's simple yet majestic songs created a unique sound that would forever be known as Air Supply.
However, it is the live shows that always hold audiences captive around the world. They were the first Western group to tour China, Taiwan, and countless other countries that before would not allow pop music across their borders. In 1983 they recorded "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" by Jim Steinman which solidified the group as a permanent force in modern music. This song was released on The Greatest Hits album which soared past 7 million copies.
"Lost in Love", "All Out of Love", "The One That You Love", "Sweet Dreams", and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" have each achieved multi-million plays on the radio.
In 1986 the group's music was still playing endlessly on radio. That same year, Graham was married to actress Jodi Varble from Rochelle, Illinois, who also was his leading lady in the video for "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All."
Air Supply began to tour with lavish productions in places that no one had been before. In South America and Asia they became a part of everyone's life. In 1988, Air Supply was asked to participate in Australia's bicentennial celebration and to play for HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana, where they learned both were already ardent fans. This engagement would be one of their most treasured moments in their career.
In 1989, they recorded "The Earth Is" album selling over a million copies outside of the U.S. This album was followed by "The Vanishing Race" CD and, with the singles "Goodbye" and "It's Never Too Late", again saw multi-platinum success. The following albums, "News from Nowhere", "Yours Truly", and "Across the Concrete Sky" all gave their second greatest hits album multi-platinum status as they traveled the world each and every year.
In 2000, a new production company was founded to be devoted to Air Supply's entire future product, called A Nice Pear, which gave them complete creative control.
In July 2005, their live DVD, "It Was 30 Years Ago Today" celebrated 30 years of success around the world and in that same month, Air Supply smashed attendance records when, in Cuba, at one show they played to 175,000 people. Also 2005 saw the release of "The Singer and the Song", an acoustic album of many of their big hits which received critical acclaim.
In May 2010, the long-awaited album, "Mumbo Jumbo" –also the duo's first studio recording in eight years- was released. Recorded at Graham Russell's home studio near Park City, Utah and at Odds On's state of the art facilities in Las Vegas with top session musicians and an orchestra, "Mumbo Jumbo" was produced by Russell and engineered by Odds On's Sean O'Dwyer, whose credits include Pink Floyd, Randy Newman and Blink-182. Among the 14-tracks, released by Odds On's label, was the first single "Dance With Me," which earned Air Supply a prominent feature article in Billboard Magazine titled "Still Supplying The Hits After 35 Years."
Just weeks after composer and vocalist Graham Russell was honored with a BMI Million-Air
Certificate recognizing 3 million performances of the duo's hit "All Out Of Love," Air Supply's new song was the #1 most added track on the FMQB AC40 Chart, and also one of the most added on the R&R (Radio and Records) AC Chart and the Mediabase AC chart.
In 2011, the duo continues to play more than 150 shows a year worldwide, including stops in England, Ireland, Israel, Philippines, Korea, Japan, Canada, the U.S. and beyond.
Currently, we just finished filming our live Jerusalem, Israel show for a new DVD that will be out later this year. The DVD will feature two new songs, "Sanctuary" and "Everywhere." "Sanctuary" will be released as a single on iTunes by October, 2011.

Adam Carroll - 1/30/2015

 

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A Texas Songwriter born and raised, Adam Carroll takes the events of ordinary lives and turns them into deeply moving, often humorous songs.
With seven Indie CDs supporting regular tours across the USA, Canada and Europe as “one of the hippest songwriters on the Texas music landscape”, this engaging Americana guitar-picker has earned further critical acclaim with song placements in the Grammy nominated film, Country Strong and others.

“The core of what I do is songwriting; it’s the one thing I’m passionate about. It’s the most fulfilling and challenging job I can imagine.” explains Adam.
From his studio records produced by Grammy Award winner Lloyd Maines (South of Town, Lookin’ Out the Screen Door, Live at Cheatham Street, Far Away Blues) through to his latest releases (Old Town Rock N Roll, Hard Times with Michael O’Connor, Live at Flipnotics), the quality of his songwriting stands out.
Given a rare command of the English language and an amazing sense of melody, it’s little surprise Adam has earned enviable comparisons to Townes Van Zandt, Todd Snider, John Prine and Bob Dylan as well as being recognized as a creative influence on his songwriter peers.
Adam Carroll’s song credits include co-writes and CD or Film covers by Slaid Cleaves (Race Car Joe, Hard to Believe), Hayes Carll (Take Me Away, featured in the film Country Strong) and Band of Heathens (Medicine Man, Maple Tears).
“Among singer-songwriters, Adam Carroll is probably Austin’s best-kept secret. His tunes are marvels of economy; .. constantly inventive and decidedly offbeat .. Live at Flipnotics offers a typically low-key yet inviting overview of his career. With (Producer) Scrappy Jud Newcomb on guitar, he sparkles .. ” Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle 

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