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THE MUSIC BUSINESS USED TO BE MORE FUN.
Misty and I often did shows with Jerry Reed, Roy Clark,
Grandpa Jones, and Archie Campbell.
One of those shows was a week long booking
at Atlanta’s Chastain Park Amphitheater, an outdoor venue.
It was Boots Randolph’s show,
and he always treated the artists, musicians, and staff as honored guests,
with long tables of food and drink backstage,
and a party feeling that carried over to the audiences.
Before the first show, Roy stepped out of his bus
carrying a glass of unknown iced beverage.
Misty said “How’re ya doin’, Roy?”
Roy smiled and said “Gettin’ well, honey.”
The drinks never caused any real problems,
although a couple of times the emcee mistakenly tried to take acts off stage
before they were done.
They were innocent mistakes, and kinda funny.
We were all friends.
Like most amphitheaters, it was bowl shaped,
and the bands were pretty much protected from the weather,
but the act out at the front of the stage could get a little wet if it rained.
This can be a thrill if you are hooked up to electrical equipment.
We had just finished our show and were walking off,
when Archie Campbell was heading out to do his act.
I said “It’s pretty windy out there, Arch.”
Archie ran his hand suavely over his hair and said this:
“I don’t have to worry. I bought the casual style.”
He was always funny… on or off stage.
The crowds were huge and Saturday night was our closing show.
We all met back at the hotel
where Boots and his manager X. Cosse had us staying.
They had the hotel dining room set up like a king’s banquet…
tons of food and anything you want to drink.
It was a party for everybody in the show,
including roadies and friends of friends.
For the first hour everybody was there having a good time,
except Jerry Reed, who was conspicuous in his absence.
He bounced into the room at about 11:30, said quick hellos to the gang,
grabbed a take out box, went through the food table like a lawnmower,
and was gone with the wind and his doggy box of food.
Jerry was on Fast Forward,
and his whole appearance lasted about seven minutes.
He had more energy than a crazed squirrel.
Misty went into his bus and got his autograph when we worked together
at the Citrus Bowl.
We loved Jerry Reed, and he was also my favorite guitar player.
Then, later in the party,
there was some excitement going on at the ballroom door
when some medics rushed in with a stretcher.
We wondered what was up.
Roy Clark grinned, raised his glass, and said goodbye to everybody.
Then he made himself comfortable on the stretcher,
and was carried out to the ambulance and rushed to the airport.
He was late and had a plane to catch.
I’ve tried to reproduce the week’s events exactly as they happened,
down to the finest detail, but remember,
I may have had a beer or two myself.
The music business used to be more fun than it is now,
and we miss all our old friends a lot,
but we’re so lucky to have been part of that wonderful era.
Jack Blanchard.
© 2011, 2014 .
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan…
Grammy & CMA Award Finalists.
Billboard Duet of the Year.
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Le program Fred’s Country: La musique Country de Tradition avec Frederic (Fred) Moreau. Le program Fred’s Country est diffusé sur 65 fréquences FM, 53 radios ou webradios.
The Fred’s Country program, is hosted by Frederic (Fred) Moreau and broadcasted weekly on 47 frequencies, 53 Affiliated FM and Web Radio Stations in France, Canada, Belgium, Spain, and more. Listen, download The Fred’s Country program here…
Autre particularité du program Fred’s Country, c’est la seule émission en Europe à programmer un minimum de 75% d’artistes Canadiens … particularity of the Fred’s Country program, each week, a minimum of 75% of Canadian Country artists on the air
Radio Show Host: Fred Moreau
Program Fred’s Country w40-2014 – 3 octobre 2014 à 15:00 – October 3rd, 2014
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With a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums behind him, Eddie Money has become an iconic American staple of Rock music. We want to thank the various people who work with Eddie and Eddie Money himself for doing this wonderful audio interview. Eddie Money’s songs have been on the radio for decades and he has given us many timepiece songs that will be forever lodged in our hearts and minds. Some of the great Eddie Money songs we all know and love include: “Baby Hold On”, “Two Tickets to Paradise”, “Take Me Home Tonight”, “I Wanna Go Back”, “Walk on Water”, “Shakin'”, “Think I’m in Love” and this list goes on an on. Rock impresario Bill Graham said of Money, “Eddie Money has it all…. Not only can he sing, write, and play, but he is a natural performer.”
From a police officer to an officer of rock music Eddie continues to tour across the country solo as well as with major name rock acts like himself. Eddie Money says in the audio interview here at Music Charts Magazine says that he loves his fans, places them #1 next to his family, and he does his best to continue to give his fans what they ask for. Eddie Money is a true gentlemen whom will forever be a part of music history.
Listen to this audio Celebrity Interview with Eddie Money below by pushing on the play button. We would like to also give a big welcome to Diane Davis whom is Music Charts Magazine’s newest member on staff and thank her for doing this fantastic interview with rock legend Eddie Money.
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Music Charts Magazine® Presents – “NEW DISCOVERY” – “Mike Aiken“- for the month of October 2014.
Looking for some “New” music to add to your player and can’t find anything that blows you away?
Check out this Music Charts Magazine® “NEW DISCOVERY” Interview with “Mike Aiken” and be prepared to be excited knowing there is still 100% awesome music out there that you still have not heard.
After you listen to this great radio interview pasted below of “Mike Aiken” we are sure you will be glad you found this “New Discovery” and Mike’s song “Night Rider’s Lament” to add to your music playlist.
“Mike Aiken – The singing sea captain sings tunes that reminds you of various genres of music and often they entangle each other. Mike has obviously been influenced by multiple cultures and you can hear it in his music. Maybe a John Denver Cowboy would best describe Mike. His songs are heartfelt as Mike himself is. Mike Aiken’s songs tell a story and his stories tell a song.” ~ Music Charts Magazine®
Mike Aiken’s vast treasure chest of experiences and mastery of varied stringed instruments have contributed to a catalogue of music that cannot be defined by one genre or style. Originally from Western New York, he honed his skills playing in Blues, Southern Rock, and Country bands. He began his solo career as a songwriter and artist when he sailed out of the cold Great Lakes and eventually to the shores of coastal Virginia, where he resides on his sailboat today. A United States Coast Guard 
captain, he has sailed tens of thousands of offshore miles along with his wife Amy, making stops along the Canadian Maritimes, US coast, Caribbean and Europe.
Aiken’s love for singing, songwriting, and sailing has taken him all over the world. As a songwriter Aiken puts pen to paper and shares his colored and colorful life by drawing tales from “trail riders, aging rodeo champs, sea captains, Rastafarians and outlaws on the lamb”. His songs are so diverse, so honest, that they speak to a global audience and have garnered success on the charts as well as critical acclaim from the media and his peers. You can find him performing live anywhere from outdoor festivals with his high-energy band to intimate acoustic sessions as well as hosting workshops for aspiring songwriters and sailors alike.
As an artist who comes by his stories honestly, Aiken has definitely taken his place among well-respected songwriters and musicians in the Americana and Country communities. Captains & Cowboys, Aiken’s sixth studio album, has received critical acclaim from media and peers in the United States as well as overseas including a first-round GRAMMY nomination. The album, which Aiken co-produced with Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites) and Ben Strano (Jack Sundrud/Poco), has established Aiken’s presence as a songwriter and artist in multiple genres. Various songs have been chosen for compilations and “Chesapeake” was chosen by Sports Illustrated magazine as one of the Top 40 Sports Songs of All Time. He has had five Top 30 singles on the radio in the US and Europe.
In addition, Aiken has written and produced music for Raceline, America’s only weekly syndicated show about NASCAR racing, and penned the ‘On The Road” articles for Singer & Musician Magazine. Mike always finds time to give back to the community with his philanthropic projects that include the annual Aiken & Friends Fest that benefits youth music education and the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race that benefits environmental concerns. He is an active endorsee for Takamine Guitars, Ovation Guitars and Mandolins, TKL/Cedar Creek Custom Cases and Levi’s Jeans.
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To find out more about Mike Aiken:
Music Charts Magazine® proudly presents NEW DISCOVERY for the month of October 2014 – “Mike Aiken“– feature song – “Night Rider’s Lament“
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Music Charts Magazine® Presents “New Discovery” Mike Aiken featuring the song “Night Rider’s Lament” – Interview by Award winning DJ Big Al Weekley
Music Charts Magazine® Presents October’s NEW DISCOVERY “Mike Aiken” – Interview by Big Al Weekley
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September 29, 2014
| Album |
LW |
TW |
Artist Title (Label) |
TW SPINS |
LW SPINS |
Weeks on Chart |
Spin +/- |
Stations |
|
3 |
1 |
Mike Ryan Dancing All Around It (MR) |
1,308 |
1,265 |
17 |
+43 |
67 |
|
|
6 |
2 |
Josh Grider One Night Taco Stand (AMP) |
1,306 |
1,173 |
12 |
+133 |
73 |
|
|
5 |
3 |
Kevin Fowler Panhandle Poorboy (Kevin Fowler Records) |
1,262 |
1,247 |
12 |
+15 |
73 |
|
|
1 |
4 |
Granger Smith If Money Didn’t Matter (GS) |
1,222 |
1,358 |
20 |
-136 |
69 |
|
|
8 |
5 |
Micky & the Motorcars Hearts From Above (Smith Ent.) |
1,141 |
1,093 |
12 |
+48 |
72 |
|
|
4 |
6 |
Zane Williams Hands of a Workin’ Man (ZW) |
1,068 |
1,260 |
15 |
-192 |
61 |
|
|
9 |
7 |
Sunny Sweeney Bad Girl Phase (Thirty Tigers) |
1,040 |
1,046 |
11 |
-6 |
68 |
|
|
2 |
8 |
Bart Crow If I Go, I’m Goin’ (Smith Ent.) |
1,026 |
1,311 |
19 |
-285 |
60 |
|
|
10 |
9 |
Deryl Dodd One Night Too Long (Smith Ent.) |
1,010 |
1,046 |
18 |
-36 |
60 |
|
|
11 |
10 |
Cameran Nelson Shotgun (CN) |
996 |
1,007 |
12 |
-11 |
55 |
|
|
12 |
11 |
Brian Keane You Can’t Go Home (BK) |
923 |
919 |
10 |
+4 |
59 |
|
|
13 |
12 |
Stoney LaRue Golden Shackles (eOne Music) |
922 |
846 |
6 |
+76 |
67 |
|
|
18 |
13 |
Pat Green w/Lyle Lovett Girls From Texas (Sugar Hill Records) |
894 |
728 |
4 |
+166 |
65 |
|
|
15 |
14 |
LiveWire Drivin’ You Outta My Mind (Way Out West Records) |
861 |
813 |
15 |
+48 |
51 |
|
|
7 |
15 |
Cody Johnson Me & My Kind (CJB) |
829 |
1,154 |
14 |
-325 |
54 |
|
|
16 |
16 |
Phil Hamilton Dirty Love (Winding Road) |
820 |
810 |
11 |
+10 |
52 |
|
|
17 |
17 |
Matt Hillyer A Little Less Whiskey (MH) |
799 |
743 |
11 |
+56 |
55 |
|
|
14 |
18 |
Ray Johnston Band More Crown Than Coke (RJB) |
794 |
836 |
20 |
-42 |
51 |
|
|
22 |
19 |
Wade Bowen When I Woke Up Today (Lightning Rod Records) |
721 |
645 |
4 |
+76 |
58 |
|
|
20 |
20 |
Sam Riggs Hold On and Let Go (SR) |
715 |
686 |
8 |
+29 |
52 |
|
|
21 |
21 |
John Slaughter Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (JS) |
659 |
646 |
9 |
+13 |
49 |
|
|
27 |
22 |
Josh Abbott Band Hangin’ Around (Warner/Atlantic) |
658 |
583 |
3 |
+75 |
61 |
|
|
19 |
23 |
Jesse Raub Jr. Good Man Go Wrong (JRJ) |
629 |
718 |
18 |
-89 |
42 |
|
|
23 |
24 |
Mark McKinney Maybe We Should (Texas Evolution) |
595 |
626 |
7 |
-31 |
51 |
|
|
25 |
25 |
Shane Smith & The Saints Dance the Night Away (SSS) |
594 |
592 |
10 |
+2 |
47 |
|
|
26 |
26 |
Jon Wolfe What Are You Doin’ Right Now (JW) |
580 |
586 |
6 |
-6 |
45 |
|
|
24 |
27 |
The Statesboro Revue Live A Little (Vision Ent./Shalley Records) |
572 |
599 |
19 |
-27 |
34 |
|
|
28 |
28 |
JB and the Moonshine Band Yes (Average Joe’s) |
534 |
544 |
10 |
-10 |
50 |
|
|
39 |
29 |
Randy Rogers Band She’s Gonna Run (MCA Nashville) |
530 |
393 |
2 |
+137 |
51 |
|
|
30 |
30 |
Casey Berry Fool (80615 Entertainment) |
492 |
504 |
14 |
-12 |
40 |
|
|
43 |
31 |
Kyle Park Turn That Crown Upside Down (Indie/Thirty Tigers) |
490 |
342 |
2 |
+148 |
48 |
|
|
33 |
32 |
Tyler and the Tribe Can I See You Again (TATT) |
477 |
463 |
7 |
+14 |
41 |
|
|
35 |
33 |
Gabe Garcia Missing (396 Entertainment) |
469 |
416 |
3 |
+53 |
41 |
|
|
37 |
34 |
Mario Flores High on Summertime (MF) |
469 |
415 |
3 |
+54 |
36 |
|
|
32 |
35 |
Charlie Robison Look Out Cleveland (Thirty Tigers/Jetwell, Inc.) |
450 |
470 |
11 |
-20 |
42 |
|
|
34 |
36 |
Dolly Shine Her Name Was Trouble (DS) |
448 |
428 |
8 |
+20 |
33 |
|
|
N |
37 |
Curtis Grimes Baby Don’t Cry (CG) |
434 |
207 |
1 |
+227 |
37 |
|
|
38 |
38 |
Sean McConnell Bottom Of The Sea (SM) |
415 |
399 |
6 |
+16 |
33 |
|
|
46 |
39 |
Jason Eady Lonesome Down and Out (JE) |
397 |
316 |
2 |
+81 |
38 |
|
|
29 |
40 |
Casey Donahew Band Lovin’ Out of Control (Almost Country) |
387 |
511 |
19 |
-124 |
39 |
|
|
41 |
41 |
Junior Gordon County Fair (JG) |
376 |
360 |
5 |
+16 |
37 |
|
|
31 |
42 |
Cody Bryan Band Wreck Me (CBB) |
373 |
488 |
15 |
-115 |
41 |
|
|
44 |
43 |
Kris Gordon Worth a Shot (Frio Records) |
344 |
326 |
4 |
+18 |
37 |
|
|
N |
44 |
Clay Thrash Ain’t No Law (Grange Records) |
344 |
255 |
1 |
+89 |
30 |
|
|
47 |
45 |
Aaron Einhouse Blue Collar Troubadour (AE) |
324 |
306 |
2 |
+18 |
35 |
|
|
45 |
46 |
The Rusty Brothers The Devil (Revisited) (Vision Ent.) |
314 |
326 |
5 |
-12 |
30 |
|
|
42 |
47 |
Rodney Crowell Long Journey Home (RC) |
312 |
346 |
7 |
-34 |
32 |
|
|
50 |
48 |
Jason Cassidy Take It Off (JC) |
298 |
277 |
2 |
+21 |
36 |
|
|
N |
49 |
Dix Hat Band In and Out (DHB) |
283 |
273 |
1 |
+10 |
25 |
|
|
51 |
50 |
Luke Robinson Ship-Faced (LR) |
276 |
277 |
2 |
-1 |
23 |
Non Reports:
1st Week: KBIM, KBST, KSAM
2nd Week: KYBI
Freezes: KMOU, KOLI, KOXE, KTKO
Copyright © 2014, the Texas Music Chart. Used with permission from Best In Texas Music Marketing LLC, Houston, TX
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The Hotdisc chart is compiled from DJs and industry professionals’ ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe because there are no terrestrial country stations. The hundreds of country programmes on air which we service are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it does not work here. Any Airplay Chart you may see claiming to provide this service is bogus and Hotdisc does not condone these charts at all. They are misleading at best for the reasons stated.
The Hotdisc charts are put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months’ editions of Rush Released. The scores are averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the songs which the industry professionals are flagging up as quality songs. This is a very useful exercise as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done solely on merit!
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Music Charts Magazine® History
– Song for the month of September 2014:
David Allan Coe – “Longhaired Redneck“
“Longhaired Redneck” is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe. It was released in January 1976 as the lead single from Coe’s album of the same name. The song is notable for its direct reference to the “outlaw” movement in country music during the 70’s of which Coe was associated, as well as the chorus which features Coe impersonating classic country artists Ernest Tubb, “Whisperin'” Bill Anderson, and Merle Haggard. The song peaked at number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at number 23 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was written by Coe with Jimmy Rabbitt, who is also a popular radio DJ in Texas.
Read more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhaired_Redneck_(song)
About Fred’s Country program:
Le program Fred’s Country: La musique Country de Tradition avec Frederic (Fred) Moreau. Le program Fred’s Country est diffusé sur 65 fréquences FM, 53 radios ou webradios.
The Fred’s Country program, is hosted by Frederic (Fred) Moreau and broadcasted weekly on 47 frequencies, 53 Affiliated FM and Web Radio Stations in France, Canada, Belgium, Spain, and more. Listen, download The Fred’s Country program here…
Autre particularité du program Fred’s Country, c’est la seule émission en Europe à programmer un minimum de 75% d’artistes Canadiens … particularity of the Fred’s Country program, each week, a minimum of 75% of Canadian Country artists on the air
Radio Show Host: Fred Moreau
Program Fred’s Country w39-2014 – 26 Septembre 2014 à 17:13 – September 26th, 2014
Music Charts Magazine is proud to be friends with Mr. Moreau and glad to now be one of the many to host Program Fred’s Country. ( French/English)
Radio Program “Fred’s Country” – Now at Music Charts Magazine!