Archive for November, 2020

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 18 November 2020

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

IN THE SPOTLIGHT — BOBBY GOLDSBORO — PART II

My last newsletter gave an update on Bobby Goldsboro. This week, we’ll talk about his “after-65” career as an oil painter. When I asked if he still performs concerts, he said he hadn’t booked any for the past year because he wanted to spend time on his commissioned paintings. As a result, he wasn’t affected by pandemic shutdowns. “I’ve got several commissioned paintings still in the works that I’ve got to finish,” he says. “I don’t want to have to go out on the road for two weeks and let the paintings sit here. It’s been a blessing that I didn’t have to cancel any concerts, because I hadn’t taken any. I’ve put everything on hold as far as concerts were concerned.”

(more…)

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 4 November 2020

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

IN THE SPOTLIGHT — BOBBY GOLDSBORO — PART I

While waiting for my prearranged phone call from Bobby Goldsboro, I checked his website and read a recent article about the Florida native. Country fans will remember him best for his hits of “Honey” and “Watching Scotty Grow.” He also wrote “With Pen in Hand,” which reached the top ten for Johnny Darrell in 1968. In addition to songwriting and a solo recording career, which came after playing guitar for Roy Orbison in the early 1960s, Bobby hosted The Bobby Goldsboro Show on TV, ran a successful music publishing company, wrote children’s books, and created the music for various TV shows, videos, and audio books. He developed a children’s TV series in which he wrote the scripts, arranged the music, played all the instruments, and did the character voices. He has received six Grammy nominations, 27 BMI Songwriter awards, and he’s a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. He is now a painter.

(more…)