By Catherine Whitlock & Rhodri Evans The remarkable scientists profiled in 10 Women Who Changed Science and The World include both famous and obscure, some rewarded with the Nobel Prize and others ignored. The authors, Dr. Catherine Whitlock and Dr. Rhodri Evans, who both hold PhDs, bring us ten minibiographies as a small sampling of […]
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT – PIG ROBBINS “Pig Robbins probably played more sessions than anybody ever did,” Lloyd Green told me during our recent phone conversation. He gave me Pig’s number so I could check in with the famous pianist and keyboard session player. When I called Hargus “Pig” Robbins, 81, and asked how he was, […]
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LES LEVERETT “For my age and condition, I guess I’m doing pretty good,” Les Leverett told me when I called him last week at his home in Nashville. “God’s been awful good to me.” Les is ninety-two years old and leads a busy life. One of his favorite events takes place […]
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CONCERT REVIEW – WAHOO COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW Thanks to Sharon Kenaston and Tracy Pitcox for a Thursday evening filled with high-quality traditional country music. Sharon hosted the 22nd annual Wahoo Country Music Show in Wahoo, Nebraska, this past weekend. Tracy Pitcox brought several Heart of Texas recording artists for a dance at the Starlite Ballroom.
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By Randy Travis with Ken Abraham Randy Travis, singer, songwriter, and Country Music Hall of Fame member, worked for ten years to become an overnight success. The son of an abusive alcoholic father and “a saint” of a mother, Travis was a teenager headed to jail when Lib Hatcher took him under her wing in […]
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LLOYD GREEN I hadn’t heard anything about Lloyd Green in quite a while, so I called him Sunday evening to find out how he’s doing. He answered the phone on the second ring. “Life’s different for me these days,” he told me. “Dot passed away about three years ago. I’m still […]
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LISA SUTTON “I am kind of phasing out Lisa Sutton Music Services after fifteen years,” Lisa Sutton told me during our telephone conversation last week. Lisa is the daughter of the late singer Lynn Anderson and songwriter Glenn Sutton. Her grandparents were songwriters Liz Anderson and Casey Anderson. How’s that for […]
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LACY J. DALTON The most incredible project Lacy J. Dalton, 72, has ever done in her life came from the recent three-and-a-half years she spent with an arts program at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California. “It was a life-changing experience,” she told me during our telephone conversation last week. […]
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NEWS Mastering engineer John Eberle, 79, died April 12 at Dickson Health and Rehab in Dickson, Tennessee. For more than 30 years, he mastered recordings at Nashville Record Productions (NRP), before launching his own company, Americana Mastering. His credits appear on nearly 450 recordings. “Mastering is the final process in audio recording, after the music […]
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NEWS Jim Glaser (1937-2019) Jim Glaser, the originator of the Marty Robbins harmony sound, died April 6 at his Nashville home at age 81. While on tour near Spalding, Nebraska, in 1957, Marty hired the Glaser Brothers (Tom, Chuck, and Jim) after their father brought them to his dressing room. The trio toured and recorded […]
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10 Women Who Changed Science and the World
By Catherine Whitlock & Rhodri Evans The remarkable scientists profiled in 10 Women Who Changed Science and The World include both famous and obscure, some rewarded with the Nobel Prize and others ignored. The authors, Dr. Catherine Whitlock and Dr. Rhodri Evans, who both hold PhDs, bring us ten minibiographies as a small sampling of […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 24 July 2019
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – PIG ROBBINS “Pig Robbins probably played more sessions than anybody ever did,” Lloyd Green told me during our recent phone conversation. He gave me Pig’s number so I could check in with the famous pianist and keyboard session player. When I called Hargus “Pig” Robbins, 81, and asked how he was, […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 10 July 2019
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LES LEVERETT “For my age and condition, I guess I’m doing pretty good,” Les Leverett told me when I called him last week at his home in Nashville. “God’s been awful good to me.” Les is ninety-two years old and leads a busy life. One of his favorite events takes place […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 26 June 2019
CONCERT REVIEW – WAHOO COUNTRY MUSIC SHOW Thanks to Sharon Kenaston and Tracy Pitcox for a Thursday evening filled with high-quality traditional country music. Sharon hosted the 22nd annual Wahoo Country Music Show in Wahoo, Nebraska, this past weekend. Tracy Pitcox brought several Heart of Texas recording artists for a dance at the Starlite Ballroom.
Forever And Ever, Amen: A Memoir Of Music, Faith, And Braving The Storms Of Life
By Randy Travis with Ken Abraham Randy Travis, singer, songwriter, and Country Music Hall of Fame member, worked for ten years to become an overnight success. The son of an abusive alcoholic father and “a saint” of a mother, Travis was a teenager headed to jail when Lib Hatcher took him under her wing in […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 12 June 2019
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LLOYD GREEN I hadn’t heard anything about Lloyd Green in quite a while, so I called him Sunday evening to find out how he’s doing. He answered the phone on the second ring. “Life’s different for me these days,” he told me. “Dot passed away about three years ago. I’m still […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 29 May 2019
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LISA SUTTON “I am kind of phasing out Lisa Sutton Music Services after fifteen years,” Lisa Sutton told me during our telephone conversation last week. Lisa is the daughter of the late singer Lynn Anderson and songwriter Glenn Sutton. Her grandparents were songwriters Liz Anderson and Casey Anderson. How’s that for […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 15 May 2019
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – LACY J. DALTON The most incredible project Lacy J. Dalton, 72, has ever done in her life came from the recent three-and-a-half years she spent with an arts program at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California. “It was a life-changing experience,” she told me during our telephone conversation last week. […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 1 May 2019
NEWS Mastering engineer John Eberle, 79, died April 12 at Dickson Health and Rehab in Dickson, Tennessee. For more than 30 years, he mastered recordings at Nashville Record Productions (NRP), before launching his own company, Americana Mastering. His credits appear on nearly 450 recordings. “Mastering is the final process in audio recording, after the music […]
Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 17 April 2019
NEWS Jim Glaser (1937-2019) Jim Glaser, the originator of the Marty Robbins harmony sound, died April 6 at his Nashville home at age 81. While on tour near Spalding, Nebraska, in 1957, Marty hired the Glaser Brothers (Tom, Chuck, and Jim) after their father brought them to his dressing room. The trio toured and recorded […]