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Tag Archives: Gordy Brown
No Second Fiddle: Jean Shepard, 1933-2016
When I heard that Jean Shepard had died, the first thing I thought about was Pete the Cab Driver, as we knew him. Miss Shepard was Pete Schindler‘s favorite singer, and the last time I heard from him he called … Continue reading
Posted in Country History, Country News, Program Notes
Tagged 'A Dear John Letter', Bill Anderson, Buck Owens, Country Music Hall of Fame, Cowboy Copas, Dolly Parton, Ferlin Husky, Gordy Brown, Grand Ole Opry, Hank Thompson, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jean Shepard, Ken Nelson, Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Olivia Newton-John, Patsy Cline, Patsy Montana, Pete Schindler, Tammy Wynette, The Melody Ranch Girls, Wynn Stewart
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Hall of Fame Induction Show Sunday, January 31st
The long-named and long-lived (since 1979) Massachusetts Country Music Awards Association has fallen upon hard times, failing to mount its traditional splashy Awards Show and its holiday jamborees this fall. Although focused on South Shore bands and performers (where, after … Continue reading
Tex Plays “Christmas Time’s A-Coming”
As a follow-up to the two posts on Tex Logan, HERE and HERE, this from Gordy Brown— What better way to wish you a Merry Christmas. Tex performs his composition. He is an Inductee to our MCMAA [Massachusetts Country Music … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Follow-ups
Tagged "Christmas Time's A-Coming", Gordy Brown, Tex Logan
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The Complainer-in-Chief Strikes Again
Gordy Brown is an old friend of Hillbilly at Harvard, and has done enormous service to country music in the region as historian and keeper of memorabilia with his New England Country Music Historical Society (now defunct). But I’ve had … Continue reading
The Montreal Express
[UPDATE 15FEB15: Played “The Montreal Express” yesterday (particularly appropriate, as the temperature on the river in Saxonville was -3.5º F when I got up) and got a call after the show from Herbie Hooven, now in his 80s. He says … Continue reading
Posted in Hillbilly History, Radio Talk
Tagged Al Sears, Boston Gas, Courtney Crandall, Dave Stewart, Dick Curless, Everett Lilly, Gordy Brown, Herb Hooven
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