So instead of wisdom, experience (yes, that comes with getting older), knowlege and education, I take it you prefer the Hollyweird image of what a president should look like.
Posted on 08/23/2007 8:31:16 PM PDT by Josh Painter
Fred Thompson dipped into the Tennessee fund-raising well again Wednesday for his almost presidential bid, attending a $1,000 per couple west Nashville event that was also graced by top country music stars.
The event was held at the home of Gary and Lou Ann Brown. Gary Brown, an attorney with Baker Donelson in Nashville, used to work for Thompson, serving as special counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs in 2002 when Thompson was the ranking member.
The event was attended by his mother and oldest son, Tony, Republican activists, state legislators and former Gov. Winfield Dunn.
Country music stars John Rich of the duo Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy also attended the event. Rich played for the gathering.
In brief remarks to a pair of reporters waiting near the house, the former Tennessee senator said it was “great to be back home.”
“I’m just delighted to be here and so happy that so many people have turned out to give me a good homecoming,” Thompson said.
On the prospects of an upcoming entry into the presidential race, Thompson said he would tell his supporters that he would have a “statement on that in the not too distant future.”
“So keep your powder dry,” Thompson said, repeating an oft-made statement the 65-year-old says to supporters breathless to call him an official presidential candidate.
Cars clogged Hickory Valley Road in both directions as they waited their turn for the valet service. Meanwhile, the valets were scrambling to find places to park all of the vehicles. After the street-side spots filled, Brown’s front yard was used...
(Excerpt) Read more at nashvillecitypaper.com ...
BTW, honest mistake, I can’t tell the damn difference in all these crime shows anyways...
THanks... senior moment. LOL
Fred bump!
Thanks for the informative photo(s). The guy (Cowboy Troy) is black? That alone makes me curious to hear how he sound. Who was the black C&W singer years ago? His name escapes me. Ya gotta understand, I was raised within 5 miles of NYC. You could take what I know about C&W, put it in a thimble, and it would still rattle around like a bb in a boxcar. I have simply never seen the appeal of it. Except e crossover performers like Jerry Jeff Walker. I was listening to him years and years before he hooked up with Willy and the boys. I will have to see where I can find snippets of all of these performers stuff on the net to listen to. Sure am not going to buy it just to find out I think they suck. There is really only one AM station you can get in this town (Kingman AZ) during the daylight hours and it is a talk radio station. Thanks again
I understand, I am starting to see little bits of those myself...
So instead of wisdom, experience (yes, that comes with getting older), knowlege and education, I take it you prefer the Hollyweird image of what a president should look like.
Charlie Pride
Andrew Jackson "Old Hickory"...Nashville Tenn.
“Charlie Pride”
That’s him. Thanks. Ever hear this one? Old Steve Goodman song I believe. He wrote the song City of New Orleans also.
You don’t have to call me.....Waylon Jennings
And you don’t have to call me....Charlie Pride
You don’t have to call me Merle Haggard.... anymore
Even though you’re always on my fightin’ side
LOL!
:)
“Kiss an Angel Goodmorning”
You must not be a country music fan. They are all superstars in the country music field. They ARE stars and very well known.
I think you are thinking of Charley Pride. These guys are really good. I really like Cowboy Troy. He is a comedian, too. Funny as heck!
That is an American drinking song, or at least a Texas drinking song. If you go into a bar in Texas, at some point that song will be played and the whole bar will break into song.
Bogtrotter52 wrote: “I swear, I have never heard of any of them.”
The first album by Big & Rich (Big Kenny and John Rich), “Horse of a Different Color” (2004), reached number one in both the Billboard national chart as well as the Billboard country music chart. The most successful song from the album was the second single, the Top 15 single “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)”. This song reached #11 on country radio, and received wider exposure when ESPN featured the song in commercials for its coverage of the 2005 World Series of Poker. Big & Rich also showcased this song in a country-rap music blowout to conclude a CMT awards show.
In 2004, Big & Rich shared a nationwide sell-out stadium tour with Martina McBride and Tim McGraw. Later that year, the duo embarked on the American Revolution Tour which they coheadlined with Gretchen Wilson and other members of their renegade group known as the MuzikMafia. A live version of the band covering Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” has also surfaced on the Internet.
Their second album, Comin’ To Your City, was released on November 15, 2005. The single “Comin’ To Your City” has grown to be their signature song; so much so that ESPN has utilized an altered version of it as the opening theme for their popular Saturday program College GameDay.
During a benefit concert held on October 9, 2006 in Atlanta, GA to raise money for the construction of the 173d Airborne Memorial, Big & Rich were awarded the status of Honorary Members of the 503d Regiment of the 173d Airborne Brigade. The concert was the subject of a documentary on Great American Country in November 2006.
In early 2007, the duo released a single called “Lost in this Moment”, which is the lead-off single to their third album, Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace. “Lost in This Moment” has become Big & Rich’s first number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Big and Rich also contributed to the “Instant Karma: Save Darfur” tribute cd with a cover of “Nobody Told Me,” by John Lennon.
Gretchen Frances Wilson (born June 26, 1973)is an American country music singer and guitarist. Her debut album, “Here for the Party,” topped the US country charts in 2004 and reached #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her two subsequent albums, “All Jacked Up” and “One of the Boys,” have also reached the top of the US country charts.
Gretchen’s awards include 2005 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, 2004 CMA Horizon Award and a 2004 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Gretchen’s “I Don’t Feel Like Loving You Today” was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and Best Country Song. In 2006, Wilson contributed a well-received cover of Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down” on the tribute CD “The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson.” In 2007, Wilson displayed her rock and roll vocals on the cable TV special VH1 Rock Honors, singing Heart’s hit Barracuda, along with Alice in Chains and Heart member Nancy Wilson on guitar.
Cowboy Troy (born Troy Coleman on December 18, 1970 in Victoria, Texas) is an African-American country rap singer-songwriter. He call his music “hick-hop.” (LOL!)
On May 17, 2005, Cowboy Troy released his first major-label solo album, Loco Motive, through the RAYBAW records production label and the Warner Music Group distribution label. The album debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The first single, “I Play Chicken with the Train,” peaked at #48 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart on April 9, 2005 and was the #1 country download at the iTunes Music Store on April 15, 2005.
The MuzikMafia is an informal collection of singers, songwriters and musicians. It was founded in October of 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee at the Pub of Luv. The founders; Big Kenny, John Rich, Jon Nicholson and Cory Gierman (who handles the business end of things) would meet for informal jam sessions every Tuesday night. These four have come to be known as the Godfathers of the MuzikMafia. The word Mafia in the name comes from Musically Artistic Friends In Alliance. Slowly the group expanded to include an ever-growing circle of friends and members from every genre and even other types of art. The members play a blend of many types of music, Country & Western, Rock and Roll, R&B, Bluegrass and Rap.
The main mission of the Muzik Mafia is to share the love of music with all people and to break down the walls of musical genres and letting people who are passionate about making music do so without those walls. Their philosophy of ‘music without prejudice’ allows for the mixing of different genres for everyone’s pleasure. Gradually, the Muzik Mafia grew and through those sessions Big Kenny and John Rich landed a record deal with Warner Nashville as the duo Big & Rich. Other members have landed contracts since then, including Jon Nicholson, Gretchen Wilson, James Otto, Cowboy Troy.
CMT has run a television series, MuzikMafia TV, which followed the Muzik Mafia on their first stadium tour, the American Revolution Tour. The series documented what happened backstage and between shows. It ran for 6 episodes. It is not known if it will return.
The MuzikMafia has been heavily criticized by many, who consider that their kind of “country music” is destroying the genre completely. Generally, the critics come from Neotraditional Country sectors, as well as from country music’s purists and elders.
If you like crime shows, don't miss the new "Damages" on FX.
They're running a marathon starting at 3 on Labor Day, so folks can catch the first 5 episodes. The acting, filming, script, plot, and sound track are movie quality ~ it's EXCELLENT.
Written by Steve Goodman and performed by David Allen Coe.
YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME
(Steve Goodman)
David Allan Coe - 1975
WELL, IT WAS ALL THAT I COULD DO TO KEEP FROM CRYIN’
SOMETIMES IT SEEMED SO USELESS TO REMAIN
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN’, DARLIN’
YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME BY MY NAME
YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME WAYLON JENNINGS
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME CHARLIE PRIDE
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME MERLE HAGGARD ANYMORE
EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE ON MY FIGHTIN’ SIDE
AND I’LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDIN’ IN THE RAIN
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN’, DARLIN’
YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME
WELL, I’VE HEARD MY NAME A FEW TIMES IN YOUR PHONE BOOK (Hello, Hello)
AND I’VE SEEN IT ON SIGNS WHERE I’VE PLAYED
BUT THE ONLY TIME I KNOW I’LL HEAR “DAVID ALLAN COE”
IS WHEN JESUS HAS HIS FINAL JUDGMENT DAY
SO I’LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDIN’ IN THE RAIN
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN’, DARLIN’
YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME
SPOKEN:
WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED STEVE GOODMAN WROTE THAT SONG AND
HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG. I WROTE
HIM BACK A LETTER AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT THE PERFECT COUNTRY
& WESTERN SONG BECAUSE HE HADN’T SAID ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MAMA,
OR TRAINS, OR TRUCKS, OR PRISON, OR GETTIN’ DRUNK. WELL HE SAT
DOWN AND WROTE ANOTHER VERSE TO THE SONG AND HE SENT IT TO ME,
AND AFTER READING IT, I REALIZED THAT MY FRIEND HAD WRITTEN THE
PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG. AND I FELT OBLIGED TO INCLUDE IT
ON THIS ALBUM. THE LAST VERSE GOES LIKE THIS HERE:
WELL, I WAS DRUNK THE DAY MY MOM GOT OUT OF PRISON
AND I WENT TO PICK HER UP IN THE RAIN
BUT BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE STATION IN MY PICKUP TRUCK
SHE GOT RUNNED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD TRAIN
AND I’LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDIN’ IN THE RAIN
NO, A’ YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN’, DARLIN’
YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME
WELL I WONDER WHY YOU DON’T CALL ME
WHY DON’T YOU EVER CALL ME BY MY NAME
I call him the next President of America Thompson here in Greece...he is liked by most except the communist Party types and the eurotrah socialists.
John Rich used to be with Lonestar, IIRC.....gosh, the memory....
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