Wilson was one of my favorites when I was a young 'un. Giving away my age here.

Soul star Wilson Pickett, best known for "Mustang Sally" and "In The Midnight Hour," died Thursday

Tonight on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) at 9:30-11:00pm they will be showing the Cream Reunion Concert they did in 2005 at London's Royal Albert Hall. In the USA that would be WGBY. They keep rerunning it so it's possible to catch it on various nights. The show is on Great Performances. It will also be shown on different nights on WGBY, WEDH and WORLD. Of course PBS keeps asking for donations but it's worth it. I saw it a couple weeks ago. Enjoy

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COUNTRY MUSIC KNOWLEDGE

What is the name of Doug Moreland's singing dog

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

1912 Dale Evans born in Uvalde, Texas

1927 Session background singer Anita Kerr born in Memphis, Tenn.

1964 Darryl Worley born in Savannah, Tenn.

1970 Loretta Lynn's No. 1 single "Coal Miner's Daughter" charted

1998 Shania Twain's "Honey I'm Home" became her seventh No. 1 country single

1996 CMT was launched in Canada (co-venture of Viacom and Shaw Communications)

1990 Carl Belew, age 59, died in Salina, Okla.

2002 Brooks & Dunn's debut album Brand New Man certified 6x platinum

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Linda Hargrove Back With First Album Since 1987

Hit songwriter Linda Hargrove charmed a small crowd of music industry figures at Nashville's BMI headquarters Tuesday (Oct. 25) with songs and stories from her new album, One Woman's Life. Although Hargrove had relatively little chart impact as an artist in the '70s and '80s, several of the songs she wrote or co-wrote became standards, including "Just Get Up and Close the Door" (for Johnny Rodriguez), "I've Never Loved Anyone More" (Lynn Anderson) and "Let It Shine" (Olivia Newton-John). At the album release party, Hargrove reminisced about working with legendary steel guitarist Pete Drake, who introduced her to one of her co- writers, former Monkees guitarist Michael Nesmith. Hargrove also performed four original songs, including "Tennessee Whiskey," George Jones' 1983 hit that has logged more than 1 million radio airplays. One Woman's Life is Hargrove's first album since 1987.

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Brooks to Perform During CMA's Tribute to LeDoux

Garth Brooks will perform a tribute to his late friend when Chris LeDoux is honored with the CMA Chairman's Award of Merit during the upcoming CMA Awards show in New York. In announcing the award, CMA board chairman Kix Brooks noted, "Chris embodies everything that's great about country music. He lived with passion, integrity and a commitment to big dreams. It's how he rodeoed, and it was how he made his music. Chris wasn't larger than life, he was life." LeDoux is the first recipient of the award. Brooks will perform his current single, "Good Ride Cowboy," with LeDoux's band, Western Underground. LeDoux, a former world champion bronc rider, died in March of cancer. The CMA Awards will be held Nov. 15 in New York at Madison Square Garden.

Reunited Cream ready to rock the U.S.

NEW YORK - The rock supergroup Cream is excited to be reuniting again -- this time to play three shows in New York City. "We're kind of in the same place at the same time," says Eric Clapton, who formed the group in 1966 with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Cream released four albums before breaking up in 1968. "We were feeling like it would be good to do something worthwhile, not just leave that as a memory," Clapton adds. "When everyone was still available to do it, why not?" Before this year, Cream's only public performance since breaking up was at its 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The trio reunited for shows in May in England, which yielded the CD and DVD set "Royal Albert Hall London May 2-3-5-6 2005." Cream will play Oct. 24-26 at Madison Square Garden. No other shows have been announced.

TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY


1897 Singer-songwriter Dorsey Murdock Dixon (Dixon Brothers) born in Darlington, S.C.

1926 Saxophonist Bill Justis ("Raunchy") born in Birmingham, Ala.

1927 Yodeler Kenny Roberts born in Lenoir City, Tenn.

1938 Singer-songwriter Melba Montgomery born in Iron City, Tenn.

1974 Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks) born in Lubbock, Texas

1957 Bobby Helms' No. 1 single, "My Special Angel," charted

1985 Ricky Skaggs wins CMA Entertainer of the Year Award

1985 George Strait wins CMA Male Vocalist of the Year

1985 "God Bless The U.S.A." - written by Lee Greenwood - wins
CMA Song of the Year

1985 The Judds win CMA Single of the Year for "Why Not Me"

1985 George Strait wins CMA Album of the Year for "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind"

1985 Reba McEntire wins second straight of four CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Awards

1985 Chet Atkins wins eighth of nine and fifth consecutive CMA Instrumentalist of the Year Award

1985 Sawyer Brown wins CMA Horizon Award

1985 Flatt & Scruggs inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

1985 The Judds win first of three straight CMA Vocal Duo of the Year Awards

1985 Anne Murray & Dave Loggins win CMA Vocal Duo of the Year (for "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do")

1985 Hank Williams Jr. wins CMA Video of the Year for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"

1983 Singer-songwriter Sarah Ogan Gunning died

2000 Zeke Manners, of the original Beverly Hill Billies string band, died of heart failure at age 89.

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Patsy Cline Joins RIAA Diamond Club

With her Greatest Hits album just certified for shipments 10 million copies, the late Patsy Cline has been added to a short list of artists earning an RIAA Diamond Award.

Others previously surpassing the 10-million level include Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, the Dixie Chicks, the Eagles and Kid Rock.

Cline died in a plane crash in 1963 at age
30. Her Greatest Hits compilation was released in 1973.

Other gold and platinum certifications officially announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) include triple-platinum status for Keith Urban's Golden Road for shipments of 3 million and a platinum award for Gary Allan's Alright Guy for ship- ments of 1 million. Gold awards for shipments of 500,000 copies each went to Dierks Bentley's Modern Day Drifter, Jo Dee Messina's Delicious Surprise and LeAnn Rimes' This Woman.

Eric Clapton writes life story

NEW YORK - Rock legend Eric Clapton is writing an auto- biography for Doubleday that will also be released by Random House in audio format. Clapton, 60, will be writing and collaborating with his close friend Christopher Simon Sykes, RollingStone.com reported Thursday. The book is due out in 2007. Clapton will do a North American concert tour around the time the book comes out and the release will also coin- cide with a complete retrospective box set of his recordings. Clapton was preparing this week for a Cream reunion in New York. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member will join bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker at New York's Madison Square Garden Oct. 22-26.

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Nickelback Take the Chart

Nickelback hit Number One this week, selling 325,000 copies of their fifth effort, All the Right Reasons, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This is a career high for the Canadian rockers, who came closest to the top spot in 2001, when Silver Side Up bowed at Number Two. In a distant second is veteran Chicago rapper Twista, whose latest The Day After moved 129,000 units for his own career watershed.

Nashville artist Sara Evans has made her crossover with her sixth album, Real Fine Place: While 2003's Restless came in at Number Twenty on the pop chart, her latest bowed at Number Three (126,000). And country bad girl Gretchen Wilson's sophomore album, All Jacked Up, last week's Number One, dropped three spots to Number Four (120,000). Sheryl Crow's fifth studio album, Wildflower, also fell three spots, to Number Five (106,000). Down one place is hip-hop superstar Kanye West's sophomore effort, Late Registration, which has finally dropped out of the Top Five in its sixth week (Number Six, 94,000).

Other big debuts this week come from Fiona Apple, whose much-delayed third album, Extraordinary Machine, sold 94,000 CDs for the crooner's highest chart debut yet, at Number Seven. (1999's When the Pawn . . . peaked at Number Thirteen.) And Glasgow dance rockers Franz Ferdinand took their sophomore effort, You Could Have It So Much Better, to Number Eight (81,000).

Meanwhile, chart mainstay Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business climbed a spot to Number Nine (80,000). And country crossover queen Faith Hill's seventh album, Fireflies, made a surprise return to the Top Ten (Ten, 79,000) on the strength of "Mississippi Girl," a song written for her by Big and Rich that has been topping the country chart for weeks now.

Other debuts in the Top Twenty include Miami rapper Trina's third album, Glamorest Life, which opened at Number Eleven (77,000). And rocker Melissa Etheridge's Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled moved 66,000 CDs to come in at Number Fourteen.

Slipping this week were Dirty South rap posse Three 6 Mafia, whose The Most Known Unknown fell thirteen spots from their Number Three debut to Sixteen (62,000). And dancehall artist Sean Paul's third effort, The Trinity, dropped ten places to Seventeen (61,000). But unhappiest of all is incarcerated rapper Lil' Kim: the pint-sized hip-hop diva's fourth album, The Naked Truth, plunged from Number Six to Twenty-Five (44,000) in just its second week on the chart. So much for a comeback.

Next week, expect Alicia Keys' Unplugged album, featuring special guests from Common to Maroon 5's Adam Levine -- as well as two new songs -- to battle Nickelback.

This week's Top Ten:

Nickelback's All the Right Reasons

Twista's The Day After

Sara Evans' Real Fine Place

Gretchen Wilson's All Jacked Up

Sheryl Crow's Wildflower

Kanye West's Late Registration

Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine

Franz Ferdinand's You Could Have It So Much Better

Black Eyed Peas' Monkey Business

Faith Hill's Fireflies

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What song does this line come from, 'I'm looking for something in blue'

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

1935 Songwriter Kendall Hayes (Leroy Van Dyke's "Walk on By") born in Perryville, Kentucky

1966 Tim Rushlow of Little Texas born in Midwest City, Oklahoma

1979 Moe Bandy's first #1 single, "I Cheated Me Right Out of You," charted

1990 Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" became his third #1 hit

1996 Ted Daffan, age 84, died

1990 Garth Brooks joined the Grand Ole Opry

1990 Alan Jackson debuted on the Grand Ole Opry

1955 Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded "Standing At The End Of My World"

1955 Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded "If It Ain't On The Menu"

1958 Ernest Tubb recorded "All Those Yesterdays"

1958 Ernest Tubb recorded "When The World Has Turned You Down"

1996 Tim McGraw wed Faith Hill



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Miranda Lambert to Open Strait's 2006 Tour

Miranda Lambert has been added as an opening act for George Strait's tour in 2006. She joins Tracy Lawrence on the 25- city itinerary. "I'm so honored that George would take a chance on a new artist like me," said Lambert, who most recently opened shows on Keith Urban's tour. She added, "I've admired him my whole life and, as a singer-songwriter from Texas, it is like winning the lottery." A complete list of Strait's tour dates will be announced soon.



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Chesney Tapped for ASCAP Voice of Music Award

Kenny Chesney will join a select group of artists and song- writers when he's presented the ASCAP Voice of Music Award during the performing rights organization's 43rd annual country music awards gala in Nashville. The Voice of Music honor is given to those "whose music gives people's lives a voice through song. Garth Brooks, George Strait, Diane Warren and Amy Grant are the only songwriters to have ever received the award. "Kenny is the unique artist who has the ability to captivate millions with songs that are honest, heartfelt and entertaining," said ASCAP president and chairman of the board Marilyn Bergman. "He is a super- star, yes, but he is a songwriter first."

The ASCAP country
awards ceremony takes place Oct. 17 at the Ryman Auditorium.

How 'bout "THE MAN", Hank Williams SR

I have all of Hank Williams Sr. music in CD boxed sets. One boxed set I have has 10 cd's in it. I really like him a lot.

baddessi: Well Country is not my favorite either but I figure if there is even one country fan reading this, I might have told them something they didn't know. Two more shows they can watch, Fox and Friends Thursday morning and Jay Leno Oct. 11. I like mostly all music and I may give it a watch. My mom used to love the country music being from Nantahala, NC so I was really raised on the stuff. lol.

Clint Black Schedules TV Appearance for New Album


Clint Black will appear on a number of TV shows to promote his new album, Drinkin' Songs & Other Logic, to be released Tuesday (Oct. 4). He'll sing on ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday morning and appear on CNN's Showbiz Tonight that night. On Wednesday morning (Oct. 5), he'll visit Regis and Kelly, followed by Fox and Friends on Thursday morning (Oct. 6). He will also perform on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Oct. 11.

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Rare Beatles lyrics unsold at auction

LONDON - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping" valued at 200,000 pounds ($353,396) failed to sell at a London auction Wednesday. The first draft of the song was written on the back of a telephone bill, the BBC reported. A spokeswoman for Christie's, which conducted the auction, said she was "surprised and disappointed" the lyrics failed to sell. An unheard inter- view with Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, during their "Bed- in for Peace" protest in 1969 went for 18,000 pounds ($31,800), the BBC said. Other items up for bid included George Harrison's banjo, Freddie Mercury's catsuit and an acoustic guitar given to Noel Gallagher by Sony Records in 1995 to mark the success of Oasis' second album.

baddessi: Who are the Astros Wasn't that The Jetsons dog lol

Nirvana: When the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, "We Are The Champions" was my favorite song. Let's hope I can sing that song this year. I'm prayin'!!!