Posts Tagged ‘Alabama’

Alabama “Born Country” Single Of The Day

Greetings from Asheville, where good music is always on the turntable.  Today’s Single Of The Day is a 1993 near-number one for the legendary Alabama.

Amazing career for Randy Owens and company, after taking the Country music world by storm in 1980.  They were fixtures on the Country 40 for the next twenty years, scoring no less than sixty-six Country 40 appearances, with fifty-two appearances in the top ten, and thirty-two at number one.  It’s easy to see why they are already in the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

Today’s single, released through RCA, was their fortieth Country 40 appearance.  ”Born Country” made it’s debut in January, 1992, and would make it as high as two on the charts.  It’s standard Alabama music, a strong Country feel, with a tinge of Rock mixed in, though not as apparent, here.  A strong composition and the typically great vocal presence.

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Single Of The Day-Alabama “Song Of The South”

Greetings from Asheville, where good music is always found on the turntable, in the CD, or in the MP3 player. Today’s Single Of The Day gave Alabama their twenty-fourth number one hit. Since their initial arrival into the top 10 in 1980, number one was a place that Alabama visited often. In fact, beginning with their 1^st chart topper, “Tennessee River”, in the late Summer of 1980, every single would peak at that position until 1987′s “Tar Top” failed to hit number one, a total of twenty-one straight. Worth noting that their next six singles would also peak at number one, including today’s Single of The Day.

“Song Of The South” wasn’t a new song, in fact, it had been released, previously, as a single in 1982 by Tom T. Hall & Earl Scruggs. Yet, it was a song unknown to most until Alabama’s version hit the charts in December, 1988. The single would climb to number one, spending one week on top in February, 1989.

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Ultimate Twang Show Recap

Greetings from Asheville, where good music is always found on the turntable, in the CD player, or in the MP3 player.  Did you catch this week’s show on Asheville Free Media?  If not, some great music was spun during our three hours, together.  Fear not, though, as this week’s show will be rebroadcast on Sunday morning at 8 EST, and Wednesday morning at 10 EST.  Simply go to the Asheville Free Media site and click on listen.  You can also go the the Ultimate Twang page at the Asheville Free Media site, and listen anytime.

What came up on this week’s show?

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The Ultimate Twang Experience

Greetings from Asheville, where good music is found on the turntable, in the CD player, the MP3 player, and on Thursday afternoons, Asheville Free Media, where the World Famous Ultimate Twang show can be heard, beginning at 4p EST.

Odd thoughts while wondering whatever happened to Country music.

I don’t listen to very much of the new Country music, these days. As a listener, I simply find it bland, boring, and not really country. And, as I’ve learned, I’m not the only one who shares these views. While that’s a subject that could have several posts written on it, there’s one particular angle that I’ve noticed and while surfing around, the other night, I ran across an article from Peter Cooper that was published in the newspaper, The Tennessean, last July, that rants about the same thing; the seemingly large number of recent songs (by recent, I mean past couple of years), where the artist, usually with a less-than-country arrangement, is telling us how country he is.  I’m sorry, if you have to tell me  you are, you aren’t.  That’s my take.

Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells; none of them had to tell us that they were country, we knew.  Even the slick sounding singers like Eddy Arnold, Kenny Rogers, and Patsy Cline didn’t have to tell us; we could tell, even under the layers of strings.

This week, on the show, many reasons you shall want to join me, such as music from George Jones, Alabama, Loretta Lynn, Elvis, Tanya Tucker, and Johnny Cash, just for starters.  You’ll also get the chance to remember this week in 1983, 1962, and 1976.

If you haven’t joined us, previously, I urge you to do so, because it’s simply three hours of fun.  Great music from the past, a few chuckles (most unplanned), some vintage commercials and TV themes round out the show.

And it’s family friendly, so if the kids are around….great! They can experience what good music really is.

Once again, join me for the Ultimate Twang Show, this Thursday at 4pm EST, on Asheville Free Media.  You can  hear it no matter where in the world you are.

Click, here, to go to the Asheville Free Media site, where you can hear Ultimate Twang.

Click, here, to go to the above-mentioned article in The Tennessean.
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O What A Show It Was…

…this past week, as another opportunity to experience Ultimate Twang arrived.  It was a great mix of classic Country & Christmas tunes from Country music’s day’s past.  If you missed the show, you can still catch it.  It will re-air on Sunday morning, December 18, at 8am EST, and again on Wednesday morning, December 21, at 10am EST.  Simply go to http://ashevillefm.org, under shows, click on Ultimate Twang, then click on listen, under stream link.  I’ve also included a link, below.

So, what popped  up on this past week’s show?  Let’s take a look…

To hear the replay of the show on Sunday morning at 8 EST or Wednesday morning at 10 EST, just click here; Asheville Free Media.

To hear the archived version, anytime, just click here; Asheville Free Media/Ultimate Twang.
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