Mr. Chuck Mead To Release New Album Before Ameripolitan Awards.

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Feb 162019
 

OK Folks now that I have my technical issues taken care of, It’s time to regroup and focus on next week. As you already know I am preparing to converge upon Memphis Tennessee next weekend to cover the Ameripolitan Awards.This year I am sponsoring this event, and I shall be live blogging from this event.

I’m SUPER excited because I am getting to cover some West Coast Rockabilly bands that don’t get to my area very often, and I get to reconnect with many wonderful friends that don’t always get to see. I have MANY interviews upcoming and MANY pre events I’ll be trying to attend including this one.

Plowboy Records is a label that I REALLY LOVE because of what they have done for Country Legend Mr. Jim Ed Brown before he passed away, and also the other fine albums they have made with the Blackfoot Gypsies, Kentucky Headhunters and MORE!

So please join me as I enjoy some new music from Mr. Chuck Mead, who remains a local hero in my area as he still maintains traditional Country Music in Nashville and all around the country. NOT ONLY was he a founding member of one of my personal favorite bands BR5-49, he is STILL a damn fine entertainer. The last time I saw him was during the Nashville Boogie.

I truly look forward to hearing what he and The Grassy Knoll Boys bring to the table this time around, and I hope to get to chat with him. You can really learn a LOT from listening to these guys talk to others and when they start telling stories LISTEN UP! Mr. Chuck Mead inspired a terrific idea on this website, and here is how it came to be.

Mr. Chuck posted a statement once on social media that I used as a critical mark on my own persona to improve myself. He said “If your’e going to write about Country Music in Nashville, at least KNOW your steel guitar”. That sparked an idea on me, and it resulted in my ongoing GREAT HIT SERIES “Steel Guitarists Along The Road” which featured SO MANY great pickers interviews so far…and STILL ROLLING!

I have scoured the local bar scene to find the most obscure and young players carrying the torch of the Steel Guitar, learning tones and techniques. Many of the who’s and where’s are answered within my series, keep on here for more of them in the future. So keep an eye out for my report on this event if I indeed get to attend.

I really enjoy the history of Memphis, and the legacy Mr. Sam Phillips has left behind. I adore Sun Records and love to learn everything I can about the label, and the lifestyle of the whole generation of people that contributed to it. The Rockabilly scene and the names, people and what they all did. My brain is already just absolutely BUZZING with wonder at what I’ll get to learn and read. I want EVERY BOOK and EVERY record I can find.

SEE YOU THERE!

Ameripolitan Awards LIVE BLOG!

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Feb 132018
 

Folks we JUST GOT started here tonight and they introduced tonight’s hosts Mr. Dale Watson and Miss Danielle Colby. They played a gorgeous version of America The Beautiful. They are explaining the program and what is to transpire here.

8:15PM Mr. James Hand is performing “In The Corner By The Table”.

8:18PM Miss Danielle is introducing Miss Nikki Lane and she is performing “Viva Las Vegas’.

8:25PM Miss Rosie Flores is here, Mr. Dale is telling us about her Cowpunk and Bakersfield influences.
Mr. Levi Dexter is here presenting the Honky Tonk Female and the winner is Miss Brennen Leigh.

8:27PM Miss Danielle is with Mr. Dale introducing Asleep At The Wheel, and they are playing “Get You Kicks On Route 66′.

8:34PM Mr. Dale And Mr. Ray are performing ” Feeling Haggard” off their duet album.

8:40PM Mr. Jake Penrod and Miss Nikki Lane just announced Luke Bell as Honky Tonk Male winner!

8:42PM Mr. Dale is loving on Tillford Sellers, who couldn’t make it tonight. He is watching from heaven.

8:43PM Motel Mirrors is performing right now.

8:48 The Reeves Brothers just won Honky Tonk Band of the year.

8:53PM Mr. Unknown Hinson is playing right now.

8:55PM We are announcing the Outlaw Female Winner being presented by Miss Bonnie Montgomerey and the
winner is…….Nikki Lane.

8:58PM Mr. Jesse Dayton and are presenting the Outlaw Male Award and the winner is Cody Jinks.

9:14PM Junior Brown is presenting the Pioneer Of The Sound winner Mr Lloyd Green.

9:22PM Mr. Lloyd Green is playing Jukebox Charlie and Just between You And Me. He played on the
studio albums of both songs and MANY MORE!

9:48PM We are back from intermission, with beer jokes.

9:50PM W.S. Fluke Holland and others are remembering Mr. Sam Phillips and Sun Records.

10:00 The Humna Jukebox Mr. Sleepy Labeef is playing songs now.

10:03 Mr. Jesse Dayton is up right now talking about a story on Crooke And Chase, and how he
got to record with Waylon and Cash. He is playing Big River.

10:16PM Mr. Jason D Williams is tearing the place apart with two drummers!
Mr. Joshua said as Mr. Dallas Moore would say this was a righteous rendering
He broke it. Absolutely AMAZING drum and full band number.

10:21PM The band is STILL JAMMING and tearing the roof off this place!

10:28PM Mr. James Intveld is here. Wonderful man with AWESOME Music.
We are learning about the Elvis Sun Records material.

10:36PM Mr. Dickey Lee is here, who is the last original Sun Records artist alive.
He wrote “She Thinks I Still Care” and others. He is playing right now, some of the
greatest music I have heard in a LONG TIME is here tonight.

10:44PM Mr. Big Sandy is here! I LOVE him in fact he was the first person I ran into when I
arrived in Memphis. Same hotel. He is playing a Carl Perkins song.

10:51PM Mr. Dale declared Memphis as “Ground Zero” for independent music, and before the Outlaw movement
Mr. Sam Phillips created true independence for local music.

10:55PM Mr. Ricky And Mr. Gunner Nelson are playing “milk Cow Blues”. Their father Ricky Nelson wrote the song
and Elvis had a hit with it.

11:00PM Mr. Robert Gordon has called up Sam Phillips family, to tell more stories and accept the 2018
Legend award winner Sam Phillips. His son accepted the award tonight. He is telling stories
about his father, who said the secret to Rock And Roll, is reaching deep down inside of you
and pull it out of your asshole.

11:07PM Mr. Chris Casello and Miss Brennan Leigh are now presenting The Ralph Mooney Award winner
and the winner is…..Chris Scruggs.

11:12PM Mr. Chris is THANKING so many REAL heroes of music. HE IS the real deal.

11:15PM As Mr. Dale is introducing all of the house band they are moving on to
award the venue of the year. There are SO MANY GREAT venues nationwide.
And the winner is….Sportmen’s Tavern.

11:20PM Mr. Jason Galaz is presenting Festival Of the Year Award with Miss Cheryl Desiree
and others. And the winner is……The New England Shake Up.

11:24PM Mr. James Riley is presenting Ameripolitan DJ of the year….and the winner is…
WB Walker!
11:28PM Mr Jim Heath AKA Reverend Horton Heat is now performing.

11:41PM Mr. James Intveld and Mr. Big Sandy are presenting the award for Western Swing Female.
And The Winner is…..Miss Sophia Johnson.

11:44PM Mr. Gunnar Nelson and Miss Katie from Asleep At The Wheel are now presenting the award for
Western Swing Male….And the winner is Mr. Billy Mata.

11:47PM Mr. Big Sandy and Miss Sandy Walker are presenting the Western Swing Group of the year
And the winner is…..The Carolyn Sills Combo.

11:57PM Miss Lara Hope and Mr. Sam Phillips Jr. are announcing the award Rockabilly Female
And the winner is…Miss Bailey Dee.

12:00PM miss Celine Lee and are presenting the Rockabilly Male award…and the winner is Mr. Al Dual.

12:00AM The Rockabilly Group of the year are The Go Getters.

12:10AM It is time for Mr. Dale to present the Master Award to Mr. Brian Setzer.