![]() ![]() Songs recorded by George Jones, Tubb, Hank Jr., Porter, Faron, Tammy, Connie, Eddy Arnold, Roy Rogers, Hank Thompson, etc. Member of RCA pop group Country Gentlemen, later dubbed The Escorts. Wrote hit songs, sang backup for many stars. Headed Capitol Records’ Nashville office. Ran MCA Publishing (now Universal) for 25 years. Gospel productions nominated for Dove Awards. Produced hits for Tanya, Greenwood, Tracy Byrd, more. Record producer, songwriter, label executive, vocalist, music publisher. Father-in-law of ASCAP’s Even Mustoe Johnston. Father of Cadillac Three frontman Jaren Johnston. with 10 singles in the 1980s, including top-20 hits “The Killin’ Kind” (1982) and “Outside Lookin’ In” (1983). COVID pandemic victim.ĭrummer for the country group Bandana, who charted on Warner Bros. Brother of Big Daddy Weave frontman Mike Weaver. 1, won Song of the Year at first annual K-LOVE Fan Awards and earned Dove and Billboard award nominations. 1 singles, including “I Know,” “Alive,” “Love Come To Life,” “The Only Name (Yours Will Be),” “Overwhelmed,” “My Story.” Platinum-certified “Redeemed” spent 11 weeks at No. We remember you all in our hearts.īassist of hit Curb Records Christian rock group Big Daddy Weave. So were Musicians Hall of Fame member Ray Edenton and that organization’s founder Joe Chambers, TV moguls Jim Owens and Jane Dowden, conductor Bill Walker, Country Radio Hall of Fame member Charlie Monk, studio arranger/vocalist Anita Kerr and music journalist/singer-songwriter Peter Cooper. Allison, Bluegrass Music Hall of Famer Roland White and Fisk Jubilee Singers leader Dr. Jazz great Beegie Adair, soul-gospel mainstay Deborah McCrary, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member J.I. Record producers Jerry Crutchfield, Bill VornDick and Blake Mevis also left us. The Nashville songwriting community was hit particularly hard, pained by the passing of Chick Rains, Kerry Chater, Bruce Burch, Hal Bynum, Jimbeau Hinson, Mike Dekle, Charles Quillen and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Dallas Frazier. McCall, Ronnie Hawkins and Patrick Haggerty also passed this year. Notable recording artists Mickey Gilley, Jody Miller, Jim Seals, Olivia Newton-John, Warner Mack, Tom Bresh, Jeff Carson, C.W. The Country Music Hall of Fame dimmed its lights for Loretta Lynn, Jeff Cook, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ralph Emery, Pig Robbins and Naomi Judd. Information and tickets: Īdditional concerts: Rock of the '70s & Craft Brew Festival with fireworks (Saturday), Gabriel Iglesias (Monday), Rascal Flatts (Tuesday), Crowder with Big Daddy Weave (Wednesday) and Brantley Gilbert with Luke Combs and closing fireworks (Saturday).As we close out the year, we pause to recall the members of our music community we lost in 2022. ![]() Follow him on Facebook ( Twitter ( and Instagram ( IF YOU GO Just stop and take a second to smell the roses every day.Ĭontact Ryan Cormier of The News Journal at or (302) 324-2863. It was about how much fun are we going to have tonight. Being in the middle of the party, I never really looked at the success. Q: Finally, I was curious if there was any industry or life advice that 51-year-old Darius Rucker would give a 28-year-old you as "Cracked Rear View" was taking off?Ī: I would tell myself to wake up, pay attention and enjoy it. Touring is the way you make a living in this business these days, but I like being on the road, so it's OK. Now, the only reason you make a record is to tour. ![]() You went on tour so people would go out and buy your record. What are some of the biggest industry changes you've seen from the inside over these past 20 years or so?Ī: When we were playing in the '90s, the only reason you toured was as an advertisement for the record. Q: You are unique in having pop success in the '90s several years before Napster helped upend the industry and then finding more success years later in country. We expected success, but we weren't expecting it to do what it did. The next thing you know, "Letterman" happens and everything blows up. We just made the record and started touring again. We had been playing clubs on the East Coast and were making a pretty good living doing that. What were your expectations when it came out 23 years ago?Ī: I don't really know what our expectations were. 1 albums in the months before your release. Q: It's the summer of 1994 and "Cracked Rear View" is about to come out just as grunge is king in the rock world with Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots all having No. Q: What's it like when you drop in for a night with them at a charity gig? It must be like parachuting into your past.Ī: It does have a little different vibe just because we are such a band through and through. ![]()
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