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August 29, 2010
Leadership Music honored Kris, Willie, and Fred Foster with the Dale Franklin Award (last year given to Allen Reynolds and Garth Brooks). The event featured tribute songs from Rodney Crowell, Charlie McCoy, Billy Swan, Dolly Parton, Shawn Camp, Lyle Lovett, Lee Ann Womack, Jamey Johnson, Lorrie Morgan and Randy Travis. Also mentioned was the stellar back-up band: "They were simply superb – Steve Hinson (steel), Bobby Wood (keys), Kenny Malone (drums), Dennis Crouch (upright bass) and Guthrie Trapp (lead guitar), plus Camp (acoustic guitar) and McCoy (harmonica)." - Robert K. Oermann, MUSIC ROW MAGAZINE
August 27-28, 2010
A two day mini-fest celebrating the life and music of Jack's old buddy and one-time brother-in-law. Clement produced DREAMING MY DREAMS in 1975, and many (including Waylon) considered it Jennings' best album. It was his first to sell a million. Picture above is from the back cover.
August 19, 2010 The only Englishman to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Assn. Int'l Hall of Fame (it's a long list of Jack's crowd who have followed him there), Roger Cook celebrated his 70th. A phenomenally successful writer in the UK (who could forget I WAS KAISER BILL'S BATMAN?), he and writing partner Roger Greenaway formed David and Jonathan, a duo that had the distinction of being produced by Sir George Martin. ALLMUSIC.COM covers Roger's career pretty well, except the soundtrack work for swinging London spygirl flick MODESTY BLAISE is strangely missing. ![]() Once relocated to Nashville, he found continued success in collaboration with others from Cowboy's circle: Bobby Wood, Crystal Gayle, Allen Reynolds, Don Williams, John Prine. With longtime friend Ralph Murphy, he ran Pic-A-Lic Publishing. And, like Jack, he picks a mean ukelele.
August 12, 2010 It's the first part of August, and Memphis hosts its most visited tourist season --- Elvis Week, the commemoration of the King on the anniversary of his passing (at the time of the "WoW" signal, which may have been the one scientifically verifiable communication from space aliens --- see this storyfrom NPR.) This year at least there will be a Cowboy Jack Clement appearance at the Back in Memphis Festival. The concert takes place at the Michael D. Rose Theater at the University of Memphis on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 8 PM. Many of the guests are exclusive and will not be at any other Elvis Week event. Call (901) 830-5761 for info.
June 16, 2010
Jim Rooney and associates will take the stage for their irregularly scheduled semi-annual show. You don't know exactly who will show up, but you know they'll be good. CLICK HERE for the only place on the web where you can get a breakdown of the roster.
June 9, 2010
28th Birthday Bash Presents : The Jay Patton Band featuring Will Barrow, Ric Lonow, Mike Loudermilk and Toni Sehulster with special guests: Shawn Camp, Cowboy Jack Clement, Ashley Cleveland, Gail Davies, Jimmy Hall.... - 9:00 PM
April 29, 2010 ONE BRIGHT NIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
April 12, 2010 Generally good reviews for the stage presentation of the events of December 4, 1956 when four of Jack's buddies showed up where he was working. While Sam Phillips had the marketing instincts to call the local paper and get a photographer down there on the double, Cowboy had the perspicacity to actually record the proceedings (It is understandable why, for dramatic purposes, the show apparently fudges this, but somebody should set Wikipedia straight).
April 10, 2010 For the third time in as many years, Jack is invited to guest on the internationally syndicated radio show PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION with Garrison Keillor, whom Chet Atkins once likened to a contemporary Mark Twain. It all takes place at the Ryman Auditorium and, on Friday, a limited number of tickets were released A Prairie Home Companion Live Broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium from WPLN 90.3FM Some fun facts: The Grand Ole Opry moved from the Ryman Auditorium to its current home at Opryland in 1974, just four months before the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion. Earlier that same year, Garrison Keillor found the inspiration for his variety show while researching the Opry for a New Yorker magazine article. Thirty-six years later, A Prairie Home Companion is heard by more than 4 million listeners each week on some 590 public radio stations. You'll no doubt hear the reverence this week as Mr. Keillor and company once again bring their road show to Country Music's mother church for a live broadcast. On this occasion, Prairie Home regulars will be joined by Steve Wariner, Cowboy Jack Clement, and Gillian Welch sideman's alter-ego band, The Dave Rawlings Machine, among others. The show is sold out, but whatever you're doing from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday or from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, you'll want to have a radio handy and tuned to your local Public Radio station. SEE THE PICS AND/OR LISTEN
March 2, 2010 Long-awaited new album from Seattle-based band Marley's Ghost produced by Cowboy Jack Clement, who also makes a guest vocal appearance. Sides were cut on both the Left and Third Coasts. Jack will join the boys for a concert here in Nashville on April 29 at the BELCOURT THEATRE.
January 31, 2010 There's often a Cowboy connection when they hand out the trophies for folk/country/Americana music. This year congratulations go to Steve Earle and Ray Kennedy for their tribute album to Townes Van Zandt, for whom Jack was the first publisher/producer and lifetime friend and mentor. TOWNES won the Grammy for best Contemporary Folk Album. Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Contemporary World Music Album went to Bela Fleck, who took engineer Dave Sinko to Africa with him to record the soundtrack to the documentary THROW DOWN YOUR HEART. Dave worked many years at the Sound Emporium (formerly JACK CLEMENT RECORDING STUDIOS) under Cowboy's old engineer Garth Fundis. Pictured above is the actual Grammy presented for spoken word interviews about the CLASS OF '55 from 1986 for which Jack was essentially music director, singing background, and playing guitar. He's credited in the album notes as one of "three great producers", along with Chips Moman and Sam Phillips, partying on the Big Train from Memphis
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