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A Story Worth Telling By Leon Aldridge
“All things come to those who wait.” From an early 20th Century poem by Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie writing under the pseudonym Violet Fane.
I used to run across the old black-and-white photo and dime store autograph book every so often. When I did, my thought was always the same. Why didn’t I save just a snippet of information as to their origin all those years ago? “No problem, you’ll remember,” said the deceptive little voice in my head.
But every time they popped up in a search for something else hidden in my interesting junk archive, all I could remember was “a lady in Joaquin.” So the last time I saw them, I smiled with resignation that the story of how they came to be would always be lost to time.
“The whole deal with my music has been the emotional quality,” Whitley said in 1988. “Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them. It’s not so uncommon for me to get so wrapped up in a song that I cry several times when I sing them. That’s the difference between my music and some of the other folks.”
Thirty-plus years after Whitley s sudden death at age 33 from alcohol poisoning, a lifetime of passion and pain still comes through stereo speakers loud and clear whenever fans and artists revisit one of country music’s all-time-great vocal stylists.
Jim Reeves
Whispering Hope - Jim Reeves, Hawthorne, Alice [p
I ll Fly Away - Jim Reeves, Brumley, Albert E.
Scarlet Ribbons - Jim Reeves, Danzig, Evelyn
May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You - Jim Reeves, Willson, Meredith
It Is No Secret - Jim Reeves, Hamblen, Stuart
My Cathedral - Jim Reeves, Twitty, Pat
Padre of Old San Antone - Jim Reeves, Spencer, Tim
We Thank Thee - Jim Reeves, Reeves, Jim [1]
Trouble in the Amen Corner - Jim Reeves, Campbell, Archie
In the Garden - Jim Reeves, Miles, C. Austin
This posthumous release gathers together the best-known inspirational numbers by Gentleman Jim Reeves, the East Texas troubadour who perfected traditional country s smoothed-out Nashville sound. With his inimitable velve.
Soundtrack to my life: Dame Naida Glavish
7 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Dame Naida Glavish, protesting on site at Auckland s Parnell Rose Gardens to protect an old pā site and what is believed to be one of the oldest pōhutukawa trees in Auckland. Photo/Supplied
Dame Naida Glavish, protesting on site at Auckland s Parnell Rose Gardens to protect an old pā site and what is believed to be one of the oldest pōhutukawa trees in Auckland. Photo/Supplied
I Love You Because
Jim Reeves
My mother used to sing this to my stepdad and we d all join in. We d be at the table after a meal, and my brother would go and get the
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