I have to confess to Billie Jo Spears being one of my favourite female country singers. I like many more was introduced to her with her ‘Blanket On The Ground’ hit and having heard her vocal ability was hooked on an artist that could shout ‘coal’ and it would be so musical it could be [...]
John Schneider – Talking Country
There cannot be many of us who are not aware of the TV series ‘The Dukes Of Hazzard’. Each Saturday afternoon our TV screens bounced into life with the adventures of cousins Luke and Bo aboard the ‘General Lee’. Luke was played by Tom Wopat and Bo by John Schneider, and who could forget Daisy [...]
Willie Nelson Talking Country
There’s a great little tale behind the third of our ‘Talking Country’ interviews. Prior to Willie’s evening performance at one of the International Festivals of Country Music held at Wembley, journalists and broadcasters were invited to a private screening of Willie’s movie ‘Redheaded Stranger’. Myself and a fellow broadcaster from another radio station …(we’ll call [...]
Joe Diffie The Ultimate Collection
It was at a record stall at one of The Morecambe International Festivals of Country Music that I discovered Joe Diffie. Flipping through various CD’s to look for new artists I came across an album entitled’ A Thousand Winding Roads’and as I read over the track listing, a voice from behind said,” I bought that a [...]