DAVE'S DIARY - 16/1/07 - PREVIEW OF EPISODE 6 - SERIES 7
SOLOMON BURKE HEADLINES NU COUNTRY TV
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Legendary
country soul singer Solomon Burke headlines this week's episode of
Nu Country TV - Saturday January 20 - at 9. 30 p m on C 31. The show, hosted by Mid Pacific Bob Olson, is repeated on Wednesday at 5.30 p m and Thursday at high noon. Mid Pacific Bob also has a tasty new recipe from his Beer Can Hill delta kitchen. Burke, 66 and father of 21, performs a video of You're The Kind Of Trouble from his new album Nashville. |
The video
was recorded in the Nashville home studio of his producer Buddy Miller
who toured Australia as guitarist for Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle.
Bishop Burke, a minister and mortician, weighs more than 300 pounds and
has 84 grandchildren and 17 great grand children.
Burke's love of country dates back 46 years to his debut hit Just Out
of Reach Of My Two Open Arms - also cut by Faron Young and Patsy Cline.
The singer, whose career suffered ebbs and flows, kept wolves from his
door during the lean years by working in his ministry and mortician businesses.
His roller coaster career kicked back into gear after his songs appeared
in 1980 Blue Brothers movie and Dirty Dancing in 1987 and prompted recent
Australian tours.
CLICK HERE for a Burke
feature and CD review from the DIARY.
MARY GAUTHIER ADDED TO NU COUNTRY TV
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Louisiana
born singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier and Grafton trio The McClymonts
have been added to Nu Country TV - this Saturday - January 20 -
9.30 p m on C 31. |
Gauthier
has made up for lost time by visiting Australia where she first scored
exposure via expatriate Van Diemen's Land diva Audrey Auld Mezera on her
Reckless Records label.
Audrey's former singing partner Bill Chambers also gave exposure to Gauthier
by cutting her tune I Drink as a single and video clip.
Gauthier's life echoes a character torn from the back pages of Dylan's
Desolation Row.
Now, at the ripe young age of 45, she is touring here at the peak of her
career.
CLICK HERE for Mary
Gauthier review from March 28, 2005.
MCCLYMONTS
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Grafton-born
trio The McClymonts debuts with its video clip of single Something
That My Heart Does on the eve of their Tamworth festival gigs. The trio has released an EP on Universal Music that has made the finals of the 35th Australian Country Music Awards. Brooke, Samantha and Amanda McClymont are widely tipped for a Golden Guitar in best group or duo and best new talent. Photo by Carol Taylor |
The McClymonts
handlers conducted a high profile print media and TV campaign to counter
the trio being banned by the corporate commercial radio chains.
They also enjoyed a massive leaflet drop campaign outside the Dixie Chicks
concerts in Melbourne.
And they made the Geelong Advertiser during mass evacuations of prestigious
Costa Hall, Geelong, during their concert with Lee and Tania Kernaghan.
CLICK HERE for the McClymonts
concert review and videographer Carol Taylor's pictures from Geelong in
October, 2006.
LEE FORSTER BACK FROM OUTBACK
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Lee
Forster performs the title track of his disc A Fire In The Bar - tribute to the late R M Williams. It was filmed at Mt Misery near Ballarat where famous bushranger Captain Midnight once reigned from a cave. Lee has been in bands since he was 12 - his folks played with Slim Dusty in the early seventies. Forster emulated his folks by living in the outback and Western Australia before he came home to the Ballarat hinterland. |
You can catch
Lee in Tamworth or at Wandong Country Music Festival on March 4.
Further info - http://www.leeforster.com.au/
VIVIEN SEARCY
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American
singer Vivien Searcy and The Ozarks also perform the title track of her
2006 album Guitar Man.
She recorded her album at The Ragdoll Studio in Sweden and released the
single in May, 2006.
Vivien has been recording in Scandinavia after she studied music in Stockholm
in 1995.
Her new album Water On Soil was released in November, 2006.
Further info - http://www.viviensearcy.com/
TROY CASSAR-DALEY CD PRIZES
ARIA award
winning singer Troy Cassar-Daley hosted the premiere of Series #7 of Nu
Country TV and has become a valued benefactor.
You can win an autographed copy of Troy's big selling sixth album Brighter
Day by becoming
a member of Nu Country TV.
CLICK HERE to learn how to win
Troy's CD.