DAVE'S DIARY - 5/9/2023 - PREVIEW OF EPISODE 1 - SERIES 57
SINGING ACTOR PAT BOONE HEADLINES NU COUNTRY TV SERIES #57 PREMIERE
Florida born nonagenarian singing actor Pat Boone headlines Nu Country TV Series #57 premiere at 6.30 pm on Saturday September 9 on Channel 31/Digital 44 with an unbeatable recipe for success and longevity.
Georgian star Kip Moore, who toured here in March, returns to show with Illinois born Bailey Zimmerman who previews his return tour in November on the show repeated Tuesday at 1 am.
Illinois born Mo Pitney returns to his home in Cherry Valley on the program edited by our loyal producer host Laith Graham.
Tamworth Star Maker winner Loren Ryan and Williamstown duo the Long & Short Of It also add colour to our premiere.
Nu Country TV is a highlight of C 31 streaming list on Digital 44.
Further info - https://www.c31.org.au/
PAT BOONE ON THE ROAD AGAIN AT 90 WITH SHOTGUN WILLIE NELSON
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Pat Boone joins fellow singing actor Shotgun Willie Nelson with a humorous homily about the secret to his longevity in his 70 years in show business.
Pat has sold more than 45 million albums and starred in 12 Hollywood movies.
Boone was the second biggest-charting artist of the late 1950s, behind Elvis Presley, and was ranked No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995.
His 1963 album Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport featured the late Rolf Harris hit.
As an author Boone had a number-one bestseller in the 1950s - Twixt Twelve and Twenty.
This time he showed his love for Grits with a vast cast of gals and cartoon pals.
This foot-stomping, heartwarming song is an ode to Southern traditions, embracing the spirit of camaraderie and joy that defines country music.
Grits features guests, including Ray Stevens, Gatlin Brothers, Lorrie Morgan, Deborah Allen, and Dean Miller as Pat sings “Grits is the bestest food there is.”
It's on his latest 25 song double album Country Jubilee that also features a new video with Crystal Gayle, daughter of the late coalminer's daughter Loretta Lynn, for their remake of You and I - a #1 hit for Crystal and Eddie Rabbit took in 1982.
The new video features still photos of Pat and his late wife Shirley to whom he dedicated the video.
Country Jubilee was released on September 8 on Boone's 20-year-old music imprint, The Gold Label with Boone Executive Producer and Dana McElwain Producer.
Further info - https://www.patboone.com/
BAILEY ZIMMERMAN IN LOVE AGAIN
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Illinois young gun Bailey Zimmerman lost his belle to a South Carolina colt in his new video but fell in love with Australia when he toured here with Tennessean star Morgan Wallen in March.
Bailey, now 23, returns for the Riding Hearts festival on November 5 at Royal Melbourne showgrounds.
Bailey was born in Louisville , Illinois , and chose a music career after he worked meat packing and on a union gas pipeline.
He returned to fitting tyres in his Fall in Love video on debut album Religiously.
Further info - https://www.baileyzimmermanmusic.com/
KIP RETURNS FOR MOORE
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Georgian Kip Moore, now 43, performed at Margaret Court arena with Randy Houser in March and is back on the road again.
But not with the femme fatale who wakes before taking her train trip in his latest video.
Sometimes She Stays is on his fifth album Damn Love.
Moore played the 2018 CMC Rocks Queensland festival and the Forum in Melbourne CBD on his tour with Lee Brice and Charlie Worsham.
Moore, one of six children, debuted at Snowy Mountains country festival in Thredbo and CMC Rocks Queensland in 2016.
He also produced 33 minute documentary The Journey To Slowheart.
Kip and West Virginian Morgan Wade fronted our show in March on their duet for If I Was Your Lover.
Kip and Ashley McBryde previously appeared live on Nu Country on stage at the famed Ryman in Nashville for Jani Blue after fronting Nu Country with previous videos including Fire On Wheels, In The Wild, Don't Go Changing, More Girls Like You, How High and Last Shot .
CLICK HERE for a Kip Moore feature in The Diary on April 16, 2018.
MO PITNEY HOME ON THE RANGE IN ILLINOIS
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Illinois star Mo Pitney joins Pat Boone in our delicious double shot in Behind Bars.
Mo, now 30, was born in Cherry Valley, Illinois , and returned there with his singing spouse Emily of the Banksters bluegrass band and their two sons.
Old Home Place is on his second 13 track album Ain't Looking Back that also features Alabama outlaw singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson, now 48.
Mo spoke from experience in his previous Mattress On The Floor video that features a blue-collar couple struggling to make ends meet.
He also vividly illustrated his life when he fronted Nu Country with his Ain't Bad For A Good Old Boy video.
Mo and Emily wed in March, 2016, in her home town Carbondale before welcoming daughter Evelyne.
CLICK HERE for a Mo feature in The Diary on November 21, 2016
LONG & SHORT OF IT RESURRECT AVICI
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Williamstown duo The Long & Short Of It boomerang to our show with a bluegrass twist.
Long time lawyer Patsy Toop OAM and Yarraville singer-signwriter David Baird lead a singalong of the Avici hit Wake Me Up.
They cut their vocals in their Soggy Records studio in Yarraville and the music was recorded in Nashville and mixed by Kenny Royster.
Wake Me Up follows their seventh album Midnight Choir.
They illustrated their evocative story of a father raising his son in their powerful previous video That's Why I'm Here about a father and son starting on bikes before graduating to four wheels.
" That's Why I'm Here is a song that was inspired by our co-writer, Kenny Royster. A story told about a father raising his child and the close bond that develops. The son becomes the carer for his father, looking after him until he passes. The son then takes solace in his faith.” - The Long & Short Of It revealed.
CLICK HERE for a Long & Short Of It CD review in The Diary on August 28, 2017.
LOREN RYAN AND DAUGHTER DEBUT
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Tamworth Star Maker winner Loren Ryan, aged 28, debuts with her daughter Charlie in her new video.
Suddenly was the first single on her debut EP she promoted at the 50th CMA festival in Nashville in June.
She previously released Bounce Back and Eventually as singles after appearing on The Voice.
Loren said, "I love the realness of this music video, it's a peak into our life. When I'm not on the road I like to be present with my daughter, her laughter is bliss. Jeremy Minett did an awesome job of capturing us in the moment. This is my first music video, and I have an overwhelming sense of pride in being able to share this milestone with my daughter Charlie."
Loren's went on a three-month national tour across six states and territories as guest of Australian artist Urthboy and fronted Gympie Muster, Macleay Music Muster and the annual Tamworth festival.
Further info - https://www.facebook.com/LorenRyanMusic/
WIN WAYLON, GEORGE JONES AND MERLE HAGGARD
Help us celebrate being Nu Country TV members and win albums by late Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Highwaymen by becoming a Nu Country member or renewing your membership.
George, Waylon, Merle and Willie Nelson were among country historian Barbara Dowling's favourite Texans.
The Waylon, Highwaymen , Merle and George discs were donated by Barbara who died at 77 in December, 2020.
She co-hosted Long In The Saddle in our Nu Country FM era and was pioneer Australian and Victorian country music awards judge.
Barbara was admired for rising above losing her sight as a young woman and her country passion with annual trips to Waylon's birthplace in Littlefield, West Texas.
Waylon died at 64 on February 13, 2002, and is survived by singing spouse Jessi, now 79, and son Shooter, 43.
WIN KEITH URBAN CDS ALSO
We have expatriate Australasian superstar Keith Urban's chart topping 12th album The Speed Of Now - Part 1.
Also BR5-49 CD Big Backyard Beat Show and Billy Ray Cyrus's historic 1992 album Some Gave All featuring Achy Breaky Heart.
We have other CDS by major artists you can win by becoming a Nu Country TV member or renewing memberships.
They include Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Kip Moore, Carrie Underwood and late larrikin legend A.P. Johnson.
CLICK HERE for our Membership Page for details.