DAVE'S DIARY - 1 MAY 2024 - PREVIEW OF EPISODE 9 - SERIES 59
DR DAVID KIRPATRICK'S TWO TONE PONY HEADLINE NU COUNTRY TV
Dr David Kirkpatrick and his band Two Tone Pony enrich the tradition of his famous late dad Slim Dusty and mum Joy McKean as they headline Nu Country TV at 6.30 pm on Saturday May 4.
Texan troubadours Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris and young gun Drake Milligan also appear on the show filmed and produced by Laith Graham and repeated Saturday at 2.30 am.
Californian singer-songwriter Chayce Beckham and North Carolina star Kameron Marlowe debut this week after their recent Australian tours.
Nu Country TV is a highlight of C 31 streaming list on Digital 44.
This series is dedicated to late Nu Country TV host and treasurer Mid-Pacific Bob Olson and Vice President Rod Browne.
Further info - https://www.c31.org.au/
THE GOOD DOCTOR RIDES A NEPEAN BELLE
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NSW Central coast quintet Two Tone Pony boomerang to our show as they take a music trip on the Nepean river through the Blue Mountains National Park near Penrith on the Nepean Belle.
Lead singer guitarist Dr David Kirkpatrick has dual careers - he is an emergency Medicine Specialist on the Central Coast of NSW.
The son of late legends Slim Dusty and Joy McKean penned Caroline for Two Tone Pony's new album Born On The Road out on July 19.
It features 12 original songs including two previous Nu Country videos Stormy Weather and A Life Well Lived.
They fronted our show with Stormy Weather that was filmed at Mangrove Mountain Hall in the NSW Central Coast hinterland.
Dr Kirkpatrick wrote Stormy Weather for his wife Jane - it celebrated their 43 years marriage.
The dancers in their video also performed at the good doctor's daughter's wedding.
Two Tone Pony also features Dr Kirkpatrick's school mates Ian Rhodes and Graham Puglisi from the Rhythm Method.
Glenn Willey and brother-in-law Greg Richardson from The Adverts also ride in Two Tone Pony.
David lived in caravans for the first six years of his life when he and sister Anne Kirkpatrick toured with their late parents Slim and Joy.
He subsequently went to boarding school and career as Emergency Medicine Specialist on the Central Coast of NSW.
Further info - https://www.twotonepony.com/
DRAKE MILLIGAN PEFORMS JUKE BOX SONGS AND BAR STOOL BEERS
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Texan singing actor Drake Milligan appears live in a honky tonk with Gabi Butler and pals on his show debut.
Drake, now 25, won fame playing Elvis Presley in CMT series Sun Records .
He also starred in the Nobody movie where he portrayed a teen Elvis.
Juke Box Songs and Bar Stool Beers is the title track of his new EP.
It follows his debut album Dallas-Fort Worth and his short film Drake Milligan Girl Problems.
Drake won a large Australian following with his hits Don't Leave Me Loving You and I Got A Problem at the 2024 CMC Rocks Queensland festival at Ipswich in March.
Milligan appeared on finale of NBC America's Got Talent: Fantasy League to perform What I Couldn't Forget.
He also released Honky Tonkin' About with Canadian band The Reklaws and is touring with fellow Texan Cody Johnson after playing Billy Bob's in Fort Worth on New Year's Eve.
Further info - https://www.drakemilligan.com/welcome/
KACEY MUSGRAVES TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
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Texan Grammy winner and Australian tourist Kacey Musgraves, now 35, chased new love after divorcing her singing spouse Ruston Kelly in 2020 after their three year marriage.
Kacey played the St Kilda Palais in May 14, 2019.
She returns to our show with Too Good To Be True from her 14 track seventh album Deeper Well.
Kacey illustrated her journey from her humble childhood to success in her previous Nu Country video Deeper Well.
Kacey also ditched bad habits and people who wasted her time and heart on her rise.
Musgraves previously fronted Nu Country with her videos including Simple Times from her movie Star Crossed, Oh What A World, High Horse and Butterflies.
https://www.nucountry.com.au/articles/diary/june2018/180618_kaceymusgraves_interview.htm
MAREN MORRIS DANCES WITH HERSELF
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Texan Grammy winner Maren Morris returns to our show when she appears in a video where she bursts into song after finding her new album in a record store.
Dancing With Myself follows her sixth album Humble Quest.
Maren, now 34, previously fronted our show with her song for her former singing spouse Ryan Hurd.
Maren also appeared in a vast cast of TV shows including NCIS New Orleans and Sesame Street and penned hits with Hurd and other major writers.
Background Music is one of 11 songs she wrote on Humble Quest.
"I wrote Background Music about the beauty of the temporary which is inevitably all things," Morris said.
"The romanticism of eternity sounds nice, but I like to think I savor things better when I know I'm not entitled to it in perpetuity. It's a love song that addresses mortality, but it's also promising someone that even when we aren't cool anymore, I want to grow old with them and laugh about the times we thought we were."
She wrote Background Music with Jimmy Robbins and Laura Veltz that follows Circles Around This Town - also on Humble Quest.
She recently fronted our show with Get The Hell Out Of Here and The Tree.
CLICK HERE for a Morris feature in The Diary on June 18, 2016.
CHAYCE BECKAM 23 AGAIN
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Californian Chayce Beckham explores his riveting real life journey in his Nu Country TV debut.
Chayce performed 23 that won the 2021 American Idol - it was first original song to win the talent contest.
That was just a year after he was in a near fatal car crash.
23 follows his EP Doing It Right and is on his debut album Bad For Me released on April 5 this year.
Chayce hits the road and stage in 23 with advice from his mum and dad after touring here in March and played in Bendigo.
Further info - https://www.chaycebeckham.com/welcome/
KAMERON MARLOWE FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO TENNESSEE
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North Carolina singer-songwriter Kameron Marlowe won major fans when he toured here in March with Louisiana star Lainey Wilson.
Kameron, now 26, headed to Nashville and chased his dreams as a teenager.
He performs Tennessee Don't Mind from his second album Keeping The Lights On that comes out on May 31.
The former General Motors car parts salesman became a major star in Nashville with platinum sales after appearing on The Voice in America in 2018.
Kameron performed hits Over Now, Tequila Talkin', Burn Em All, Strangers and Girl On Fire from his 2022 debut album We Were Cowboys on his Melbourne concert.
He revealed Giving You Up was his first platinum selling single in the U.S. with silver sales status in Australia.
Further info - https://www.kameronmarlowe.com/
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 80, and son Shooter, 44.
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.