Graeme Connors And Kelly Dixon Headline Nu Country TV
Prolific Queensland Golden Guitarist Graeme Connors and singing stockman Kelly Dixon, aged 96 and still singing, headline Nu Country TV on Saturday October 19 at 9.30 pm on Channel 31/Digital 44.
Texan singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert boomerangs to the show repeated at 3 am on Monday.
Louisiana woman Kylie Frey, Mississippi minstrel William Michael Morgan and Arkansas singer-songwriter Justin Moore appear on the program filmed and edited by Laith Graham.
Michigan singer-songwriter Nate Barnes and third generation Texan ranch raised singer Jenna Paulette also appear this week.
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/
Graeme Connors And Kelly Dixon With A Retired Ringer
Mackay minstrel Graeme Connors, now 68, headlines our show with an older singer-songwriter stockman Kelly Dixon, aged 96 and still singing for his supper.
Kelly expects calls and cards from King Charles when he turns 100.
Connors, who has won 14 Golden Guitars, two APRA Awards and one ARIA Awards in his 50 year career, teamed with Dixon for The Ringer’s Retired – Graeme’s 21st album title track.
The Ringer’s Retired has lyrics reminiscent of Australian classics penned by Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson and memorable melodies that reflect two writers in their prime.
Connors also released My Lyrical Life the book with 217 songs from his pen, recorded by himself or artists including Slim Dusty, John Denver and Jon English, plus autobiographical reflections from various phases of his long colourful career.
Graeme recently celebrated Texan Rhodes scholar singer-songwriter actor Kris Kristofferson who died at 88 on September 28 this year.
In 1974 at the age of 18 Connors opened for Kristofferson during his Australian tour.
Kristofferson was so impressed he took Connors into the studio to produce his 1976 debut album And When Morning Comes.
Graeme’s new duet partner Dixon, born in 1927 in bush town Dirranbandi began his working life at 13 as a trainee stockman on the historic Cubbie cattle station, is still firing on and off stage.
In a time devoid of TV and radio, writing bush verse and reciting the works of the masters was his primary form of entertainment.
His journey to becoming a head stockman took him to Kidman Station Bulloo Downs, Tanbar on Cooper Creek and Victoria River Downs – the events and characters he came across provided inspiration for his extensive catalogue of recorded works.
Classics like Leave Him in the Longyard, Six Decks to Darwin and Dewdrops on the Bluegrass exemplify his mastery of the bush ballads.
CLICK HERE for an historic Connors feature in The Diary on March 18, 2005.
Miranda Lambert Damns Randy Not Rivers
Texan triple Grammy winner Miranda Lambert boomerangs to our show with Damn It Randy – a song she penned with her second husband – New York policeman Brendan McLoughlin.
It’s not clear if her previous singing spouse, actor and TV show host Blake Shelton will give her video decent exposure.
Damn It Randy is on Miranda’s 10th solo album Postcards From Texas.
She also released four albums with the Pistol Annies.
Miranda turns 41 on November 10 and runs Mutt Foundation for stray dogs.
Hardy, Lukas Nelson and Jake Worthington joined Miranda for her Music For Mutts benefit concert at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheatre October 5 with guests Ashley Monroe, Natalie Hemby, Little Big Town, Dan + Shay and Riley Green.
The celebration of her Mutt Nation Foundation 15th anniversary fundraiser included an adoption event.
The nonprofit has raised over $10 million to promote adoption support shelters advance spay & neuter and assist with emergency response during times of natural disaster.
CLICK HERE for an exclusive Miranda interview in The Diary on November 11, 2019.
William Michael Morgan And Kylie Frey
Mississippi minstrel William Michael Morgan and Louisiana lass Kylie Frey return to our show this week.
They perform Louisiana Woman – Mississippi Man from new album Country Classics Volume One.
Morgan, 31, hails from Vicksburg, Mississippi and Kylie, 29, is from Opelousas, Louisiana.
The third-generation rodeo girl is also the Louisiana state goat-tying champion
She emerged on America’s Got Talent and released three EPS Rodeo Queen, Hell Of A Life and Wild Horses.
Kylie also appeared on Nu Country with Texan Bri Bagwell on their live cover of Cyndi Lauper’s hit Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
Morgan previously fronted our show with his Missing video on his 2016 second album Vinyl.
Further info – https://www.kyliefrey.com/
Further info – https://www.williammichaelmorgan.com/
Justin Moore No Stray Dog
Arkansas singer-songwriter Justin Moore, now 40, sings of his upbringing in his Nu Country TV return.
Moore and wife Kate have four children and he performs on stage despite having severe gout in his toes and is a big fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
We Didn’t Have Much is on his sixth album Straight Outta The Country that precedes his seventh album Stray Dog.
Justin toured Australia in 2012 with Rascal Flatts who played St Kilda Palais with The Band Perry.
Justin previously fronted our show with his videos for Outlaws Like Me and Letting The Night Roll from his third album Off The Beaten Track.
Click here for a Justin Moore feature in the Diary on January 30, 2013.
Further info – https://www.justinmooremusic.com/
Jenna Paulette Suicide Warnings
Third generation Texan ranch raised singer Jenna Paulette was born in Lewisville and moved with her family to their ranch in Oklahoma.
She was well qualified to sing about the suicide epidemic claiming far too many cowboys.
Drought and market prices are among many causes.
It’s also a fate suffered by their partners far from home.
She name-checked fellow Texan George Strait in her lifeline message
You Ain’t No Cowboy is on her 16 track 2023 debut album The Girl I Was that precedes her second album Horseback and new clothing line launched on September 6.
“The Horseback album is a culmination of perspectives I have of myself to the things my family instilled in me, the men and women I grew up with and the one’s I am blessed to be surrounded by where we live in a small town in West Texas,” Jenna revealed.
Further info – https://www.jennapaulette.com/
Nate Barnes Blueberry Memories
Nate Barnes grew up in South Haven, Michigan and worked at a blueberry farm and a nuclear power plant.
In 2020 he met songwriter Jason Sellers and record label boss Benny Brown in Nashville.
Brown signed him to Quartz Hill Records and he wrote his first single You Ain’t Pretty with Sellers and Jimmy Yeary.
It scored over 12 million views on Tik Tok after its 2021 release and is on Barnes second album out next year.
It ignited his admiration of that bucolic belle in his You Ain’t Pretty video that follows his self-titled 2023 album.
Further info – https://www.natebarnesmusic.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.
