when her career demands her to be clad in some Of television's 1 OSt lavish designs. 'l'm ready to get in my Jeans now. I love them. I think I get a different attitude when l'm all dressed up, don't you? ” she asked honestly. "When I have a skirt ing modest—l find I sit differently, walk differently, and the clothes give me that attitude. lt's like that beautiful old song 'I FeeI Pretty, ' she gestured with one hand displaymg beautifully long, and well groomed, red nails. 'l've enjoyed, since l've been out rn California doing my show, having a mamcurlst come tO my home, and I get a mamcure once a week. That's the 房 lgg ど立 treat l've ever had. Maybe l'd had five in my whole life. And when someone plays string instruments the way I do ( b 」 0 Ken and Barbara's eleven-year-old son, Matthew, often travels with mom on the road. and pedal steel guitar) you can't have mce hands. With this treat, 1100k and feel as if I have someone else's hands in front Of me. ' ' She laughed, inspecting her right good for my halr or for my face, but When Barbara met Ken, she was founeen hand. because l'm lazy. I do five days a week out and he was a drummer with Barbara's dad's band, The MandreIIs. Barbara doesn't take the Hollywood here Of my show— fourteen hours a star treatment' ' casually. This vibrant day— and I ' rn pooped by the weekend , so While she's not working and な enJOY- mother of two (' 'My son Matthew was I save that time for the kids and Ken. I ing bemg Mrs. Dudney, Barbara admit- eleven in May and my daughterJamie look like an old hag, ' ' she teased ⅲ her ted that there truly aren ' t any make-up five. ' ' ) admitted that at home she's wife husky voice, " 田】 d I love every minute of hints at home. and motherfirst. She's been happily mar- "I love to go without make-up or lt. ried to Ken Dudney for over twelve years. A hit tv show 田 ld a hundred nights a combmg my hair. Not because I think it's year of road tounng call for a hairdresser and a make-up person. There are hun- dreds ofthe finest in Hollywood, and Bar- bara has found her favorites. ' 'I have a hairdresser here, Ron McDowell, who has been getting my hair ln great shape. Due tO the summer tours, tWO ShOWS a night, someumes l'm drenched when I come Off stage and Ron has tO start with me 伝 om letter A. My hair was m such ter- rible shape, and Ron doesn't allow me to have a permanent, SO we decided tO have my hair woven. ' By "weaving' ' Barbara was able to let her hair go back to its natural dark color with blond highlights woven intO it. The advantage? "NO dark roots! ' ' she replied boastfully. Several years ago while Barbara was recordmg an album, the record company hired make-up artist Bobbie Joy to work with her. "She's the first and only person I ' ve ever let totally stnp my face and do it themself. ” lt was obvious that Barbara has implicit trust in Bobbie, and the result is lovely: beautiful and natural, 0 being overdone. A trace 0f soft false eye- lashes ()I even wear them to the grocery store, ' ' she's been known tO reveal) em- phasize the sparkle in Barbara's big eyes which never seem tO tire. Admitting that the tv show is the most difficult physical strain she ' s ever expe- rrenced, Barbara didn't seem tO mind the fact that road touring does take its tOll. Mrs. Dudney grew up thinking she was t00 skinny ・ 12 COUNTRYRHYTHMS

honesty ⅲ that statement— and in her sisterly pride. Back home ( " Please stress Perhaps that is why she recently had a eyes— that made you understand exactly that home iS Tennessee! ! ! ' ' ) the entlre custom-made touring bus designed for how she lt. her. "lt's not school bus time," Barbara Mandrell family lives near each 0 市 er. ln And she cares enough to ask ifher inter- fact, sister Louise and her husband, R. C. explained , while describing her $ 250 , 000 vlewerhas enough for her article. "l don't B anning, live right next door. lnvestment which harbors a rmcrowave know if I shared enough beauty secrets, Barbara emphasized her alle gance to oven and a sheepskin bedspread. but the t れ一山 is, there aren't that many. 'l've got some beauty advantages ln Tennessee. Although most of her school What Barbara didn't realize was that my own room on the bus that I didn't years were spent growmg up in Los beauty secrets dO not necessarily come have ⅲ my old bus. My father and Ken Angeles, home is "definitely Tennessee. from a bottle ofmake-up or from a tube of and I designed the inside ofthis, my third We're out in the boonies, and I have a SO lip gloss. This old-fashioned, family- bus. I have a make-up mirror and can see Of country-life existence. oriented singer is proof that beauty so the back of my head. You see, other than the ShOW wraps for the season, Barbara, Ken, and the kids plan to move comes from within—the love She shares on tv or rmportant things , I ' Ⅱ always d0 theirbelongings from their rented Beverly for her family and fans ()I think my my own make-up. ' One honest beauty favorites are the very 01d people and the house t0 a new home Tennessee. tip Barbara shared was that she uses ab- A house that Barbara had always little bitty children. When I see them clap- . Just a round solutely no hot curlers. dreamed of owning was up for sale, and pmg or stamping their feet to a song, that brush and a blow dryer in order to create although it took a while for the seller and just makes me feel like l've accomplished her feathered wind-blown look. buyer to agree on a pnce, Barbara and Gettin g back to the pride she has ⅲ her something. ” ). bus, Barbara added that the suspension of Ken bought their dream-house. I won- And accomplished she has... Bar- the bus is such that it has a swaymg dered if this "dream house' ' was one of bara's singles constantly hit the top of the motion while it rides—no bumps. This is her happiest dreams. country charts , her variety series is a hit , 。 Winmng C ountry Entertainer of the important t0 Barbara who sleeps any- her family support is unbeatable, and her where from eight tO ten hours at a shOt Year was. When I walked 0 圧 the stage, I and home life iS a success. 〕 NO Ⅵ , heard one ofthe stagehands shout, 、 L00k, while riding on the road. She often takes な accomplishments. And if you want one Ofus won! ! ' and that made me feel the the kids on the road with her, and they the best beauty tip of , accomplishments happiest. ' ' There was a warm-hearted sleep with their mom ⅲ the bus. are beautiful! Barbara excused herself to put on her comfy j eans and a western shirt. She look- ed a bit tinier now than she did in her long dress—probably because now her trim figure and teeny hips were emphasized. I complimented B arbara , wh0 admitted that she has always thought she was skin- ny and flat-chested. As far as the latter statement, 伝 0n1 one female tO another, I assured B arbar 、 a that that was no lon ger the case. She laughed. Yes, for her tiny framework, she turned outjust fine. Male opmions? They'd have t0 agree that she has a marvelous 部 lre. Surprisingly, when I asked Barbara for her diet secrets , she didn ' t have any. "Today has been so busy I think I ate a half of a hard boiled egg. ' ' She was dead senous. "lt's true, I don't eat right. I eat whatever there is at the time. I don't eat three meals a day except when l'm on vacatlon. ' ' But vacatlons come rarely, and most Of the day's precious hours are devoted to tv work with her sisters, Louise and lrlene. Three beauties in one family doesn't seem fair, but that's the Mandrell family, thanks to manager-dad lrby and mom Mary. 'You know when you have a sister that looks like Lou ise ( the dark-haired raven) you get an inferiority complex. ' ' She revealed , however , that there wasn ' t any sense Of competition growrng up with them. "The three ofus are really amazed because there's really not one lnterview that goes by that we don't mention each other. We were brought up in a close Barbara MandreII in action—beauty eyes the ho 旧 er. needs, you're there! ' ' she added with 3 COUNTRYRHYTHMS 13

A PATSY CLINE DISCOGRAPHY (The letters following the titles Of in- dividual songs recorded by Patsy Cline referto the albums on which the songs appear. Because Patsy's songs have been re-packaged SO many times, one particular song might appear on as many as SiX SONGS Ain't NoWheeIs On This Ship A-H-N ・ Always E-W Anytime C-S A Church, A Cou 「 t 「 00m and Then BIue Moon Of Kentucky E Home F BiII BaiIey Won't You PIease Come BackIn Baby's Arms D-G Crazy Dreams F-M Crazy Arms E Crazy E-D-G-S Come On ⅲ (remake) J-L-P-R Come On ⅲ Goodbye K-R-V Cry NOt For Me J Dear GOd N-P Does Your Heart Beat For Me? E-W Don't Ever Leave Me Again A-I-KOO-U Faded Love E-G-S-W Fingerprints A-I-K-R Foolin' 'Round B-D-W G0tta L0t Of Rhythm My SO M-Q HalfAs Much C-S Have You Ever Been LoneIy? B He CaIIed Me Baby F-S He Will Do は Fo 「 Me N-P The Heart You Break May Be Your Own H-N-O-P-R Heartaches C-D-S Hidin' Out J-N-R Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round J-M-Q How Can ー Face Tomorrow M-T Hungry For Love A-H-L-P-lJ-r ー Can See An Angel H-L-P ー Can't Forget A-H-L-P-U ー Can't HeIp は ()f l'm Sti 旧 n LoveWith You) C ー Cried AII The WayTOThe AItarJ-M- O-P-R ー Don't Wanta ー Don't Wanta (remake) A-H-K-U-V ー Fall To Pieces B-D-G-S-W ー Love You Honey I-N-V ー Love You So Much は Hurts Me B-D-W 「Ⅱ Sail MyShipAIone E-W l'm Blue Again F-K-R-V l'm Moving AIong F-M けー Could See The World H-T けー Could Stay Asleep J-L-O lmagineThat D-S Care Öf The BIues A-H-N-O-T-V l've Loved And LOSt Again I-L-O-P-T Just A Closer Walk With Thee L-D-T-V Just Out Of Reach H-K-O-T-V Leaving On Your Mind D-G-S Let The Teardrops FalI J-L-Q Life's RaiIway TO Heaven L-P-T-R Lonely Street C Love Lettersln The Sand F Love Me Love Me Honey DO F-K-O Lovesick Blues F-K Lovin'ln Vain F Never No More J-N-P-Q Pick Me Up On Your,. Way Down J A P00 「 Man's Roses 0 「 A Rich Man's GO I-K-P-R Jo Ann Thomas Remembers Patsy Cline T ん襯の , んゲな豆〃 g 砿劔′〃″例な レな r イり , 伽多 / ( 9 イ 0 図外のん訪側 0 れ , 例なツん側五 COUNTRY RHYTHM S ( 0 磁なイ み , 側 d ゞん g 側どん砿砒 0 ル ct あ研厩歩 The first time I met Patsy was at a fair ⅲ Rhine- holds, Pa. , and the next time was at a country music park near Reading, Pa. This was in 1958. This was before I met my husband , Gus Thomas , but Patsy had lown him, because his band used to back her up on the Jimmy Dean tv Show, which was broadcast from Washington D. C. and covered about five states. One time backstage at a fair I heard Patsy tell the musicians that she had no idea what key she was ⅲ when she was smgmg ・ I could not imagme that someone with such a powerful VOice wouldn't know anything about music. Gus and I were married and were livmg Georga, and one day we got a phone call 伝 om CharIie Dick, Patsy ' s husband. He wanted to know when we were comrngto Nashville. Gus was leaving for Korea in September 1960 , so he said we'd see them in August. Charlie insisted we stay with him and Patsy or we wouldn't be friends anymore. 44 COUNTRY RHYTHMS We stayed at their home in Madison , near NashviIIe. They had friends visiting from Texas, the house was んⅡ , and it was really hectic there. Patsy was on the Opry that weekend, and Charlie was a wheelchair because he ' d broken his pelvic bone ln an autO accident. When we went tO the Op that night, Gus was pushing Charlie's wheelchair backstage, and we were laughing 1 e abunch ofkids. I went to theladies' room with Patsy and helped her hair. That same night, Hank WiIIiamsJr. made his first appearance at the Op . That Sunday Patsy made a casserole for everyone. When she took the dish out of the oven Ⅱ to the floor and broke into a million pieces. She stood there and cried. She said she didn't have any more Od tO make , SO Gus and I went out and bought them a bag ofgroceries. They were having real financial problems at the time. The next day we checked into a motel, and Patsy was really hurt about that. We tried to explain that Gus was gomg tO Korea and we needed tim e tO be alone, but Pat- sy had a hard time believing us. OnJuIy 25 , 1962 , I got a phone call 伝 om Patsy. She said she was working at the Richland Fire Company on Saturday, July 28 , and wanted to stay with us , and get picked up at the ai 甲 0 ⅲ Harrisburg. On the way back from the airport we got tied up in traff1C for quite a while because ofa train wreck. Patsy and I counted thirteen ambu- lances , and we were kind of shook up. Patsy said , "PIease be careful, l'd rather be late for the show than be in an accident. The RichIand Fire Company is one ofthe oldest carnivals ⅲ the state Of Pennsylvania. We were kind of late getting there, and they were worried that we wouldn ' t show up. They had close to seven thousand people there that night— they charged 50 cents a head, and children got in for free. Patsy earned $ 1025 that night. That Sunday Patsy and I went out to my parent's farm for dinner. My mom outdid herself with a ham and chicken dinner, and my daddy wouldn't leave Patsy alone. He kept following her 1 e a puppy. I told Patsy that I was sorry for the way my father was acting, and Patsy said, "Don't you ever be ashamed 0f your daddy—at least he stayed with your family and took care of them. I come from a family of seven, and my father 厄 when I was small, and I had to sing on street- corners for coins that people threw at me and take the money home for my mom to get food with. On the way back to the ai 甲 0 in Harrisburg, we stopped at a fruit market and Patsy got a bag of cherries. We ate the cherries and kept throwing the pits out ofthe car window. Patsy said, "I'II do one thing before I die and plant cherry trees from Her- shey to Harrisburg. ' I remember telling her not to talk like that because it made me feel creepy. I took one last picture of her at the airport. I felt real strong that I would never see her agarn. My husband was in Virginia when he heard about Patsy' s death on the radio , and he called me from a pay phone on the highway to tell me about it. I actually got sick ⅲ my stomach when I heard the news. ln 1964 , Gus and I were in Nashville, and Charlie insisted that we stay at the home that he and Patsy had lived ⅲ , ⅲ Goodlettsville. I was agamst staying there, but Charlie wouldn ' t take no for an answer. Patsy had just bought that home and was so proud of it—l don't think she lived there ayear. She bought awhite saun couch forthe living and above it was a large picture 0f her, the same one they had on her closed casket. I didn't feel good in the house. Charlie had a hard time accepting her death. Her clothing was still in the closets , and her make-up , hair spray, etc. , was still in the bathroom. Charlie had kept the living locked since her death , but he opened the door for me t0 take pictures. I couldn ' t take it—l felt like Patsy was ⅲ the house. CharIie sold the house soon after tO the country singer Wilma Burgess, and she said the house made her nervous, and that she would hear Patsy singmg in the h . I don't know if she still lives there. Maybe because l've been ⅲ show business for years I don't get t00 excited over Other enter- tamers. I haven't met anyone tO compare with Patsy, and I don't think I ever will.

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whom you've been helping to raise. What do you think of the fuss that's TAMMY'S STORY Would you care to talk about it? been made over that song. TAMMY: I know that my sister is so TAMMY: A woman is a woman regard- A TV MOVIE much better Off now that her agony IS less Of what city or country she lives in. over. never seen anybody suffer more She still has the same feelings and goes in their whole life than that woman. And through the same experiences. she had a tragiclife to begin with. She was Just a 、 A/Oman. And a Just a man, ln an automobile accident when She was and nothing ain't ever gonna change that 21. She was an absolutely beautiful girl basic truth. I feel that I can really relate to before that, and she had to have over 360 the average woman because I myself feel stitches in her face alone. She was married very average. I worked as a 、 AJaltress. I when she had the car wreck, and she was worked in a bank. I worked in a shoe fac- scared tO death that she was gonnalose her tory. I worked pickin g cotton. I worked as husband because she looked so bad. Then a receptionist. There are SO many, many she had to have thifteen plastic surgery ordinaryjobs that l've done that the ordi- nary woman makes her living doing. And operatlons. I always associate myselfwith the average She had two children—a daughter and a son—and she almost died giving birth to Annette O'Toole and Tammy Wynette woman. CR: You've been divorced four times, both ofthem because she wasn't supposed and now you're happily married to your to have any children. Then when Chris, On March 31 , CBS-TV broadcast fifth husband, George Ritchie. You seem her boy, was born, he was born with his & 側イ , 外イ側 , a tv movie based on tO be a living example of the sentiments head wide open and his stomach wide Tammy Wynette ' s best- selling autobi- expressed in your song, "Keep On Fall- open and he had no fingers or toes. Caro- 0 叩 hy of the same title, and starring ing ln Love 'Til I Get lt Right. ' lyn immediately went to work on him Annette 0 ' Toole as Tammy. the plastic surgeons built him some little TAMMY: I think that any person who's 'I- never thought that one day a gone through a divorce has in the back of fingers. They're not perfect and they're a movie would be made 0f my book , ' ' said little short, but he can use them. their mind, whether it was their fault or Tammy. "lt's a dream come true. He's a perfectly normal, healthy, intel- somebody else's, that they're gonna get it After Annette was grven the coveted ligent boy, except for his disfigurements, right some day. The song so applies to part ofTammy Wynette, she flew to Las and I don't want Chris to suffer any more. other things. Even if it's something that Vegas where Tammy was performing, He went to his first Cub Scout meeting you re working on or writing, and it went backstage , and introduced herself and he came home cryingbecause the kids doesn't come out exactly right. I think as the actress whO would portray her. wouldn't play with him. And he said to his everybody feels that way about something "She was Just great and so excited, fåther, 。 'Daddy, I don't know why they —that they'll just keep on 'til they get it Miss O'TooIe says of her first meeting didn't want to play with me. I was really right. I loved that song when I first heard with Tammy. " She ' s been wonderful , it. And I felt so strongly because I just having a good time, but they said I was and I learned a lot by being with her, knew that some 、 vhere there was a 、 'lr. different. They said I was ugly, Daddy. watching her perform, and reading her Right for me, and I found him. He's right And it was enough to have killed me. I touching book. If I can capture one real cried 'til I couldn't stand it. Anyone that there in the next roon 】 . moment Of this woman's life that will My husband's ajewel, and an absolute sees Chris has to take a second 100k. But mean something to somebody , then that he's not retarded and that's a blessing, but musical gemus. a fantastic father, is what it is all about. ' he is aware ofwhat Other kids are saying tO and he really does spoil me to death. lfl so Critics and mi_llions Of viewers much as lift a leg 0 仼 the bed, he'll say, him. I told my husband I didn't care what who saw Annette 0 ' Toole ' s perfor- it costs, l'm gonna get that child some 'Why, what do you need, Honey? ' ' He's mance ⅲ & 側イァノ側 agreed that help. Carolyn was so great and to lose her Just SO attentive, and he puts together all she indeed captured something very so young ・ .. I want to do something for my Vegas shows, and he's written halfthe special. Due tO time limitations, much Of stuff l've recorded. Ⅵ第 were friends for her little boy. Tammy s incredible life story was not twelve years , and I th ink that was the CR: Summing up, how would you say covered in the telefilm. Let's hope a se- greatest thing we had going for us even success has really changed you? quel is in the works. before we fell in love. I think you've got to TAMMY: I told the kids, "The only way everything? We wanted tO get you some- like a man as a friend first before you can success has changed us at all is that we thing, but we didn't have any money, so have a bigger house tO live in and more really love him. We've been together now we decided tO write and let you know that food, but we have less time to stay in that since August of 1977 , and it's been great ・ I wouldn't trade one minute Of it. lt's you've been the best Mommy in the house and we stilllike to live on hot dogs. ' And that is so true. Would you believe been everything l've always wanted and world. You've given us what most people never get. And Ⅵ℃ mean money, we that a hot dog is still my favorite food? lfl thought of finding. mean love. ' ' Well, thatjust destroyed me had a choice between a steak and a hOt CR: What would you describe as the dog, why l'd take the hot dog. highest moment in your life? because they were really sincere. They really wanted me to know how much they TAMMY: Strange as it may sound, thought about me on my birthday, even when you ask me what was the highest ( Ⅳ 0 襯叫な。。 ' ' Carolyn 田ん when I wasn ' t there. My kids and I have high in my life, l'd have t0 say it was when 側ールん研 m な maternal grand- had a good time growing up together, and I had a birthday and I was out oftown and な , Caro ケれ田 7 襯なアなん . I guess I have also grown up with them. the kids didn't have any money. When I But, 豆ど Carolyn 田伽ケ膨確“ / イ群劬側 Tam- CR: You had a sister who passed away at got back home they had written a poem ア , ク田 ra な記 g ん側ん混厩あん that staned off: "Dear Momrny. How do a traglcally young age after a long illness, / that t ゞ , ra 側厩側側〃 / れ化 ) you get something for somebody who has and I understand she left behind a son 30 COUNTRY RHYTHMS 2

盟・朝 Oa k 兪 3 ・ 3 鱒 3 0 0 a す一 me by Jo-Ann Geffen A Brief History of the Oak Ridge Boys Way back in the 1940 ' s the city 0f0 Ridge, Tennessee was the site ofthe U. S. government's uranium plants, which refined the material used in the first atomic bombs. The entire city was surrounded by fences, and it was necessary to have high-level clearance to even enterthe area. TheArmyhad built several recreational cen- ters in the area, and from neighboring Knoxville the country/gospel quartet known as the Country Cut-Ups came frequently t0 perform for the workers and residents 0f0 Ridge. Læ fans began calling them the 0 Ridge Quartet. After the war, the 0 日 n foursome broke up, but soon four other singers took the name and settled ⅲ NashviIle as the Oak Ridge Quartet. The members kept changing, but the name stayed the same, until about twenty years ago when the group began billing itself as the 0 戒 Ridge Boys. Of the 0 Ridge Boys that we know today , Bill GoIden is the one who has been with the group thelongest. Hej oined in 1964. The other performers who were in the group when hejoined have sinceleft, t0 be replaced by DuaneAllen in 1966 , Richard Sterban in 1972 , andJoe Bonsall in 1973. And that's how the present-day group came tO be. JOE BONSALL DATE OF BIRTH: May 18. PLACE OF BIRTH : PhiIadeIphia, Pennsylvania. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 5 ' 11 % ” , 160 lbs. EYE AND HAIR COLOR: Brown and Brown. MARITAL STATUS: Married. KIND OF GIRL: I married her. MOVIES: Co な IM 催なの側 g んなれ TV SHOW: "NBA on CBS. ” MUSIC: Commercial. FOOD : Southern style , home-cooked meals. COLOR : Blue. ACTOR/ACTRESS: All-time, John Wayne. Dolly, and l've never seen her prmt pertaining tO the music business. BOOKS: Avid magazine and newspaper reader; I like current events; any FAVORITES HOBB IES : Collecting antique automobiles , animals , gardening. EYE AND HAIR COLOR: Blue and Brown. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 6 ' 0 ” , 170 旧 s. PLACE OF BIRTH: Taylortown, Texas. DATE OF BIRTH: April 29. DUANE ALLEN MARITAL STATUS : Married. nothing t0 talk about, but that's okay t00! and have a sense of humor. She ' s got t0 like music and sports or we ' Ⅱ have KIND OF GIRL: Being picky, I like girls that are tall, slender, good-looking MOVIES: All-time, and 砂〃 ; This year, 7 ルノ z & 既 where I can see sporting events and movies. llike "Quincy" and "Mash. ' 、一 SHOW : I don ' t watch as much network television since I got cable , along with Eddie Rabbitt and the 0 戒 Ridge Boys! best of pop and country mixed , a little Neil Diamond , Barbra Streisand , MUSIC: M. 0. R. ー go ( adult contemporary radio. I like to listen to the FOOD : Steaks and good ltalian food. COLOR: lt ' s always been blue. Pacino, Robert DeNiro and SaIIy FieIds. ACTOR/ACTRESS: All-time, John Wayne. Among those I like are Stephen King and Robert Ludlam. favorites are super-esplonage and spooky books. My two favonte authors are BOOKS: I read a 10t. Novels of kinds, fiction or non-fiction, but my FAVORITES like riding my bicycle, playing tennis, and listening to kinds of good music. favorite teams are Philly teams ; my favorite is baseball—l love the Phillies ! I HOBB IES : Basically I' m a sports fanatic , watching and participating. My WILLIAM L GOLDEN DATE OF BIRTH: January 12. PLACE OF BIRTH: Brewton, Alabama. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 6 ' 1 ” 175 lbs. EYE AND HAIR COLOR: Blue and DarkBrown with natural grey. HOBBIES: Horseback riding and music. Relaxing at home (Bill owns a 200-year-01d historic southern plantation home in the Tennessee countryside. ) FAVORITES BOOKS: Right now—l'm en 」 oying American Western Art and Photography books. ACTOR/ACTRESS: l'm a fan of a 10t of them. COLOR : Blue and Earthtones. FOOD : Peanuts , cheese , vegetables , ice cream , good bread and good wi ne. MUSIC: Music is very important to me. I like kinds, depending on different days, different rnoods, different seasons. Ⅳ SHOW: "The Tonight Show. ' MOVIES: That changes the time. The last one I saw was お / / go 伽 . KIND OF GIRL: AII kinds. Like music, it depends on different times, different places, different mornents. AII girls have special qualities. I love girls—that's ur . MARITAL STATUS : Divorced. RICHARD STERBAN DATE OF BIRTH: April 24. PLACE OF BIRTH: Camden, New Jersey. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT: 5 ' 10 % ” , 145 lbs. EYE AND HAIR COLOR: Blue and Brown. HOBBIES: Jogging. l'm a sports fan. (Richard is part-owner 0f the Nashville Sounds , Greensboro Hornets and SaIem Redbirds baseball teams. ) Good music of 司 kinds. FAVORITES BOOKS : J im Fixx ' s CompIete Book of Running ・ ACTOR/ACTRESS: I don't have a favorite. COLOR: Green. FOOD: ltalian fo ( ⅵ . MUSIC: Contemporary country. 、 SHOW : Sporting events. MOVIES: んな 0 〃 7 ' 0 乢 (Richard was a mernber of the Stamps Quartet MARITAL STATUS : Married. KIND OF GIRL: Blonde, relatively thin. who sang with Elvis during the filmed concerts. )

' ' Left-Field Hero ” by Robert K. Oermann ddie Rabbitt is surely the treated us real nice. lt's always been extra special on the road. They like me and I most unlikely country feel the same about them. l'm just not star Of our tlmes. For starters, he isn't a Despite these accolades , Eddie Rabbitt much for awards and this kind of stuff. ' Southerner. ・、 Tennessee has been repeatedly ignored by the most drawl when Rabbitt talks, for his roots are important Nashville honor of , the A Comitted NashviIIian in the biggest Yankeeland of , the New CMA Award. Even though he sells mil- He hastens to add, however, "I do feel York/New Jersey metropolis. ln a lions Of records tO country music fans , part of this whole N ashville scene. I know mu sical field that admires those with deep plays tO sell-out crowds at country con- here; and I am part of Nashville American heritage, Rabbitt is the son of certs , and has written such glant country first-generation lrish immlgrants. He country. ' ' He has learned, as every coun- hits as Ronnie Milsap's "Pure Love' ' and try star must, that: "We're 1 in this isn't rural, for his father worked in the EIvis PresIey's "Kentucky Rain, ' ' he has business tO help each Other. ' ' You won't most industrial section Of Newark. And never won a C MA Male Vocalist of the find Eddie Rabbitt out partying in Music neither his birthplace of B rooklyn nor his Year, Single ofthe Year, or Entertainer of home place in East Orange, New Jersey City's clubs, or hobnobbing at record the Year award. Most times, he isn't even could be described as " countryside. ' company receptions, but he is definitely a nominated. Any Other ambitious young singer would be pounding his fists ⅲ committed Nashvillian. not gonna But country he is, and ⅲ a Big Way. frustration; but Rabbitt insists he doesn't be movmg anywhere. l'm gonna stay He has two gold albums, one platinum, feel slighted ⅲ the least. "Awards from fourteen top-ten country hits, eight coun- here, ' ' he says, adding, "the Nashville countryside is where a guy like me as a kid the industry are nice, but that's not what tr ツ number-ones, and eight or in New Jersey and New York growing up country-to-pop crossover smashes that in- l'm after, ' ' he says.' 'UItimately, it is the in the city, dreams of. ' clude his million-selling "Drivin' My Life people that will decide. I don't want to lt's true. He な part of Nashville's con- sound like a politician or anything, but it Away. ' ' The walls 0f Eddie Rabbitt's temporary country scene; but the literally な the. people that are out there in Music ROW offices are literally covered same, he's never been noted for dOing with honors, principally his 31 BMI the Milwaukees and Denvers and the towns that keep you in bu siness. At things the standard Nashville way. He son gwnung citatlons , his Grammy this point, ifl win any big awards it will be was among the first Nashville acts t0 100k nomination (for "Every Which Way But tO L. A. for career management, for in- because of the people out there. ' Loose' ' ) , his five ・召″ル 0 確イ magazine awards, and the gold records of his part- stance. ' 'lt's not that I went outside "There was a point where I really Nashville for my management delib- ners Even Stevens (for Dr. H00k's needed the Nashville industry to in- erately, " he insists. "lt's just that I hap- ' 'When You're ln Love With a BeautifuI terested in me SO I could get my songs pened t0 meet so me awfully good people recorded and get action on the charts, ' ' he Woman' ' as a writer) and David Malloy out in L. A. WhO were very ambitious and (for Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make lt "and I ″ need that, of contmues, very hip t0 what was happemn' and I went Through the Night' ' and Ray Stevens' course. But tO a point l've never really with them because of feelings, really, and "Gitarzan' a producer). Scattered worried about what the industry people what they could d0. ' said. ' ' As far as his relationship to the about the 0 伍 ice rooms are country muSlC Unlike most Nashville stars, Eddie is trophies like ~ 必り ' s 1978 New Country marnstream country muSIC world, Eddie extremely jealous of his pnvacy. The sees things this way: "l've always felt that Entertainer plaque, varlous awards in the tourist buses dO not travel by his home, we were kind of left-field heroes. I don't shape ofmusical notes from local country and the house on Music Row he does know if'heroes' is the right word, but ever groups, 田 1 lrish-American honor, 田記 business 伝 om is unmarked. When he srnce we first went out on the road the the key to the city of East Orange, New comes home to Nashville, Eddie Rabbitt country fans knew I was from New Jersey. They ' re visible symbols 0f his leaves his country stardom behind and Jersey, born in Brooklyn, yet they always country music stardom. 34 COUNTRYRHYTHMS △ D D

Gilley's nowadays convinced GiIley's with discs on small Houston ln- tO two-day performances with a superb bill of the city's, and the country's, blues owner and operating partner, Sherwood dependents. C ryer , that a similar place down the road When not partaking of potables, pool giants. Mums and RockefelIer's are the or pinball, the Texans can be found danc- featuring Johnny Lee would pull in leading jazz-oriented smaller clubs. ing, mainly to the "C0tton-Eyed Joe' ' crowds t00 , SO up it went, complete with Rockefeller's, m particular, offers a their own mechanical bulls. Last week I (sort of a cross between the bunny hop, remarkably diverse blend of nationally counted no fewer than 23 places capable polka and bumper cars) , the known Jazz, rock, reggae and blues acts. of each accomodating at least 1 000 hard- 。 'schottische' ' (she has him by the belt Cody's, which has the best view of any drinking, fist-fighting Texans simul- 100PS , he has her by the shoulders , one or live music club in town from atop the 3400 taneously. These fOlks come tO dance, tO both usually bring a long-neck beer along Montrose building, hosts good local jazz drink and have a good time! Believe me, for the ride) and 。 'The Texas Waltz, ' combos. once booming diSCO scene in tO 、 they . The usual talent roster here en- thtghlighted by the more amorous couples has been co-opted by the country muslc compasses a house band SiX nights aweek, whose "dance steps' ' consist mostly Of crowd. The mammoth sound systems entertainment (usually a thrusts. name that once pulsed tO Donna Summer and Nashville star) once a week, at least 10 NOW that it is socially acceptable tO Chic now pump out GeorgeJones, Ernest P001 tables and a mirumurn OftWO dozen admit a fondness for country muSlC, Tubb and Crystal Gayle. The pickup you'll find a remarkably diverse crowd in vanous pinball and electronic diverslons. action here is fast and furious inside. Out- age, race, occupation and SOCial status. These places are unfailingly named after side, pickup trucks outnumber cars by at You just haven't lived until you spend a something western—Winchester, Wells least three tO one. ln addition tO these Saturday night in one of these places! Fargo, Frontier Palace, Western Swing beehives Of activity, there are several Though U 側 Co 田ろり made it seem like CIub, FooI's GoId, Whiskey Junction, dozen good-sized hotels and motels, each mechanical bull-riding was a major event Doc HoIliday's CIub, San Antone Rose, with its own live entertainment. Before ofthese halls, in real life you'll find the bull Ken Stabler's Diamondback, and so on. you sneer at this aspect Of the live muSIC picture, you might recall that this envl- ronment nurtured the budding talents of Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap. 、 esoteric forms ofamusement can be enjoyed at some rather out-of-the-way spots like the Athens Bar & Grill, on the ship channel, where you can observe and JOin in with the Greek sailors, Often danc- mg with one another after long months at sea together. Punk lovers bemoan the demise OfSpit but new wave still thrives at Rock lsland in the 4700 block of Main Street. ln a city ofalmost 2 million, you can be certain that Houston offers entertalnment to suit every palate. ln fact the Q ロ况 Preppy 〃側 00 ん (Lisa Birnbach, Work- over ln a corner, attended by no 1 ore man Pub. NY, 1980 ) lists seven approv- Houston's lmportance a country ed preppy places in the city. They are: talent pool cannot be overlooked. The city than 5 % ofthe clubgoers at any one time. Rock and roll enjoys a vigoroug follow- is easily the biggest country record market Rosco's Cafe and Jazzbar, St. Michel, ing here. The Summit, Sam Houston Butera's Deli, Kay's Lounge, the Hof- in the nation.The innumerable clubs pro- Coliseum and Hofheinz Pavilion all 0 飛 r vide havens for singers and country bands brau, the Cadillac Bar and Cody's. So venues of over 10 , 000 seats each, while you see, there's something for everyone. to find regular employment and the city's Jones Hall, the Music Hall and Cullen Ballet, opera and the theatre can also be three 】 or country radiO stations each Auditorium are on tap for engagements attended in Houston. The Symphony was program good 10C talent. KIKK in the 2-5 000 seat range. once home tO the famed Andre Previn, KNUZ and KENR have been battling it The Agora, Parade, Fitzgerald's, out for country radiO dominance for years and the city also boasts a fine Z00 with a Whiskey River, Diamondhead, On the nearby planetarium. A wide selection Of in this city where the combined country Border and lesser known halls cover the X-rated movie houses can be found in listening audience surpasses that Of 記 1 100 to 1 000 capacity range, with the forms save rock. Recently long-time nearly every ne i ghborhood and the re i s Agora functioning as the nearest thing tO a AOR station KILT-FM jumped on the even an . X. -rated drive-ln rnovle available. showcase club for rockers. A host of country bandwagon, promising tO heat AII this adds up to a really fine enter- smaller bars provide the breeding tainment menu, suitable for the bustling the city's country ratings war up even fur- energy capital 0f the country. Though ther. The venues and the radio outlets grounds for younger mUSlClans. dominated by Gilley's and its over 6 , 000 have enabled a number of maJor country Blues and jazz greats like Lightning acts tO break out Of Houston ontO the Hopkins, Bobby 。 'Blue' ' Bland, Albert capacity, Houston is a city with an extra- national market. Mickey Gilley, Johnny Collins, Arnett Cobb, the Crusaders and ordinarily broad talent rmxture, par- many Others live or have lived, in town SO Lee, Gene Watson, Freddy Fender, Roy ticularly of the honky-tonk variety. that aspect Of the music spectrum IS well Wear your cowboy boots anywhere, Head, B. J. Thomas, Randy Cornor, represented. The annual Juneteenth Frenchie Burke, Mundo Earwood, Ken- crank up you r old pickup and leave your Blues Festival, held outdoors at Miller ny Dale and Bill Nash have charted frowns at home. You be getting down ln Theater, attracts about 50 000 spectators nationally on major labels after beginning Houston, son, so go for it! 48 COUNTRY RHYTHMS 1

☆師市師邨 ☆ right in the mold without dif- effect is so lald back that fusing Ely's personality you ve got tO pay close atten- AS one might guess, the ti- uon or the whole thing will tle song IS a rave-up, done slip by you. Winchester not mamc early-Jerry Lee Lewis forceful enough tO put over the rockler numbers , “ Sure style , complete with Sun Enough" 田 "H00t 'n Records echo. The other out- and-out rockers on the lp in - Holler, ” and he fares better clude a couple of travelin' with two unabashed love songs, 、 'l Love You NO songs, Ely's 。 'H01d On' ' and Hancock's "Road Hawg, End' ' and ' 'LesIie, ” the latter an ode to his wife. Best of 田 1 understated reworkin g Of is a light , airy soul tune called 'Rock Me My Baby," 0 ロ - 'Say What, ' ' so of similar gmally recorded by Buddy to what Smokey Robinson is Holly, another Lubbockite, doing these days , only with a in 1958 , and Roy Brown's classic “ Good Rockin ' white southern twang. Win- chester isn't really a folkie, or Tonight. ' But Ely shows his diversity with " H ard a good 01' boy, or a soul man, Livin' , a swmgmg, Jazzy but he deftly fuses three on cut, 、 'I Keep Gettin' Paid the 况んノんな . The result, with his albums, is quietly Same, ' ' a Blue Collar rockmg blues, "Dam of My Heart, satisfying. a plaintive pop shuffle, and On the line between country and rock , Joe 見 ly makes his stand. 'Wishin' For You, ' a pret- ROLL OV 地 , ty, mid-tempo song Of unre- B UDDY molded them into his own quited love. ln short, Ely his fourth album, and this contemporary country- rock does it , bending his V01ce could be the record that puts Joe Ely sound. And not only does Ely and his musical stance tO sult him over the top. Ely is 外イ豆 a ノ M 厩 write memorable songs that each song, but never bendmg another musical hybrid , fus- Gotta ん尻 portray an authentic , credible SO much as tO lose his firm rng rockabilly, country & urban cowboy lifestyle , but he Southcoast/MCA musical identity. J oe Ely is western, rock and swing, but gets songwrltmg support from (MCA-5183 ) just t00 good tO remam a cult he didn't have to go to school West Texas co-horts Butch item. 外ん立 a Go 血ん 0 could Joe Ely's a comer. Actu- to pick up these influences; he H ancock , J immie G ilmore ally, he's been cormn' on for very well signal his arrival ⅲ came by them as he grew up and David Halley that fits a few years now, this being the big ume ・ in Lubbock , Texas , and he ALTERED STATE might not know they were even do a song called SightS IntO some C01 mon ro- from 'bama if they didn't tell "Hollywood. ' ' Even though mantlC expenences in 0 Alabama you but, after you stnp away the sentlment is in the First Degree ” and ん必 & 沢をん the high gloss finish, their anti-("Hollywood ain't ' 、 Noman Back Home. Maybe these four cutles are rnuSlC goes right tO the heart (RCA AHL 1-393 の nuthin' but glamor and of Dixie. Geographic identificauon lights' ' ) the guys seem very onto somethlng after 訓 . You comfortable. There's also a has always been an effective dreamy blues called "l'm ploy— who knows how many people from the C0tton State Stoned' ' and, if there could will buy this lp by vinue of be such a thmg, a country the name alone—but it's a lit- disco song, appropnately ti- tle susplclous with this quar- tled "Fantasy. tet. The album was recorded But the album has a genu- at The Music MiII in Nash- lne sweetness tO it, bOth in the ville and it could have been smcerlty Of the vocals and in done at the HoteI CaIifornia the lush production. Alabama j udging by the Eagles-like is at its best with rolling bal- harmonies and slick produc- lads like the title song and tion. The quartet (Randy “ 01d Flame, ' ' both of which Owen, Teddy Gentry, Jeff are buoyed by sweepin g strmgs rermmscent Of Mani- Cook and Mark Herndon) look and sound more like 10W or Diamond. They so L A. than Mobile, and they come up 、 sorne ne 、 ln- 16 COUNTRY RHYTHMS 1 Alabama ・ . mo like Los Angeles than Mobile. 0

DOWN HOME ON SUNSET B OULEVARD Hollywood' s Gone Country! by DonaId Lyons cademy Award night is over and the big news from Tinseltown IS that Oscar's Just a good ole boy... and gal! What happened in Los Angeles on the night of March 31 only gives the seal 0f approval t0 a tidal wave that a 10t Of us have seen heading in for a long time now. Hollywood's gone country! The sexiest and most popular star Ofthe evening was country's Red HOt Mama, Dolly Parton, singing her own ti- tle song, "Nine t0 Five," from her hit movie about S01 e working revenge. And though she didn't get the golden boy for best movie song ofthe year, Dolly was such oscar dynamite that one Wlseacre drawled that the town should be rechris- tened Dollywood. The wonderful Willie Nelson (he'll be a Ⅱ 1 or movie star soon) 記 so grabbed Oscar-watchers with "On The Road Again, ' ' which he had sung in 6 COUNTRYRHYTHMS 1 his terrific and too-little-seen country film of last year, 〃伽クな沢 0 But it wasn tJust music that went coun- try on the Gold Coast that March night. lt was the movies themselves. Sissy Spacek grabbed a big one—Best Actress—for her heart-breaking recreation of the life and music (she did her own singing) of coun- try immortal Loretta Lynn in C / ノ l'f 催な の″ g ん催 . lt was a moment tO remember when a tearful Sissy held up her Oscar and thanked Loretta, smiling proudly in the audience. And some inside folks thought C / 外石〃催な D 側 g んグ , an honest, courage- Bottom : Dolly Parton debuted her acting and secretarial skills in Ⅳ / 膨 . Her title song became a number one hit. Top: Debra Winger and J0hn Travolta looked for, found, lost, and rediscovered love in U 舫側 Co 田ろり .