Article Contributed by Sugar Mountain PR | Published on Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Kelli Welli, a rising star in children’s music voted by PDX Parent magazine as one of the top 5 performers in Portland, will release a country-style, humor-filled album called Let’s Go Pistachio on January 29th. The first single, “Kickin’ It with My Chicken,” is available now, and the googly-eyed special edition CD is available for pre-orders via Bandcamp and KelliWelli.com.
The album of 15 original songs starts with “The Hat Song.” This peppy party tune encourages imaginative play and the power of a chapeau to take the wearer practically anywhere. Next up is the bluegrassy tune “The Smilers,” about how to make the best of even the darkest day. Wordplay and whimsy are hallmarks of the title track “Let’s Go Pistachio” (which could be a helpful parenting resources to entice kids to get out the door), and the songs “Peanut Pine Nut” and “Kickin’ It with My Chick
I was listening to a 70 s country channel on Alexa this morning. It took me back to a lot of songs in my younger years. I just wondered how much songwriters made when they wrote a hit song.
Some of the artists I ve been hearing as I write this include, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. If you summed up country music in the 70 s I imagine those four had their fare share of hits. Maybe a few of them were written by others but for some, they were graced also with the ability to write their own songs.
Clarksville NowEd Bruce, country singer-songwriter, dies in Clarksville at 81.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Ed Bruce, a country music songwriter renowned for writing chart-topping hits such as “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,” died in Clarksville on Friday, Jan. 8 at the age of 81.
Bruce was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, and the Musician’s Union, dabbling in several realms of entertainment during his 64-year career.
Beginnings
Born William Edwin Bruce Jr. on Dec. 29, 1939, in Keiser, Arkansas, the songwriter and musician was raised in Memphis. When he was 17, Sun Records owner and record producer Sam Phillips took notice of Bruce and promptly signed him to the label.
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“And if it looks like we were scared to death/ Like a couple of kids just tryin’ to save each other/ You should’ve seen it in color.”
Jamey Johnson’s award-winning 2008 hit “In Color” - a song about looking back at old black and white photos from World War II and beyond - was actually first inspired by old shots shown at Nashville’s annual BMI Awards.
The song’s co-writer, Lee Thomas Miller, brought up the photos in a conversation with Jamey Johnson. A lightbulb immediately went off for both songwriters, and once they finally got in a room together (along with James Otto), a modern country classic was born.
“And if it looks like we were scared to death/ Like a couple of kids just tryin’ to save each other/ You should’ve seen it in color.”Jamey Johnson’s award-winning 2008 hit “In Color” - a song about looking back at old black and white photos from World War II and beyond - was actually first inspired by old shots shown at Nashville’s annual BMI Awards.The song’s co-writer, Lee Thomas Miller, brought up the photos in a conversation