tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45583000352513269312024-03-13T12:48:27.429-05:00Homegrown Songwriters From Our Sweet Home AlabamaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-67298787409106669762017-10-31T12:52:00.002-05:002017-10-31T13:12:12.781-05:00Jim Parker's Songwriter Series Presenting: A Full Evening With Billy Droze and His Band Kentucky Blue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #333333;">Singers/Songwriters for St Jude was started in 1996 by performing songwriter Del McGee in an effort to help children affected by childhood cancer. Come enjoy a terrific show with some terrific talent. You won't be disappointed in the performances. We ask you to donate generously to this cause. Donate </span><a href="http://singersongwritersforstjude.weebly.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">HERE</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">. All donations go directly to St. Jude and are tax deductible. The songwriters donate their time and talent for this worthy cause. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We live in a time where there aren’t many real things left. It’s a world of man-made
islands, factory farming, social media instead of social interaction...and
prepackaged music that is as disposable as yesterday’s newspaper. For
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Armed with an acoustic guitar and a list
of songs that tell of love found and lost, old outlaws seeking redemption,
gamblers, wild women, obsession, jealousy...stories of desolation and hope
dealt with through heartbreak and humor. Stories delivered in a way that people
can find pieces of themselves in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mike’s music is real,
pure and honest, whether he is singing and writing about a love gone wrong,
finding a new one, or the pitfalls of everyday life and many different life situations, one thing is for sure, everyone will love Mike's songs. You only have to
listen to his warm, tender voice, influenced by great Texas performing
songwriters like Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, Bruce Robison Rodney Crowell,
Hayes Carll and many others, to know this is pure, honest music from the heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is the personal connection found in
his songs that Mike strives for. There was one particular case that touched him
deeply. A woman waiting for a heart transplant wrote of a song about a crippled
rodeo cowboy seeking something to believe in, “Mike, ‘Live For Today’ is a great song!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Since becoming a
professional musician at 16 in 1976, Mike has called the road home for most of
his life. He has a strong background as a lead guitarist in Blues, Southern
Rock, Country and Country Rock, performing with, or opening for, many top
billed acts such as BB King, Albert Collins, SRV, Johnny Rodriguez, Gene
Watson, Toby Keith, The Dixie Chicks ... but it</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">s the </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">song
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drives him. Mike had his first song recorded in 1984, </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Whiskey
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out, </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Good For Something </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">released in 2000, </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">A
Mile Of Bad Track </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">in 2014, </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Pieces Of Me </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">in 2016.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Get acquainted with Mike Allen on <a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/mikeallensongs" target="_blank">ReverbNation</a>, <a href="ttps://www.facebook.com/mikeallen823" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mikeallensongs.net/" target="_blank">Mikes Website</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTQE_MZpCYuyLLHfVlSwPBg" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Watch for release of Mike's lastest</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> CD "<span style="line-height: 107%;">Texas
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-42719591577717635492016-02-25T15:28:00.001-06:002016-02-25T15:35:05.408-06:00Help Fund MaryJustice Lucas to Romania Orphanage Mission Trip<div style="text-align: justify;">
MaryJustice Lucas is a multi-award winning songwriter and singer, who started writing songs and music at age 11. She has been recording and performing from the Nashville/Middle Tennessee area and Northern Alabama since age 14. Currently, MaryJustice is a senior at Kentucky Mountain Bible College.</div>
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MaryJustice has always had a heart to help people in need and has performed many benefits for several worthy causes and organizations. Last summer, she interned at a local church as Youth Praise and Worship Leader/Counselor. In December, 2015, she went to Guatemala with<a href="https://www.missionfirefly.org/" target="_blank"> Mission Firefly</a> to minister to children in a remote Mayan village. She is currently teaching a children's Sunday School class near KMBC, as her Field Ministry. </div>
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Visit her <a href="http://www.maryjusticelucas.com/" target="_blank">website</a> and get acquainted with MaryJustice by reading her biography, watching slideshows, etc. Also listen to her music at <a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/maryjusticemusic" target="_blank">ReverbNation</a> and <a href="https://myspace.com/maryjusticesings" target="_blank">MySpace</a>. MaryJustice is also on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MaryJustice-Music-206209019430488/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; text-align: justify;">I am full of joy to share with you that God has called me to go on a mission trip with </span><a href="https://visionbeyondborders.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Vision Beyond Borders</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; text-align: justify;"> and a small group from my college, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; text-align: justify;">to Romania over my spring break, March 11-19. The reason this is so last minute is because the trip was originally for a different country. I wanted to go, but I wasn’t CALLED to go. And I had accepted that. But then, when my teacher announced that the trip had been changed to Romania, and that we would be ministering to orphans in a local orphanage, God put a tug on my heart that I could not deny. We will also be reaching out to surrounding Gypsy villages, with people who are also in need of the love and hope of Jesus Christ. I am so hopeful and excited to see how God is going to move and use us in Romania, but I also know WE will come away blessed by them. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">I am asking you to prayerfully consider donating money to financially support me on going to Romania to share Jesus with the lost and the broken. Donations may be made via GoFundMe</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;"> (click link below logo).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">If money is not an option for you, I sincerely ask for your prayers for me and our group to stay in God’s Will and do all that HE wants to be done in Romania. <br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">Thank you SO much for taking the time to let me share my heart with you!</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">And thank you in advance for your prayers and donations!</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">Sincerely,</span><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">MaryJustice</span><!--3--></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-81013971618092752172016-02-23T20:16:00.002-06:002016-02-23T20:40:28.080-06:00Special Day! Special Announcement!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our very own, Homegrown Songwriter from Our Sweet Home Alabama, <a href="http://www.maryjusticelucas.com/" target="_blank">MaryJustice Lucas</a> turned 21 today. But, instead of being at home to celebrate with friends and family, she is away at Kentucky Mountain Bible College with back-to-back classes.</span></div>
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announced that the trip had been changed to Romania, and that we would be
ministering to orphans in a local orphanage, God put a tug on my heart that I
could not deny. We will also be reaching out to surrounding Gypsy
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-64965670832173695622016-01-05T01:31:00.000-06:002016-01-13T12:03:48.017-06:00Come Meet Billy Droze<br />
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">Born in Lafayette, Louisiana
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remember, he knew that music was his life. “It’s as if I was inserted with a
computer chip that made my life revolve around music.” But, the reason is just
as likely the influence of his father, Bob Droze, a dedicated country, gospel,
and bluegrass musician. Billy was on stage with his dad by the time he was 4
years old, and spent his childhood singing with him everywhere from churches to
bluegrass festivals to honkytonks, developing a passion for traditional
country, gospel, and roots music that has influenced him ever since. He learned
to play guitar when he was 12, and as a teenager would perform anywhere,
anytime, for anyone who would listen, sometimes walking miles down country
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Georgia",serif;">When Billy was 16, his dad
had moved to Texas, so he followed him there and spent a year or so playing
with his band. After rambling around Texas for a while, he decided it was time
to move to Nashville and has lived there ever since. He continued to play
anywhere he could, constantly honing his skills as a songsmith and musician. Using
the name, Billy Ryan, his ever-growing fan base dramatically increased singing
lead on several tours for the Grammy-winning Shenandoah.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After a family tragedy, Billy felt the need for a change of
scenery. Billy booked a thirteen-city, nine-country tour of Eastern Europe to
promote his third independent album, “Ready For The Ride” which was extremely
well-received by fans and reviewers. ”Ready For The Ride” earned him
three #1 singles on the European Hot Disc charts. This tour also led him to Lithuania where he
found his soul mate. When he returned to
the United States, it was with his new wife, Marija and their son Nickie. Billy has appeared in “Country Weekly”
numerous times, as well as other magazines and Web sites in the US and Europe.
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unique artist and highly prolific songwriter, with lyrics that dig deep into the
heart of life, melodies and guitar style that combine his traditional roots
with a modern twist that’s all his own, and a voice so beautiful, earthy and
sincere that every song gives you goose bumps,” is just getting started.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-36089634829538237112015-10-06T19:55:00.000-05:002015-10-06T20:01:57.329-05:00Introducing Tegan Thomas!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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At 11 years old Tegan Thomas is already a "seasoned" entertainer bursting with talent and personality "with a passion for music like no other." She started singing when she was three and has more performances under her belt than some singers three times her age. She's just a normal kid with big dreams and she <b>will </b>chase them. Tegan is learning to play piano, plays basketball, softball and volleyball. Along with the typical activities of an 11 year old she has performed (mentioning a few) Madd Talent Music Showcases at Opry Mills Mall, Oakland Mall Tunes for Tots, Leelanau Sands Casino for State Finals in the 33rd Annual Country Show Down and opened for Jana Kramer at the Genesee County Fair. Tegan said when she took a trip to Nashville and stood on the Opry Mills Mall Stage she loved it and knew that was her place.<br />
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When Tegan was seven she recorded "It's A Miracle" and raised $1000.00 for a classmate who had a brain tumor. Tegan says her goal is to become super famous and raise enough money to help end childhood cancer. I believe she will do it!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tegan has performed at a benefits to help raise money for Mackenzie, a young girl her age, who needs a heart transplant. Tegan was the youngest performer there!</span></div>
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It was in Nashville at the <a href="http://www.maddtalentmusic.com/" target="_blank"><b>Madd Talent Music</b></a> Opry Mills Showcase that Tegan met performing songwriter, <b><a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/maryjusticemusic" target="_blank">MaryJustice Lucas</a> </b>almost three years ago. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tegan <b><a href="https://loudr.fm/release/live-laugh-love/MMkMe" target="_blank">JUST RELEASED</a></b> a new video singing "Live, Laugh, Love" written by MaryJustice when she was just a little older than Tegan is now. This was MaryJustice's first award winning song and she is so pleased that Tegan selected it to cover!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Keep an eye on this young lady! I believe she will attain her goal. Visit the links and learn about this awesome young lady.</span></div>
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10871 County Line Rd #B, Madison, AL 35758</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Singers/Songwriters for St Jude was started in 1996 by Del McGee in an effort to help children effected by childhood cancer. Come enjoy a terrific show with some terrific talent. You won't be disappointed in the performances. We ask you to donate generously to this cause. All donations go directly to St. Jude. The songwriters donate their time and talent for this worthy cause. The link to make tax free donations on line is <a href="http://fundraising.stjude.org/singersongwriters_for_StJude" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Donations may also be made at the event or mailing to Stem and Stein at the above address. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ron Brown, a local north Alabama songwriter. He writes in several genres including jazz, blues, country, folk, and bluegrass. He plays guitar and harmonica. Ron runs a songwriters show once a month in Cullman, AL at Berkeley Bob's Coffeehouse; one of the best listening venues in Alabama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Robin Stewart is a brilliant pianist who writes thought provoking songs. She has co-written with well known Nashville writers as well as many local writers in north Alabama. She performs as often as possible, given she is the mother of three children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Allen Watkins, professional musician and songwriter who teaches guitar, mandolin, banjo, and bass. Allen receives wonderful reviews from music critics. He writes wonderful songs and collaborates with Connie Watkins and others in writing songs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Connie Watkins, an excellent songwriter recently released a CD called “Dakota Landing”. She plays guitar, percussion, and is a soulful singer, Look for her to be involved in a lot of music around the area with Allen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ted Whittington is affectionately known among his friends as Uncle Ted. He writes brilliant songs, plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, and the fiddle. He is very passionate about the fiddle! His songs will certainly entertain and grab your attention.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chapman has had unique insights into the development of a Folk musician. "A writer is not necessarily the one that shouts 'Hear Me!' (that's the performer talking), but one that listens and seems to whisper 'I heard you'. "Whether it's the sound of a human trotting across the prairie, the epic life of a tree, the loneliness one needs to combat garden gnomes or a view of war through the eyes of a 4 year old boy, Chapman's songs are honest and simple.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Travis Widner says he had no idea he would be writing songs and singing in venues when he went to Auburn University as a freshman. Widner had never written music until he met Chris Williams and they formed the band “John and the Conners”. He has deep hometown ‘roots’ having been raised in Union Gap, AL with a higher than normal musical family. It has focused him and given him a unique perspective into songwriting themes and methods. Widner spends about 10-12 hours a week playing music unless he is especially “inspired” then he may even hit an Open Mic or schedule a venue with other writers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Drew Richter was
raised in Alabama but, has also lived in Tampa, Miami, Amsterdam and London. He
currently spends much of his time between Florida, Alabama and Nashville TN. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">He is best known as a singer-songwriter. Formative
musical influences began in the early 1980's with the Gothic bands of Europe
such as Bauhaus, Joy Division and The Cure. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">He lived and worked from the United States to Europe performing and co-writing with well-know artists. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">In March 2015 Drew finished an 11 song recording
project at The Treehouse Music Group in Nashville with Grammy nominated
multi-instrumentalist Chris Faulk, and multi-Grammy winning Songwriter Jodi
Marr. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Drew Richter’s
first full length solo CD titled “Snake Smile” is due for release 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">September Reed has serenaded many of Birmingham South Side's creatures of the night with her unique musical style and her sweet, raspy voice. She plays solo and with groups with her range of style running from sweet and sympathetic acoustic to bold and unapologetic A cappella. She has never been attracted to the fame, center of attention aspect of the music industry. Her love for music and songwriting has always been her main deal. September's lyrics are powerful and heart-wrenching ringing true with every note she sings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Click <a href="http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?team_id=168713&fr_id=43709&pg=team" target="_blank">Here</a> to help the Shoals Songwriters meet their goal. Your donations are appreciated.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Performing Songwriter Will Stults
has been featured at The Bluebird Cafe, The Songwriters Showcase, and many
other venues across The Southeast. His music has been called genuine,
insightful, heartfelt, and hilarious. His Wife is tired of listening, his
Mother says his best work is behind him and he has been turned down by some
very famous people so he is happy to once again be a part of the St. Judes
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lori
Lovelace is a songwriter from Florence, Alabama. Lori has been writing
and performing in songwriter rounds and shows in North Alabama and Tennessee
for the past ten years. She recorded her first solo songwriting project
in 2011. Lori has a Contemporary Christian project written and recorded with
her co-writer and church band mate. CD is set to be released in mid September.
In the past two years, she has co-written several songs being performed by
independent artists. Her focus is on writing songs to be recorded and produced
for pitching to major label artists in Nashville's commercial market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">John Crosslin, a writer from
Florence, Alabama has shared his songs throughout Alabama, and
Tennessee, playing coffee houses, bars, theaters, and a multitude of small
venues. Some of his songs have been recorded by local artists, and played on
local radio stations. His stories and songs are inspired by the struggles and
small victories of the everyday common man.</span></div>
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Pine, Alabama. He now lives in Sheffield, Alabama where he serves as an
Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of North Alabama. In 2012, he
was the recipient of the Academic Affairs Outstanding Teaching Award at UNA. He
holds a BFA in acting from the University of Utah and a MFA in theatre
performance from the University of Alabama. As an actor his work has been
showcased at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington D.C., The Alabama
Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage, Capital Repertory in Albany, New York,
and the Salt Lake Shakespeare Company. His acting and teaching career have been
accompanied by a love for music and songwriting and he is looking forward to
sharing his unique style of songwriting at the 19<sup>th</sup> Annual
Songwriters for St. Jude event. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a year after getting his first guitar donated by his sister’s boyfriend, Jimmy
Gilmer of <i>Sugar Shack</i> fame, Jim was
playing in a band and later became a founding member of <i>The Illusions </i>that landed a record deal with Dot Records. In 1966
he and his buddies decided to leave their hometown of Amarillo, Texas, and head
to Los Angeles. During that time, <i>The
Illusions </i>became “<i>The Kitchen Cinq”</i>
recording with Lee Hazelwood’s LHI label for three years. Fifty years later, on
August 28, 2015, <i>Ace
Records</i> of the UK and its affiliate US label <i>Light in the Attic Records </i>released
<i>“The Kitchen Cinq, When The
Rainbow Disappears”</i>, as an anthology box set complete with a booklet of
photos and history of the band.His move to Nashville in 1975 began another phase
of Jim’s career. He met a young John Anderson and began writing successful chart
songs. Jim branched out and through the years has co-written with many #1, Hall
of Fame and Grammy winning songwriters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the creator and host of the popular series<b>
Jim Parker’s Songwriters Series ® </b>at the Von Braun Center Playhouse in
Huntsville, AL where he showcases the incredible talent of his hit songwriter
friends from Nashville, Muscle Shoals, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Canada and
surrounding areas. The dinner-theater atmosphere has created a highly
anticipated monthly event where people listen to great songs and hear the
stories behind the songs from the people who wrote them.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but he decided it was time to move to Nashville, where he currently resides.
Continuing to play anywhere he could, Billy steadily expanded his ever-growing
fan base. It was dramatically increased by several tours singing lead for
Grammy-winning Shenandoah (using the name Billy Ryan). He was signed by
RCA/Sony BMG as an artist shortly after arriving in Nashville but that did not
develop into what he had hoped for. As a staff writer with publishing deals,
Billy had several good cuts including: “You Never Know,” Darryl Worly,
Shenandoah, “That’s Why I Run,” Billy Yates (#1 in Europe), “Sunday Clothes,” Randy
Kohrs, ”Big Pain,” Marty Raybon, “Bottle Was a Bible,” Junior Sisk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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booked a thirteen-city, nine-country tour of Eastern Europe to promote his
third independent album, “Ready For The Ride.” It was well-received by fans and reviewers and
earned him three #1 singles on the European Hot Disc charts. This tour also led
him to Lithuania where he found his soul mate. When he returned to the U.S. it
was with his new wife, Marija, whose lovely voice blends perfectly with his and
their son Nickie. Billy has appeared in Country Weekly numerous times, as well
as other magazines and Web sites in the US and Europe. Billy has had 2
major-network country music videos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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music singer and songwriter. Pope was signed to MillTown Records in 2012 and
released his debut album “Here We Go Again” in November 2012. It peaked at
number 63 on the iTunes Country Album charts for 2012. The album features 12
songs, 9 of which were written by Pope himself. It also features guest
appearances from Confederate Railroad and Jeff Cook from country super group
Alabama.</span></div>
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co-wrote the most played song on Country radio stations across the United
States. “She’s Country,” recorded and
released by Platinum-selling country superstar Jason Aldean, held the No. 1
position on the chart for two consecutive weeks. In 2010, Bridgette’s song,
“Loud” was selected as the Official Theme Song for the ACC Football
Conference’s 2010 Season. This
fast-paced anthem, captured in a raucous music video, resulted in exposure for
Bridgette in over 27 million households. In 2011, she toured with Heidi
Newfield as part of the nationwide She's Country Tour presented by Pendleton
Whisky. In partnership with the Lano Company, Bridgette released a unique
light-up lip gloss, helping to develop her signature color, “Hillbilly
Rockstar.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; line-height: 115%;">Remember, donate on line </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="http://fundraising.stjude.org/singersongwriters_for_StJude" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Donate at the show. Mail donations for St. Jude to:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thestemandstein.com/" target="_blank">Stem and Stein</a></span></div>
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10871 County Line Rd #B, Madison, AL 35758</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Singing-River-Bar-Grill/448394801949775" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">The Singing River Bar & Grill</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3b3b3b; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/maryjusticemusic" target="_blank">MaryJustice</a> has a passion for songwriting, and entertaining. Whether considered Pop, Indie or Inspirational, her songs appeal to teens as well as older music lovers. She gives God credit for her songwriting and singing gifts and considers herself a "Musicianary."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3b3b3b; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 107%;">“Music is what I love. Some people enjoy the melody but don’t pay attention to the lyrics. My favorite part of a song is its lyrics. As for me, I find it impossible to NOT listen to what is being said. I love listening to the story being told in the song, just as much as I enjoy sharing stories in the songs I write. I write from my heart. Inspiration is all around me. I write about what I see and feel, about the joys and disappointments of relationships. Songwriting and singing are like therapy.” </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/MaryJustice-Music/206209019430488?ref=hl" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%;" target="_blank">MaryJustice Lucas</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e5665; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 107%;">Quay, describes himself as a high-class Hipster. He’s all about class and loves vintage style. He is a natural, everyday poetic addict with a dry sense of humor. Quay has a passion for writing music, performing and delivering a good show. Quay says he is blunt and straight forward, likes to meet people, considers the stage his second home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I felt a strange mix of emotion as I began to reflect on where I was in my life. I thought back to decisions I’d intentionally made to choose a lifestyle conducive to raising a family over pursuing a career in music. I thought about the unspeakable joy in my marriage and the happiness my three kids brought to my life. I thought about my sweet little girl and how complete she made me feel. And I thought about music… how the dream has never left me. Passion for creating and performing music is a part of me and always will be. It was ultimately this sense of balancing responsibility and a love for music that set the tone for this song.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Then, with my daughter in my left hand and the keyboard under my right, I started to play. It was a simple melody played by only one hand. That’s all I could play because I was holding my daughter. That was the intro to the song. Then I started to sing,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">“You make the most of it when you got one hand tied behind your back. ‘Cause you’re so close to it, there’s no turning back.</em><span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">” This to me meant pursuing my dream even while balancing the responsibilities of life. And so came the intro to the song, its emotional theme, and verse one. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">All at once a rush of thoughts and feelings overcame me. I reflected on my goals and talents as a musician, to be the best I can. I also thought about how I felt in my professional career and how little time I had to create music. Up until the past several years, I’d spent years performing and here I was in near solitude, with an audience of one. No matter what I did, I couldn’t escape the feeling that I was supposed to be doing something more, something with music. Verse two was born from that,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">“And though you try hard, the feeling doesn’t go away. Like something’s missing… love’s a protégée.”</em></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Those same thoughts and feelings led me to the chorus and I started to sing,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">“Virtuoso, close but far away. Virtuoso, she pulls away…</em><span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">” “Virtuoso” to me represented my dream to play music full-time, to continue to be the best I possibly could. “She pulls away,” was about how I felt like life was going by and that dream was drifting out of reach. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Of note, I later changed the second phrase from “Virtuoso” to “Virtue, oh so.” I wish I could tell you of some deep meaning behind that change but the truth is, I thought it was cool that those two phrases sounded exactly alike. I thought it would be fun to put that into the song so that only people who had read the lyrics would be in on the secret. There is meaning to the word, “Virtue” and I now sing it as representative of chasing your God-given purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The demo I recorded sat untouched for nearly two years. As I began work on my album, I picked it up again and wrote the bridge, “</span><em style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Don’t let her get away…</em><span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">” This was about not giving up on finding the dream, seeking God's purpose for my life, no matter what obstacles were in the way.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I finished the song early this year and released it as part of my full length album. It has become the most popular song on the album.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">I started singing in a quartet when I was around 11. My brother and I had a radio program. Every Saturday morning at around 7:30, we rode the bus to the station. What fun that was! As I grew up I continued to sing with several gospel groups including the Sacred Airs Quartet, the Gospel Cadets with the last one being Space City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">These quartets are no longer together as all my members are in their heavenly homes. Now at age 79, I'm still writing songs and singing everywhere I get a chance. I hope you'll listen to my playlist. I sing these songs myself, but have had some co-writers and others to record my songs. My songs are also available on </span><a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/charleslburgess" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;" target="_blank">ReverbNation</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"> for your enjoyment. Please share with your friends and leave comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">She's not from Alabama, or even the United States, but I ran across Bonnie McGill on the internet and fell in love with her music and down-home style and sincerity. May I introduce, Bonnie McGill?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am one of 13
children born and raised in West Lorne, Ontario, Canada, in a three bedroom
house. We had little means of entertainment. So, I would make up bedtime stories to tell my
sisters, as five of us younger girls shared one bed (It kept us warm that way.).
I always knew I had a gift to write and sing and to tell stories. I decided to
start writing things down on paper and saving what I'd write. I had sung hymns in church every Sunday since
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I started
school, the other kids made fun of me, because I was poor. I loved the song
Dolly Parton wrote “Coat of Many Colours” because I had a coat just like that.
I walked over a mile to school and home every day. It was often freezing cold so I would sing the
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been
told by many people that my writing is a gift from God. I believe that is true.
I am thankful that God would bless a poor child such as me with such a
treasured gift. To date, I have written over 400 songs and continue to write
every day. I have published a CD with 18 original songs. I have recorded In
Nashville Tennessee and In London, Ontario, Canada <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3e454c; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have published
a book in 2009, entitled “Bonnie's Poems”. It has 221 pages of real-life
stories and poems about me and different events in my life. I also included 85
original songs written by me. The book is available through <a href="http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Bonnie-McGill?aid=3285834" target="_blank">alibris</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<pre style="color: #444444; line-height: 20.799999237060547px; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; white-space: normal; widows: 2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Robin writes and sings about relationships: the past, the present...and the future. She accompanies her self on piano and is often asked to play and do backup harmonies with other songwriters. Her music has the style and feel of Sara Barrellis and Carol King.</span></pre>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-28300647470361133382014-09-04T20:32:00.001-05:002014-09-04T20:46:49.431-05:00Singers and Songwriters for St. Jude<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 22.1760005950928px; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">18th Annual Singers and Songwriters</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">For St. Jude</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Birmingham Group</span></b></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BxKhdmNdrlc/VAkJnTwKFzI/AAAAAAAAB14/E_GgbSBInV4/s1600/Kendra%2BSutton%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BxKhdmNdrlc/VAkJnTwKFzI/AAAAAAAAB14/E_GgbSBInV4/s1600/Kendra%2BSutton%2B2.jpg" height="320" width="309" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Kendra Sutton, "Country to Soul"</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kendra writes
from the heart, drawing her songwriting influences from Country to Soul.
Kendra is a proud mother of a cancer survivor and lived on a cancer ward at
Children’s hospital. She wrote a song about her daughter, Victoria, "Room 444 Victoria's Journey" available to view on YouTube. Kendra’s band Hallelujah Junction won the Battle of the
Blues and is representing the State of Alabama in the World International Blues
Competition in Memphis, January 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4JOr1JrSMDo/VAkMvCez7JI/AAAAAAAAB2A/JGQ5BgSX1qY/s1600/Travis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4JOr1JrSMDo/VAkMvCez7JI/AAAAAAAAB2A/JGQ5BgSX1qY/s1600/Travis.jpg" height="320" width="241" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Travis Widner, "Alternative Country"</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 107%;">Travis writes songs
in the style of Ryan Adams and The Replacements. His favorite touring bands are
Dawes and Water Liars.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Jay Randall, “Americana”</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jay Randall is
a performing singer/songwriter in the Birmingham area. Written in the
storytelling tradition of Country and Folk Music, Jay’s deeply personal songs are
often described as Americana. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Skip Cochran, “Country/Americana/Folk Rock”</b></span></span></td></tr>
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journey watching it come out. Hope you enjoy my music. May it touch you where
you're needing to be touched.” Well, stated, Skip!</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k-ykOcqo7HQ/VAkPLUu1v_I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/baFM8zhp7JE/s1600/JamesByLakeBetter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k-ykOcqo7HQ/VAkPLUu1v_I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/baFM8zhp7JE/s1600/JamesByLakeBetter.jpg" height="266" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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development of a Folk musician. "A writer is not necessarily the one that
shouts 'Hear Me!' (that's the performer talking), but one that listens and
seems to whisper 'I heard you'."
Whether it's the sound of a human trotting across the prairie, the epic
life of a tree, the loneliness one needs to combat garden gnomes or a view of
war through the eyes of a 4 year old boy, Chapman's songs are honest and
simple.</span><span style="background: rgb(247, 247, 247); color: #3e454c; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Made out to St. Jude Children’s Hospital</span></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22.1760005950928px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mail to PO Box 6756 Huntsville, Al 35813</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blaine is a
singer/songwriter who proudly acknowledges his hometown of Muscle Shoals,
Alabama, as “The Original Hit Capitol of the World.” Over the years, he has
landed many songs in some of Nashville’s major publishing companies where one
of his tunes was put on hold for Hank Williams, Jr. and one on hold for an
upcoming movie. Although Blaine writes mostly in the country music genre, he
has written Americana, Gospel, Blues and he’s always looking to venture into
writing something new.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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genres of music. Loving honesty in a
well written song, he is more inclined to listen to well-crafted songs that are
off the beaten path. John writes songs that will bring tears as well as songs
that will have you rolling in the floor with laughter. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Will Stults is a
Performing Songwriter from Russellville, Alabama. He has been a featured
performer at The Bluebird Café, Jim Parker’s Acoustic Songwriters Showcase, The
Shoals Songwriters Showcase and more.</span></span></span></div>
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“Country"</span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;">Lorie has had a passion for music and
songwriting since elementary school. She got serious about her music journey as
a young adult and started working on her music and songwriting skills. Lorie
says, “</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;">My hope is that
through my journey I will be able to inspire others to find their own passions
and pursue their dreams. We only have one life. We must find our God-given
purpose in life while we have the chance and go for it!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;">Influenced
by everyone from rockers Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi and Daughtry. to country artists
Rascal Flatts and Shenandoah, Tim Cannon is carrying on the tradition<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of the soulful hit music recorded in the
lazy southern town of Muscle Shoals, AL. "Everyone from The Rolling<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Stones to Bob Seger to Lynyrd Skynyrd has
recorded here in our little town", says Tim. "And I'm just proud to
be a part of the legacy of Muscle Shoals with my debut CD, 'Wild Fire'".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">18th Annual Singers and Songwriters</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cristina
Lynn is making her mark with a style of modern, uplifting country.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Rich emotion is evident in every song, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Cristina uses her voice to paint
vibrant pictures of everyday life and shared experiences.</span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With a fresh cut to his credit, Greg is honing his version
of country music, which he describes as “not quite Haggard, but not quite
Chesney.” Greg has opened for many country music hit writers and Grammy winners
with his sometimes soulful, sometimes sinful songs that are sure to get your
attention.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Robert writes
and sings many genres, but always delivers a terrific performance. He ranges
from a blues sound, 60’s 70’s, 80's and Americana, and a little bit country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pianist Dana
Bright is fascinated by the power of intimate lyrics and intense chords. She
draws on her love for classic ballads, praise music, and heart-felt love songs
to capture a few real and raw moments of life with a gentle touch.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1D1FwHQKLE/U_-gNVzrROI/AAAAAAAAB0g/dHG4fKEVDSQ/s1600/Grace%2BEileen%2BWood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j1D1FwHQKLE/U_-gNVzrROI/AAAAAAAAB0g/dHG4fKEVDSQ/s1600/Grace%2BEileen%2BWood.jpg" height="320" width="304" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grace Eileen is
a terrific guitarist as well as singer and songwriter. Her music focuses
primarily on Folk. She has many inspirations and influences for her music and
songwriting, with Christ being her biggest influence.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 25.200000762939453px;">Homegrown Songwriters is loaded with talent! They are active in their music careers performing all over and everywhere they happen to be. They are from all walks of life, college students, business owners, engineers, school teachers, music teachers. All with busy lives, but always ready to donate their talent and time to support community causes and benefits. Send out the appeal for help and they will come. They never fail to deliver a wonderful show. </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558300035251326931.post-47722358537712242242014-08-20T22:10:00.001-05:002014-08-20T22:10:41.336-05:00Danny's Promise<div style="line-height: 14.4pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">More than 70 years ago, Danny Thomas, then a struggling young
entertainer with a baby on the way, visited a Detroit church and was so moved
during the Mass, he placed his last $7 in the collection box. With only a few
coins left in his pocket, Danny prayed for a way to pay the looming hospital
bills. The next day, he was offered a small part that would pay 10 times the
amount he'd given to the church. Danny had experienced the power of prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Detroit, but he was struggling to take his career to the next level. Once
again, he turned to the church. Praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint
of hopeless causes, Danny asked the saint to "help me find my way in life,
and I will build you a shrine."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">His career took a turn for the better, and soon he moved his
family to Chicago to pursue career offers. A few years later, at another
turning point in his life, Danny visited a church and remembered his pledge to
St. Jude. Again he prayed to St. Jude and repeated his pledge to build a shrine
to the saint if he would show him the way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">In the years that followed, Danny's career flourished through
films and television, and he became an internationally known entertainer. He
remembered his pledge to build a shrine to St. Jude.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">In the early 1950s, Danny began discussing with friends what
concrete form his vow might take. Gradually, the idea of a children's hospital,
possibly in Memphis, Tennessee, took shape. In 1955, Danny Thomas and a group
of Memphis businessmen who had agreed to help support his dream seized on the
idea of creating a unique research hospital devoted to curing catastrophic
diseases in children. More than just a treatment facility, this would be a
research center for the children of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Danny started raising money for his vision of St. Jude in the
early 1950s. By 1955, the local business leaders who had joined his cause began
area fundraising efforts, supplementing Danny's benefit shows that brought
scores of major entertainment stars to Memphis. Often accompanied by his wife,
Rose Marie, Danny crisscrossed the United States by car, sharing his dream and
raising funds at meetings and benefits. The pace was so hectic that Danny
Thomas and his wife once visited 28 cities in 32 days. Although Danny Thomas
and his friends raised the money to build the hospital, they now faced the
daunting task of funding its annual operation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">To solve this problem, Danny, of Lebanese descent, turned to his
fellow Americans of Arabic-speaking heritage. Believing deeply that these
Americans should, as a group, thank the United States for the gifts of freedom
given their parents, Danny also felt the support of St. Jude would be a noble
way of honoring his immigrant forefathers who had come to America.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Danny's request struck a responsive chord. In 1957, 100
representatives of the Arab-American community met in Chicago to form ALSAC<sup>®</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with a sole purpose of raising funds
for the support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Since that time, with national headquarters in Memphis and
regional offices throughout the United States, ALSAC has assumed full
responsibility for all the hospital's fundraising efforts, raising hundreds of
millions annually through benefits and solicitation drives among Americans of
all ethnic, religious and racial backgrounds. Today, ALSAC is the nation's
second largest health-care charity* and is supported by the efforts of more
than 1 million volunteers nationwide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Through striking improvements in the care of pediatric leukemias
and numerous forms of solid tumors, St. Jude—which now has a daily operating
cost of $1.9 million—has brought about improved health care for children all
over the world. St. Jude's physicians and scientists have pioneered treatments
that have helped push the overall survival rates for childhood cancers from
less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to 80 percent today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2d2d2d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">From a promise of "Help me find my way in life, and I will
build you a shrine" to the fulfillment of his dream, Danny lived to see
his little hospital become an international beacon of hope for the
catastrophically ill children of the world. The founder of St. Jude and ALSAC
died on February 6, 1991, just two days after joining patients, parents and
employees to celebrate the hospital's 29th anniversary. He was laid to rest in
a family crypt at the Danny Thomas/ALSAC Pavilion on the grounds of the
hospital. On July 12, 2000, his wife, Rose Marie, passed away and now lies with
her beloved husband in the hospital's Memorial Garden. </span></span></div>
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in fulfilling their father's mission. Danny Thomas is gone, but his dream lives
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<span style="font-size: large;">WOW!! Read this Facebook post from Singer/Songwriter, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MaryJustice-Music/206209019430488" target="_blank">MaryJustice Lucas</a>*</span></div>
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Post #2 I know it’s long, but please take a moment to read.<br />
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SAVE THE DATE: 09/13/2014! Stem & Stein in Madison / Time: to be announced<br />
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Ok guys, so most of you hopefully saw post #1 about this event! This is to raise money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. <br />
Lots of us songwriters are working on ways to earn donations besides just what will be collected at the show.<br />
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I have prayed about it and have come to the one that is heavy on my heart.<br />
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I would like to see how many donations I can raise for St. Jude's by buzz cutting all of my hair off.<br />
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It hit me pretty hard thinking about how my Grandfather, Carl D. Lucas, battled with cancer as well, and how I regret not shaving my head for him. Honestly, it never crossed my mind 'til later on in his battle and then when it did, I was afraid it would really just break his heart, instead of comfort him... So I want to do something like that now... In honor and memory of him, in honor and memory of those past & present that have had cancer affect their lives or someone in it ... I know it's not a cure but it's a step towards one, I pray... </div>
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So, I'm wondering how many of you would possibly be willing to make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation.<br />
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Every penny counts ... Even if it's a dollar, it makes a difference...<br />
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So please comment or message me and let me know if you would like to donate.<br />
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My goal is to raise at least $500.<br />
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Thank you in advance for your love and support!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">18th Annual, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/1472065546371438/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" target="_blank">"Singers and Songwriters for St. Jude"</a>*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 13, 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Stem-Stein/244857472236858" target="_blank">The Stem and Stein</a>*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.18912124633789px; text-align: left;">10871 County Line Rd, Madison, AL 35758</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.18912124633789px; text-align: left;" /><nobr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 21.18912124633789px; text-align: left;">(256) 325-3779</nobr></span></div>
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<i>Note: This event is a very worthy cause. Please read the July 30th post regarding history of this annual event. Line-up of all singers with photos in a future post. Please click the links and like these pages on facebook to show your support! Don't forget, every dollar ($) helps toward the treatment and finding a cure for childhood cancer. St. Jude Children's Hospital treats and and has saved lives of many children, at no cost to the families. ALL monies collected at this event will be matched by Mr. Del McGee and The Stem and Stein, so your donation will be tripled. </i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mslmc-marriott-shoals-hotel-and-spa/" target="_blank">The Marriot Shoals Hotel & Spa</a></span></div>
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MaryJustice Lucas has been invited for a <b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">return engagement</span></i> </b>at Swampers! This 19-year old, up and coming entertainer, is someone to keep in your sights! MaryJustice currently holds the #5 spot on ReverbNation's Nashville Pop (Singer/Songwriter) Chart and consistently ranks in the Top 10. Although ranked as "Pop," her music is more in the Indie style. Her songs are written and performed, straight from the heart, with "bittersweet honesty". Whether considered Pop, Indie or New Country, her songs appeal to music lovers of all ages. </div>
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MaryJustice recently released an EP entitled "Forgiveness and Faith" now available on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/maryjustice-lucas/id471256636" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forgiveness-Faith-EP-MaryJustice-Lucas/dp/B00KHDY3WQ" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and other internet music stores.</div>
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If you are in the area or near by, it's worth the trip to spend the evening with MaryJustice at the legendary and "family friendly" Swampers. </div>
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