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“Jackson, Live” Debut Show a Hit!!
Jackson, TN – January 9, 2008 – Rayburn Anthony, Jason Fitts and Jimmy D. Taylor created magic
in Jackson, TN with the debut of “Jackson, Live” from the Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village.
Rayburn Anthony started and anchored the show
with a series of songs including the rockabilly music
tribute, “Jackson Was Jumpin’, to a solid cover of
Keith Whitley’s Don’t Close Your Eyes.
Jason Fitts carried the show midway with a combination
of covers and Christian-themed originals (Carly Fitts
included). But it was the combination of Fitts guitar
work and Jimmy D. Taylor’s harmonica that made the
evening unique.
Taylor, whose history includes everything from festivals
with Little Boys Blue to tour and session work as part of
the Nashville Mafia, demonstrated why he is such a pure player. Taylor did everything from the
haunting accent touch to a country balad to a note-for-note duel match with Fitts improvised guitar
leads.
An end-of-show jam in A even had Taylor singing lead as the trio improvised its way through a brisk-
paced-totally-fun show finale.
Co-producer and show anchor Rayburn Anthony said the show was exactly the start he had hoped
for Jackson’s latest live entertainment.
If you are in Jackson, TN on Fridays in January and February 2009 (except Feb. 14) it’s Jackson,
Live, 7 p.m. at the Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village. (I-40 at Exit 80)
Jackson, TN – January 9, 2008 – Rayburn Anthony, Jason Fitts and Jimmy D. Taylor created magic
in Jackson, TN with the debut of “Jackson, Live” from the Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village.
Rayburn Anthony started and anchored the show
with a series of songs including the rockabilly music
tribute, “Jackson Was Jumpin’, to a solid cover of
Keith Whitley’s Don’t Close Your Eyes.
Jason Fitts carried the show midway with a combination
of covers and Christian-themed originals (Carly Fitts
included). But it was the combination of Fitts guitar
work and Jimmy D. Taylor’s harmonica that made the
evening unique.
Taylor, whose history includes everything from festivals
with Little Boys Blue to tour and session work as part of
the Nashville Mafia, demonstrated why he is such a pure player. Taylor did everything from the
haunting accent touch to a country balad to a note-for-note duel match with Fitts improvised guitar
leads.
An end-of-show jam in A even had Taylor singing lead as the trio improvised its way through a brisk-
paced-totally-fun show finale.
Co-producer and show anchor Rayburn Anthony said the show was exactly the start he had hoped
for Jackson’s latest live entertainment.
If you are in Jackson, TN on Fridays in January and February 2009 (except Feb. 14) it’s Jackson,
Live, 7 p.m. at the Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village. (I-40 at Exit 80)
“Jackson Live” At the Old Country Store
Jackson, TN – January 2009 Rayburn Anthony Productions, along with Dixie Fried Music.com,
have joined efforts to produce “Jackson Live” each Friday night beginning January 9, 2009.
The live, primarily acoustic style show, will be made
available through DixieFriedMusic.com to an international
audience through streaming Internet.
Presented from a dining room stage at Jackson’s Old
Country Store in the Casey Jones Village, the show will
provide a performance showcase for talented writers and
performers from West Tennessee and other areas
connected to the regions music heritage.
Weekly performances by Rayburn Anthony will anchor the
show, hosted by DixieFried’s Steve Bowers.
“There are many talented people from this area,” noted Anthony, “And we feel this setting is a
great one for a relaxed, intimate and entertaining musical show.”
The Old Country Store staged dining room is the site each month for a very successful Nashville
songwriters showcase hosted by the morning team from WWYN-106.9 FM.
That monthly show continues to draw top Nashville writers to a setting that many of them rate the
best songwriter’s showcase in the country.
“The Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village is one of Tennessee’s most visited sites,” noted
Bowers. “It already has established an excellent music atmosphere with the monthly Songwriters
Showcase and its weekly hosting of the Plectral Society. We feel fortunate to be able to work with
Clark Shaw and the Old Country Store in presenting this show.”
Jason and Jimmy D. to highlight first “Jackson Live”
First Show – January 9th
Rayburn Anthony with Jason and Carly Fitts and the
blues harmonica of Jimmy D. Taylor.
Dining room open for dinner prior to show. Showtime
7 p.m. Admission at the door $10.
Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village is located just
off Interstate 40 at Exit 80 in Tennessee.
(www.CaseyJonesVillage.com)
“We think this is the perfect show to begin this series,
”Anthony emphasized. “Jason and Carly are talented writers/performers with Christian themed
emphasis in their work. Jimmy D. Taylor’s blues history with Little Boys Blue has earned him a well
deserved reputation as an extraordinary performer.”
“This will not be the same thing every Friday night,” added Bowers. “A variety of talent, a relaxed
setting, the front-porch feel of the Old Country Store should be just right for Jackson Live.
“When you combine Rayburn Anthony’s music history that goes from Rockabilly based work at Sun
Records through a solid record as a chart Country artist and writer, with Jason and Carly’s
Christian work and Jimmy D. Taylor’s blues, who knows what can happen on that stage? And,
where else could you see this? It’s what makes Jackson Live special.”
For additional information on the show contact Rayburn Anthony (rayburn233@bellsouth.net) or
Steve Bowers (cstevebowers@aol.com) or go to the "contact us" page on this website.
Jackson, TN – January 2009 Rayburn Anthony Productions, along with Dixie Fried Music.com,
have joined efforts to produce “Jackson Live” each Friday night beginning January 9, 2009.
The live, primarily acoustic style show, will be made
available through DixieFriedMusic.com to an international
audience through streaming Internet.
Presented from a dining room stage at Jackson’s Old
Country Store in the Casey Jones Village, the show will
provide a performance showcase for talented writers and
performers from West Tennessee and other areas
connected to the regions music heritage.
Weekly performances by Rayburn Anthony will anchor the
show, hosted by DixieFried’s Steve Bowers.
“There are many talented people from this area,” noted Anthony, “And we feel this setting is a
great one for a relaxed, intimate and entertaining musical show.”
The Old Country Store staged dining room is the site each month for a very successful Nashville
songwriters showcase hosted by the morning team from WWYN-106.9 FM.
That monthly show continues to draw top Nashville writers to a setting that many of them rate the
best songwriter’s showcase in the country.
“The Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village is one of Tennessee’s most visited sites,” noted
Bowers. “It already has established an excellent music atmosphere with the monthly Songwriters
Showcase and its weekly hosting of the Plectral Society. We feel fortunate to be able to work with
Clark Shaw and the Old Country Store in presenting this show.”
Jason and Jimmy D. to highlight first “Jackson Live”
First Show – January 9th
Rayburn Anthony with Jason and Carly Fitts and the
blues harmonica of Jimmy D. Taylor.
Dining room open for dinner prior to show. Showtime
7 p.m. Admission at the door $10.
Old Country Store/Casey Jones Village is located just
off Interstate 40 at Exit 80 in Tennessee.
(www.CaseyJonesVillage.com)
“We think this is the perfect show to begin this series,
”Anthony emphasized. “Jason and Carly are talented writers/performers with Christian themed
emphasis in their work. Jimmy D. Taylor’s blues history with Little Boys Blue has earned him a well
deserved reputation as an extraordinary performer.”
“This will not be the same thing every Friday night,” added Bowers. “A variety of talent, a relaxed
setting, the front-porch feel of the Old Country Store should be just right for Jackson Live.
“When you combine Rayburn Anthony’s music history that goes from Rockabilly based work at Sun
Records through a solid record as a chart Country artist and writer, with Jason and Carly’s
Christian work and Jimmy D. Taylor’s blues, who knows what can happen on that stage? And,
where else could you see this? It’s what makes Jackson Live special.”
For additional information on the show contact Rayburn Anthony (rayburn233@bellsouth.net) or
Steve Bowers (cstevebowers@aol.com) or go to the "contact us" page on this website.
New Album Reunites Sun Artists
Jackson, TN (April 12, 2008) – Rayburn Anthony, W. S. Holland and Carl Mann are working on a
new album.
The project, being produced by Lambuth University’s new Music Industries program, has put the
three Sun-based 1950’s performers in a studio directed by Dr. Brandon Goff, formerly of Rhodes
College in Memphis.
Goff’s current recording technique is allowing Holland, Mann and Anthony to record together in an
open studio equipped with directional microphones. The objective is a 1950’s feel of simultaneous
live work with minimal overdubs. Allen Wheeler, long-time associate of the three, is doing
keyboards.
Much of the material is new.
One song, “Rockabilly Highway,” was written to correspond with the official designation of Highway
45 in West Tennessee from Madison County through Jackson down through McNairy County to
the Mississippi state line as the “Rockabilly Highway.”
Carl Mann wrote the music historical highlight song and the four musicians working on this album
performed the song in the legislative chambers in Nashville earlier this month. That day included
an official Tennessee legislative proclamation highlighting the music career of W. S. Holland.
All three are contributing new material including W. S. Holland with a recitation tribute to the career
of Johnny Cash.
As of April 12, 2008 the base recording work has been completed. Mixing will resume in May after
Rayburn Anthony and Carl Mann return from three weeks of European performances.
Anthony, Holland and Mann, along with the late Eddie Bush, were the musicians on Rayburn
Anthony’s first Sun cut, “St. Louis Blues.” “It’s a recreation of sorts,” say Anthony. “Though the
setting and techniques are different, it’s good to be back with these guys.”
Another song, co-penned by Anthony, Mann and Steve Bowers, puts a rockabilly beat to a
reflective look back to “Union Avenue.”
“I want to see shades on you, and me in blue suede shoes,
Walkin’ down Union Avenue.
“I want to sing along with a Dewey Phillips song,
Late night on ‘Red, Hot & Blue.’
“I want to go back in time, when the King had just signed,
With Sun, under the Memphis moon.
“I want to see shades on you, and me in blue suede shoes,
Walkin’ down Union Avenue.”
UPDATE … 2009
Jackson, TN … Mixing completed, “Rockabilly Highway” is headed for release in 2009.
Final artwork and insert pages on Lambuth University, Jackson, Tennessee and the artist profiles
are being prepared.
Pressing is expected early 2009.
“Rockabilly Highway” (the CD) is going to used as a promotional piece for the Tourism Association
of SouthWest Tennessee and the Jackson, Tennessee Convention and Visitors’ Bureau to
highlight this key segment of West Tennessee’s music history and legacy.
Note: The International Rockabilly Festival’s 10th Anniversary Edition is set for August 2009.
Details are available at RockabillyHall.org
Jackson, TN (April 12, 2008) – Rayburn Anthony, W. S. Holland and Carl Mann are working on a
new album.
The project, being produced by Lambuth University’s new Music Industries program, has put the
three Sun-based 1950’s performers in a studio directed by Dr. Brandon Goff, formerly of Rhodes
College in Memphis.
Goff’s current recording technique is allowing Holland, Mann and Anthony to record together in an
open studio equipped with directional microphones. The objective is a 1950’s feel of simultaneous
live work with minimal overdubs. Allen Wheeler, long-time associate of the three, is doing
keyboards.
Much of the material is new.
One song, “Rockabilly Highway,” was written to correspond with the official designation of Highway
45 in West Tennessee from Madison County through Jackson down through McNairy County to
the Mississippi state line as the “Rockabilly Highway.”
Carl Mann wrote the music historical highlight song and the four musicians working on this album
performed the song in the legislative chambers in Nashville earlier this month. That day included
an official Tennessee legislative proclamation highlighting the music career of W. S. Holland.
All three are contributing new material including W. S. Holland with a recitation tribute to the career
of Johnny Cash.
As of April 12, 2008 the base recording work has been completed. Mixing will resume in May after
Rayburn Anthony and Carl Mann return from three weeks of European performances.
Anthony, Holland and Mann, along with the late Eddie Bush, were the musicians on Rayburn
Anthony’s first Sun cut, “St. Louis Blues.” “It’s a recreation of sorts,” say Anthony. “Though the
setting and techniques are different, it’s good to be back with these guys.”
Another song, co-penned by Anthony, Mann and Steve Bowers, puts a rockabilly beat to a
reflective look back to “Union Avenue.”
“I want to see shades on you, and me in blue suede shoes,
Walkin’ down Union Avenue.
“I want to sing along with a Dewey Phillips song,
Late night on ‘Red, Hot & Blue.’
“I want to go back in time, when the King had just signed,
With Sun, under the Memphis moon.
“I want to see shades on you, and me in blue suede shoes,
Walkin’ down Union Avenue.”
UPDATE … 2009
Jackson, TN … Mixing completed, “Rockabilly Highway” is headed for release in 2009.
Final artwork and insert pages on Lambuth University, Jackson, Tennessee and the artist profiles
are being prepared.
Pressing is expected early 2009.
“Rockabilly Highway” (the CD) is going to used as a promotional piece for the Tourism Association
of SouthWest Tennessee and the Jackson, Tennessee Convention and Visitors’ Bureau to
highlight this key segment of West Tennessee’s music history and legacy.
Note: The International Rockabilly Festival’s 10th Anniversary Edition is set for August 2009.
Details are available at RockabillyHall.org
| TO THE OPEN STAGE FANS!!!! Open Stage is a rocking, super cool music event that you should come to more often. A reminder: We do this every Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Downtown Tavern (on Liberty Street) and ANYONE is welcome to play and/or sing any kind of music. Call me if you need more information. 731-217-9225. We have a special long set from local up and comers Otis Corner next week to close us out. Very good folk rock, with some raw emotion and vigor thrown in. Punk folk, if you will. Good stuff. Tight sounds and some tasty lead playing. |
House of Representatives - State of Tennessee
For Immediate Release / April 8, 2008
Press Release
Rep. Eldridge honors W.S. Holland, entertains House
NASHVILLE – Representative Jimmy Eldridge (R-Jackson) honored legendary drummer W.S.
Holland on the House floor this week with a resolution praising his musical accomplishments and
his contribution to both rock and roll and country music. After the resolution passed the House
unanimously, Holland and Rep. Eldridge, who plays guitar, entertained the representatives.
“I am honored to have hosted a visit from W.S. Holland, and it was a pleasure and an honor to be
able to play with him,” stated Rep. Eldridge. “He has made many contributions and we are proud
that he’s from our area.”
W.S. Holland has worked extensively with numerous rock and roll musicians, but is most well-known
for playing drums in Johnny Cash’s Tennessee Three backing band. Holland got his break into the
music business performing on the original recording of “Blue Suede Shoes,” and went on to
perform on the "Million Dollar Quartet" session that featured Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl
Perkins, and Johnny Cash.
Holland, who has been inducted into the “Rockabilly Hall of Fame” eventually worked with Cash
until he stopped recording. Today, Holland continues to perform with The Tennessee Three.
For Immediate Release / April 8, 2008
Press Release
Rep. Eldridge honors W.S. Holland, entertains House
NASHVILLE – Representative Jimmy Eldridge (R-Jackson) honored legendary drummer W.S.
Holland on the House floor this week with a resolution praising his musical accomplishments and
his contribution to both rock and roll and country music. After the resolution passed the House
unanimously, Holland and Rep. Eldridge, who plays guitar, entertained the representatives.
“I am honored to have hosted a visit from W.S. Holland, and it was a pleasure and an honor to be
able to play with him,” stated Rep. Eldridge. “He has made many contributions and we are proud
that he’s from our area.”
W.S. Holland has worked extensively with numerous rock and roll musicians, but is most well-known
for playing drums in Johnny Cash’s Tennessee Three backing band. Holland got his break into the
music business performing on the original recording of “Blue Suede Shoes,” and went on to
perform on the "Million Dollar Quartet" session that featured Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl
Perkins, and Johnny Cash.
Holland, who has been inducted into the “Rockabilly Hall of Fame” eventually worked with Cash
until he stopped recording. Today, Holland continues to perform with The Tennessee Three.
Pictured at the debut show from left to right
are: Jimmy D. Taylor, Jason Fitts, Rayburn
Anthony and host Steve Bowers.
are: Jimmy D. Taylor, Jason Fitts, Rayburn
Anthony and host Steve Bowers.
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Psychobilly Star Dead At 62
Eric Purkhiser, born near Akron, Ohio, migrated to New York's 70's punk scene.
Love of rockabilly and the 50's pushed the evolution of Lux Interior and his group, The Cramps.
The resulting Psychobilly helped drive the 80's rockabilly revival. The difference: the 50's had lines,
the 80's didn't. Vomit from the stage wasn't Elvis at Sun, but it was what it took to shock the 80's.
Lux Interior's rockabilly plus lasted till age 62.
Eric Purkhiser, born near Akron, Ohio, migrated to New York's 70's punk scene.
Love of rockabilly and the 50's pushed the evolution of Lux Interior and his group, The Cramps.
The resulting Psychobilly helped drive the 80's rockabilly revival. The difference: the 50's had lines,
the 80's didn't. Vomit from the stage wasn't Elvis at Sun, but it was what it took to shock the 80's.
Lux Interior's rockabilly plus lasted till age 62.
ALBERT WILL BE AT THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR!
ALBERT CUMMINGS WINS MAJOR AWARDS!
Blind Pig recording artists Albert Cummings and Kenny Neal were just announced as winners of two prestigious
awards from Blueswax.
Albert Cummings was chosen "Artist of the Year" while Kenny Neal received the "Album of the Year" award for his
acclaimed CD, Let Life Flow.
Blueswax Award winners were determined by votes from the readers of Blueswax, a weekly e-newsletter. As the
largest subscribed blues publication in the world, these awards are open to more fans than any other awards in the
blues.
Albert Cummings is a masterful guitarist of the highest order whose stinging, incisive guitar work has been winning
legions of new fans. His "unbridled ferocity and deep soulfulness, matched only by his terrifying technique and tone"
(Guitar One) are on full display throughout his latest release, Feel So Good. Music Connection called it "one of the
best live albums recorded in a long time," while AllMusic said "it sounds like it was one hell of a party that night."
For more information or to hear samples from either album, visit the Blind Pig website at www.blindpigrecords.com.
ALBERT CUMMINGS WINS MAJOR AWARDS!
Blind Pig recording artists Albert Cummings and Kenny Neal were just announced as winners of two prestigious
awards from Blueswax.
Albert Cummings was chosen "Artist of the Year" while Kenny Neal received the "Album of the Year" award for his
acclaimed CD, Let Life Flow.
Blueswax Award winners were determined by votes from the readers of Blueswax, a weekly e-newsletter. As the
largest subscribed blues publication in the world, these awards are open to more fans than any other awards in the
blues.
Albert Cummings is a masterful guitarist of the highest order whose stinging, incisive guitar work has been winning
legions of new fans. His "unbridled ferocity and deep soulfulness, matched only by his terrifying technique and tone"
(Guitar One) are on full display throughout his latest release, Feel So Good. Music Connection called it "one of the
best live albums recorded in a long time," while AllMusic said "it sounds like it was one hell of a party that night."
For more information or to hear samples from either album, visit the Blind Pig website at www.blindpigrecords.com.