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40 R &R May 6, 1994 NASHVILLE THIS WEEK Stars Get 'Royal' Treatment With 30 -City Sponsored Tour Last week Crown Royal kicked off another expansive 30- city country music tour which will feature 15 hot artists, in- cluding Confederate Railroad, Little Texas, Tracy Lawrence, Marty Stuart, and Patty Loveless. The beverage company more than finer, Gary Morris, Boy Howdy, doubled its involvement with the Patty Loveless, Neal McCoy, Tracy tour this year, with 44 concerts and Lawrence, Tim McGraw, and more than 160 club dates. The series Tracy Byrd; and Honky Tonk will include a lineup of special Heroes (August-October), headlin- events and activities in each host city ed by Stuart, Lawrence, Confederate as well as a rare traveling guitar ex- Railroad, and Anderson. hibit from the Gibson Guitar Separate nationwide spring and Corp., which is celebrating its 100th fall dance promotions coordinated anniversary. around the tour have been planned The tour will encompass two sep- for clubs as well. Spring participants arate elements: the New Breed will be able to win an appearance Stampede (April 24 -June 18), which on TNN's "Club Dance;' while TIN MEN - Capricorn Records artist Kenny Chesney recently performed his new single ("Tin Man) and several will feature Confederate Railroad, winners of the fall competition will other tunes for Handleman Company staffers at the firm's Troy, M/ headquarters. Pictured after the perfor- John Anderson, Little Texas, Doug earn the chance to win a recording mance are (l -r) Handleman's Jim Girling, Chesney, Handleman's Jerry Adams, and Capricorn VP Bob Goldstone Supernaw, Chris LeDoux, Shawn session for a major label. A portion Camp, Shenandoah, Steve War- of the tour's proceeds will go to Teach For America. Modeled after (The tune appears on Alabama's the inspiration for half of the in- the Peace Corps, TFA recruits col- latest album, "Cheap Seats," and famous duo in the movie "Thelma lege graduates to work in disadvant- was released as a single around And Louise." Tillis says her best aged inner-city and rural public Christmas.) friend, Callie Khouri - who wrote schools. the Charity Begins At Home screenplay - based Thelma (the The Gibson- Miller Band and character played by Geena Davis) Victoria Shaw have signed on for Speaking of angels, Brooks & on Tillis. the Jim Beam Country Caravan Dunn are candidates for some wings I NEW ARTIST FILE tour, which kicks off this month. of their own after a recent Nashville Incidentally, Tillis's new album, I FACT They'll play 10 dates throughout concert. The dynamic duo surpris- "Sweetheart's Dance," contains a I June on the tour, now in its second ed the folks at Vanderbilt Children's song she penned after watching an I year. Hospital by donating the concert episode of "Geraldo." On the show, Label: a female I Step One Records proceeds ($75,200, to be exact) and gang member wore a tat- Angels Among Us delivering too that said "Mi Vida Loca," which I SinglelAlbum: "All Over Town" a hit -packed two -hour Influences: show. Which proves you can still be means "my crazy life." Ellis thought I Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Becky Hobbs will appear on a Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, two -hour NBC-TV documentary, a nice guy and make it big in this that was a perfect song title, and voi- I la "Angels," on May 24. On the show, business. - the tune now appears on her I George Jones Hobbs relates how an angel saved `Love' Story latest LP. I her and her band from a fatal auto I Cleve Francis recorded a duet Background accident. Hobbs's `Angels Among Bits & Pieces with Patti Austin for his forthcom- I A North Carolina native, Don Us," a song she co -wrote with Don I ing Liberty album last week in Get -well wishes to Wynonna, Cox got his first taste of country Goodman, will also be featured. music by attending local musical Nashville. The tune, "We Fell In who had to cancel some recent con- get -togethers with his grandfather. Love Anyway," was written by Mike cert dates and TV appearances after He began playing guitar at an ear- Reid and Naomi Martin (who hap- rupturing a spinal disc ... James ly age and by 12 had learned the COUNTRY pens to be BNA artist Dale Daniel's House's new song, "Days Gone By;' piano as well. mother). Francis and Austin met in has been added to the soundtrack of Memphis last year at the National the forthcoming Kiefer Sutherland/ The young Cox's first perfor- FLASHBACK Civil Rights Museum and both Woody Harrelson movie, "The mances took place in church. ap- Cowboy Way." The will "People there will accept just peared on the Warner Bros. album song appear 1 YEAR AGO on House's about anything," Cox jokes. "March On," a tribute to Martin Epic /Nashville debut, due "They're going to applaud, and all Luther King. Produced by Robert this fall ... Trisha Yearwood Don Cox No. 1: "Tonight I Climbed Byrne, Francis's new LP is due this will reportedly record later this year the ladies will hug you when you The Wall" - Alan Jackson get through. Nobody's going to summer. with Bob Dylan. The two met dur- Songs ing the "Rhythm, Country & Blues" throw things at you, that's for `Pam And Louise'? sure!" A 12 -year songwriting veteran, 5 YEARS AGO benefit concert in L.A. Cox says he usually writes only a Pam Tillis revealed in a recent He played in bands through- few songs each year. "My songs No. 1: "If I Had You" USA Weekend article that she was -Lorie Hollabaugh out high school and eventually are all personal, coming from ex- Alabama (2nd week) became the keyboard player for a - periences I've had. So two or local group, the Super Grit Cow- three are the most I write a year. boy Band. Cox spent 10 years 10 YEARS AGO I don't want any more bad things honing his skills with them before NASHVILLE IN MOTION than that to happen to me for in- striking out on his own. He form- No. 1: "To All The Girls I've spiration" ed his own band and played gigs Loved Before" all over the Southeast. But it He prefers ballads to uptem- - Julio Iglesias Mercury/Nashville Elevates Three wasn't until he sent some demos po tunes. "Ballads have more & Willie Nelson (2nd week) to old friend Buu Ledford that he emotion; more feeling. I've cried Mercury/Nashville has promoted Management, has been appointed Di- his way a record deal probably three times in my entire was on to 15 YEARS AGO three staffers: Kira Fiorita, formerly rector /Promotions & Publicity for In- in Nashville. life, but ballads have a way of get- Manager/Catalog Development, has ternational Artist Management. The ting to my heart and touching it No. 1: "Where Do I Put Her been upped to Director of that depart- company's clients are Diamond Rio Signing ment. Florita joined Mercury/Nash- Cox isn't the only Super Grit Memory" - Charley Pride and John & Audrey Wiggins. ville in 1990. Cox moved to Nashville and Cowboy Band alumnus to make Faith Quesenberry has been named Manager/Operations; joined the Step One staff. The the Nashville scene. The member Jesse Blevins has opened Telstar 20 YEARS she was previously Office Adminis- head of the label called Cox after he replaced when he signed on AGO Productions, an artist development hearing the second song on his was Curtis Wright, who's now half trator. And Ken Robold, formerly company. Telstar is located at 1719 No. 1: `Very Special Love Manager/Accounting for PolyGram West End tape and offered him a deal with of the new Giant/Nashville duo Or- Avenue, West Tower, Suite Song" Charlie Rich the company. - Records in New York, has been nam- 417, Nashville, TN 37203. The phone ral & Wright. (4th week) ed Manager/Finance & Accounting. and fax numbers are (615) 321 -9593 Kara Ross, formerly of Ten Ten and 321 -5188, respectively. www.americanradiohistory.com.