NN NNA EERR ASSHH HH RYY MMUUSSIICC VV TT TTR CC II RR NN LL LL UU UU LL OO OO BB EE NN CC Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music Festival 2004 9th - 11th April, 2004 Thurso, Scotland SOUVENIR PROGRAMME This Programme may be Subject to Change Kindly sponsored by the following bodies THETHE MUSIC MUSIC SHOPSHOP WICK & THURSO Rolls-Royce at Vulcan NRTE, Dounreay is delighted to sponsor SUPPLIERS OF:- COMPACT DISCS • CASSETTES Northern Nashville Country Music Club's MUSIC VIDEOS • INSTRUMENTS Country Music Festival AMPLIFIERS • ACCESSORIES which has attracted 'top-class' acts BLANK MEDIA • SHEET MUSIC Thurso (01847) 892838 • Wick (01955) 603553 LARGE SELECTION OF SCOTTISH, CELTIC & FOLK MUSIC AS WELL AS POP, ROCK, COUNTRY, INDIE & MORE 1904 - 2004 a century of innovation MacLean ELECTRICAL Tel: 01955 606611 Fax: 01955 606636 For Everything Electrical... For Your Home For The Trade S•HOWERS •STREET FURNITURE A•LARMS •CABLING SDMALL OMESTIC • •MOTOR C ONTROL A•PPLIANCES SL•ECURITY IGHTING •SWITCHGEAR DL•OMESTIC IGHTING •LIGHTING C OLUMNS Whitecroft lighting HALDO Unit 16D, Airport Industrial Estate, Wick KW1 4QS Chairman’s Welcome The Northern Nashville Club was first started in the late 60’s. They attracted the biggest names in Country Music, even back then - Hank Locklin to name but one, and down through the years many more followed. So it was inevitable that a festival should come next. This dream had been burning inside me for a long time, fed by music guru’s like George Bruce, David Oag, Kenny MacLean - my mentors. Putting a festival together required expertise in many areas - definitely not for one man and his Northern Nashville Committee, therefore I began my selection of the festival committee. To my delight I got the cream, the very best. It’s been a long struggle and despite my health failing at the last hurdle, we have achieved our ultimate goal. Thank You,one and all, for hanging in there. As it is a Caithness Music Festival it was necessary to have the unqualified support of our Country Cousins from the “Triple C”, and also the many other people who made the dream become a reality. To the sponsors, a special breed of people who not only contributed financially but offered practical help and support from day one, we can but Thank You. Finally a word of welcome to everyone, especially those that have travelled to attend our first festival. We hope you all enjoy the very best of Country Music. Year on year we will hopefully improve from listening to your views and opinions. The show itself will be presented by a guy better known for his singing than his compering. But, ladies & gentlemen, George Malcolm was trained by me so when he makes a mistake it’s only natural! George’s association with N. N. C. M. C. is such that he was our first ever Club compere and our very first honorary member,therefore he will, I’m sure, present the shows to you most professionally. Good Luck George, & Good Luck Festival Goers. Davy Shearer W.&D.Ross Painters & Decoraters All painting and decorating including industrial and contract. Wide range of paints, wallpapers and decorating supplies can be found at the Paint Spectrum We are proud to be a sponsor of the N. N. C. C. M. C. Festival Couper Square • Thurso Tel/Fax: 01847 890940 JGC Engineering and M. M. Miller (Wick) Ltd. 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MEIKLEJOHN’S The Park Hotel TAXIS THURSO EST. 1944 STB 3 Star GOLD Green Tourism Award Sandra, Alistair and Davey would like to wish the “Where the atmosphere & surroundings are as welcoming as the food” Northern Nashville Delicious A La Carte Dinners Country Music Club Bar Meals all the best with Vegetarian Meals the Festival Lunchtime and Evening 10% Off All Meals on Production of a Weekend Festival Ticket See you soon ! THURSO Tel: 01847 893251 www.parkhotelthurso.co.uk 892827 Campbell FESTIVAL PROGRAMME CHaravan ire Friday Evening 15 SHORE STREET, THURSO, George Malcolm 8.00pm - 8.45pm CAITHNESS, SCOTLAND Manson Grant KW14 8BN & the Dynamos 9.00pm - 10.15pm Frank Jansen 10.30pm - 11.45pm Shogun 11.45pm - 1.00am Saturday Afternoon George Malcolm 1.00pm - 1.30pm Frank Jansen 1.30pm - 2.15pm 6 Berth Static Holiday Homes Wick School Band 2.15pm - 2.45pm Shogun 2.45pm - 3.30pm Brendan Quinn 3.40pm - 4.30pm Dale Watson 4.45pm - 6.00pm Tel: THURSO (01847) 893524 Saturday Evening Speedy Skip Dez Walters 8.00pm - 9.30pm Speedy Skip Dale Watson 9.45pm - 11.15pm Hire Ltd. Brendan Quinn 11.30pm - 1.00am Sunday Afternoon 2 - 10 CUBIC METRE SKIPS George Malcolm 1.00pm - 1.30pm Becky Hobbs 1.30pm - 2.30pm Thurso School Band 2.30pm - 3.00pm DOMESTIC & The Kate Bain Band 3.15pm - 4.00pm COMMERCIAL Gail Davies 4.15pm - 5.00pm Caledonia 5.15pm - 6.00pm Collectors of Glass and Cardboard for Recycling Industrial Gas Suppliers Sunday Evening Sir Archibald Road, Thurso Becky Hobbs + 8.00pm - 9.15pm Caithness,KW14 8HN Caledonia Gail Davies 9.30pm - 10.15pm Tel/Fax: (01847) 893797 Paul Donnelly 10.30pm - 12.00pm DWALE ATSON AND HIS LONESTARS Born 7 October 1962 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. An old-fashioned honky tonk performer of the traditional variety, Dale Watson made a major impact in 1995 with the release of his Cheatin' Heart Attack debut set for HighTone Growing up in Alabama, he had been introduced to country music by his marine father who ran a small band. His father even released a single, "Poor Baby', in the late 60s for Chaparral Records. When the family relocated to Pasadena, Texas, Watson began to learn ukulele, then guitar. Together with brothers Jim, who taught him the guitar, and Donny, he formed the Classic Country Band. They worked together for a year before Dale elected to set out on his own. However, he soon tired of playing other artists’ material and moved once again to Los Angeles in 1988. There he met John Jorgenson of the Desert Rose Band, who helped to secure Watson a record contract with Curb He released "You Pour It On And I Pour It Down", before the contract collapsed. Watson's problems were then exacerbated by his involvement in a serious car crash. However, after leaving Curb he was offered a publishing agreement with Gary Morris in Nashville. When that too proved an abortive venture, he returned to Los Angeles and appeared alongside River Phoenix in the movie The Thing Called Love. A promising acting career was foiled by Phoenix's subsequent death, and the itinerant Watson moved to Austin. There, he finally managed to secure a contract with Hightone, who released his debut album. Watson's subsequent releases on HighTone and the Continental Song City labels have shown him to be a reliable performer of high quality honky tonk. Every Song I Write Is For You is dedicated to his partner who was tragically killed in a car crash. The Weigh Inn HOTEL & LODGES RWE NUKEM Burnside, Thurso, A two minute walk from the Festival Venue! Festival Weekend Accommodation Special deals Available Tel: 01847 893722 Fax: 01847 892112 Supporting the local community Web site: www.weighinn.co.uk e mail: [email protected] ************************************ The Ferry Inn, Scrabster Incorporating The Upper Deck Restaurant & Popeye's Bar Special rate Accommodation for Caithness Office: Craig More House the N.N.C.C.M.F. weekend Dounreay Thurso KW14 7TZ Second to none Steaks T: 01847 804080 and a wide range of seafood meals F: 01847 802818 www.rwenukem.co.uk Bookings: 01847 892814 Gail Davies Born 1 September 1948 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, USA. Davies' father was a country musician who, among other things, worked on Louisiana Hayride and Davies was fascinated by his jukebox filled with country music. As a performer, she went on the road with her brother Ron, whose songs have since been recorded by Helen Reddy ("Long Hard Climb") and Three Dog Night ("It Ain't Easy"). An album that they made for A&M Records was never released. Davies married a jazz musician and, for a while, tried to be a jazz singer. When they separated, she moved to the west coast where she worked as a session singer. As a writer, she wrote "Bucket To The South", a US country hit for Ava Barber in 1978. Her first album, Gail Davies, for the Lifesong label in 1978 included her first US country hit, "No Love Have I", alongside further successes, "Poison Love" and "Someone Is Looking For Someone Like You". She moved to Warner Brothers Records and became a rarity - a female country performer producing her own records.