Planner Project 2016 ... Johnny Cash & Country
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
PLANNER PROJECT 2016 ... JOHNNY CASH & COUNTRY JOHNNY CASH & FAMILY: 1976-2016: 6/25 After cruising last night in a Rally red-white top ‘75 Corvette convertible w/am-fm stereo ($7,885-Big ‘O’ Olds), to see Elvin Bishop with ‘Heart’ at the Allen ($5.50); tonight, the Johnny Cash Show (Johnny & June, the Carter sisters, brother Tom & Rosey Nix) plays the Front Row ($8.50), 1976 3/18 Cruising tomorrow on Monday to the Agora, former Eagles and Poco standout Randy Meisner shares the stage with Johnny Cash’s talented daughter Rosanne ($5), 1981 6/22 Cain Park offers Johnny & June Cash, with Rosey Nix & John Carter Cash tomorrow; Livingston Taylor & Anne E. DeChant the 22nd; & the Everly Brothers Aug. 20th, 1996 10/19 While John Mellencamp sings ‘Ain’t that America’ at the Akron Civic Theatre 40 years after his first LP ($39.50-$122.50); an intimate audience hears Rosanne Cash in the Rock Hall’s Foster Theater as its Music Masters series honors her father Johnny, 2016 6/28 After cruising on Monday to buy $5.79 button fly sailor bells at Goldfish Uniform on Prospect, & a Martin D-35 guitar on sale at Dick Lurie Guitar Studio on Euclid ($390-$535); the ‘Raspberries’ rock the Agora, as the ‘Rockets’ rock The Ramp, 1971 10/21 The Rock Hall’s Music Masters Series honors Johnny Cash at the State Theatre with John Carter Cash as executive band leader (John Carter sings ‘Jackson’ with fiancée Ana Cristina - $30-$100), 2016 THE CASH CONNECTION: 8/25 The 3rd annual ‘Cashathon’ tonight at the Lime Spider on Main in Akron features Brian Lisik, Ryan Humbert, Forty Thieves, and Blonde Boy Grunt & the Groans, 2006 10/21 Tonight, the Rock Hall’s Music Masters Series honors Johnny Cash at the State Theatre with X, Paul Cauthen, Ellen Jewell, Nikki Lane, Mike Ness, Oak Ridge Boys, & executive band leader John Carter Cash singing ‘Jackson’ with fiancee Ana Cristina ($30-$100); tomorrow, the Rock Hall hosts ‘Johnny Cash Day’ with Shooter Sharp & the Shootouts (Humbert, Poston, Gomez, Moss, Bates, McDermott), at 1 p.m., 2016 THE COUNTRY CONNECTION: 1951 / 11/22 As the Arena hosts ‘Grand Ole Opry’ with Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadors, String Bean, Annie Lou, & Drifting Cowboys ($1.20); the Theatrical Grill’s $3.75 Thanksgiving dinner stars Dorothy Donegan at 9 p.m., 1951 1956 / 2/18 Carl Perkins’ ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ is WERE DJ Bill Randle’s disc of the week, as trumpeter Buck Clayton & his All-Stars play the Loop Lounge; June Anthony & Lois Powell play the Band Box; Teddy Charles headlines the Cotton Club; & at the Circle Theater, it’s country star Stoney Cooper with Wilma Lee & the ‘Clinch Mountain Clan,’ 1956 1 2/6 After Jerri Winters plays the Chatterbox last night with George Byas, as Gloria Mann closes a 3-night stand at the Band Box; tonight, the Circle Theater’s ‘Hillbilly Jamboree’ features Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys with the Shenandoah Valley Trio, 1956 3/5 As the Circle Theater’s Hillbilly Jamboree stars Grandpa Jones & Ramona; Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis & his Hammond organ combo play the Loop Lounge ‘til 2:30, 1956 3/10 As Terry Gibbs plays the Loop Lounge with Terry Pollard, & Roy Hamilton plays the Band Box; Cousin Jody & Rita Faye play the Circle Theater’s Hillbilly Jamboree, 1956 1961 / 6/21 As Euclid Beach hosts Coca-Cola Day with free admission, a skydiver plunging 13 stories into an 8’ tank; 9 free rides with tickets found in Coke cartons, & a record hop in the ballroom with Chet Atkins, Andrea Carroll, the Visions & the Bombers, 1961 1966 / 3/31 After cruising tomorrow with ‘Good Lovin’’ on WHK to see J. B. & the Playboys open Otto’s Grotto in the Hotel Statler; on the 2nd, the Orbit Lounge hosts Jimmy Vince & the Mixed Emotions, while Flatt & Scruggs play the Garden Theater ($2.50), 1966 1971 / 7/29 Cruising in a ‘70 Mercury Cyclone 2-dr. hardtop w/429 Cobra Jet, scooped hood, spoiler ($1,988-Bob Miller); it’s time for country rockin’ with the Allman Brothers & ‘Pure Prairie League’ at Musicarnival ($4.50-$5-brought to you by ‘A Friend’), 1971 1976 / 3/12 The Front Row presents the ‘Outlaw Music Festival’ featuring Waylon Jennings backed by his 6-piece band, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser with his Outlaw Band ($7.50), 1976 5/4 While it was white punks on dope with the Tubes May 2nd at Kent Memorial Gym ($5); tonight, Boz Scaggs & ‘Wet Willie’ play the Allen ($5.50); & it’s countryMay 6th at the Front Row with Loretta Lynn, Billy ‘Crash’ Craddock & Kenny Starr ($6.50), 1976 11/21 The Front Row goes country with the Statler Bros. and Dolly Parton ($6.75), 1976 1981 / 3/4 After the Sir Douglas Quintet & ‘Four out of 5 Doctors’ play there on Mon. the 2nd ($5); Box Car Willie ‘rocks’ today’s Agora Coffeebreak Concert at 11 a.m. with WMMS’ Matt ‘The Cat’ (Columbus residents can now get WMMS-FM on Warner Qube), 1981 3/6 Cruising in a charcoal gray/black leather ‘74 Corvette Roadster ($7,990), with ‘Celebration’ on the stereo 8-track, the Gary Lewis Band (Wirth, Dalton, Markle, Sparks), plays Pirate’s Cove; while cowboy boots reign at the Front Row as Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee & the Urban Cowboy Band open a two-night stand ($8.75), 1981 6/26 After catching Waylon Jennings at Blossom on the 24th ($11), and cruising tonight to the year’s first Blossom sellout in a 6-cyl. ‘77 AMC Gremlin Coupe w/AC, power steering ($2,695-Ganley Olds), as 18,233 sing ‘I Get Around’ with the Beach Boys in their 20th year ($11); ‘Spyro Gyra’ debuts at Blossom tomorrow with Leo Kotke ($10), 1981 2 7/5 Cruising to Blossom, tomorrow, it’s Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, & David Johansen ($10); The Moody Blues changing the mood July 7th ($9); it’s Southside again July 8th; & country rockin’ with the Marshall Tucker Band July 13th ($10), 1981 10/13 After going country with George Jones & ‘The Flying Burrito Bros.’ at the Front Row on the 11th ($8.75); & rockin’ to ‘Triumph,’ the Frank Marino Band & the ‘Kings’ last night at Public Hall ($8.50); it’s ‘The Innocent Age’ at the Coliseum tonight with Dan Fogelberg and friends Joe Vitale, Russ Kunkel & Kenny Passarelli ($9.50-$11.50), 1981 1986 / 4/14 Cruising tonight to the Coliseum, it’s ‘Love of Another Kind,’ as Rich Mullins opens for top-selling contemporary Christian artist, 25-year-old Amy Grant ($12.50), 1986 5/2 Hank Williams, Jr., Merle Haggard & Ricky Skaggs rock the Coliseum ($12-$14), 1986 5/17 While future Rock Hall inductees Gladys Knight & the Pips play the Front Row with Eugene Wilde tonight ($15.75); ‘Oroboros’ rocks Peabody’s Cafe tomorrow; as the Front Row goes country with Eddie Rabbit and special guest Sylvia ($13.75), 1986 6/6 After cruising to see the ‘Fabulous Flashbacks’ at Party-in-the-Park on Public Square during the city’s weekend ‘Celebration Square to Square,’ with ‘All I Need is a Miracle’ on the am-fm stereo in a white/red leather ‘83 Nissan 280 ZX w/T-Tops ($11,000); next, Blossom goes country with ‘Alabama’ & the Bellamy Brothers (lawn $13), 1986 9/14 After rockin’ last night with golden boys Bobby Rydell, Fabian & Frankie Avalon; the soldout Front Row goes country with the Judds and Dwight Yoakum ($13.75), 1986 11/15 After ‘Uzizi’ plays Peabody’s Cafe last night; cruising tonight with ‘Honky Tonk Crowd’ on the stereo, the Front Row hosts the Oak Ridge Boys and ‘Almost Bros.’ ($15), 1986 1991 / 4/4 Cruising with ‘Pocket Full of Gold’ & ‘Fancy’ on WGAR-FM; as Rockin’ Richie’s on Detroit presents ‘Calabash’ with Bob Gatewood; Richfield Coliseum presents a night of rockin’ in cowboy boots with Reba McEntire, Clint Black & Vince Gill ($20), 1991 8/6 Last night, 64,733 saw country stars Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings perform, fireworks, & the Browns lose to Tampa Bay, 23-10, in Bill Belichick’s coaching debut, 1991 1996 / 1/9 Hot LPs: Mariah Carey’s ‘Daydream;’ Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill;’ Hootie & the Blowfish’s ‘Cracked Rear View;’ Garth Brook’s ‘Fresh Horses;’ TLC’s ‘Crazysexycool;’ Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness;’ & R. Kelly’s ‘R. Kelly,’ 1996 3/22 As ‘Sons of Elvis’ (Hill, Parnin, Casa, Borland), play the Grog Shop tonight with ‘Solution A. D.’ & ‘Drag Mules’ ($7); Garth Brooks ‘rocks’ soldout Gund Arena with Lakewood native Debbie Nims & ‘Stillwater’ on the 3rd of a 4-night stand, 1996 2001 / 3 12/15 After Gund Arena welcomed Amy Grant and Vince Gill on Dec. 12th ($25, $38.50, $51); on Dec. 17th, Aerosmith rocks the Gund with ‘The Cult’ ($35, $45, $50), 2001 2006 / 11/4 Glen Campbell, Patty Griffin, Ricky Skaggs, Cowboy Jack Clement, Raul Malo, Mandy Barnett, Tiff Merritt, the Velvets, Billy Burnett & more pay tribute to Roy Orbison during the Rock Hall’s American Music Masters concert at the State ($30-$50), 2006 2011 / 5/9 Cruising into Summer, Blossom offers ‘Sugarland’ May 13 ($26-$49); ‘Phish’ June 4 ($45-$60); Kenny Chesney June 23 ($39-$79) & Jimmy Buffett July 19; the Q offers Bob Seger May 24 ($39-$65) & Josh Groban June 4 ($39-$65); and Progressive Field goes country with Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton & Jerrod Nieman June 11 ($30-$125), 2011 2016 / 8/6 The Band Perry headlines WGAR’s 25th annual Country Jam in Lorain ($35), 2016 THE MILLION DOLLAR MEN: ELVIS PRESLEY / RECORDINGS / 1/20 As 43-year-old John F.