Gretchen Peters in session!
Gretchen Peters joins Bob from her home in Florida to play some songs from her new album "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury"
Gretchen Peters - accompanied by musical partner and husband Barry Walsh - joins Bob from her home in Florida to play some songs from her new album "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury", which is out tomorrow.
She and Barry will also be telling us how they're coping with the lockdown over in the US, and there may be a word or two from the dog as well!
For two decades, Gretchen Peters has been one of Nashville鈥檚 most beloved and respected artists. 鈥淚f Peters never delivers another tune as achingly beautiful as 鈥極n A Bus To St. Cloud,'鈥� People Magazine wrote, 鈥渟he has already earned herself a spot among country鈥檚 upper echelon of contemporary composers.鈥� Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in October 2014 by singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, who called her 鈥渂oth a songwriter and a poet (who) sings as beautifully as she writes,鈥� and said her song 鈥淭he Matador鈥�, 鈥渕oved me so greatly, I cried from the soles of my feet鈥�, Peters has accumulated accolades as a songwriter for artists as diverse as Etta James, Bonnie Raitt, The Neville Brothers, Patty Loveless, George Strait, Bryan Adams and Faith Hill. Her song 鈥淚ndependence Day鈥�, recorded by Martina McBride, won a CMA Song of the Year award in 1995. She has been nominated for 2 Grammys (鈥淚ndependence Day/Martina McBride, 鈥淵ou Don鈥檛 Even Know Who I Am鈥�/Patty Loveless), a Golden Globe (鈥淗ere I Am鈥�/Bryan Adams), and numerous other awards. Her 2015 album, 鈥楤lackbirds鈥� was awarded International Album of the Year and Song of the Year by the UK Americana Association. In 2015, The Telegraph named her one of the greatest 60 female singer-songwriters of all time.
Mickey Newbury鈥檚 songs have been covered by hundreds upon hundreds of artists; over 1,000 covers have been documented. Mickey also recorded 25 albums over 35 years. Though he considered himself a songwriter first and singer second, his own albums are critically acclaimed and highly desired by a very passionate fan base the world over. His hits for other artists include "Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" for Tom Jones, "Just Dropped In" , the first big hit for Kenny Rogers and - of course - "An American Trilogy" which became one of Elvis Presley's signature songs.
Many consider him to be the best of the best. Kris Kristofferson says, 鈥淕od, I learned more about songwriting from Mickey than I did any other single human being. To me he was a songbird. He comes out with amazing words and music... I鈥檓 sure that I never would have written Bobby McGee, Sunday Morning Coming Down... if I had never known Mickey. He was my hero and still is.鈥�
During the Covid-19 pandemic, when so many musicians are unable to tour, Radio 2's Country Show is asking artists to perform from their own front room, doing a little to keep the bond between artist and audience alive. First up was Carly Pearce, followed by Thomas Rhett and Mandy Barnett, with the likes of Steve Earle, Willie Jones, Kip Moore, Courtney Marie Andrews and Scotty McCreery to come.
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Steve Earle
Guitar Town
- The No.1 Country Album (Various).
- Polygram Tv.
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Luke Combs
Six Feet Apart
- (CD Single).
- Sony.
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Ashley McBryde
Velvet Red
- Never Will.
- Warner Nashville.
- 8.
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Ray Wylie Hubbard
Outlaw Blood (feat. Ashley McBryde)
- Co-Starring....
- Big Machine.
- 7.
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Sunny Sweeney
Poet's Prayer
- Download Single.
- Thirty Tigers.
- 1.
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The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown: The Essential Bluegrass Album.
- Union Square Music.
- 12.
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Midnight Skyracer
Right Here With You
- Shadows On The Moon.
- Island Records.
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Gretchen Peters
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) (Country Show Live)
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Gretchen Peters
Wish I Was (Country Show Live)
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Mickey Newbury
The Future's Not What It Used To Be
- Frisco Mabel Joy.
- Elektra.
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Hank Locklin
Please Help Me, I'm Falling
- Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
- Old Gold.
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Floyd Cramer
Last Date
- Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
- Acuff-Rose Opryland.
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Haley & Michaels
Hail Mary
- Download Single.
- Hickory Records.
- 1.
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Jon Pardi
Ain't Always The Cowboy
- Heartache Medication.
- Capitol.
Broadcast
- Thu 14 May 2020 23:00麻豆约拍 Radio 2