There is nothing I don't love about newcomer Priscilla Block and her song, Just About Over You.  It is a wonderfully written song. This song is a great example of a classic country feeling song, that is slick and up to date.  It's a story of a woman that runs into an old flame in a bar setting after having a few, that she clearly is not all the way over.

Who hasn't been there a time or two in one way shape or form?  This is a terrific example of a hurtin' song in today's country.  This is not your mom and dad's hurtin' song. This is up to date but still traditional in its overall feel.  

I have always loved hurtin' songs from any era, and I deeply respect the artists that record them because they take guts to sing.  They are not angry songs, they are honest songs and that to me is the draw.  A hurtin' song is earned by actually living the song, and the willingness to sing it is brave.  And once it's recorded, it's there forever, on digital, on tape, on film, and in your concerts.

I love this, I love her and I can't wait to hear more.  I want to meet her, shake her hand and have her sing this song on our show. This is a great country song!  Grab a coffee and take a listen.

Priscilla Block Website

Priscilla Block Facebook

The WEEKEND is here!  Live well, live right, and do it without breaking the bank!

Expected Weather 

Saturday  - Sun / Clouds 66

Sunday -Sun / Clouds 56

Music

Read My Country Music Memory Lane This Week  -  (Barbara Mandrell)

Read My Song Of The Week -  (The Villain)

Wynn's Weekend Breakfast! 

How about a delicious breakfast - Country Fried Steak And Eggs  (Recipe)

Food And Drink

Wynn's Wine Of The Weekend - Castle Rock (Red)

Wynn's Cheese Of The Weekend  - Smoked Cheese -  And I'm Doing This Soon!!  (Must SEE)

Wynn's Weekend Menu  -  Taco Salad  (recipe)

Treat Yourself This Weekend Or Next  - (Barrel Lodge) Streetsboro Good Food -  Ate There Last Week

Went To -  River Merchant in Kent on Wednesday GREAT place  (Link)

Saturday is -   Spanish Paella Day  (Mallorca Cleveland)  Thier Paella is incredible!  Worth a trip Downtown.

Sunday is   -   Black Forest Cake Day   (Recipe)

Viewing

In Theaters  -  Theater listings  (listings)

Drive- Ins  -  Some are opening this weekend  - some next

HBO Max  - New This Week And Month

Netflix -  New This Week And Month

Prime - New This Week And Month

New Disney Plus -  New This Week And Month

Weekend Golf?  - 

Courses Improving Quickly -  We Playe Briarwood (Link) 

This Weekend -  Sleepy Hollow (Link)

PGA Tour  -  WGC In Austin  (Golf Channel and Local TV)

Sports

NCAA - This Weekend (Local TV CBS FAmily)

NASCAR - Bristol This Weekend  (Local TV)

The Tribe  - Play All Weekend  (Local TV)

The Blue Jackets -  In Chicago All Weekend Saturday and Sunday  (Local TV)

Cavs Play - West Coast all Weekend  (Local TV)

Have a GREAT weekend!

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Box Office – Raya and the Last Dragon - #1  (3 Weeks)  

Disney Plus -  Prices going up (Story)

Godzilla Vs Kong  - In Theaters and HBO MAX  -  NEXT WEEK!

Regal Cinemas - Will reopen April 2 to show Godzilla VS. King Kong and Mortal Combat
(Story)

New This Week – Drive Ins. Many open this weekend  (LIST OF DRIVE INS)

The Oscars - NO ZOOM this year – if you're nominated, you need to be there, NO ZOOM OPTION if you win!  (Story)

A Father of the Bride - Remake with Andy Garcia is in the works.   (Story)

Ace Ventura 3 - Looks like it will happen  (Story)  The Original 1994???

New Series – About Mike Tyson with Jamie Foxx is being developed (Story)

There - Is an R rated version of Mrs. Doubtfire and it may be a documentary soon  (Story)

Vin Diesel's Son - Lil Vinnie Joining 'Fast & Furious' Franchise as Younger Dom. (Story)

Eddie Murphy - is working on ''Beverly Hills Cop 4.''  (Story) 

This Weekend – Check out my Country Music Memory Lane (link)

My Other Articles This Week - Remember This Song?  /  Song Of The Week  /  The Players Barn

Megan messaged me and asked about the song, Complicated.  I asked, "What, the Avril Lavigne song?"  And no, she said the country song -  Oh yeah!  I forgot.  Good record!  Good Memory, Megan!

When I first came to WQMX in 2001, this song was very popular, and so was she, Carolyn Dawn Johnson.  She came back to visit us a few years later a couple times. She was on the morning show with us and did a show for us in our concert room.  Think she did a Bosom Buddies too.  She also wrote the big hit, Single White Female.

BTW - Her Complicated album?  Is quite good!

This was a big song  went to #5

Carolyn Dawn Johnson Facebook

Here comes Barbara Mandrell.  It's hard to effectively communicate now just how big of a star she was. Stars of an era get no bigger or better than her, and she is on my very short list of the overall most talented stars we have had.  I proudly played Barbara Mandrell songs on morning shows on great stations around the country. I feel her gifts to us outside the music are as important as Dolly's or Reba's, just over a shorter period of time.  My gut feeling is that they would both agree.

Her First Big Song!

Let's put these numbers right up front, because they're incredible -  She has 2 Grammy's, 4 ACM's, 4 CMA's, and 7 American Music Awards. She was the first PERSON ever to win the CMA Entertainer Of The Year TWICE.  She won 9 CMT Awards, and 9 People's Choice Awards.  In all she has over 50 awards.  She has 6 number one songs, 27 albums and a Live album.  She also hosted the ACM's and the CMA's multiple times.  She's in the Country Music Hall Of Fame, (I believe Dolly inducted her in 2009) The Musicians Hall Of Fame, and the Country Gospel Music Hall Of Fame. 

This Was A Monster Hit Country And Pop  (Great Performance)

Barbara Mandrell had a long line of hit songs from the mid 1970's through the mid 80's.  She was blessed with a beautiful and exceptionally versatile voice that sounded effortless and was incredibly was easy to listen to.  She was also a beyond talented musician who played the guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, piano, banjo, accordion, and saxophone.  And when you went to her concerts, you would see her playing all of these - very well -  at some point of the show.  She really helped change the stage show for everyone in Country as she was a complete entertainer.  She and Dolly were among the first country women to headline really big tours.  Barbara had opening acts like Randy Travis, Steve Wariner and Garth Brooks open shows for her when they were young artists.

Crackers - A Hugely Quoted Song

At a very young age (13) she was playing pedal steel in Patsy Cline's band and had drawn the attention of all of Nashville.  She was one of the best pedal steel players around, and performed and toured with Johnny Cash at 12.  From a very young age, Barbara's complete showmanship was obvious from her family band that toured together.  All could see she was very different and could be a game changer given the right break.

Big Song -  This Is Where The Saying Came From

The story of her eventual "discovery" is legendary.  Word is in about an hour of a nightclub appearance in Nashville, she got offers from a bunch of different record companies. Some say it was six in one night.  Quite frankly, she was something we never really had before, as she would become an incredible live performer.  Even though today's concerts are far more techie, bigger and highly advanced, a Barbara Mandrell show was high energy as she was insanely talented on all of her instruments and vocals. We have not seen her equal since on that regard.  A Mandrell show was way more than singing and standing at a mic, countless wardrobe changes, and walking around onstage possibly playing a guitar.  It was the opposite -  It was real musical talent.

This Was A Big Hit

She broke through big in 1978 with Sleepin' Single In A Double Bed, and If Lovin' You Is Wrong, and the rest is history.  She then ran off a long line of big songs as she was right on time. Urban Cowboy Pop Country was coming into fashion and her sound and image was clearly that, and she took center stage.  She was not simply a country singer.  She was a great singer - vocalist and had mass appeal in and out of the country realm.  Taking nothing away from these great and talented women, but Mandrell, long before Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Shania and even Maren Morris, was melding different genres together in search of a unique sound. She was way ahead of the game and some of her songs more recently have had slick DJ  and rap remixes.

Till You're Gone - Saxophone

She had her own TV show starting in 1980 with her sisters on NBC. It was a variety show with good ratings and sent her soaring with new fans that ran for a few seasons.  She also guest starred on about every network prime time drama series of the era as she was also a pretty good actor.  Barbara Mandrell was a gigantic star, at the peak of her popularity on the charts on TV and in pop culture.

Great Song  -  Remade Nicely

On September 11, 1984 she was in a horrific car accident as a 19 year-old young man crossed the center line and hit her car head on. The young man was killed instantly, and Barbara was severely injured. Terrible leg injuries, memory loss, confusion, major speech problems, and serious lacerations.  I remember it like it was yesterday. I got my daily wake up call for the morning show at WRMZ in Columbus, and my friend and Overnight Personality, Doug Daniels told me about the accident as it happened at night. It was a sad day for the entertainment world at large. She spent almost two years recovering.

Pics From Scene And More

She did recover but stopped recording after a year or so and only performed.  Her priorities changed as did the entire direction of her life, then she retired in 1997.  And even though she does not perform, she remains a member of the Grand Ol Opry since she was invited to join in 1972.  She became an advocate for seat belt wearing, as she and her children in the car had put theirs on only a couple minutes before the crash.  (They all survived).

Barbara Mandrell's Amazing Home She Sold in 2002 Now A Hotel

There are others with more number ones and more gold albums, there always is. But Barbara Mandrell is one of the greatest entertainers ever in Country Music.  She was class and elegance in addition to be talented beyond measure in every way possible.  Dolly I feel inspired a whole new wave to want to be country singers, but I feel Barbara inspired new artists to be great.  She brought us a ton of new fans and we should always thank her for that. She was very important in our history.

The truly incredible  - Barbara Mandrell.

Read About Many Other Great Country Women Here!

Every now and again a very unique voice shows up that for some reason you have no choice but to listen to. Lily Rose is a new artist and she owns that voice.  Her new song, The Villain is a very interesting song and video.  See if you are drawn to her voice as I am. Powerful song, and performance - Well done!

 
Grab a coffee and take a listen!

I drive by The Players Barn at least two times every day near Peninsula on RT 303, and each time I have the same thoughts.  I never went to the Players Barn, or know much of its history.  But I know two things at least.  One, I wish it was still alive.  And two, I know an old one-time local or community theater when I see one.  Should be stated up front here, live theater will never die. It has been around for thousands of years and will always find a way. But there have been challenges.

I have never in my life been in the cast or crew of a community theater, or high school play.  Surprising because my entire childhood, I was surrounded by it. My mom, brother and sister were all heavily involved in the old Berea Summer Theater growing up which was very popular in Northeast Ohio. My mom wanted me to, but my dad bailed me out. My mom starred in a whole lot of roles around Northeast Ohio many years ago, and my brother went on to be a professional actor for a number of years before becoming a college acting professor and now a Dean of a heavily theater driven college.  Then, I was playing tons of organized sports, and had no interest. Still don't.

But the local community theater was a gigantic part of a whole lot of cities, when your friends and neighbors would perform in shows.  Others did costumes, and some played in the orchestra.  There were chorus parts, lighting, sound, set building, costumes, as it drew many parts of an entire community together.  Then, we all went to see those we knew in plays.  It was a great system. The strength of it, the backbone of it was, we all knew the people involved with the show.  This is not to say these troupes are gone.  The Akron area still has a fair amount of them and that's great!

People change, times change, we're busy, we all work, and we're occupied now by more exciting things of all kinds.  We don't know our neighbors as much, we have less kids, we travel more, and the sense of local community hacs changed. Not as many have the time to dedicate to such a huge undertaking, in short the world has really changed in what people choose to do with the free time they have.

Some decided doing shows with professional actors was a good idea, and I feel exactly the opposite.  Communities seldom come out to support local live theaters to see professionals they didn't know. They come to see their friends, neighbors, workmates, their doctor or dentist, and relatives give their all and be vulnerable in their new roles no matter what they were in or to the production.  Truth be told, I went to probably over 100 local theater productions in my life. I saw all the shows, all the musicals and all the performances of my family and other people we knew  - or sort of knew.  Whether the show was good or not, they always got a standing ovation and curtain call at the end.  We were applauding the mighty effort, and dedication, the willingness, and the community more than anything.

Great places like The Players have been victims of the times as have a lot of other community events. The past few decades have not been kind to this kind of thing, and that's too bad.  Many colleges have big theater programs now and that's fine. Good for them as they are a community in themselves and the formula of old can and does work there.

If you are lucky enough to be practicing your passion in a community theater group, well done. I bet thousands of people over decades enjoyed The Players Barn.  I can see that in my minds eye.

Box Office – Raya and the Last Dragon #1  Tom And Jerry #2

New This Week – Drive Ins -  Many open this weekend (Story)  

New In Theaters  (List)

The Oscars  -  Nominations are out and you don't know any of the movies  (Story) 

The Grammys  - Worst ratings ever last Sunday night, down 60% from last year   (Story) 

Golden Globes  - More horrible ratings for them too this year  (Story)

On Netflix - You can watch a documentary on the last ever Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon 

Eddie Murphy - Is working on a third Coming to America movie.  (Story)

Tracy Morgan - May portray Louis Armstrong in a new movie about the Jazz great's life.  (Story) 

This Weekend – Check out my Country Music Memory Lane  (link)

My Other Articles This Week -Joe, Michael, And The Coliseum /  This Is Pretty Cool / The Diamond Grille

The WEEKEND is here!  Live well, live right, and do it without breaking the bank!

Expected Weather 

Saturday  - Sunny 58

Sunday - Sunny 63

SPRING BEGINS - Saturday  - March 20  - at 537AM

Music

Read My Country Music Memory Lane This Week  - (Tanya Tucker)

Wynn's Weekend Breakfast! 

Cold weekend, how about a delicious breakfast  (Corned Beef Hash)

Food And Drink

Wynn's Wine Of The Weekend - Meiomi  (Cab)  Very Good!   (Great Story)

Wynn's Cheese Of The Weekend  - Smoked Cheese -  And I'm Doing This Soon!!  (Must SEE)

Wynn's Weekend Menu  -  PIck Something Off This GREAT List   (OMG)

Treat Yourself This Weekend Or Next  (Diamond Grille)

Saturday is -  Ravioli Day  (Great Recipe)

Sunday is   -  Crunchy Taco Day  (How To)

Viewing

In Theaters  -  This Theater has all the movies you can see to give you ideas   (Tinseltown)

HBO Max  - New This Week And Month

Netflix -  New This Week And Month

Prime - New This Week And Month

New Disney Plus -  New This Week And Month

Weekend Golf?  - 

Courses Improving Quickly - We Played Pine Hills This Week (Great Track)

This Weekend -  Playing Briarwood (link)

Sports

NASCAR -In Atlanta

The Tribe  - All Weekend  (Live TV)

The Blue Jackets - Play Saturday   (Local TV)

Cavs Play -  At home Friday and Sunday  (Local TV)

PGA Tour  - The Honda Classic in Florida  (Golf Channel and Local TV)

Have a GREAT weekend!

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Jenny wondered if I could feature her favorite singer this week. In these stories I always look for the gift artists gave us in addition to their music.  If you grew up listening to Leann Rimes, Taylor Swift, Scotty McCreery or even Kippi Brannon (in the early 1980's)  you know they were all very young teens with country recording deals and songs. But before any of them, long before, there was the incredible Tanya Tucker.  She has been recording since 1973 when she was 14, and is still a musical force and winning awards at 60 plus. I grew up with Tanya Tucker, in some way most of us did. Yeah, you know Delta Dawn, but there is way more to Tanya.

First Number One 1973  She was about 14   - Arrangement and Song Indicative Of The Era

Tanya Tucker is one of the best, most unique singers ever.  Blessed with a voice that cuts through any kind of music and arrangement, and was light years more mature than most at 14. A voice so distinctive, so different, so - her.  Over her career, especially early on she was on and off the country charts with her music, and with her image.  One of her many gifts was she was Outlaw Country and proud of it.  Pretty rare for a woman then.  She then dumped the long dresses and gigantic hair most of the stars were wearing then, and invented a new image for herself.  Shortly there after, most of the rest dumped the huge dresses and bouffant hair.  She changed that game.  In short, there were many, many stages of her career, and personal life, just like the rest of us. Difference is, the world didn't watch every move we made.

This Song Is Long -  But Watching The Video, You'll Get A Sense Who She IS