Scott Wynn
WYNN - SONG OF THE WEEK - The Villain
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!
WYNN - The Players Barn
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.
WYNN - Wynn At The Movies And Info!
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
WYNN - WEEKENDS WITH WYNN!
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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WYNN - COUNTRY MUSIC MEMORY LANE - Tanya Tucker
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
Tanya's 9th album, TNT raised tons of eyebrows in 1978. (BTW, she was 20 and had 9 albums and tons of hits songs already.) It was country-rock, it was new and very different, plus this album cover, (that would be pretty tame by today's standards) caused a real stir. It was very racy for its time and was not really accepted by the country world. Her career hit a wall, and chart success was slipping. Her personal life was the stuff of tabloids and she was tied or rumored to be in romantic relationships with Merle Haggard, Don Johnson, Andy Gibb, and Glen Campbell over the course of a number of years. She became more known for all of this - sometimes more than her music. But a massive reinvention was coming.
From TNT - Big Song! Controversial Album Cover
In 1986 Tucker began a long run of the best music she ever recorded. She was working with great people and rattled off a line of huge hit songs that went on for about the next 12 years. Many of these songs are country classics and are still loved today. Downloading a Greatest Hits album from her is a very good idea. She has recorded, sung and collaborated with about everyone you can think of. She performed at halftime of the 1996 Superbowl, and has played about every venue there is to play. In short, Tanya Tucker is a star. I've played every Tanya Tucker song she put on the country charts and proud of it.
This Song Is Universally Loved
Yes, we feature her music in this article, but she's more than that. Tanya Tucker was, and is a star. She's known by generations of people. And she has managed to keep herself relevant and out front. Some remember Delta Dawn, some remember her romance with Glen Campbell, some remember her TV days, her tumultuous days, and now others are discovering the Grammy Winning music she records today. You see, that's a star. When everyone knows your name. And everyone does. In one way or another, you know who she is. She's a game changer. She was the first to be so young and really make it. She, about single-handedly changed the image for women in country. Granted, it was not instant, but the change did come, and the fashion of Loretta was gone forever, never to return.
Mid 80's - Sounds Great Even With A More Pop Sound
And her voice. Her sensational, distinct, a few notes lower than most voice. When everything around Tanya was changing, or confusing, successful, or going fast or slow for her or the rest of us, there was that constant of her gift - her voice. She still sounds great, and there is still no doubt who is singing, even with your eyes closed. She was also famous for being who she is. She's Tanya Tucker by God. 88 singles, 40 in the top 10, 15 number one songs, and 25 million albums sold over a career that has lasted her lifetime. And she needs to be in the Country Music Hall Of Fame. Even though her road was tough at times, she's on a short list of being one of the biggest difference makers we've ever had.
Big Song - During Her Great 80's - 90's Run
We watched her grow up right in front of us, not many have to endure that, but she did. She blazed a trail that wasn't even there, and in the end, she got it right, rewarding us with decades of amazing versatile music and clearly it was not always easy.
But true greatness seldom is. Someone always has to be first, and she was.
Read About A Whole Lot Of Other Great Country Women Right Here!
WYNN - The Diamond Grille
Monday night I had the chance to eat at one of Akron's most Iconic restaurants, The Diamond Grille and I'm glad I did.
What a great, fun place.
The food was amazing. I mean really amazing. This is a place that really cares about the quality of the food, and afterwards you know you have eaten a great meal. I can't wait to go back. Great food, great service. Just fun.
What A Salad
Located downtown on Market Street, it's been there since 1935. It is a throwback kind of place and you feel that. I love places like that. You can feel the history, but the menu is certainly up to date, and what we had was terrific! I had the Longbone Steak, a huge bone-in rib-eye that took up the entire plate. I also had green beans, fantastic breads, and a salad that had to be experienced to be described.
The Longbone Steak
Plus the Crab Cocktail was magnificent as an app. I enjoyed every single bite and I look forward to my next trip there hopefully soon. May take Windy there for her birthday
WYNN - This Is Very Cool!
I saw this last week when a friend and fellow pro, Chris Brooks, who does mornings in North Carolina at WMGV posted this on Facebook. This is a very cool thing. Click on this for something really different!
This shows you how imaginative people can be in the world. I love off the beaten path stuff, and this is certainly that. Great way to show support for fireman and first responders in general.
Thanks Chris, and well done. I'm buying something today!
WYNN - Joe, Michael And The Coliseum
The past couple weeks gave us some tough news about local hero's passing away. Joe Tait, long time and much loved voice of the Cavs and Tribe, and of course Michael Stanley, a music icon in Northeast Ohio. So Thursday, I had to drive out to the only place fitting to sense the presence of both, the confluence of I-271 and RT 303 - the home of the now gone, Richfield Coliseum.
Let's tell a story about the 1970s' in our area. It was changing and challenging times for all manufacturing - and jobs around here. It was the time of the Browns being bad, the Tribe being beyond bad, both playing in old dilapidated Municipal Stadium with the wooden seats, porcelain trough urinals and the disastrous "Nickle Beer Night." It was the time of the river on fire a few years earlier, and endless jokes about us on TV. - The Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy. - The Cavs were awful in their early years and their first home, the Cleveland Arena was worse as it was a dark, dank, dinosaur downtown leftover with wooden seats from the 1930's. The music scene was generally good as always, but the live venues were aging, but it's what we knew, and we didn't mind. The area needed a Miracle - and we got one.
The beginning - of the beginning - was in 1974 when the Richfield Coliseum opened. It was something like we never saw. The gigantic, beautiful entertainment mecca would become the maker of millions of great memories for hundreds of thousands of people. It was the new home of the Cavs, the Miracle In Richfield, endless shows, the Circus, Truck and Tractor pulls, Motorcycle racing on ice, the Royal Lipizzaner Stallions, concerts, the Crusaders, and the Force. But most importantly for two incredibly popular and influential people. - Joe Tait and Michael Stanley and the MSB
Stanley set records there. I saw him do a big New Years Eve Concert at the Coliseum in 1981 at the height of the MSB. That place shook that night like few places ever have. Fans exploding with pride, looking for and now finding something to cheer for and be proud of. The Coliseum had a heartbeat, and it was supplied by us walking through its veins. That night Michael Stanley was the most popular singer on earth, as the local guy really made good. He was ours, he was playing in this beautiful jewel, on top of the world and he took all of us with him. Hey, everyone from Sinatra to John Denver, to Elton John played there over the years, but ask anyone from this area, and they'll remember Michael Stanley's show first by a mile. Stanley, in one night, became synonymous with the Coliseum, and would remain so forever. I don't know who else has ever really done that.
Great MSB Song
Joe Tait started doing Cavs games in 1970, the same year they entered the NBA. The Cleveland Arena was God-awful, but the amazing Coliseum was the envy of the entire Midwest. The Cavs had the miracle season in 1975-76 when they had the first playoff run by any Cleveland team in a long while. Their new home, the Coliseum was so loud it literally shook and was deafening. But somehow we heard Joe Tait's voice cut through it all and paint a picture so vivid, we were all there with him. When the Cavs eliminated the star-studded Washington Bullets in game five of the playoffs, it became one of the best moments in local sports history. This new building, with Joe Tait calling the game, with Akron's Nate Thurmond (Central Hower High School) being one of the season's difference makers, and Dick Snyder, a kid from Canton (Hoover High School) making the game winning shot and game saving defensive play. Tait, in that one night, became synonymous with the Coliseum, and would remain so forever. I don't know who else has ever really done that.
The Miracle In Richfield (This is a mix of Tait and others - But Tait where it matters!)
Wait, didn't I just say that?
Over the following years, Joe and Michael would have very similar paths. Tait would see a lot more basketball and made it sound like it was a game you didn't want to miss through your radio. Tait called the games with Price, Nance and Daugherty, and eventually Lebron, and Len Barkers perfect game pitched for the Tribe. The week of the Miracle that Tait called, the Cavs and the Coliseum set NBA records 3 times for the largest crowd to ever see an NBA Playoff game. Stanley would go on and record many great albums that we all loved and put on shows we didn't want to miss. He set attendance records at Blossom that still exist by selling out 4 nights in a week! He would also be forever immortalized at the Cleveland Agora, where the fantastic album, Stage Pass was recorded. These two gentlemen, for many years were Northeast Ohio icons, we loved them and accepted them into our lives as we would family or very close friends. We were proud to have the NBA's best announcer and music's favorite son call Northeast Ohio Home. - And they did - Forever.
Joe could have been the voice of any NBA team, but stayed here to build a legacy. Michael could have moved to Los Angeles and really go for it and leave us behind, but he stayed here to build a legacy. Turns out they loved us as much as we loved them. And that's why it all worked out so well. My hero's, MY teams, in My Town.
Michael Stanley - My Town
The Coliseum served us proudly until 1994 as a living, breathing place. It opened our eyes to better times and things ahead, as it proved to us we DID deserve beautiful new things around here. The Gund (The Q) came later, as did Jacobs Field (Progressive), and First Energy Stadium. The Theater District has been revived and is now the envy of the country. And the beginning of the beginning of all of this - was a big beautiful behemoth building built literally in a field - 25 miles from any downtown - 20 years earlier. It served a purpose that it never knew it was charted for. It began a renaissance for an entire region. The Coliseum is loved, missed, and incredibly important to this area for exactly that, and it's been gone for almost 30 years. It's been gone longer now than it was here and alive.
Two men, one place, both kings of the same castle - The Coliseum. Thank God for Joe Tait. Thank God for Michael Stanley. Thank God for a place where Miracles really did happen for an area that needed one at that moment. All synonymous with each other, and will remain so forever.
I don't know anywhere else, that has ever really done that.
WYNN - Charles Chips And Lawsons Dip!
A couple weeks ago, Windy and I were in a small market and we saw a can of Charles Chips potato chips at the checkout. That's right, a can. You may have never heard of them, but they do exist, and now you CAN get them in a bag, but the can brought back a memory or two.
This weekend we will all celebrate National Potato Chip Day, and I am totally in favor of this kind of holiday. And after a Google search, Charles Chips came up first in my search, or as my dad used to call them, Charlie Chips! We would get a big aluminum can of those chips and we would spend the week eating them. The can I saw last week was average size, but the can we used to get was HUGE!
They were and are delicious. They are potato chips that are just classic. You've seen the chip isle at the store recently. There are 5,000 flavors now and that's fantastic! But there are times I don't want a Sour Cream Chive BBQ Ranch Bacon Chip. (Although that does sound amazing - Ruffles All Dressed). There are times I want a regular salty, no ridge, no strange shape, no special flavor classic chip. And that's Charles Chips.
I know this will sound too good to be true but, the Charles Chips Truck used to come to the house and deliver potato chips to you. You paid and he came back the next week! Think about that Door Dash years ago with potato chips! We loved it, and that was a good day when they showed up. Sadly, there was no door to door Lawsons Dip delivery. But there should have been....Come to think of it, that would be amazing!!!
They are staging a comeback and that's good to know. Not in the delivery trucks but in the chips. If you've never tried them, give them a go. After all, this weekend it's National Potato Chip Day! Dip them in some Lawson's Chip Dip and you have a feast! Charles Chips are the Lawsons Dip of Chips!
WYNN - Weekends With Wynn!
The WEEKEND is here! Live well, live right, and do it without breaking the bank!
Expected Weather
Saturday - Sun / Clouds 37
Sunday - Sun 41
Daylight Saving Time begins This Weekend, Sunday 2:00 AM
SPRING BEGINS - 7 Days - March 20 at 537AM
Music
Listen to my Song Of The Week - (Carly Pearce)
Read My Country Music Memory Lane This Week - (Kathy Mattea)
Wynn's Weekend Breakfast!
Cold weekend, how about a very simple, but delicious breakfast (Easy Omelettes)
Food And Drink
Wynn's Wine Of The Week - Castle Rock (Cab) We are Cab drinkers
Wynn's Cheese Of The Week -Smoked Gouda Love this stuff!!
Wynn's Weekend Menu - Pizza Burgers! I'm making them Saturday Night!
Hey, We May Have To Make This Too - (OMG)
These Look Good Too - (Try This)
Saturday is - Chicken Noodle Soup Day (Recipe)
Sunday is - National Potato Chip Day (Remember These?) If not TRY them! (Fun Read)
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
Sports
NASCAR -In Phoenix - The Instacart 500 (local TV)
The Tribe - Friday and Sunday Saturday 3PM (Local TV)
The Blue Jackets - At home Saturday and Sunday (local TV)
Cavs Play - Friday and Sunday both on the road (local TV)
PGA Tour - The Players In Florida (The Fifth Major)
Have a GREAT weekend!
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