Feb 12th, 2010 Posted in Anecdote, Celebrity, Featured, Historic | 2 comments »
Cooper Boone
I grew up in a small small town in Minnesota that was basically run by nuns and farmers. Life in my hometown was a place where doors were left unlocked, games were played in backyards not on computers or tvs, people waved when they passed by, the American Flag was honored and a crucifix was not a political statement but one of faith. But, like all things life and times changed.
The world became a different place and the commonly held values and beliefs that I was raised with seemed to become more uncommon as time progressed. This is not a negative statement on progress. I think amazing things have happened over the past 20 years that are magical.
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Tags: 9/11, Cooper Boone, music, small town
Dec 26th, 2009 Posted in Celebrity, Featured, Historic, Interview, Mike's Picks | 2 comments »
Charlie Louvin
Photo by Anthony Pepitone
Ira and Charlie Louvin, Approx. 1958
Childhood
RC) We’re looking forward to getting your reflections on your career in country music and any experiences you can share of growing up in the country.
Mr. Louvin:
Well, I’m sorta livin’ in the country now. I’m out here on 48 acres. We love it in the country. I live 75 miles from Nashville.
I tell people constantly, don’t tell me “You live so far out.” We live out here by choice. I wouldn’t want to live in town where I couldn’t stand on the front porch to pee, if I wanted to.
RC) Can you tell me one of your earliest memories.
Mr. Louvin:
Ira was born in April, 1924, and I was born in July of 1927.
Musically, I started singing when I was 8 and Ira was 11.
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Tags: Charlie Louvin, Country Music Hall of Fame, Ira Louvin, Louvin Brothers, mandolin, music
Dec 10th, 2009 Posted in Christmas, Heart Warmin' Tale (G), Historic | no comment »
Mount Scott near Lawton, Oklahoma
Photo by C. Packer
By Rev. Danny Scott
I remember when I was still a very young child, my dad’s mother, my grandmother, Alice Watson, came to live with us in our small home in
Shannon, Alabama (now called Oxmoor Valley and
Ross Bridge).
Granny Scott, as I sometimes called her, was a native Arapaho Souix Indian from the area of Lawton Oklahoma and Fort Sill. In 1876, my Grandpaw Monroe Scott purchased her. He traded 7 horses for her. She was only 13 years old at the time.
Grandmaw’s Indian name was Little Feather, but Grandpaw Monroe changed her name to Alice Watson.
He brought her by covered wagon to Chilton County in the town of Thorsby, Alabama.
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Tags: Alabama, Arapaho, Christmas, Oklahoma, Souix
