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Garth Brooks Is First Inductee Into Live Hall Of Fame

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It’s no secret that Garth Brooks is a great live performer, and now he’s received a pretty special honor. The singer was chosen to be the first act inducted into the newly-announced Live Hall of Fame.

“It’s a total shock and quite an honor,” Garth said when he was informed of the honor at the “Pollstar” Live conference. “I don’t think an entertainer is anything without the people who allow him to do this.”

As for the new Live Hall of Fame honor, Tim Leiweke of Pollstar’s parent company Oak View Group, said it will be “a place to honor artists who have made a huge impact on the live business.” He added, “So we are creating a new tradition here at Pollstar that is vitally important for our industry and a priority for us going forward and that is a Live Music Hall of Fame.”

Source: Pollstar

Ottumwa Man Faces Charges After January Incident

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(Ottumwa, Iowa) – According to a news release sent by the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office, the Sheriff’s Office and the Ottumwa Police Department executed a search warrant in Ottumwa at the beginning of January. As a result of the search warrant and investigation conducted at that time, Christopher Ray Cale, 41, was arrested. Cale is now charged with Violation of Protection Order a Simple Misdemeanor and Possession and Control of Firearms and Ammunition (Domestic/Protective Order) Class D Felony.

This investigation is ongoing and more information will be released as it becomes available. According to the news release, Cale bonded from the Wapello County Jail.

Disclaimer: A charge is merely an accusation and all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

By Hailey Brown, KBOE/KMZN
Christopher Ray Cale, 41, was arrested by the Wapello Co. Sheriff’s Dep’t & the Ottumwa Police Dep’t on Jan. 10. Photo provided by the Wapello Co. Sheriff’s Dep’t.

Area State Wrestling Qualifiers

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Saturday was a huge day of district wrestling around Iowa as 37 area wrestlers punched their ticket to the State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena.

17 teams representing 19 schools will have at least one wrestler at the big dance looking to get on the podium.

Here is the full list of the wrestlers involved:

CLASS 3A
Newton – Blayden Rhone (182), Jaise Gulling (195), Gage Linahon (220)
Ottumwa – Joey Mitchell (182)
Pella – Ryan Hancock (113)

CLASS 2A
Albia – Aden Reeves (120), Ben Mason (195)
EBF – Tyler Landgrebe (120)
Grinnell – Brock Beck (113)
Knoxville – Coby Meyer (170), Chase Bellon (220)
PCM – Landon Fenton (106), Chase Shirk (126), Colby Tool (138), Wes Cummings (160), Lucas Roland (170), Jarron Trausch (182)

CLASS 1A
English Valleys – Seth Thompson (120), Caleb Peach (170)
Lynnville-Sully – Josh Dunsbergen (138)
Montezuma – Grant Battreall (285)
Moravia – Wil Martin (113), Nicholas Martin (145)
North Mahaska – Jarrett Stodghill (132)
Pekin – Zach Hammes (132), Drake Harbison (138), Keaton Baayen (152), Kaden Baker (160), Mason Juhl (195)
Pleasantville – Evan Mann (195), Chaz Clark (220), Matthew Kauffman (285)
Sigourney/Keota – Mason Dye (106), Kaleb Reeves (220)
SE Warren/Melcher-Dallas – Alec Henderson (152), TJ Dierking (170), Colby Page (182)

You can hear State Wrestling Tournament coverage throughout the weekend starting Thursday morning on 99.5 FM/740 AM KMZN, radiokmzn.com, and the KMZN mobile app. Taylor Howard and Brett Sams will be on the call.

Travis Tritt Proposes On This Day

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This Day in Country Music History

2011: Thompson Square’s self-titled debut album is released by Stoney Creek.

2009: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss take home five trophies in the 51st Grammy Awards at the Staples Center for: Album of the Year and Contemporary Folk/Americana Album, for “Raising Sand”; Record of the Year, “Please Read The Letter”; Pop Collaboration, “Rich Woman”; and Country Collaboration, “Killing The Blues”

2006: Alison Krauss + Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas score three trophies during the 48th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They take home: Best Country Album, for “Lonely Runs Both Ways”; Best Country Vocal by a Duo or Group, “Restless”; and Best Country Instrumental, “Unionhouse Branch”
1997: A timely appearance at the top of the Billboard country chart is made by Mark Chesnutt with “It’s A Little Too Late”

1996: Travis Tritt proposes to Theresa Nelson at home near Marietta, Georgia.

1948: Dan Seals is born in McCamey, Texas.

Patsy Cline Makes Grand Ole Opry Debut

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On This Day in Country Music

1921: American bluegrass-based country music entertainer Wilma Lee Cooper is born in Valley Head, West Virginia. Wilma Lee partnered with Stoney Cooper in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s for tremendous success, scoring seven hit records between 1956-1961, and four top ten hits on the Billboard charts, including “Big Midnight Special” and “There’s a Big Wheel.” Wilma Lee Cooper died Sept 13, 2011 at the age of 90.

1962: Country superstar Garth Brooks is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Brooks would later become the biggest selling artist of the 90’s with over 60 million sales. According to the RIAA he is the second best-selling solo albums artist in the United States of all time behind Elvis Presley (overall is third to the Beatles and Elvis Presley) with 128 million units sold.

Also in 1962: Patsy Cline (pictured) makes her debut on Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry as she performs her 1961 Top 10 hit “Crazy” as well as her 1962 hit “She’s Got You”. Many people don’t know that “Crazy” was penned by singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, who would also go on to achieve major success in his own right.

1971: Dolly Parton rocks the country nation as “Joshua” rockets to #1 on the country chart. “Joshua” would be Parton’s first of many singles to reach #1 on the US country charts.

1989: Randy Travis sits at #1 on the US country album chart with his third album Old 8 x 10, which featured the three #1 country singles: “Honky Tonk Moon”, “Deeper Than the Holler”, “Is It Still Over” The album later earned Travis three American Music Awards for Favorite Country Male Artist, Favorite Country Album, and Favorite Country Single (“Deeper Than the Holler”).

1995: Shania Twain releases her second studio album “The Woman in Me”, which went onto become her biggest-selling recording at the time of its release, selling 4 million copies by the end of the year.

Tarantula Named After Johnny Cash

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1923 – Singer/songwriter Claude King was born in Keithville, Louisiana. King was best known for his million selling 1962 hit, “Wolverton Mountain”.

1929 – Session drummer Hal Blaine is born. Known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California, Blaine has played on fifty #1 hits and worked with numerous artists, including: Glen Campbell, Elvis Presley, John Denver, The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, The Carpenters, and The Beach Boys.

1941 – Country music singer Henson Cargill is born. Cargill is best known for the 1968 #1 hit, “Skip a Rope”.

1971 – Country singer/songwriter Sara Evans is born in Boonville, Missouri. Evans scored the 1999 US #1 Country hit “No Place That Far.” Her fifth #1 hit, “A Little Bit Stronger”, was co-written by Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum.

2016 – A new species of black tarantula that resides near Folsom Prison, California, is named after Johnny Cash (pictured). Aphonopelma johnnycashi was among 14 new tarantula species from the southern US which were described by biologists in the journal ZooKeys.

Willie Nelson Agrees to Pay 9 Million to IRS

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1946: The Bellamy Brothers singer/songwriter Howard Bellamy is born in Darby, Florida.

1960: Loretta Lynn signs her first contract with Zero Records.

1974: “Jolene” scores Dolly Parton her second #1 country hit single. Parton says that the inspiration for the story was a tall, red-headed bank teller whom Parton believed was flirting with her husband, and her husband’s apparent vulnerability to the teller’s charm.

1986: Country music artist Blaine Larsen is born in Tacoma, Washington.

1992: “A Jukebox with a Country Song” by Doug Stone sits at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart. This was Stone’s second chart-topper.

1993: Willie Nelson (pictured) agrees to pay $9 million of the $16.7 million he owes the IRS.

2007: Country musician Terry McMillan, who played harmonica and percussion, dies at the age of 53. He worked with powerhouse artists such as Ray Charles, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Kenny Chesney, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Trisha Yearwood, and the Dixie Chicks.

Neil Young Starring In New Western

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Neil Young is hitting the big screen. The singer stars in girlfriend Darryl Hannah’s new movie “Paradox,” which is set to premiere at SXSW in March.

As for what the film’s about, a press release calls it a “whimsical western tale of music and love.” The description adds, “Somewhere in the future past, The Man In the Black Hat hides out between heists at an old stagecoach stop with Jail Time, the Particle Kid, and an odd band of outlaws. Mining the detritus of past civilizations, they wait… for the Silver Eagle, for the womenfolk, and for the full moon’s magic to give rise to the music and make the spirits fly.”

And Neil isn’t the only musician in the flick. Willie Nelson also stars in it, along with his sons Micah Nelson, Lucas Nelson and members of the band, Promise of the Real.

  • ONE MORE THING! Neil and Promise of the Real just released a video for their track “Almost Always,” which appears on Neil’s most recent album “The Visitor.” Check it out to the right.

Source: Rolling Stone

Country Music History for Feb. 1

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1937: Singer/songwriter Don Everly is born on this day in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The Everly Brothers scored four #1 Country hits in the late 50’s with “Bye Bye Love”, “Wake Up Little Susie”, “Bird Dog” and “All I Have to Do Is Dream”. Their song “When Will I Be Loved” later became hits for both Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt, respectively.

1964: Buck Owens’ hit, “Love’s Gonna Live Here,” finishes a 16-week run at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It’s the most recent song to spend 10 or more weeks atop the chart to date.

1968: Johnny Cash (pictured) spends the day visiting several hospitals in Memphis, including the sick and wounded at the Navy Hospital in Millington, Tennesse. Many of those he visited had just returned home from Vietnam.

1980: Kenny Rogers sits at #1 on the US country album chart with his seventh studio album Kenny, which featured the hit singles “Coward of the County” and “You Decorated My Life.”

2009: Faith Hill performs “America, The Beautiful” before the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band playing at halftime.

2012: Lady Antebellum sit at #1 on the US country album charts with their third studio album Own the Night. The album went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.

Mahaska Amateur Radio Club Swapmeet

The Mahaska Amateur Radio Club will host it’s 30th annual Amateur Radio Swapmeet, on Saturday march 17, 2018. It will be held at the American Legion Hall located at 302 high avenue east ( which is one block south of highway 92 and one block east of the town square). It will run from 8:00 am until about 11:30 am. Admission is by donation, Tables may be rented for $5.00 each. There is usually used Amateur Radio equipment and accessories, used computer equipment and accessories, and occasionally a CB radio or two for sale. Soda, coffee, water, and doughnuts will be available. Contact Vernon Stanley at 641-622-2154 or vstanley@iowatelecom.net or Don Brain at 641- 660-0404 or dbrainbe@hotmail.com for more information or to reserve a table space.

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