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Braddock fans!! Here is a great interview by Michael Kosser with Bobby Braddock in "American Songwriter" e-zine. Lot'so good insight into the mind of a 'legend"!

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Mar 01, 1981 (29 years ago) - "Take Me Home With You", written by Carl & Nancy Chambers and recorded by Carl Chambers, charted at #91 on the Billboard Top One Hundred Country Chart :-)
Mar 01, 2000 (10 years ago) - Original Ron & the Starfires member, Charles Lee (Charlie) Brown, received his robe and gavel during an investiture ceremony at the Bartow Civic Center, having been appointed Circuit Court Judge for th
Mar 04, 1977 (33 years ago) - Carl Allen's first Auburndale Bluegrass Festival begins a 2 day run in the streets of downtown Auburndale
Mar 17, 1994 (16 years ago) - The 18th annual Florida State Championship Bluegrass Festival, is held at "Market World" - the first time it is held outside of its downtown Auburndale birthplace.
Mar 18, 2003 (7 years ago) - PolKat Potentate, musical mentor and former Auburndale City Manager, Bruce Canova died.
Mar 26, 1983 (27 years ago) - The Fourth and Final Orange Blossom Jamboree (a 2 day event) was held in the woods, north of Lakeland, FL.
Mar 26, 1996 (14 years ago) - Restaurateur, bluegrass promoter, historian, author, collector, folk humorist, champion of senior citizens, and Florida's #1 "Cracker", Carl Allen died.
Mar 29, 1923 - The "Man of a Thousand Songs", soft-spoken troubadour and Allen's Cafe regular, the late Red Moses, was born in Mayo, FL.
Mar 29, 2004 (6 years ago) - Bellamy Brothers' steel guitar virtuoso, Dannie Jones, died in Barefoot Bay, FL of sleep apnea.

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Today in Music History


March 9th

BIRTHS . . . .
Jerry Byrd [steel guitarist] (1920), Billy Ford [Billy & Lillie] (1925), Ralph Sloan [founder of the Tennessee Travelers Square Dance troupe] (1925), Huey Meaux [Tex-Mex legend] (1929), Lloyd Price [“Personality”] (1933), Mickey Gilley (1936), Mark Lindsay [lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders] (1938), Robin Trower [Procol Harum] (1945), Jimmie Fadden [the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] (1948)

DEATHS . . . .
Kevin Hughes [see below in events] (1989), Chris LeDoux [singer, songwriter, rodeo champion and acclaimed sculptor] (2005)

EVENTS . . . .
1956 - The Louvin Brothers' “I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby,” goes #1
1957 - Marty Robbins released “A White Sport Coat,”
1958 - The Everly Brothers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show
1969 - CBS-TV cancels the “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”
1974 - The last Saturday night performance of the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
1978 - The Eagles begin recording “I Can't Tell You Why”
1989 - Kevin Hughes, age 23, was shot and killed as he left the Nashville, Music Row office of Evergreen Records. Hughes' friend Evergreen recording artist Sammy Sadler, age 22, was shot twice and critically wounded. At the time of this ambush, Hughes was about to go public with information regarding an elaborate chart-fixing scheme at Cash Box magazine. Fourteen years later, on November 7, 2003, Richard D'Antonio, age 56, was convicted of murder, in this case, and sentenced to life in prison.

Area Events

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Polk County Event Jan 5 (Tue) - Glen Campbell - 7:30p - Youkey Theatre/Lakeland Center - Lakeland
Polk County Event Jan 9 (Sat) - Lake Alfred Bluegrass Bash - 11:00a to 10:00p - Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve - Lake Alfred
Jan 9 (Sat) - The Florida Opry: "Live Country Music Special" Featuring Elvis,Ted Torres,Country Oldies/Doo Wop, Rafael & Co., The Gospel Truth Quartet and Recording Artist Sissy Petrone, Special Guest Performance By John Bohannon - 6:00p to 9:00p - The Florida Opry - Plant City
Polk County Event Jan 9 (Sat) - Fab Four Live - The ultimate tribute to The Beatles - 8:00p - Youkey Theatre/Lakeland Center - Lakeland
Jan 15 (Fri) - Foreigner - 8:00p - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater
Jan 16 (Sat) - Jim Stafford "A Coming Home Celebration" - Red Rose Inn Ballroom - Plant City
Jan 16 (Sat) - Richie Havens - 8:00p - Capitol Theatre - Clearwater
Jan 19 (Tue) - Dave Mason - 7:00p - B.B. King's Blues Club - Orlando
Polk County Event Jan 23 (Sat) - Ritz Theatre Benefit w/the Rogues and Legacy - Nora Mayo Auditorium - Winter Haven
Jan 28 (Thur) - Vince Gill - 8:00p - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater FL
Jan 29 (Fri) - Roy Book Binder - 7:00p - Myakka River State Park - Sarasota
Jan 29 (Fri) - Paul Anka - 8:00p - Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater FL


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Auburndale High School Band - 1958-59
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Jesse & Carl - 1953