NANCI GRIFFITH recently sold her Blair Boulevard home for $1,080,000.
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Historical reporting of the Camden, Tennessee plane crash that took the lives of PATSY CLINE, HAWKSHAW HAWKINS, COWBOY COPAS and RANDY HUGHES on March 5,1963 notes that ROGER MILLER joined a search party that included the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Civil Defense, but it was apparently never reported in either The Nashville Banner nor The Tennessean, nor by other news organizations of the day, that the late Nashville businessman HOWARD WERTHAN was among those on horseback who also played a part in the recovery of the victims' remains.
That oversight, a bit of historical trivia, has privately circulated
among Werthan family and friends through the years, but it has just
come to my attention and thus to yours.
(I'd like to know a little know of the details on this and have left a
couple of messages with Mr. Werthan's widow. Memories fade, but
if I hear back from the centenarian, whom I will presume is in good
health, I will clarify and otherwise update what is being reported for
the first time.)
From the emailbag (and used with permission): OWSLEY MANIER writes: "Dear STACY, This morning I was doing some research to jog my memory for my book project around my Exit/In days (1971-1980).
"I came across your post from last May regarding DAVID HOLLERITH's Exit/In article in the Nashville Scene. You lamented missing RICK NELSON's show.
"Sorry you didn't get comped. At that time I was no longer an owner but continued as a talent buyer during the (NICK) SPIVA/(VIANDA) HILL ownership era post-1975.
"I got a call from Rick's manager saying he was in town recording and
would like to appear at the Exit/In. My compensation deal with
Spiva/Hill was based on a percentage of gross profits from gate
receipts. If a show lost money, I made zip.
"I mentioned something about the risk involved and Rick's manager said
'How about three days with a guarantee of $500 vs. 80% of the door with
a $10.00 ticket?'
"I said 'Done.'
"All six shows sold out. Rick and the Stone Canyon Band walked away with over $11,000.
"Like you, I grew up with Rick Nelson's songs. I started playing guitar in 1960 and JAMES BURTON's Telecaster sound blew me away.
"I got to hang out with Rick some during his Exit/In gig. His
countenance was one of the calmest I ever encountered. Almost BUDDHA-like.
"It was a moment. Lonesome Town."
Thanks to Carlton College Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) Communication Specialist CLARA POSNER and Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life 's Director of Heritage and Interpretation NORA KATZ, M.Phil., for featuring me on Segment 12 of the ISJL's popular Virtual Vacation series. Titled Southern Jewish Music: Jews and Country. the February 5, 2021 interview aired along with remarks from, and performances, by JOE BUCHANAN, "live" on Facebook February 23, 2021.
In case you missed the show, it remains available here.
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ROSANNE CASH and CLINT BLACK are
the first country stars to be featured on the PBS
genealogy series
Finding Your Roots.
You might think that you know of Cash's celebrity father, uncle, aunt, half-brother,
etc., but series researchers have unearthed another famous blood
relative whose identity was as surprising to Rosanne as it will be to
you.
(Clint and Rosanne follow in the footsteps of REBA McENTIRE, TRISHA YEARWOOD and TIM McGRAW who were featured in the erstwhile NBC (and later TLC) celebrity family history series, Who Do You Think You Are?)
Now in its seventh season, episode
six, predictably titled Country Roots featuring Rosanne and Clint, airs February 23, 2021 on your local PBS
station.
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Will someone who is attending CRS 2021 ask the powers-that-be why they are confusing their late, 2005 inductee JOHNNY K(OVAL) with TOM JONES? (It is unusual, no?)
