Our Monthly Club Meeting will be Sunday, July 12th at the Homewood Public Library. 2:00 PM

*****Next club meeting will be August 9th, 2009, the second Sunday******

COME TO THIS MONTH’S MEETING AND HELP PUT LABELS AND STAMPS ON THE POSTCARDS WE WILL BE MAILING OUT TO ADVERTISE THE SHOW. WE HAVE ABOUT 1500 OF THE POSTCARDS SO WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. THANKS.

ALSO, THERE WILL BE SIGN-UP SHEETS FOR WORKING IN THE KITCHEN, AT THE REFRESHMENT COUNTER AND THE DOOR. WE HAVE MORE DEALERS THIS YEAR THAN BEFORE SO WE PLAN ON HAVING MORE PEOPLE. HELP WITH ALL THE CHORES THAT GO WITH PUTTING ON THIS SHOW YEAR AFTER YEAR.

THE 2009 INDUCTION CLASS FOR THE BRC HALL OF FAME

TOMMY CHARLES

http://www.bhamwiki.com/w/Tommy_Charles

THE DISTORTIONS

http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=Distortions

THE TIKIS

http://mixturtle.com/song/175238/1/the-tikis---vocal-by-len-wade---i-was...

BE SURE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE INDUCTION CEREMONIES AT 2:00 PM ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH. THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES TO GROW AS THE MEMBERS OF THE 2 BANDS BEING INDUCTED LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TOGETHER AFTER 30-35 YEARS. SO MANY OF THEM ARE COMING IN FROM OUT OF TOWN. WE’RE HOPING FOR AN IMPROMPTU SONG OR 2 FROM THEM BUT THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN BUT DO REMEMBER THAT ON SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 5:30-8:00 AT HOGAN’S IRISH BAR & GRILL BOTH BANDS WILL BE THERE FOR SOME MUSIC, FUN AND REMINISCING. THERE WILL BE A $5 COVER CHARGE AND I KEEP HEARING HOW MANY FRIENDS OF THE GUYS PLAN ON COMING SO DON’T BE LATE SO YOU CAN GET IN.

ONE LAST INSTALLMENT OF A CLUB MEMBER’S TOP 5 ALABAMA’S MOST SIGNIFICANT RECORDINGS. JUST LIKE THE MUSIC AND MUSICIANS FROM ALABAMA, THE CHOICES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN VARIED. HERE’S ANOTHER, AND FINAL, LIST.

1. HANK WILLIAMS….MOVE IT ON OVER. BORN AND RAISED IN ALABAMA, THIS WAS HANK’S FIRST MAJOR HIT. OTHER SONGS BEFORE THIS ONE GOT HIS NAME OUT THERE BUT I FEEL THIS ONE HELPED HIM MAKE THE SPLASH ON THE COUNTRY MUSIC SCENE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE COVERED THIS SONG, MOST IN THE COUNTRY STYLE, BUT IT ALSO HAD A BIG INFLUENCE MANY YEARS LATER ON A BLUES GUITAR PLAYER BY THE NAME OF GEORGE THOROGOOD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lza3NVH6Ig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG5DtVWDIxg

2. JACKIE BRENSTON……ROCKET 88. RECORDED IN MEMPHIS BY FLORENCE, ALABAMA’S OWN, SAM PHILLIPS. MANY THINK THIS RECORD IS THE FIRST ROCK ‘N ROLL RECORD. EVEN IF IT’S NOT, IT’S QUITE A RECORDING AND IT SHOWED SAM PHILLIP’S VISION AND HOW FAR AHEAD OF HIS TIME HE WAS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jo2C9uwbPg

3. ARTHUR ALEXANDER…….YOU BETTER MOVE ON. THE RECORDING THAT “MADE” FAME RECORDS AND HELPED PUT THE MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND ON THE RADAR. THEN CAME THE SOUNDS OF TOMMY ROE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, WILSON PICKETT, ETTA JAMES, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS, MAC DAVIS, ETTA JAMES, THE ROLLING STONES AND EVEN ANDY WILLIAMS AND THE OSMONDS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOT7OwcbK-k

4. TEMPTATIONS…….I WANT A LOVE I CAN SEE. GREAT SOUND FROM THEIR FIRST LP. ALTHOUGHT THE SONG DIDN’T MAKE THE NATIONAL CHARTS IT WAS A SMASH HIT IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THEY USED THIS SONG AS PART OF THEIR STAGE ACT WHEN THEY BEGAN TO TOUR. EDDIE KENDRICK, PAUL WILLIAMS AND MELVIN FRANKLIN WERE ALL ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND WERE ALL FROM ALABAMA. I BELIEVE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER SOME OF THEIR OTHER SONGS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOXdAOPp3uY

5. RICKY NELSON………LONESOME TOWN. BIRMINGHAM’S OWN BAKER KNIGHT’S COMPOSTITION WHICH VALUTED BAKER ONTO THE MUSIC SCENE AS A WRITER. RICKY NELSON WOULD GO ON AND RECORD 22 OF BAKER’S SONGS. “LONESOME TOWN” WAS PERFORMED BY THE BEATLES ON A SHOW CALLED “LIVE FROM THE CAVERN”. IT WAS RECORDED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR A LATER LP AND WAS SUNG BY PAUL AT A TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE WIFE, LINDA. ELVIS WOULD HAVE A MAJOR HIT WITH BAKER’S “THE WONDER OF YOU”. BAKER’S CREDIT’S ALSO INCLUDE A COUNTRY “SONG OF THE YEAR”, MICKEY GILLEY’S “DON’T THE GIRLS ALL GET PRETTIER AT CLOSING TIME”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAvVhS3dj7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwHshh0V9pU&feature=related

WELL, THAT’S MY LIST. SO MANY SONGS LEFT OFF. CHECK OUT WHAT THE LOUVIN BROTHERS DID, JIMMY BUFFETT, EMMY LOU HARRIS, BIG MAMA THORNTON, ELVIS’ RECORDINGS AT SUN, HANK BALLARD, AND THE FIVE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
AUGUST – WE WILL HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE CONCENTRATE ON THE LOCAL MUSIC RECORDED. BRING YOUR LOCAL STUFF AND LET’S GET READY FOR OUR HALL OF FAME INDUCTION ON AUG. 16TH.

SEPT – OPEN (A TENTATIVE PROGRAM IS BEING PLANNED. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW)

OCT – IN-HOUSE RECORD & CD SHOW

NOV – OPEN

DEC – CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. DIRTY SANTA AND OUR 2ND ANNUAL “FREE FOR ALL”. DETAILS COMING LATER.

UPCOMING RECORD SHOWS

AUGUST 9TH, ATLANTA, GA. Marriott Century Center I-85 & Clairmont Rd exit 91
10am-4pm (EST)

AUGUST 15 – 16, BIRMINGHAM, AL. BRC Record & CD Show

See ya,

Charlie

ONE LAST THING TO MENTION. WE HAVE MADE TENTATIVE PLANS TO GO TO GADSDEN, ALABAMA ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 7TH FOR THE MONTHLY CAR/HOT ROD SHOW THEY HAVE. WE PLAN ON TAKING SOME OF OUR RECORD SHOW FLIERS TO HAND OUT TO THE PEOPLE THERE. WE HAVE HEARD THAT SOME TIMES THERE CAN BE 1,000’S OF PEOPLE OUT STROLLING THE STREETS LISTENING TO ENJOYING SOME GOOD FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS, CATCHING SOME OF THE MUSICAL ACTS AND CHECKING OUT THE VINTAGE CARS. JERRY “BOOGIE” MCCAIN IS QUITE OFTEN AN PERFORMER THERE. BE WATCHING FOR MORE INFO REAL SOON ABOUT THIS “ROAD TRIP”. PLAN ON GOING.