Bobby Emmons died. He performed at the 2010 ALS fundraiser Buddy Buie worked on for Coach Terry Collins.
Bobby Emmons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckenbach,_Texas_%28Back_to_the_Basics_of_Love%29
Bobby Emmons - Another Southern Gentlemen whose musical touch will change almost anything to gold! He initially taught himself to play music. A professional musician/songwriter since 1959, Bobby played with the Bill Black Combo; and, later, with the Memphis Boys(behind Elvis Presley). Top songs written include "Help Me Make It To My Rockin' Chair" (B.J. Thomas), "Luckenbach, Texas," "Women Do Know How to Carry On" and "Wurlitzer Prize" (Waylon Jennings, (1978 and Nora Jones 2004), "Love Me Like You Used Too" (Tanya Tucker) and "So Much Like My Dad" (George Strait). Received 2 nominations for "Song of the Year," nominated for 3 Grammies, received 6 Citations of Achievement and 3 Millionaire Awards from Broadcast Music Inc.(BMI) for radio airplay, and was honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association International for "creative genius in words and music."
Here's an Eagle article about Bobby's appearance in Dothan.
courtesy of the 9-11-10 issue of the Dothan Eagle http://www.dothaneagle.com/
Lance Griffin lgriffin@dothaneagle.com
Some songwriters get their material from traumatic experiences. Others write from the rapture of love and still others are inspired by the seemingly insurmountable.
But legendary songwriter J.R. Cobb let slip a less than well-kept secret Friday night during THE SONGWRITERS ROUNDTABLE about how most songwriters come up with their stuff.
"People always ask me,'How do you write all those songs? Where do they come from?'"
Cobb shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. Take a drink of whiskey. ..."
Cobb and fellow songwriters Buddy Buie, Wayne Carson, Chips Moman and Bobby Emmons wrote enough gold records to balance the treasury. They wrote country hits such as "ALWAYS ON MY MIND" by Willie Nelson; Southern Rock hits including "SO INTO YOU" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section and old time rock 'n' roll hits such as "BE YOUNG, BE FOOLISH, BE HAPPY" by the Tams.
They came together at the Dothan Civic Center on Friday night to talk about the stories behind the songs, sing a little and laugh a lot.
You could have called it THE BLUE COLLAR SONGWRITERS TOUR.
But the real reason behind the gathering was to raise money for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disese) research. By the end of the night, organizers were hoping to have raised around $50,000.
"I can't think of a better reason to get together," said Buie, who helped organize the event.
They did a little rocking, reminiscing, reflecting and remembering the times when just about every time they put pen to paper, a hit was produced.
And not every song came from a shrug of the shoulders and a drink of whiskey.
Well, not just a shrug of the shoulders and a drink of whiskey.
Moman's hit "LUCKENBACH, TEXAS" (recorded by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson) came after an all-night studio session mixed with a conversation with a couple in the studio kitchen.
"They asked me if I had ever been to Luckenbach, Texas," Moman said. "When Bobby (Emmons) came in the next morning, I told him we needed to go to Luckenbach, Texas."
"He said, 'with Waylon and Willie?'"
LET'S GO TO LUCKENBACH,
TEXAS
WITH WAYLON AND WILLIE
AND THE BOYS
THIS SUCCESSFUL LIFE WE'RE
LIVIN'S
GOT US FEUDING LIKE THE HATFIELDS
AND MCCOYS
BETWEEN HANK WILLIAM'S
PAIN SONGS AND
NEWBURY'S TRAIN SONGS AND
BLUE EYES CRYIN' IN THE RAIN
OUT IN LUCKENBACH, TEXAS
AIN'T NOBODY FEELIN' NO PAIN
The stories and the laughter flowed into the night.
After the roundtable, fans were treated to musical performances from THE STRANGERS and the BopCats, Wilbur Walton,Jr., David Adkins, Rodney Justo, Mitch Goodson, Jimmy Watford and Paul Hornsby.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/music/news/american-studio-keyboardist-bobby-emmons-dies_50354474
Bobby Emmons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luckenbach,_Texas_%28Back_to_the_Basics_of_Love%29
Bobby Emmons - Another Southern Gentlemen whose musical touch will change almost anything to gold! He initially taught himself to play music. A professional musician/songwriter since 1959, Bobby played with the Bill Black Combo; and, later, with the Memphis Boys(behind Elvis Presley). Top songs written include "Help Me Make It To My Rockin' Chair" (B.J. Thomas), "Luckenbach, Texas," "Women Do Know How to Carry On" and "Wurlitzer Prize" (Waylon Jennings, (1978 and Nora Jones 2004), "Love Me Like You Used Too" (Tanya Tucker) and "So Much Like My Dad" (George Strait). Received 2 nominations for "Song of the Year," nominated for 3 Grammies, received 6 Citations of Achievement and 3 Millionaire Awards from Broadcast Music Inc.(BMI) for radio airplay, and was honored by the Nashville Songwriters Association International for "creative genius in words and music."
Here's an Eagle article about Bobby's appearance in Dothan.
courtesy of the 9-11-10 issue of the Dothan Eagle http://www.dothaneagle.com/
KICKING OFF CityFest
by Lance Griffin
......"People always ask me, 'How do you write all those songs? Where do they come from?' "
(J.R.) Cobb shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. Take a drink of whiskey..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldg-qHUysF0
Lance Griffin lgriffin@dothaneagle.comSome songwriters get their material from traumatic experiences. Others write from the rapture of love and still others are inspired by the seemingly insurmountable.
But legendary songwriter J.R. Cobb let slip a less than well-kept secret Friday night during THE SONGWRITERS ROUNDTABLE about how most songwriters come up with their stuff.
"People always ask me,'How do you write all those songs? Where do they come from?'"
Cobb shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. Take a drink of whiskey. ..."
Cobb and fellow songwriters Buddy Buie, Wayne Carson, Chips Moman and Bobby Emmons wrote enough gold records to balance the treasury. They wrote country hits such as "ALWAYS ON MY MIND" by Willie Nelson; Southern Rock hits including "SO INTO YOU" by the Atlanta Rhythm Section and old time rock 'n' roll hits such as "BE YOUNG, BE FOOLISH, BE HAPPY" by the Tams.
They came together at the Dothan Civic Center on Friday night to talk about the stories behind the songs, sing a little and laugh a lot.
You could have called it THE BLUE COLLAR SONGWRITERS TOUR.
But the real reason behind the gathering was to raise money for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disese) research. By the end of the night, organizers were hoping to have raised around $50,000.
"I can't think of a better reason to get together," said Buie, who helped organize the event.
They did a little rocking, reminiscing, reflecting and remembering the times when just about every time they put pen to paper, a hit was produced.
And not every song came from a shrug of the shoulders and a drink of whiskey.
Well, not just a shrug of the shoulders and a drink of whiskey.
Moman's hit "LUCKENBACH, TEXAS" (recorded by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson) came after an all-night studio session mixed with a conversation with a couple in the studio kitchen.
"They asked me if I had ever been to Luckenbach, Texas," Moman said. "When Bobby (Emmons) came in the next morning, I told him we needed to go to Luckenbach, Texas."
"He said, 'with Waylon and Willie?'"
LET'S GO TO LUCKENBACH,
TEXAS
WITH WAYLON AND WILLIE
AND THE BOYS
THIS SUCCESSFUL LIFE WE'RE
LIVIN'S
GOT US FEUDING LIKE THE HATFIELDS
AND MCCOYS
BETWEEN HANK WILLIAM'S
PAIN SONGS AND
NEWBURY'S TRAIN SONGS AND
BLUE EYES CRYIN' IN THE RAIN
OUT IN LUCKENBACH, TEXAS
AIN'T NOBODY FEELIN' NO PAIN
The stories and the laughter flowed into the night.
After the roundtable, fans were treated to musical performances from THE STRANGERS and the BopCats, Wilbur Walton,Jr., David Adkins, Rodney Justo, Mitch Goodson, Jimmy Watford and Paul Hornsby.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/music/news/american-studio-keyboardist-bobby-emmons-dies_50354474
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