Listening to some tunes over the weekend and it reminded me of an old country artist
Johnny Lee. "One In A Million." A great tune. Which got me on the search for another one of my favorites from him, "Cherokee Fiddle." I had the repeat button on and listened to it over and over. A good song never gets old.
It reminded me of an encounter I had with Johnny Lee at a club in College Station. I grew up on country music, and seen Urban Cowboy. Great music and a country music movement came from that movie. I remembered Johnny Lee from the movie. I was working at a radio station in
College Station, Texas at the time and working at the Johnny Lee concert. The bar owner walks up to me and says Todd, I want you to meet someone. I said Hi, I'm Todd Nixon. The gentleman said "Hi, nice to meet you." I thought he was just a shy listener or friend of the owner. So, I asked, "what's your name?" He said, "I'm Johnny Lee." I was 23, and only knew Johnny from the movie that is now 20 years old. Sheepishly, I apologized. I didn't recognize him! He was cool and didn't give me too much trouble. After I introduced him on stage, and he started singing, I recognized him then!
It reminded me of an encounter I had with Johnny Lee at a club in College Station. I grew up on country music, and seen Urban Cowboy. Great music and a country music movement came from that movie. I remembered Johnny Lee from the movie. I was working at a radio station in College Station, Texas at the time and working at the Johnny Lee concert. The bar owner walks up to me and says Todd, I want you to meet someone. I said Hi, I'm Todd Nixon. The gentleman said "Hi, nice to meet you." I thought he was just a shy listener or friend of the owner. So, I asked, "what's your name?" He said, "I'm Johnny Lee." I was 23, and only knew Johnny from the movie that is now 20 years old. Sheepishly, I apologized. I didn't recognize him! He was cool and didn't give me too much trouble. After I introduced him on stage, and he started singing, I recognized him then!
2 comments:
PRISONER OF HOPE, WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE, BET YOUR HEART ON ME, SOUNDS LIKE LOVE, PICKIN' UP STRANGERS, ONE IN A MILLION, Great memories of songs I've heard and I've even played them all on KRMD...You didn't mention the one that started it all ..I wait for it when I watch the end of Urban Cowboy. Bud and Sissy are getting in the truck, puts Sissy's license plate back in the window and "Looking For Love" is playing to the credits..great song.
Cherokee Fiddle has to be in my top 5 favorites of all time.
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