JIM OWEN SHOW
CLASSIC COUNTRY "Best Traditional
Country Music Show in America" American News Journal
The LEGENDARY
JIM OWEN Dottie West called him
a "legend", and Charlie Daniels simply called him a "superstar. Hall of Fame Songwriter and
Emmy Award Winning Star
Writer of one of the GREATEST hits ever
"Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
Last year I visited Branson,
Mo., and would have liked to have taken in some of the country music
shows. There were lots of names up there in lights, many having
migrated from Nashville to a new mecca in the world of country
music. But time was of the essence, and I had to move on. But one show I WOULD
have surely enjoyed was that by Jim Owen, the singer I had become
acquainted with in fashion way back in 1980 when he appeared on a
tribute show to Hank Williams.
In a news feature I had written about the taping, I initially
inquired:
"What is country music all about?"
At that point in time, we knew pretty well knew what to expect when
a guest appeared, introduced by no less than Hank Williams Jr., who
would himself sing a song or introduce a guest who had been
affiliated with Hank Williams Sr. Then a flashback would revert to a
former time (the location scenes) in the life of Hank Sr., played by
Jim Owen.
And Hank was pictured as a child at the feet of the old black street
singer, Tee-Tot, down in Georgiana, Ala.
A quote from that article reads:
"It was from Tee-Tot that the young Hank Williams obtained his
'only' musical lessons..."
So, what is country music all about? It is then summed up in the
brilliant songs of Hank Williams, living on until this very day,
many years down the road, as singers like Jim Owen recreate the Hank
Williams magic with a song.
In still another article elsewhere, I shall try to explain this
"simplicity" in country music which is fast being eroded by the
Nashville establishment. Continuing, the article stated:
"Deferring all, country music deals principally with 'music,' played
by a guitarist.
And therein lies the beauty of a song: a singer singing and
simply playing his guitar.
There is no orchestration! Thus, the simplicity of the moment holds
you spellbound, as you listen, and you listen well to a presentation
where you can understand the words the singer is presenting for
your musical enjoyment.
Jim Owen has "played his part" well over these many years, never
deviating from the Hank Williams formula for success....and that
means ALWAYS giving the public something they truly want to hear:
...good music, and good Hank Williams songs which live on and on and
on...like those truly great Stephen Foster songs of long ago.
We are told that Stephen Foster's songs are now: "folk music." And
that is because, after so many years out there before the public,
the song becomes "public" property, as will the music of Hank
Williams not many years down the road.
Nevertheless, in the meantime, as long as the public relishes
hearing a song or two (and many more than that) written by the
legendary, all-time GREAT, Hank Williams, then Jim Owen will be out
there on that stage performing Hank's songs with great
distinction...whether it be at Branson, Mo,, Nashville, Tenn., or
out on the road.
Hank: Your songs live on in our heart.
And Jim: for Hank's many fans unto this very day:
SING A HANK WILLIAMS SONG By Everett Corbin
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