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His death came doubly hard; at thirty-three, Whitley’s bruised baritone was just coming into its own. 22, in Baraboo, WI at HCGWD Events Center on Apr. Bridget Bardot was the actual inspiration. I wish I would have gone to a few [Al-Anon] meetings just to help me deal with the aftershock, because it devastates a person who thinks that they were a part of it. It was not to be. LM: Kris Kristofferson told me, “Don’t you ever record an album without one or two of your songs on it.” I will always remember those words. Their medallions are strung around their necks like badges of endurance. I let it go. In a wide-ranging interview with Journal of Country Music editor Chris Dickinson, Morgan speaks with candor, humor, and a resolve born of tragedy and triumph, proving she is indeed a woman who has come to know her own strength. Chris Dickinson is on staff at the Country Music Hall of Fame, where she is the editor of the Journal of Country Music. I’m glad we got her because Weezy was getting to the point where was just bored, laying around. If you look at it from that perspective…I would never try and outdo a Vern Gosdin cut. Up close, Morgan’s platinum beauty is nothing less than stunning, her delicate bones so perfectly wrought it’s hard to tear your eyes from them. If you’ve been waiting patiently, your persistence is about to be rewarded with not one, but two new albums from Morgan. Yeah, I’d been in the music business all my life, Grand Ole Opry, workin’ with Dad. This is my first new album in more than five years. It’s fantatstic. See more ideas about Lorrie morgan, Country music artists, Country singers. It’s a greatest hits re-sung. Tracing a woman’s life through the colors of the outfits that she dons, the song was a haunting walk through the disintegration of a marriage: the desperate attempt to recapture initial passion (“I’m looking for something in red / Just like what I wore when I first turned his head”); the fear of infidelity; the death of romance that accompanies monogamy and children; and the insecurity that comes with aging (“Strapless and sequined and cut down to there / Just a size larger than I wore last year”). She worked nightclubs in town and toured with her father while still in high school, but when George Morgan died in 1975, the teenager lost not just a dad but her most trusted advisor. Thank God that it became a love of mine. Ten weeks after this interview Morgan will leave her label home of ten years. But somewhere along the way the rules of the game changed on her. At age 13, Lorrie Morgan made her first performance on the Grand Ole Opry, when her father brought her onstage to perform "Paper Roses". We wanted it to be a classy album shoot. Always. Check Lorrie.com for all of the latest tour dates & more! The subject of Tammy Wynette resurfaces several times as Morgan speaks. “I’m going to hell with this fudge, I’m gonna tell you that,” she says. I have this one fella who, if he hears anything bad about me, he’ll call me on my cell phone. LM: [Laughs] That’s what I think! (Shanachie), is a fabulous mix of covers of classic tunes (“Ode To Billie Joe,” “Lay Lady Lay,” “Is It Raining At Your House”) with newer selections (“Slow,” “Something About Trains,” the Morgan original “How Does It Feel”), that is a most welcome return. [Lorrie Morgan performs in Calumet, MI at The Calumet Theatre on Apr. I could not believe the people at that stage that knew every word to every song. ’Here’s our research statistics.’ And I’m like, ’Who the hell is researchin’ this s—? I guess maybe I did know (about it) because I have a very good, close gay friend. Among the top female country stars of the 1990s, her hit recordings include "Five Minutes," and "What Part of No." What sets the song apart is that it doesn’t reduce the equation to a simplistic Good Women, Bad Choices scenario. For now, Morgan sounds unwilling to make the necessary concessions to adapt to the new country landscape. Weezy was our little rescue Pit. Seeing the price of fame early on stripped away any illusions she had about what a life in music could really cost. Today’s commercial country is a land ruled by market research, and standing guard at the narrow entrance to country radio is the radio consultant. She was signed to RCA in 1989 by label honcho Joe Galante, and later switched to BNA, a separate label under the RCA Label Group. Lorrie Morgan has lived the imperfect life as well, often under the harsh scrutiny of the tabloids. She is one of the most distinctive singers of contemporary country, a subtle interpreter who is at her best when explicating sorrows large and small. “That’s when you find out if a song fits ya’ — if you can drive to it.”, Her voice gets quiet, almost pained. Gregg Shapiro is both a literary figure and a music and literary critic. I could not believe the people at that stage that knew every word to every song. Lorrie Morgan maintained her recording pace in the new millennium, releasing collections in 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2010. “What’s sad is all these people that I’ve looked up to for the last ten years, I’m seeing them be suckered into this paper business . Every seven to ten years, this business has gone through a severe change. They married and the union produced son Jesse. If you’ve been waiting patiently, your persistence is about to be rewarded with not one, but two new albums from Morgan. I don’t know how long I’m going to keep it [laughs].”. I want to tell you, it’s the best we’ve ever been treated at a show. I listen to myself eating up a minute of tape time, rambling on about the state of radio, the state of music, the state of America. She is an oddity of sorts, a rarity in the business, an artist who is able to infuse a traditional country sensibility into even her most pop-leaning tunes. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, a mother screams and cries on the street as her four-year-old twin girls are taken from her after she claimed their married father had sexually abused the girls. Things that I really love. If that’s the case, it could have been a baby. In 2012 and 2013, Morgan starred and sparkled in the lavish Enchanted Christmas productions at the opulent Opryland Resort in Nashville, taking that show on the road in 2014. If her father had given Morgan her first break, he had also shielded her from the ugly realities of the business. I think there’s the element of the heart and the simplicity that’s missing in country music, what turned everybody on to it in the beginning. I’m a big animal lover. Her mother was Anastasia "Anna" Paridon Trainor, who died in 2018. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. scary to me as a young girl.”. That’s the kind of person I can relate to. It is a world that Morgan no longer understands. . Ten years on, Morgan still thinks of this good man, and his fatal failing. “Oh, I gotta start all over,” says the woman who is no stranger to beginning again, the woman who long ago embraced the importance of the journey over the destination. But oddly enough her beauty is not what she leads with in person. She performed at Opryland U.S.A. and at a number of Nashville nightclubs before becoming the opening act of George Jones. I said, “You know what? Or my despair. Check Lorrie.com for all of the latest tour dates & more! Interview With Bridget Marks, Lorrie Morgan. I think a lot of us, we’re kind of trying to go with the flow and trying to do what we’re supposed to do to get on radio, and blah, blah, blah. See more ideas about lorrie morgan, country music, music star. Jesse Keith Whitley talks new music, remembers late Keith Whitley (Includes interview) Email A few weeks later we talk by phone, and Lorrie Morgan is making fudge. She apologizes in advance. whew . THE LORRIE MORGAN INTERVIEW: THE BEST OF SERIES. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. She is quick and adamant. (WJHG) By Joel Sebastianelli. The rag mags. I hear myself wrap up a long, digressive diatribe with the crescendo, “We’re going to hell in this culture.”. There is a dark grain to her voice, a fine, sandpaper edge that imbues her strong, clear pipes with a subtle grit. Through a publicist, the parting will be described as an amicable one. People call them cover tunes. May 15, 2019. It was just the simplicity. “It was a very emotional time,” she says. And I know for a lot of us, it’s scary. “It’s gotten really very technical,” she says when I ask her how the business has changed. We also recorded some I’d never recorded (before), a couple Tammy Wynette songs and a Dottie West song. “You can’t statistic through your whole life.”, I ask Morgan how she feels about her record label now, if that’s something she specifically wants to talk about. She has been a bona fide mainstream star for the last ten. 1995 PART 2 (The Top 50 Superstars of Country Music) John Anderson, John Berry, Dolly Parton, and Blackhawk! And you know, I thought, ’Why would he put us through this? Due to shipping delays during holiday traffic, orders placed after 12/10 are not guaranteed delivery by Christmas. “The reality of it was that it was scarier than hell,” she says. She made her own Opry debut at thirteen, an adolescent with knocking knees singing “Paper Roses” while her father bawled in the wings. That concerns me, that we’re reaching out for perfection, when country music has always been about imperfection.”. Morgan stops. Although “No Show Jones” has long been flung around as a comic moniker, the grim reality that inspired George Jones’s nickname was no joke to those who experienced the repercussions firsthand. What the Globe, what the Enquirer have to print. As she makes fudge in her Tennessee kitchen and talks on the phone, neither does she mention her upcoming release, To Get to You, a second greatest hits collection that also contains five newly recorded tracks. .’ For a long time, I lived with that thinking. On the patio, beneath a tent, there is a luncheon to honor the new Country Music Hall of Fame inductees: Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, and Johnny Bond. He, along with God, allowed me to make a lot of my dreams come true. Nobody can compete with Patsy. Would he be proud of Jesse? The only research Morgan has to go on is what she’s seen and heard out there on the road for the last ten years. I hear a pause, the clang of a pan. That doesn't mean it's not worth a listen, or maybe a number of them. How do you approach covering a standard in order to make it your own? (Goldenlane) takes an unusual approach to the greatest hits concept with all new recordings of some of Morgan’s most beloved songs, alongside cover versions of some of her personal favorites. www.throwbackcountrymusicpodcast.com Be sure to "like" our Facebook page "Throwback Country Music Podcast" 21:15. Morgan’s pop vernacular is a decidedly pre-rock one; she paid homage to it, in fact, with her 1998 release Secret Love, which included a batch of pop standards by the likes of George and Ira Gershwin and Jimmy Van Heusen. In a wide-ranging interview with Journal of Country Music editor Chris Dickinson, Morgan speaks with candor, humor, and a resolve born of tragedy … “I wouldn’t trade those days for anything because it taught me a lot, and it definitely taught me what I didn’t want to have in my life. And I will always love Joe Galante. GS: Letting You Go…Slow is mainly an album of cover versions, some of which will be familiar to listeners. “I’m not willing to sacrifice what I’ve learned and what I’m about just to get played on radio,” she says. . She has survived a hysterectomy and financial difficulties. We also have another Pit that a friend of mine gave me from Louisiana. She is the fifth child of country music singer George Morgan. I love Joe Galante. She is candid, by turns wickedly funny and ardently serious, and seems to trust in the fact that twenty years in a hard business have taught her she can only be herself. Early life. Aired July 5, 2004 - 21:00 ET. Interviewed by Gregg Shapiro. Because if I’m dealin’ with it, I know she’s gotta be dealin’ with it. Expressing the ups and downs of the imperfect life has always been Morgan’s strong suit. Lorrie Morgan is equipped for sun and fun in a white blouse, bluejeans, and bare feet circa spring 2013. www.throwbackcountrymusicpodcast.com Be sure to "like" our Facebook page "Throwback Country Music Podcast" 21:15. That would all turn out to be the easy part. 1 617 en parlent. THE LORRIE MORGAN INTERVIEW: THE BEST OF SERIES. 1992 Feb. 13. For a woman who long ago accepted that there are no road maps in life, she has made her zig-zag path look like a seamless trajectory. That is the Question is her cookbook and it’s out now. The songs you'll find on this album aren't the normal country fare fans might expect from Morgan. . . 15, in Hinckley, MN at Grand Casino on Apr. Ray, my biggest Pyrenees get his name from Ray Gibson in Life. There’s never a day that goes by that I don’t think about Keith, ever. She recorded, with minor success, for a number of labels: Columbia, ABC/Hickory, and MCA. I just can’t go in and record stuff just to get on radio. With “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength,” Morgan’s voice rose and fell through the wounded, wiser lyrics, the careening guitars and assertive drum whaps mirroring the sound of a knocked-down woman standing back up again. With Craig Kilborn, John Bloom, Julia Carson, Pat McGhehey. “And that’s probably been a big downfall for me, and a big argument with me and my record label through the past few years. It includes recipes, photos fans have never seen and stories from Morgan’s life and career. Apr 10, 2020 - Explore Judy Skau's board "Lorrie Morgan", followed by 118 people on Pinterest. But I’m glad that I did it.”. See more ideas about lorrie morgan, country singers, country music. Directed by Scott Preston. Order by 12/10 to receive orders before Christmas. She was just 13 when she made her Grand Ole Opry debut with her famous father. “And that’s what my music has always meant to me, to be able to go in and sing a song that Jane next door with five kids is dealin’ with. Lorrie Morgan says that she has always wanted to do a live album, but it wasn't until 2001 until the opportunity "arose," no pun intended. They’re in my meet-and-greet every night. The man Morgan sings about is an alcoholic, but underneath the disease is the actual man. She smokes and laughs her raspy laugh, gestures with her hands, bores down physically close to make an adamant point, jokes and lets fly with a few four-letter words. GS: What was the thought behind including one original, the album closer “How Does It Feel”? Celebrity I don’t feel that today it’s my job to carry that on. “Oh man, they threw bottles, tomatoes, apples — anything they could find when we had to announce that [George] wasn’t going to be there. The lushly orchestrated 1991 hit did what few current country power ballads are capable of doing: It told an actual, imperfect story. It just went over. I didn’t name him – he already had his name when I got him. She has often been portrayed in the press as something of an ice queen, an impenetrable beauty whose boyfriends get more ink than her unique voice. Gary James' Interview With Lorrie Morgan Her father was a Country Music Legend. Among them I spot one of the great beauties of my day. Jun 30, 2020 - Explore Edwin Acevedo's board "Lorrie Morgan", followed by 140 people on Pinterest. We’ve had him for about six and a half years now. Published: Mar. And that’s not the case. GS: How did you go about selecting new songs, such as “Jesus & Hairspray,” “Spilt Milk” and “Something About Trains,” for the disc? All rights reserved. And now, it’s a little bit hard because to me it’s kind of gotten away from the heart, if that makes sense. But Whitley has always treated Lorrie Morgan well. I can’t say that I’d go through it all again, not that particular part. INTERVIEW: Lorrie Morgan Lorrie Morgan is a name synonymous with amazing music and heartfelt lyrics that listeners can relate to in their own personal lives. In the small crowd spread out across the patio, the current living Hall of Famers mingle: Little Jimmy Dickens, Earl Scruggs, Roy Horton, Bud Wendell, Brenda Lee, and Jo Walker-Meador. Recently Lorrie released a new project through Country Crossing Records titled A Moment In Time. We have never met before, but a cigarette habit is all you need to gain entry into this tight group hugging the fringe of the party. . 4,010 talking about this. It’s a public image at odds with this open, nervy woman on the lawn. She is a petite woman in a tailored skirt-suit and high-heeled slingbacks, the sort of knock-out power outfit Nicole Sheridan used to wear on Knot’s Landing. You never get over losing somebody who was — hell — the love of your life.”, The tough part, she says, was the guilt beneath the grief that came in the wake of his death. One night they almost tipped the bus over. March 17, 2016 by Gregg Shapiro. “How Does It Feel” is the current single and we’re getting a lot of great airplay, a lot of good response. It’s a special offer kind of album for fans who come to the show, or they can buy it online. She slips through the crowd, cutting a gleaming swath of star power among the subdued suits. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) “Whewwssh,” she breathes with a shuddering air. . Her own music career had yet to catch fire. I can’t do it. So they know when they read this stuff that it’s just bulls—. “I was twenty, twenty-one years old, and got into a world that I’d never been involved with before. Dec 30, 2019 - Explore Wendy Mathews's board "Lorrie Morgan" on Pinterest. Join us today as we discuss where these artists … I loved the way you did it.” That’s all – no competition there [laughs]. If you try and say, “We’re going to make it better than Vern,” it’s not going to happen. Music, It’s been five years since country diva Lorrie Morgan released a new studio album. Country music is therapy — it’s therapy for the rural world. LM: Me, too! It took me a long time to realize that. I loved Vern Gosdin. I just want to tell you thanks for throwing my little girl a flower from the stage. . See more ideas about lorrie morgan, country music, country singers. “That was a weird part of my life.”, But it was also part of the dues-paying that has made Morgan the real deal. Lorrie Morgan gives her information on new tunes, a wine collection & her son, Jesse Keith Whitley\'s new music. It is the fall afternoon after the CMA awards, here at the governor’s mansion in Nashville. But this was a new kinda guy. With musical roots that stretch back to her idols Loretta Lynn and the late Tammy Wynette, Lorrie Morgan remains one of the most gifted and resilient figures in contemporary country. He says, “Larry, you have no idea the people that love you out there.” I’m glad I don’t because I’d have a head as big as my swimming pool if I did [laughs]. Lorrie Morgan once recalled in her interview with The Tennessean how the little Morgan Anastasia looked at Whitley and said, “Would you adopt me?” and Whitley just started crying and said to her, “Honey, I would love to adopt you.” However, what was supposed to be a happy family crumbled down when Whitley tragically died from alcohol poisoning three years after their marriage. “That’s what I’d rather turn on! 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