LEEANN WOMACK i hope you dance

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 20 Jul 2000 8:59 am

I've been listening to this great cd again.
If you like versatility you need to add this one to your collection.
I love every song, check out "Lonely Too"!
Theresa

Steve Allison · Post by **Steve Allison** » 20 Jul 2000 10:50 am

Theresa,

I am so glad to see that you are still among the living!

When you search around this forum you will see what I meant.

( I didn't give up on you girl ! )

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 20 Jul 2000 11:05 am

Theresa, it may surprise you, but I like the song.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 20 Jul 2000 11:40 am

Steve,
I appreciate the kindness, thanks!
Theresa

Jack,
Glad to hear it!

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 20 Jul 2000 1:29 pm

Super talent,great CD and the Musicians ain't half bad either...

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Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 20 Jul 2000 3:32 pm

I like the veriaty of songwriters including Buddy Miller.

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 21 Jul 2000 7:10 pm

Someone in the newsgroup tells me this will be another remix for pop.

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John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 22 Jul 2000 12:02 am

Great song, Theresa. And your brother's sitar bar licks on the steel are way cool.

And Mark Sanders, one of the writer's, told me that there is a pop mix coming, with a straighter, resung vocal, and of course, less you-know-what.

Bet it'll be a big hit. She deserves it.

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 22 Jul 2000 4:40 am

John M thats the problem. If they want a different version for pop radio find someone who records it that way.
Leeanne is at the top on Country radio which was her intention. to preserve the country sounds we need to show folks as it is not water it down.

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Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 22 Jul 2000 5:34 am

Here's something to add to the country/pop versions (read $$$).

How many pop/rock recordings, originally released as pop or rock (or something other than country) are remixed with "country" tracks and then marketed to the country market?

Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 22 Jul 2000 6:21 am

Jack, I used to listen exclusively to WABC top 40 AM when I lived in the NYC area as a kid & teenager. They played lots of "crossover" (?) country songs, by such artists as George Jones, Roger Miller, the Statlers, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, Dave Dudley, Buck Owens, Jeannie C. Riley, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, and lots of others I can't recall the names of, but all of which had songs charting high on the "Rock & Roll" top 40 format (or was it actually some Billboard aggregate chart?).
Maybe it was just a matter of a lot of great artists doing great tunes, but it seems that nowadays there is a concerted effort by the suits, programmers, and bean counters to force their insipid dogma of musical segregation upon us.
BTW, I should also mention here that WABC played a nice portion of other styles as well, such as Jazz (Al Hirt, "Java"), Louis Armstrong, Sergio Mendez, Jobim)...some nice pop-classical music (Cast Your Fate to the Wind, A walk in the Forest), Comedy (Allan Sherman, Buddy Hackett, the Rat Pack, etc.), as well as folk and blues-based songs.
I miss that nice musical smogasboard on the airwaves, which I took so much for granted back then.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 22 Jul 2000 6:58 am

Rich, interesting that you should mention "Java". I've just recorded that as a steel guitar instrumental for my new CD. It lays nicely on C6!
Jim

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 22 Jul 2000 7:42 am

Janice,

I guess I don't see that as a problem.

1. She'll sell a whole lot more records, and maybe make some good money (read the contract thread, she is most likely in debt to her record company) and I'll all for capitalism. Why let someone else cash in on her song's success?

2. If somelikes the song, and buys her CD, they might discover country music, steel guitar and the like. That is how many people find it.

3. I highly doubt she is headed for a pop career, even if the record is a hit.
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JB Arnold · Post by **JB Arnold** » 22 Jul 2000 8:15 am

Being at the top of the country charts is fine, but crossing over has always been the name of the game.

The Dixie Chicks showed some clout recently when they were asked to do a remix of "Wide Open Spaces" for VH-1 without the steel and fiddle. They told VH-1 to shove it. Most artists don't have that clout.

And anyway, Why SHOULDN'T Leeann do the remix? If she doesn't, they'll get some other pop diva to do it, and they'll have a bigger hit than Leann! This is a once in a lifetime shot for her. She's got a great tune, why should someone else get the real payoff?

I know this isn't what anyone meant, but it sounds like we're saying she should stay in her place. I guarantee you, her intention is NOT just to get to the top of the country charts-It's to ship as much product as humanly possible, hopefully in bundles of multiple platinum. THAT's the name of the game. If she's got a crack at the top of the pop charts, she needs to do it. Once she's got some clout, she can do what she wants.

This is starting to sound dangerously like the crap that went on in the Christian music industry when Amy Grant hit big and told them to get off her back, she'd do secular songs if she wanted to. What a mess that was! They thought they owned her!

Let's get something straight-The Real Country fans are NOT a big enough subset to have any clout. If every one of those fans bought Leann's CD, it wouldn't be enough for her to keep her contract. And the fact is, we do a poor job amongst ourselves of supporting the Real Country artists. Trying to make a living on the country charts alone is a zero-sum game. Art is for museums...If you're Leann right now you have to be concerned about commerce and career. She'll have plenty of time to record more hard core country. But I think any industry professional will tell you, if you've got your sights set on the top of the country charts, you are aiming WAY too low.

John

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erik · Post by **erik** » 22 Jul 2000 9:21 am

When you say pop mix i don't know if you mean dance/club mix. If so, i'm always up for that (although i prefer underground house). I just listened to an excerpt of the song at CDNOW. It certainly has enough minor chords to work as a dance mix. It is very "hooky", the phrase "I Hope You Dance". But doubling the track bpm would make it too fast. So no doubt there will be much expansion going on with those vocals.

Jude James Shiels · Post by **Jude James Shiels** » 22 Jul 2000 11:38 am

as long as those club/dance remixers don't have to stretch themselves too far creatively they'll be ok erik, you don't have to worry about that.

JB Arnold · Post by **JB Arnold** » 22 Jul 2000 11:47 am

What they mean by remix is mixed for MOR pop radio-no steel or fiddle mostly, which identifies it as a country song. More synths and strings. Think Celine Dion. Not dance.

John

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Dave Horch · Post by **Dave Horch** » 26 Jul 2000 6:04 am

After reading this thread yesterday, particularly about a MOR remix, I listened carefully to the production qualities of the mix as it stands today. Know what? I see no reason to change a thing. I hear a string section (violins, not "fiddles"), Paul's "sitar" sounds like, well, a sitar. Leeann's vocal sounds spot on to me, I'm not hearing anything particularly twangy, she sounds great. Okay, there may be a just a tiny bit of "country" soulfullness in the mix, but I think the MOR folks would dig that. To me, it already sounds like a perfect MOR production, so why change it? All she needs is a little buzz in Radio and Records and get some PD's to spin it, and it will catch on like wildfire, just as it did on the "country" charts.

You go girl! Regards, -Dave

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Bob Taillefer · Post by **Bob Taillefer** » 31 Jul 2000 3:38 pm

I love the CD. Lee Ann is one of my favourite singers. Paul has done it again. Taking the steel guitar to new places. I identify strongly with the words to I Hope You Dance. Great song! Regards Bob

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Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 6 Aug 2000 7:58 am

Congratulation's are in order 5th week being #1 song! Theresa

Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 9 Aug 2000 7:13 am

Jack,
The reverse does happen. Two weeks ago I overdubbed a steel part on one of Don Henley's songs from his new CD for a country radio release. Other artists I have done this with are Peter Cetera, Richard Marx, & Micheal McDonald. Its done but none of the pop acts seem to have any luck breaking through the country radio waves even with the steel guitar. Country artists are having success with this formula.
Paul

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 13 Aug 2000 7:02 am

I already have the new Don Henley CD ,I would certainly purchase another version with Paul on it.Which songs were overdubbed with Steel?If it's just for airplay I certainly will look into taping it.?

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[This message was edited by Joe Casey on 13 August 2000 at 08:05 AM.]

Rich Paton · Post by **Rich Paton** » 16 Aug 2000 5:21 am

Sorry to get so far off topic here, but Jim...is that tune, "Java", a big hit for Al Hirt in the early 60's, actually called "Java Jones"?
I recently found some sheet music for "Java Jones" (In "F"), and my meager sight reading ability says it's the same tune.