Patsy Cline "Appearing in Person" at 4 Seasons Club MAY 25, 1962
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CLIP FROM JOHNNY CASH SHOW- TAPE SERIES #48
THE BEST PART IS THAT JIMMY WALKER
JUST BOUGHT A COPY!
PICS BELOW
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As you all may have seen on this site, I now own a copy of the Johnny Cash Show (#48). He does a History of Country Music Tribute. There is about 45 seconds or so of the newly discovered version of "Walkin After Midnight" used in the show. I spoke with Charlie moments ago and he has not had a chance to view it online. I am sending him a copy of the show to view at his home. From what I have told him he is not aware of the show origins, though in my opinion I think it is an Ozark Jubilee telecast. He will consult with the Hall of Fame. Always Jimmy
"Why can't he be you"
"Your stronger than me"
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Cline memorial takes on family reunion flavor Fans share memories, experiences
By Mark R. Dorolek The Winchester Star
WINCHESTER — Underneath the overcast clouds Sunday morning, friends, family, and fans turned out to pay their respects to Winchester's favorite daughter, Patsy Cline. Judy Sue Klempf, president of the nonprofit Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc., which is in charge of getting the Patsy Cline Museum at 134 N. Loudoun St. up and running, welcomed the approximately 40 people who came from near and far to the memorial service at Shenandoah Memorial Park. "We are here to celebrate Patsy," Klempf said, adding, "We want the museum to have integrity and quality and be something that she would be so proud of." Charlie Dick, the late singer's husband, was glad to come back to the annual event and see so many familiar faces. "Instead of being a fan club, it has been a family reunion," he said. Klempf asked some of those in attendance to share their memories and experiences that they had with Cline and her music. Ernie Brickle of Spartanburg, S.C., has been attending
the service for 18 years and expressed his feelings for Cline. "I am overcome," he said. "I think Patsy would be pleased that not only her music has brought so much pleasure to so many people but it has brought
people together." Brickle said he admires Cline's music and who she was as a person.
"There has never been a voice like her's," he said. Sean Sako of Nashville, Tenn., said he has been a fan of Patsy since he was 4 years old and this was his first time attending the memorial service. "She means a lot to so many of us," he said. "A special feeling comes over me when I hear her music." Mildred Keith of Kansas City, Mo., met Patsy at her last concert in Kansas City and asked to take a photograph with her. "I am so glad I asked her to take that picture," she said. A few days later, on March 5, 1963, Cline perished with three others in a plane crash just outside Camden, Tenn. Cline was 30 years old. "I saw her on a Sunday and the plane went down on Tuesday," Keith said. "A friend told me about it and I said, `That can't be I just saw her'." Ann Armstrong from the city of Guelph just west of Toronto, Canada, was lucky enough to become friends with Cline and her husband. Armstrong said she and some friends met Cline at a show and after going to a couple more concerts Dick wanted to meet her and her friends' husbands and they began hanging out. "We had a lot of great days together," she said. Armstrong said she and Cline would mostly talk about family or some of the concerts she was getting ready for. "It was short in years," she said of their relationship, "but it was long on memories."
GREAT PAPER DOLLS BY TOM TIERNEY - From fringed ensembles to lacy, full-length gowns, sixteen top country-and-western singers each model two of their favorite on-stage outfits. Tom Tierney pays tribute to Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, and seven other country music icons. Brief descriptive notes describe each costume. YOU CAN BUY THEM AT THE HALL OF FAME!
A VERY LUCKY HOSS WITH DEEP POCKETS WON THESE GREAT PICS OF OUR GAL ON EBAY! OVER $1200.00 PAID!!! SMALL STORY EMAILED FROM SELLER TO RECLINER JIMMY SAYS: it was my boyfriend who had Patsy to his 9th birthday party. She dated one of his uncles. Some of the family said she dated 2 of the uncles. She would come to family dinners at his grandparents, out in the country in the Blue Ridge Mtns. She would also stop on the way to perform in Washington, DC at my boyfriend's house to change into her costumes. It was half way between Winchester and DC. My boyfriend died unexpectedly this year. I was afraid these items would get lost or damaged.
SOLD FOR $1200.00!!!
Monday, December 11, 2006
Patsy Cline memorabilia ends up in ‘right place’
By F.C. Lowe
The Winchester Star
WINCHESTER — Rebecca Williams wanted the items from the estate of her 20-year companion, the brother of country legend Patsy Cline, put to good use for the public to enjoy. And since Sam Hensley Jr.’s estate contained memorabilia from Patsy’s illustrious career, Williams searched for a way to make that possible. This mission led Williams to a hard -hat tour of the Patsy Cline Museum site last March in Winchester where she connected with Celebrating Patsy Cline board members who were eager to acquire the items for the proposed museum in downtown Winchester, Cline’s longtime home. “We were very pleased that Rebecca came to us. She could have gone anywhere,” said Karen Helm, CPC board member. “She felt it was the right place for the items, which was a true testament of what the museum is about.” The first major acquisition for the Winchester museum, the list of about 100 items is impressive: a porch glider from 608 S. Kent St., Winchester, where the family lived, numerous pairs of shoes, hats, gloves and other clothing items, photos, a gold and platinum record, and a sewing machine Patsy’s mother used to sew her stage clothes in the early years of her career. The items were acquired both by the CPC and Legacy Inc., the business arm of Patsy’s family in Nashville, Tenn. “This is the first time we have partnered with CPC,” said Charlie Dick, who was Patsy’s husband at the time of her death in 1963. Their daughter, Julie Fudge, was also interested in items from the Kent Street home of her maternal grandmother, the late Hilda Hensley, said Dick. The items include sketches of the country western clothes Patsy drew for her mother to make, Dick said. “I’m really glad they were able to secure these things and keep them,” said Fudge, who remembers sitting on the glider at the house where she went to live at the age of 4 when her mother died in a plane crash in 1963. “I have very fond memories of living there.” She remembers how her grandmother kept everything. When she would spot her mother’s possessions in the closets, her grandmother would tell her about them. “It was really nice to see the shoes, purses, and hats again,” said Fudge, who lived in Winchester for three years after her mother died. She calls it an honor that the community wants to open a museum dedicated to her mother. “It’s like someone is doing something really nice for you.” Her father agrees and looks forward to the museum opening. “It’ll be good for Patsy’s legacy and it can’t hurt the town.” The acquisition became a reality this month when the deal was made with Williams. “We both stepped in to purchase the items,” said Judy Sue Huyett-Kempf, president of CPC, who would not disclose the amount paid for the items. “The family is working with us to put these items on public display. They are significant authentic pieces for telling Patsy’s story.” Williams saw what we were trying to do, explained Huyett-Kempf. “Out of the blue, this woman shows up and introduces herself.” Douglas Gomery, retired University of Maryland history professor, calls this “one of the most significant acquisitions of personal material of a great singer ever acquired at a single time.” A trial after Hilda Hensley’s death divided her estate items between Samuel and his sister, Gomery said. “Never before had there been a trial to assign ownership like this,” explained Gomery, who attended the court proceedings and is writing a book about the life of Patsy and her place as a music icon. He added that there are more than 300 photos of Patsy on CD stored at the University of Maryland for use at the museum. Although Williams never met Patsy, she’s a big fan of the woman who sang “Sweet Dreams,’’ “I Fall to Pieces,’’ “Walking After Midnight’’ and other classics. “I loved her music even before I met the family,” Williams said. “Samuel told me I would have liked her.” A 1965 graduate of James Wood High School, Williams lives in Inwood, W.Va., but previously lived in Winchester, where she worked at the former Burroughs restaurant. When Hensley died last year and Williams inherited his property, she said she wanted to make sure the items ended up somewhere the fans could appreciate them. She heard about the museum through a newspaper article and decided to check it out. “I thought it would be a good place for the public to see the items,” Williams said. “Patsy was all about the public. She loved her fans.” While the Patsy Cline Museum is in the final planning stages, the items will be stored at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, where the collections storage space meets standards in regard to relative humidity, temperature, light, and security. “There are so many details to handle when you are planning a new museum, but taking care of the collection is at the heart of a museum’s work,” said Jennifer Esler, executive director of the MSV. “We know what they are going through and are glad we can support them in this way.”
The MSV, which opened in 2005, is a 50,000-square-foot museum with four exhibition galleries, interpreting the art, history, and culture of the Shenandoah Valley. Esler said the Patsy Cline Museum will be a wonderful addition to the community and the Shenandoah Valley. “We at the MSV want to see the Patsy Cline Museum effort succeed and assisting CPC in this manner was one way we could help with the effort.” While no opening date has been set for the Patsy Cline Museum, project director Chip Jeffries of Ralph Applebaum Associates in New York City said this acquisition will add real texture and depth to the exhibits. He said he and his co-workers are excited about planning the Patsy Cline Museum and are doing the work pro bono. “Artifacts are lenses into the soul of the project,” Jeffries said. “When there is a window to something in the past, it leaves a profound effect on the visitors.” He explained how museum exhibits used to be all about collections and the art of collecting with artifacts enriching the narrative. Now, the real-life items make it all come to life, he said. One example he cited is the National Holocaust Memorial Museum, a Washington, D.C., landmark that his firm designed. “The Holocaust Museum changed the way museums think of themselves and how they handle exhibits,” Jeffries said. These days, the emphasis is on telling the story. He also points out that it takes years to plan a museum. His firm recently completed a National World War I Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. that took 12 years to plan. “This acquisition (for the Patsy museum) changed how we will plan the exhibits,” Jeffries said. “This will make it much more vibrant.” He looks forward to telling Patsy’s story and how she touched the lives of many, and not just country music fans. “Everyone in the office wants to work on the project,” said Jeffries, who has been a fan for a long time. “Patsy is not just a great American artist, but a music legend like Billie Holiday.” For more information about the museum, visit Celebratingpatsycline.org. — Contact F.C. Lowe at flowe@winchesterstar.com.
WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE PATSYWORLD!!! CONGRATS CHARLIE, JULIE, & MUSEUM.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK REBECCA WILLIAMS. ~ReCliner Sean~
DID YOU KNOW......
PATSY WAS ON THE COVER
OF COUNTRY WEEKLY 13 YRS AGO
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DID YOU SEE...... ON CMT CHRONICLES
THEY SPOKE OF OUR GAL'S PASSING.
MORE GREAT INFO FROM RECLINER JIMMY!
I was at ET Record Shops a few days ago and picked up a George Hamilton IV scrapbook that his son recently put together to commerate IV's 50th anniversary as a recording artist. It's jammed pack with articles, photos,and other career highlights. I tend to forget his was a rocker, but I was reminded when I see photos of him with Eddie Cochran and on the beaach with Chuck Berry.
Photos included are the often published photo of Geo and Patsy with her in western outfit and him a winking. Later that day I discovered a rare one with Charlie and Patsy at Geo.'s NC home. Everyone had big ole smiles and it was a treat to see our #1 singer remembered.
I am not sure if this is available online. I would guess ET records shop could do mail order.
It's a treasure of history and fashion styles that are to die for. Enjoy.
JIMMY, THE PICTURE IS AMAZING! SEAN
ALWAYS
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GREAT NEWS FR RECLINER JIMMY:
March 25, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Film Screening: "Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry" starring Ray Price
The weekly syndicated television show "Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry" was produced by WSM-TV and showcased talent from the Grand Ole Opry radio program, performing in a barn-dance format.
Aired in the early 1960s, these two episodes of the half-hour program feature a variety of guests, including Ray Price, whose country work from the era, thick with driving rhythm, steel guitar, fiddles, and harmony, had the same intensity as his rock & roll peers. Other performers include Patsy Cline, Justin Tubb, Billy Grammer, Jean Shepard, and Tommy Jackson. Our Gal will be singin': "When I get Thru with You",
& "Why can't He be You". I have seen this show & its a must see!!!! Sixty minutes. Free
This is where Our Gal does the "YUP" joke at the end of the show!
Country Curator Renaissance man Marty Stuart unveils
his private collection of Country Music Memorabilia
"Patsy’s road case was found in a little store
on Eighth Avenue in Nashville.”
Patsy News...
That Counts!
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51 YEARS OF SUCCESS
New Hank Garland Bio Pic looks
like it's coming along! Check out the new trailor on the News Room Page! Also click on the pic above to read more! You can see Mandy as Our Gal in a couple frames!
Original rare 1961 used ticket stub for the Gigantic Show and Dance staring The Everly Brothers, Bobby Vee, Patsy Cline (she was inked out due to the fact that two weeks earlier she had been in a near fatal car crash) Gene Pitney, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Vinton, Del Shannon, Faron Young, Tex Ritter and many more. What a unusual mix of early rock groups mixed with Legendary Country Acts. Gater Bowl, Jacksonville Fla. July 1, 1961.
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A RECLINER CLUB PICTURE!
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Patsy Cline fan club keeps coming back!
By Val Van Meter
The Winchester Star
WINCHESTER — For two decades, fans of the late country singer Patsy Cline have been meeting here during the Labor Day weekend to share their feelings for a talent lost much too soon. "People come back year after year," said Harold Madagan, who keeps Cline’s memory alive at Gaunt’s Drug Store, where she once worked as a teenager. Charlie Dick, Cline’s widower, thinks of the event as a reunion. "[It’s] like a family. I’ve come all 20 years," said the Winchester native who lives in Nashville, Tenn. Dick said he expects their daughter Julie Fudge to attend and bring her children. "If it works out, school-wise." The memorial weekend is organized by the Always Patsy Cline Fan Club, led by Charlie Dick’s brother, Mel Dick. The club will gather for dinner at the Winchester Travelodge on Front Royal Pike (U.S. 522 South) at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Mel Dick said, for a prime rib dinner, entertainment, and a silent auction. Reservations are necessary to attend the dinner, he added, and fans can make them by calling 662-3517, On Saturday, a luncheon for fan club members only will be held. On Sunday, a memorial service is scheduled at Cline’s grave in Shenandoah Memorial Park, also on Front Royal Pike. The public is invited to attend. Friends of Cline from her days in Nashville, such as singer George Hamilton IV, will attend the event. Cline, who was born in Gore, grew up in Winchester and started her singing career on WINC Radio. She began her rise to national acclaim in 1957 when she impressed a national television audience while competing on "Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts." She joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1958. Cline’s career was cut short when she died in a plane crash in 1963 while returning to Nashville from a concert. The Labor Day weekend was chosen for the annual celebration because it falls close to her Sept. 8 birthday. Madagan said he will be at Gaunt’s Friday and Saturday to "give my 10-minute spiel," about Cline and her time as an employee behind the soda fountain of the "corner drugstore." He has collected many newspaper articles and photographs of Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley 75 years ago. "I look forward to seeing them," Madagan said of his visitors, many of whom make the trip annually. "I think they’re glad I’m still here." Until a local group, Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc., can raise the funds for a museum to honor the country music legend, Madagan said his store is as close to a museum as Winchester has. "I’m a fill-in," he said of his collection of memorabilia, including one of the old booths from the days when the drugstore welcomed teens to its soda fountain. Gaunt said he would still like to see Cline’s fans buy his building and turn it into a museum to her, because of its connection to her life. It is also just a few blocks from the house on Kent Street where Cline spent her teenage years. "We could put the fountain back in and have a gift shop," Madagan suggested. He has owned the business for 35 years, and it was in operation for 30 years before that, he added. "I’m the dinosaur druggist," he said with a smile. "We’re lucky to still be in business."
Thursday, August 30, 2007
‘It’s hard to believe’
By Val Van Meter
The Winchester Star
"It’s hard for me to believe this happened 20 years ago," said Teresa Bowers. She is talking about the first gathering of fans of country music legend Patsy Cline and the anniversary, coming up this weekend. But it might never have happened, if Bowers husband, Frederick "Rick" Bowers Jr., hadn’t made the suggestion. "I was already a member," local resident Teresa Bowers said, of a Cline fan club based in Dorchester, Mass. Born and raised in the Winchester area, she had grown up listening to the singer’s records. "I would sing along to her records while ironing clothes," she recalled. She can remember the funeral service here, after Cline perished in a plane crash in 1963. "Our family went to the funeral home," Bowers said. And they drove to Shenandoah Memorial Park for the graveside service. In the mid 1980s, there was an attempt to get a road in Winchester named for Cline. When that failed, fans decided to raise funds for a bell tower in the cemetery where she was buried. Bowers joined the committee to work on the project. Then her husband suggested it would be a great idea to have a memorial event here for Cline, so her fans could get together and talk about her singing, and go see places from her life, Bowers took the idea to the president of the fan club. "I said, if he was interested, I’d be glad to do it," since she lived here, and she did it. Four years later, Bowers said, that fan club dispersed, and Mel Dick headed up the current one in Winchester, Always Patsy Cline, which is hosting the events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the fans. The memorial service, at 11 a.m. Sunday, at Shenandoah Memorial Park, is open to the public. Bowers said the support of Cline’s family, husband Charlie Dick, who has attended every get-together for two decades, and her daughter Julie Fudge, "really adds to it," since fans talk to them about the country music legend. "I don’t know if it would have lasted that long without them," she said. Bowers lost her husband several years ago, and he is buried at Shenandoah Memorial Park, she said. Bowers no longer organizes the event, but she does help most years.
"It’s worked out well. I hope it goes on forever."
By Jessica J. Burchard
The Winchester Star
Winchester — Trekking hundreds of miles to Winchester for the annual Patsy Cline memorial has been a 20-year tradition for Don Harvey. Harvey, of Ontario, brought his immediate family with him to Sunday’s event at Shenandoah Memorial Park, 1270 Front Royal Pike. He had a total of 10 family members, including his parents, siblings, and cousins. "We plan all vacations every year to drive down here for this," Harvey, 39, said. Harvey’s love of Cline’s music and legacy began 20 years ago when he found his mother’s copy of Cline’s greatest hits. Now, he’s obsessed with the country singer. "I started out with one album. Now I have over 200," he said. "[Cline] has so many great songs; I just love them all." The Canadian family gathered with about 60 others for the yearly tribute to Cline — who who was born on Sept. 8, 1932, and died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963. Country singer and songwriter George Hamilton IV encouraged the crowd to enjoy their recollections of Cline and not mourn her death. He had worked with Cline on "The Jimmy Dean Show," where both performed. "It’s not that sad of an occasion because we’re celebrating Patsy’s life," he said. "and what she meant to us and what she still means all over the world. "Hamilton used an upcoming British Patsy Cline Tribute concert as an example of the singer’s continued popularity. The concert is scheduled for Sept. 12 in Felixstaw, England. After Hamilton finished speaking, a trio of women sang "He Walks With Me." The youngest singer in the group, Amber Brooke, has been a Cline fan from early childhood. "I’ve been singing every since I was little - all the big country singers," she said. "I always have some Patsy Cline songs. "Amber, 16, came to the tribute with her mother Jennifer Kochel from Bursborough, Pa. "It’s an honor to be here and sing Patsy Cline songs," she added. Besides performing a Cline song, Amber was able to meet several of the singer’s family members. Cline’s widow Charlie Dick returned to Winchester for the event — along with daughter, Julie Fudge, and her children. "It’s very nice to have people remember her in such a light," Fudge said, regarding the showing of Cline’s fans. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the remembrance event sponsored by Celebrating Patsy Cline Inc. — a nonprofit group run by Cline fans. Cline was born in Gore and grew up in Winchester.Many in attendance had a special connection to Cline when she was alive. One woman recalled recalled chatting with Cline on a ride to the airport in July 1962. "I drove Patsy to the airport and she was throwing cherry pits out the window saying she wanted to plant cherry trees from Richmond to Harrisonburg," said Joanne Thomas, a radio host from Lebanon, Pa. Through her husband, a musician on "The Jimmy Dean Show," Thomas had a close connection with Cline. "We spent our honeymoon at their house," she said of the Cline family.
"They were just great people."
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