TRUSTEE OF THE IOWA/MIDWEST VIRTUAL MUSEUM, LIBRARY,  AND HALL OF FAME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Established In 1984, For The Preservation of Music's Past, And Marketing Music's Future!

 

A Non-profit Organization For Those That Believe In Keeping Music Alive and Well Bringing Our Museum On-Line!

"We Strongly Believe That A Music Art Form That Forgets Its Past, 
             Will Never Have A Future To Remember!"

  WE SUPPORT AMERICA


*****CONTINUALLY GROWING! *****

The Official Home of the Iowa/Midwest Music
 On-Line Virtual Museum

Our museum is like a real building.......... go down any of the six hallways to do your research.  The six hallways are the Museum,  the Library, the Hall of Fame, the Elvis Museum, the Memphis-Related Labels discography, and the Sun Records Discography.  All these "rooms" are full of history and little known information with text, pictures, and various multimedia.  Feel free to "come on in", sit down, and browse our museum.
To Find What Your Looking For Click On A Doorway Or The Search Box

 

 
Enter Your Keywords To Search The Site 
Google
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Click On This Door
To Enter The
Hall Of Fame

Click On This Door
To Enter The
Library

Click On This Door
To Enter The
Museum

Click On This Door
To Enter Jim Weaver's
 Elvis Museum

Click On This Door
 To Enter The Obscure
Memphis-Related
Record Labels

Click On This Door
To Enter The
Sun Records
Label Page


  You can nominate someone from Iowa/Midwest who you think has significantly contributed to the country music art form in some way.  Look for the link to the nomination form on the "Hall Of Fame" doorway.


To Contribute To The Museum:
1. 
Click on the Donate button below- you need not have a Paypal account

2.  To print out a form and send in a donation CLICK HERE

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        ******NEWS  RELEASES*****

LEE MACE OZARK OPRY SHOWS

The Iowa/Midwest Virtual Museum has in its archives the only known videotapes of some of the Lee Mace Ozark Opry shows and has converted them to DVD.  Watch this video to see how you can help support this museum and obtain a DVD of an actual Lee Mace Ozark TV show.

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If you would like to see the Hall Of Fame page for Lee Mace's Ozark Opry and find out more about the shows on these DVD's CLICK HERE.



Randall Franks honored at IBMM Pioneers of Bluegrass Gathering

Randall Franks (second from left) visits backstage with his friends Grand Ole Opry stars - the Whites, (from left) Cheryl, Sharon and Buck, who performed to honor the 2010 IBMM Pioneers. Franks and the Whites shared a top country vocal collaboration in 1991 with "Let's Live Everyday Like It Was Christmas."
 

   Appalachian entertainer and actor Randall Franks was honored recently at the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky. during ROMP amongst an illustrious group of Bluegrass Pioneers including several Bluegrass Hall of Fame members.
   Grand Ole Opry stars the Whites, Curly Seckler, Doc Watson and David Holt were among the performers sharing their talents to honor the pioneers.
Franks was honored alongside more than 30 fellow members of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys and other pioneers such as “Doc” Tommy Scott, Fletcher Bright, Pete Kuykendall, Eddie Adcock and Bill Clifton.
   Franks performed with Monroe, the legendary member of the Country Music, Rock and Roll, Nashville Songwriter’s and Bluegrass Music halls of fame as a youth playing both fiddle and bass in 1984 and 1985 becoming the first fiddler to follow Hall of Fame member Kenny Baker. He was also a member of Jim & Jesse's Virginia Boys.
   While at the event, he performed for an upcoming documentary project expected for release during the Monroe Centennial Celebration in 2011.  “What a wonderful experience it was to gather with so many of my fellow Blue Grass Boys from the 1940s to the 1990s,” he said. “The impromptu performances of Mr. Monroe’s music came together so beautifully. It only goes to show the caliber of musicians he chose.
   “I am deeply honored to simply be in the same room with such a distinguished group of singers and musicians.” Franks said. “Mr. Monroe honored me by investing his time and creative energies in making me a better musician and performer. Through each opportunity I enjoy in my career, his lessons in life are with me.”  Franks’s connection to Monroe is only one of the threads that sew together an amazing tapestry of his career interweaving it with the industry’s greatest performers.
   Of the 33 IBMA Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees, Franks served as music producer to nine; recorded with nine; appeared as a band member for three; starred with four performing behind him on his own stage show; performed as a guest star with two; produced bluegrass events featuring four; administrated musical licensing and publishing for five; directed a PBS documentary including four, provided media relations for two; interviewed and/or featured as an award-winning print media journalist and radio host the work of 24 while also writing for one.
The Ringgold, Ga. resident was a founder of SEBA (SouthEastern Bluegrass Association) in 1984. He became bluegrass music's first soloist to become a crossover star in Southern gospel music yielding a top-20 selling Christian release in 1990 with "Handshakes and Smiles." He is also uniquely one of a handful of bluegrass stars including the Dillards who shared his music in character on network television in a drama or comedy. His work also extends to the genres of country, Southern and black gospel, rock and roll and rhythm and blues.
   As an actor, Franks is best known for his role as "Officer Randy Goode" from TV's "In the Heat of the Night" and he is currently part of the cast of Robert Townsend's "Musical Theater of Hope" on GMC.  He is a syndicated newspaper columnist reaching readers across the South. His Southern Style column may also be found at http://randallfranks.com/. His vintage music videos can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/randallfranks.

"Tootsies Orchard Lounge, Nashville Tn,"  "Little Jimmy Dickens", "Robbie Wittkowski" and songwriter "Randy Houser" were on the first inaugural Southwest Airlines flight to Panama Beach, Panama City Florida. They were on this flight to help celebrate the entertainment aspect of tootsies Orchid Lounge opening it's second location on the Gulf Coast. It also discusses how these two business's are growing despite the current oil spill in the Gulf region.

 
Robbie Wittkowski, Iowa, Songwriter, Entertainer, Recording Artist and A Director Of Country Music Showcase International, Inc. Org and Member of The Iowa/Midwest "Virtual" Country Music Heritage, Museum, Library and Hall Of Fame located on the Web at: www.cmshowcase.org. Robbie has the privilege of serving as road manager for Grand Ole Opry Recording Artist, Little Jimmy Dickens.

 

Southwest- Tootsies- Panama City VNR from Travis Television on Vimeo.

We also would like to thank Travis Television ttv and Vimeo.com for sharing this video with us, and Barbara Luick, Pres. CMSI for finding this news release on the internet for us. 
 
Visit Panama Beach and the Orchard Lounge Location this summer and also the
the Orchard Lounge in Nashville for there 50th Anniversary Celebration in November 2010................

      FORMER  CARLISLE, IOWA KAJAC RECORD CORPORATION  PUBLIC RELATION EXECUTIVE (circa) 1969-1974

DEANE   N.   HAERER,

Has New Book Release Entitled:  "Growing Up American",
 
A Journey of Discovery
ISBN 0-7414-5133-6

Published by: Infinity Publishing,  www.buybooksontheweb.com
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-- There is a new addition to the Iowa/Midwest Virtual Museum --
The museum is now the host to the historical documentation of
 "The Wild Cherries" band, popular in the late 60s-early 70s.
 
CLICK HERE to go to the historical record.


Dave Dighton has released a newly remixed CD of his very successful 1976 Country Clover western swing LP record.  Copies can be ordered from Dave and Marilyn Dighton, 3342  120th ave, Coggon, Ia,  52218 or call 319-435-2184
Cost including postage and handling is $20 ea.

   For Information on the former DAVE DIGHTON BANDS, 
 history, pictures band members names and etc.    CLICK HERE
 


  "These news releases are a public service announcements and are not paid advertisements"

 

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CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE KAJAC KORNER
(still under construction)

 This page will be the definitive authority on the history of Kajac Records and its subsidiaries of other labels and music publishing.  If you recorded at Kajac Recording Studio in Carlisle, Iowa or have any information or pictures on someone who did, please contact us at  haroldl@cmshowcase.org . We are going to include a "What Their Doing Now" section to follow-up from the original recordings. 

If you are one of the Recording Artists That Recorded In Our Studios, Or Had Recording Contracts with Kajac Corporation, Or were an employee we, would like to hear from you with information, pictures and follow-up on any original recordings you made in the studio. We want to inform you that you may be eligible for INDUCTION  into our Iowa/Midwest Country Heritage “Virtual” Museum, Library and Hall Of Fame

Contact: haroldl@cmshowcase.org  or web site: www.cmshowcase.org  Visit  Kajac Korner, often  as we will keep updating It

 

     


 

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Phone: 515-989-3748

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