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!"
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*****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
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
For More Info Write To:
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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.
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.
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
-- 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
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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
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