![WITH REFERENCE TO DAVID GOSS’
FROZEN CHARLOTTE :The Song
Leafing through the Reader last weekend I came across something that always rivets my attention….a page of lyrics! It drew my eyes to the heading, Frozen Charlotte, now there is a name dear to my heart!
It wasn’t familiar with the dolls by that name [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "FRozen Charlotte..an old folk song")
![GEORGE HAMILTON IV IS AT FOREST HILL BAPTIST TOMORROW
He made a list and checked it twice, now George Hamilton IV is coming to town…tomorrow night!
He’ll be at Forest Hill Baptist Church, Mountain Rd., Saint John East tomorrow for a concert at 7 p.m. This is George Hamilton’s famous Christmas Show with his special [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSC01333-640x250.jpg)
![CLOSEST TO THE REAL ELVIS, THANE DUNN AT THE IMPERIAL JAN. 7
I talked last week with a traveller who’d recently seen a concert where the hologram of a vocalist interacted with a live band on a stage. So some day soon actual holograms of ‘The King’ Elvis Presley may be singing with bands and orchestras [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ElvisThaneDunn-195x110.jpg "cash rasied from drawings sold go to Appleby Cancer Fund")
![RANDY VAIL AND NEPHEW BRENT MASON HAVE NEW RELEASES
He’s Tiny the Christmas Mouse/ He helps old Santa Claus/
Tiny The Christmas Mouse
He puts the ribbon on the gifts/ With his little paws.
In my lifetime I’ve witnessed many children’s Christmas hits explode on Yuletide radio… Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Frosty The Snowman, [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/MasonBAND2010-195x110.jpg "NEW CDS")
![GOLD RECORD HIT MAKER BEN WEATHERBY DIES IN MIRAMICHI
A great Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sound engineer Ben Weatherby died Tuesday night at his residence in the Miramichi
Born in Truro, N.S., Ben spent two decades in Toronto with ARC Records, starting in the 1960′s when that label had rack displays in just about every [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC01306-195x110.jpg)
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![RALPH HENDERSON REVITALIZED LOCAL COUNTRY SCENE
And I’ll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan.
I’ll be waiting drawing pictures in the sand.
Ralph Henderson’s death on April 30, 2012, took from us one of the most definitive singer-songwriters we had in our midst although, as well, for all too short a time.
Despite [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/RalphH1SM-550x250.jpg "Ralp Henderson dies, a grat loss to southern NB Music Community")
Ralp Henderson dies, a grat loss to southern NB Music Community
RALPH HENDERSON REVITALIZED LOCAL COUNTRY SCENE
And I’ll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan.
I’ll be waiting drawing pictures in the sand.
Ralph Henderson’s death on April 30, 2012, took from us one of the most definitive singer-songwriters we had in our midst although, as well, for all too short a time.
Despite [...]
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cash rasied from drawings sold go to Appleby Cancer Fund
CLOSEST TO THE REAL ELVIS, THANE DUNN AT THE IMPERIAL JAN. 7
I talked last week with a traveller who’d recently seen a concert where the hologram of a vocalist interacted with a live band on a stage. So some day soon actual holograms of ‘The King’ Elvis Presley may be singing with bands and orchestras [...] -
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RANDY VAIL AND NEPHEW BRENT MASON HAVE NEW RELEASES
He’s Tiny the Christmas Mouse/ He helps old Santa Claus/
Tiny The Christmas MouseHe puts the ribbon on the gifts/ With his little paws.
In my lifetime I’ve witnessed many children’s Christmas hits explode on Yuletide radio… Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Frosty The Snowman, [...]
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GOLD RECORD HIT MAKER BEN WEATHERBY DIES IN MIRAMICHI
A great Canadian singer, songwriter, recording artist and sound engineer Ben Weatherby died Tuesday night at his residence in the Miramichi
Born in Truro, N.S., Ben spent two decades in Toronto with ARC Records, starting in the 1960′s when that label had rack displays in just about every [...]
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![Randy Vail
LYONS AND VAIL TONIGHT AT EX, N.B. COUNTRY HALL OF FAME FRIDAY
It seemed to many local country fans that when Randy Vail and Steve Lyons split and the Lost Highway band subsequently disappeared an era had ended.
It was hoped both of them and the original Lost Highway band could be brought together [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/RickRussell11closeup-115x115.jpg "Saint John Exhibition TONIGHT, Sept. 1, 2011")
Saint John Exhibition TONIGHT, Sept. 1, 2011
Posted on September 2, 2011 | No CommentsRandy Vail LYONS AND VAIL TONIGHT AT EX, N.B. COUNTRY HALL OF FAME FRIDAY It seemed to many local country fans that when Randy Vail and Steve Lyons split and the Lost Highway band subsequently disappeared an era had ended. It was hoped both of them and the original Lost Highway band could be brought together [...] -
![DANIEL BRINGS HIS IRISH CHARM TO HARBOUR STATION
The autumn days are here again, the night winds chilly blow,
The woodlands turn to golden hue, the harvest moon’s aglow.
To [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DaODonnell-115x115.jpg "Daniel O’Donnell here June 5th")
Daniel O’Donnell here June 5th
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsDANIEL BRINGS HIS IRISH CHARM TO HARBOUR STATION The autumn days are here again, the night winds chilly blow, The woodlands turn to golden hue, the harvest moon’s aglow. To [...] -
![Sean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CharliePride1-115x115.jpg "DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE")
DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE
Posted on May 1, 2011 | No CommentsSean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]
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I have been a writer/columnist for oveer thirty years. My focus have been folk and country music in the Maritimes, but I have also been involved in writing for the Atlantic Advocate, Canada Folk Bulletin, Canadian Bluegrass Review magazine ![Sean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CharliePride1-36x36.jpg "DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE"){kind=small}
