August 13, 2008
LARRY CROWLEY ROCKS PORTLAND, MAINE
The incredible Larry Crowley of Wonderment Records,
who recently showcased his new record to a packed house in Nashville,
has rocked another packed house in Portland, Maine. Crowley did
a benefit show that raised $5,000. for the Northeast Hearing &
Speech Center. Larry Crowley delivered, as promised, an exciting
evening of entertainment that most rockin’ roller’s
can only dream about with his vocal tones and gunslinger style
of guitar. Larry is a rocker who embodies great compassion for
his music as well as his charity. Striving to be the best and
do the best for both. . . it is obvious he is succeeding.
Wonderment Records donated part of the proceeds
from record sales to the Northeast Hearing & Speech Center
in conjunction with the money raised by Larry Crowley.
July 28, 2008
We'd like to thank Crest
Ridge Saddlery® who have agreed help promote the next
2008 trail ride event and they will attend to give a saddle fitting
clinic.
July 28, 2008
ROYAL WADE KIMES
THROWS A WIDE LOOP
Royal Wade Kimes has established himself as a 'singing cowboy
throwing a wide loop.' Country Weekly, the largest country music
magazine in the world, just a few weeks ago mentioned him being
called the '21st Century Marty Robbins by his peers. Just this
week Western Way Magazine, published by the Western Music Association,
has given him a major story,written by Marvin O'Dell, a free lance
writer, in which they take their hats off to Royal Wade Kimes
for his vision to the future of the music business as a whole.
Don Cusic, a premier historian of country music, an internationally
known scholar, instructor and writer gave ink to the fact that
Royal Wade Kimes had stirred up quite a bit of dust with the Country
Weekly article. . . .not only in Country but Western as well.
With Royal Wade's new show on XM Channel 10 'AMERICA', 'Tales
From The Trail', America gets a real taste of just how wide the
prairie is in Country and Western music. The public gave it a
thumbs up by the show receiving more e-mail and phone-ins than
any debuting show since the beginning of XM Satellite Radio.
Royal Wade Kimes was the No. 1 most downloaded
Country & Western Artist on iTunes just a few weeks ago, serving
notice to all that his brand of music is alive and well. It was
the first time a more western flavored country act accomplished
that.
Wade's view, "everything has a beginning. . . we've begun".
Yes, Royal Wade throws a wide loop, he sees no fences and ropes
in both Country and the Western; as he put it, "this music
used to be called Country and Western. But, if you go back and
check it out, Western might have been leading the herd and Country
might have been riding drag!"
Country Weekly Article
April 21, 2008
CATCHING UP WITH
Happy Trails
Real cowboy Royal Wade Kimes
reveals his calling is to bring
back the Old West - and he's
loving every minute of it!
STORY BY BOB PAXMAN
Fans and aficionados of the Old West-
Royal Wade Kimes knows you're out there somewhere. And he
understands that sometimes you feel like the Lone Ranger,
because no one else seems to share your passion.
Well, Royal Wade does. And this true son of the West, a descendent
of Ozark Mountain bank robbers, is feeding that passion with
a new CD of cowboy songs, How the West Was Sung, and his XM
Satellite Radio program, Tales From the Trail, which premiered
April 20.
"On the radio show, we tell stories about the West, and
we have guests who come in and perform," notes Royal
Wade, who has twice won the Academy of Western Artists Will
Rogers Award for promoting and preserving Western Heritage.
"There is a renewed interest in cowboy culture."
BEING HIMSELF
And that couldn't be better news for
Royal Wade, who's put the "western" back in "country
and western" with acclaimed albums like Hangin' Around
the Moon and A Dyin' Breed, which features his duet with pal
Garth Brooks, "Night Birds." And Royal Wade's also
an accomplished Western artist and novelist. Check out royalwadekimes.com.
"When I was in Nashville I couldn't get arrested,"
declares Royal Wade, a one-time farmhand for country icon
Loretta Lynn. "Then I just decided that I had to be me.
I'm a cowboy-I ride trails, I can rope. I figured if I kept
hitting the same licks," he smiles, "sooner or later
I'd chop a tree down."
Now he's building a strong following with his throwback style.
"People tell me that they feel that they can get away
from everything with my music," explains Royal Wade.
"After listening to these cowboy songs, they have a different
outlook on life."
Wade's been called a "21st-century Marty Robbins."
'GOOD-BYE'
"I lost a good friend today. Mister Eddy Arnold was the reason
for any success I may have achieved in the world of music.
I could more
info...
TAILS FROM THE TRAIL DEBUT
Make sure that you tune in to "Trails from the Trail"
Radio Show on D.C. XM. This Debut is on April 20, 2008 at
9 pm Eastern, 8 pm Central. Airs again on April 27, 2008 at
9pm Eastern, 8 pm Central. You don't want to miss this!
SONG OF THE WEEK
Texas Radio of the Netherlands rides with Royal Wade Kimes
more
info...
 PICK
UP A COPY OF COUNTRY WEEKLY
Out on stands April 21, 2008 Country Weekly does story on
the number one western act in America, Royal Wade Kimes.
Stay tuned for more info...
ANOTHER NOTCH ON THE HANDLE FOR ROYAL
WADE KIMES
"Faster Gun" is rising to the top ten, currently
at #6, with lightening speed. They may have forgotten the
likes of Marty Robbins in the States, but Europe and Australia
have embraced Royal Wade Kimes with "Faster Gun",
a song not unlike that of Marty Robbins', "Big Iron".
According to Hot Country News, Royal Wade Kimes'
"Faster Gun" has been well received. The song is
a gunfighter uptempo with nice harmonies and co-written with
the talented Michael Hauser, former program director of KOMS
Radio in the great State of Arkansas.
XM RADIO
Be sure to keep an ear tuned to XM Channel 10 (America). You'll
be thrilled to hear that RWK will have his own radio show,
"Tales From The Trail", which will be on the airwaves
soon. Check out the Channel
10 website for details, as they become available.
 CHECK
YOUR NEWSSTAND!
Check our your local newsstands for the April issue of True
West magazine! Not only will you find Wade on the front
cover, but they'll be doing a nice feature article to boot.
(As far as we know, RWK is the only recording artist to ever
grace the front cover of True West magazine.)
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