Reading between the Grooves

One man's view of music - past, present, and future.
A look at recordings and music from many genres
from the Mad Doctor of Musical Mayhem

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Tom Rush: No Regrets

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It’s not very often that I feature an American folksinger on Traditional Tuesday’s, but the other night I reacquainted myself with a true Am...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

KT Tunstall: Tangled Up In Blue

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Today’s Monday cover is Scottish vocalist KT Tunstall’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s classic track “Tangled up in Blue.” This live cut is fanta...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Buddy Miller: All My Tears

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I first heard this song in 2007 when I discovered an AT&T Blue Room mini concert featuring Buddy Miller. Unfortunately, that concert as ...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

John Mayall: Back to the Roots

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John Mayall, not to be confused with that other fine musician John Mayer, is one of those living legends of music who through his many band ...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi

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I got thinking about this song because our house is being purchased by my employer to be torn down to make way for a parking lot or a green ...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Screamin' Jay Hawkins: I Put A Spell On You

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The other night, the season finale of “Memphis” featured a song recorded by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins in 1956 for the OKeh record label. “I Pu...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Four Live Yardbirds

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There are those bands from the 60s that are well known (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who) even today’s Gen-X music lovers will a...
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Jim Owston
Associate Provost and Professor of Mass Communication at Alderson Broaddus University and an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University.

Graduate of Marshall University, West Virginia University, Southern New Hampshire University, Kentucky Christian University and Mountain State University.

Dissertation on institutional rebranding (see newriver.net) was the 2009 international winner of the Alice L. Beeman Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research in Communications and Marketing for Higher Education Advancement and was the 2008 Leo and Margaret Goodman-Malamuth Outstanding Dissertation Award for Research in Higher Education Administration.

Placed as a winner in five Active Industry Research Contemporary Hit Radio "Pick the Hits" competitions from 1983 through 1987. Each competition had 31 winners. Placed 2nd (1st among radio participants), 6th, 10th (twice), and 21st in the five competitions.

Awarded 14 gold & platinum records and an international sales award from various record companies. Winner of 30 Public Relations awards.
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