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 Mickey Newbury's Profile |
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a five-minute song in a two-minute world |
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| Location: | SPRINGFIELD, Oregon |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Oct 12, 2008 (415 days back) |
About Me |
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| To learn more about Mickey, go to his official website at http://www.mickeynewbury.com and visit the cd store while you're there, run by members of Mickey's family in Oregon.
AMERICAN TRILOGY w Marie Rhines (from the great new Live At The Hermitage DVD, available at www.mickeynewbury.com in the cd store)
.....WHAT WILL I DO w Jack Williams (from Live At The Hermitage DVD)
.....YOU'RE MY LADY NOW w Jack Williams from DVD Live At The Hermitage (available for purchase at www.mickeynewbury.com)
.......SHE EVEN WOKE ME UP TO SAY GOODBYE (Johnny Cash Show)
UNCHAINED MELODY (unreleased, Triad sessions)American Trilogy CHRIS NEWBURY : AN AMERICAN TRILOGY |
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Music:Member Since: 1/24/2006Band Website: mickeynewbury.com/ Band Members: Mickey was born Milton Sims Newbury Jr in Houston on May 19, 1940 to Mamie and Milton Newbury. As a child, he was inseparable from younger brother, Jerry; it was a friendship that continued throughout his life. In high school, Mickey decided to write songs. As a teenager, he shut himself away in his room, writing poetry and learning to play guitar. He formed a doo-wop group called The Embers.In 1959, Mickey joined the Air Force and was assigned to England for three years. When he returned to the U.S., he pursued his dream of being a songwriter. He lived in a 1954 Pontiac and traveled around Texas, Tennessee, and Louisiana playing gigs and working on shrimp boats. Eventually he found himself in Nashville, and in 1964, signed a publishing contract with Acuff-Rose. He moved to Nashville in 1965 and about this time, his first child Joe was born. Shortly thereafter, Jimmy Elledge was first to cover a Newbury song, Just As Long As That Someone Is You.1966 was the year the music industry noticed Mickey Newbury. Don Gibson had a Top Ten Country hit with Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings, while Tom Jones scored a world hit with the same Newbury song. In 1968, Mickey saw huge success; three number one songs and one number five across four different charts; Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) on the Pop/Rock chart by the First Edition, Sweet Memories on Easy Listening by Andy Williams, Time is a Thief on the R&B chart by Solomon Burke, and Here Comes the Rain Baby on the Country chart by Eddy Arnold. This feat has never been repeated. That year, Mickeys first album, Harlequin Melodies, was released by RCA. He didn't like it.Mickey met New Christy Minstrels member Susan Pack on a blind date in 1967 and would not see her again until 1969 when they immediately married and lived on a houseboat outside of Nashville. Over the next four years, utilizing Nashville's best musicians, Mickey released a trilogy: Looks Like Rain, Frisco Mabel Joy and Heaven Help The Child. They are often referred to as his masterpieces.Following the birth of their first child, Chris, in 1973, the Newburys moved to Susans home town in Oregon to make a family home. A daughter, Leah, arrived in 1977. In 1980, Mickey was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.During the 80s, Mickey took a break from the music business to concentrate on his growing family and golf. Stephen joined the family in 1983 and Laura was born in 1986. In the early 90s he started writing, recording, and performing again, encouraged by his friends Bob Rosemurgy and Owsley Mannier. In 1995, Mickeys health began to fail, but he continued to produce, and the years 1995 to 2002 were some of his most productive, a period during which he almost doubled his catalogue. He also directed his attention to other ventures, beginning work on children books based on his story-songs. On September 29, 2002, he succumbed to a longtime lung disease and passed away in his sleep.Mickey Newburys songs have been recorded by hundreds of artists; over 1,000 covers have been documented. Though he considered himself a songwriter first and singer second, Mickey recorded 25 albums over 35 years. Many of his peers consider him to be the best of the best. Kris Kristofferson says....God, I learned more about songwriting from Mickey than I did any other single human being. To me he was a songbird. He comes out with amazing words and music. Im sure that I never would have written Bobby McGee or Sunday Morning Coming Down if I had never known Mickey. He was my hero and still is...Mickeys love was the music, not the business, and he actively campaigned for recognition of Americana music as early as the 1970s, when he tried to bring attention to Stephen Fosters work. Among his peers, Mickey is beloved and continues to be seen as a champion for the songwriter. Influences: Dear hearts and gentle people, this site is a co-operative effort between the Newbury family and friends of Mickey's, including one he never met. Songs offered here, Mick's and others', are provided with full permission and overflowing affection Sounds Like: the windchimes are tinkling on the back porch, Susie... ~*~ Record Label: Mountain Retreat Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Folk / Blues) |
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My Blog |
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MICKEY INDUCTED |
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| Mickey was inducted recently into the Texas Country MusicHall of Fame, along with The Whites and Buck Owens...
Read article here:http://www.registerguard.com/csp
/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.vi... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:55:00 PST |
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AN AMERICAN TRILOGY |
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| Reposted to accompany the appearance, today, ofa video clip of Mickey performing An American Trilogywith Marie Rhines.
Though Mickey wrote dozens of remarkable songs,he is best known for one he ... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:27:00 PST |
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RON LYONS (1938-2007) |
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| Ron Lyons is a bit of a radio legend in the Bay Area*,where he was on the air for more than 40 yearsbefore retiring a few years back and moving toOregon.Ron knew Mickey. When Mickey was sick, Ron took... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:03:00 PST |
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NEWBURY SONGS on YOUTUBE |
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| There's a growing number of Newbury covers onYouTube, links below. Thanks to Mickey's biographer, Joe Ziemer, for his lead in compiling these. If you haven't read Joe's book, Crystal & Stone, do y... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:45:00 PST |
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30 YEARS AGO : Mickey In England |
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| Here's an interview with Mickey from April 1977.
Read the interview here:http://www.slowcoach.plus.com/bitemyfoot/omaha/or13/or1
3_03.html... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:13:00 PST |
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WISH I WAS |
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| Paul Flaata does a fine cover of Mickey's Wish I Was.Video via the link below:
http://www.paalflaata.com/video/video5.html Posted by Mickey Newbury on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:25:00 PST |
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LAST OF THE BREED |
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| Thanks to Denise Williams for sending along this press release, and here's to Willie, Hag and Rayfor adding a Newbury cover to this project...
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 19 / PRNewswire /
Th... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 07:12:00 PST |
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MICKEY INTERVIEW |
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| Here's an internet conversation Mickey hadwith Jodi Krangle two years before he died.
http://www.musesmuse.com/int-newbury.html... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:05:00 PST |
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The Mickey Newbury Collection |
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| No Depression magazine's review of TheMickey Newbury Collection box set:http://www.nodepression.net/issues/nd20/nfa.html
The box set is available for sale atwww.mickeynewbury.com ... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:47:00 PST |
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DROPPED D |
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| Awake all night, this small guitarpulled up snug against my heartlow string dropped to make a Dchord by chord I trace his artthis man I never met but whosespirit took my hand, a friendrain and ro... Posted by Mickey Newbury on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:57:00 PST |
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