My marvelously unique mother, Bettie Lee Grbavace, was the daughter of two immigrants from Eastern Europe. Her mother, Stella Ruth Piva, committed suicide when Mama was a very young girl. Bettie Lee suffered a brutal upbringing during the severe economic slump of the 30s, with her father, Mijo Grbavace, who kept a shabby “roof […]
Country Music Hall of Fame – Visit to Archives Department & Preview Outlaws and Armadillos Exhibit Click this link for a preview film of the exhibit: https://countrymusichalloffame.org/exhibits/exhibitdetail/outlaws The Radio Dreams Project with Kimmie Rhodes and Jolie Goodnight Gracey, visit The Country Music Hall of Fame Museum bookstore and archives department to celebrate […]
RADIO DREAMS PROMOTIONAL TOUR SPRING 2018 A fascinating, intimate and spontaneous evening of stories and songs with legendary singer/songwriter Kimmie Rhodes (accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Rhodes with special guest Robert Vincent) in conversation with broadcasters, BBC Radio 2 Bob Harris OBE, BBC Ulster Ralph McLean and RTE Dublin Sandy Harsh, reflecting on Kimmie’s rich musical history, […]
Radio Dreams Project – visits Johnson City, TN, Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA – April 4-7, 2018 I just spent a great week with John Gardner (my fave drummer who has played on many of my recordings since the mid 90s) and his wife Jennifer. John, who teaches music at ETSU University in Johnson City, […]
Nothing like making some closet space! The Country Hall of FameMuseum movers came last week and with the help of our dear daughter, Jolie Goodnight Gracey ,helped us to place 3o boxes plus of archives where they belong. Its an honor to have placed not just Joe Gracey’s legacy but to have his many archives […]
What an adventure! I just spent last week in my hometown Lubbock, Texas with some really great people getting a LOT of good work done on the Radio Dreams Project, working in the Crossroads of Texas Music archives department at Texas Tech, helping hand over many pictures, recordings, writings, memorabilia, costumes, original scripts and drawings […]
This is beginning to be a lot of fun! Pending licensing clearances still underway for the Audio Documentary Companion we hope you’ll enjoy a “sneak peek” preview via the EP we recently produced to promote the upcoming Radio Dreams Launch tour beginning in London Spring 2018! It features a new song co-written with my friend […]