Louisiana Saturday Night Friday, February 25, 2011

Stereo: www.youtube.com Buck Norris sings "Louisiana Saturday Night" by Mel McDaniel. Mel was born in Checotah Oklahoma on September 6, 1942 but grew up in Okmulgee Oklahoma. He showed a youthful interest in music when he took up the trumpet in the fourth grade and then started to learn guitar soon after. In his teens he played in local bands and, by the time his high school years were through, was working as a musician in Tulsa clubs. Hemanaged to record several singles for some local labels, and then decided to try his luck in other locales, first in Ohio, then in Nashville in the late 1960's. His primary goal in Music City was to succeed as a songwriter. He worked in a gas station to earn a living while he tried to gain the attention of music publishers and performers. That didn't work out, so his next move was to far-off Alaska, where he became a favored country performer in Anchorage. Still, he knew stardom required being based in the lower forty-eight, and he jumped at the chance to return to Nashville in 1973, where he became a fixture for nine months playing at the Holiday Inn. The quality of his deep voice for bring out the shadings in country songs soon brought other work recording demo records for songwriters and publishers. He also formed an association with record producer Johnny MacRae, who finally got him the much sought after contract with a major label, Capitol, in 1976. One of his first recordings for that firm made the country singles charts in May 1976 ...



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