WELCOME TO THE GREENFIELD, OHIO COUNTRY MUSIC STARS WEB-SITE.
I John Smith with ( EAST TEXAS COUNTRY MUSIC ) is stepping down from the office of East Texas Country Music to do bigger and better things in the Nashville area. I am turning this site over to Jeffery Allen Cropper to handle. He will be in charge of the play calling from here on out. This does not mean I am done with promoting Greenfield, Ohio country music. I feel that my part of this business should be focused on my new job in Nashville. I have switched the name over to Greenfield Country Music.
I got other important tasks to fulfill. I am going to change a couple things below and then turn this all over to Cropper. Thank you Greenfield, Ohio for your support & God Bless.
John Smith
RETIRED
East Texas Country Music
Dallas, Texas
Wrote By John Smith
RETIRED
East Texas Country Music
Dallas, Texas
GREENFIELD, OHIO 45123 is a small Country town nestled in the southern part of the state. About 60 miles north east of Cincinnati. And 60 miles south of Columbus, Down in the farming area of the state. Greenfield has a power packed knock out punch in Country Music. It is the birth place of Country Music singer/songwriter and Legend Johnny PayCheck, ( Born Donald Eugene Lytle ) on May 31st. 1938 in Greenfield.
Donny was performing in talent contests by the age of nine in Greenfield and around the state, riding the local rails as a drifter by the time he turned 15. He also hitchhiked around the country performing as "THE OHIO KID", playing in honky tonks, bars and clubs at the real tender age of 15, with a borrowed guitar most of the time.
He also recorded under the name of Donny Young for Decca Records in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Buddy Killen from Nashville got Owen Bradley to listen to Donny sing and got him the contract. Donny was the founder of the original Jones boys ( George Jones' Band ).
Greenfield also has several other famous Country Music Stars. Like The Adams Brothers for instance. Don & Gary who played for George Jones & Johnny Paycheck and several other top name musicians in the Country Music industry in the 1960's & 1970's. Don Adams had a recording career in the 1970's which yeilded some Great Country Music. He recorded for Atlantic Records and released an album called ( On His Way ) A record that didn't do to bad back in it's time. Johnny Paycheck wrote the liner notes for that album for Don. Don's brother Gary ( SHOW HOG ) Adams as he is called by his friends in the music business. Should be and I hope will be one of these days be known for being the ( Originator ) of that early George Jones & Johnny Paycheck sound. As I will point out later on in this web-site. It should be noted that Gary is a legendary guitar picker in the world of Country Music. He really laid down the path for the rest of the boys in Nashville to follow. And should get the credit do him. He went on to play for several other country greats after leaving the bands of George Jones and Johnny Paycheck. As a lead guitar player Gary didn't have no problem landing a job with Alan Jackson as a fill in lead guitar player from time to time. Gary was in a serious car accident in about the time frame of 2004 or 2005 that almost claimed his life with fellow musician, friend and songwriter Jim Bristly.
They were hit in the rear by a speeding car as they were existing down an exist ramp in Columbus, Ohio on their way home from a show. Gary has since recovered and now helps out at the Country Opry house over in Hillsboro, Ohio. Also Gary & Don's brothers ( Farrell & Darrell ) played with some top notched country bands in the Country Music Industry in the 1970's and 1980's. Darrell had some Demo recordings he did in the early 1990's that were never released to the public. ( But I have them for you to hear on here ). Darrell also played at local bars, clubs and honky tonks in and around Greenfield and the state of Ohio. And also preformed at the local Paint Valley Jamboree in Bainbridge, Ohio along with putting on concerts at the local Greenfield McClain High School there in Greenfield where his children went to school. Farrell also played for the Great George Jones from time to time when George needed a musician that could fill in that was close to him.( REMEMBER ALL THOSE EARLY GEORGE JONES - NO SHOWS - GEORGE GOT BLAMED FOR AN HAD EARLIER ON IN HIS CAREER AND IS SO FAMOUS FOR ), Most of the time he was in Greenfield, Ohio or close to it. I have a secret weapon in Country Music, a person I'll mention later on in this Greenfield, Ohio discography of Country Music Stars.
The Adams Family in gerenal was born with Country Music tradition in their blood. They had a sister named Marcie that when she sang would send chills up & down your spine with her lovely voice. A beautiful lady with a voice like an angel. The family recorded and released a gospel album in the 1970's and Marcie sang like an angel on it. Speaking of Angels. There was one in Greenfield by the name of Paul. Who recorded a lot of Great Country Music legends back in his day. Paul had a recording studio in the basement of his home and recorded the boys cutting up and having a grand ol' time and should be given a lot of credit for promoting Donny Lytle & Don Adams and Gary. Along with others as well. Paul Angel also owned a night club called ( The Club 28 ) in Greenfield back in the late 1950's an early 60's. Donny Lytle got his start singing & playing there.
Paul was instrumental in getting Donald Lytle & Don Adams started in the Professional World of the Country Music Recording Business. I want to dedicate this web-site to Paul Angel & his wife Donna, tho I don't know him or her personally. Paul Angel had a lot of heart and soul and did all he could to promote Country Music by getting those boys started in the Country Music recording business. Paul wrote a song that hit the charts back in the day called ( Big Town Baby ). As a promoter myself, I hold the utmost respect for Paul Angel.
Paul had also recorded a lot of other legendary Country Music Stars in his basement there in Greenfield during the late 1950's, 1960's & 1970's.
( Man' would I love to get my hands on those recordings ).
Donny Lytle or Johnny Paycheck as we came to know him. Also played for Country Music Giants Ray Price, Faron Young, Skeets McDonald, Porter Wagoner & George Jones. And recorded a lot of Country Music sessions in Paul's Basement in Greenfield with friends such as Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings just to name a few.
Johnny got himself into some really bad trouble on December 19th. 1985 after he stopped at The North High Lounge in Hillsboro, Ohio in ( Highland County ) for a drink while he was on his way home to visit family in Greenfield. Johnny shot a childhood friend ( Larry Wise ) in the head at that bar. Johnny was arrested and put in jail. Waylon Jennings & George Jones went to Hillsboro to bail Johnny out and help their friend & fellow musician. After Johnny went to all his court appearances. And after all of Johnny's appeals were exhausted. On February 7th. 1989. Johnny entered C.C.I. ( The Chillicothe Correctional Institute in Chillicothe, Ohio ). The same place a fellow friend & musician that wrote his biggest hit song ( Take This Job And Shove It ) spent some time at as well. I talking about ( David Allan Coe ). Chillicothe is a town that is not too far from where Johnny once lived and grew up. After serving nearly 2 years in prison. Then Governor Richard Celeste freed Johhny on January 10th. 1991. Johnny's family and friends from home were there to support him through this rough point in his life. ( His Mom Cloe, brother Jeff, His sister, His son Jonathan, Wife Sharron, friend Roger Ross & Larry & Jane Adams, along with CBS executive & good friend Nick Hunter, ex-manager Glenn Ferguson was there to. Just to name a few ).
Johnny's friend and recording buddy Merle Haggard put on a concert From Inside The Walls There at the Chillicothe prison for the prisoners and the wardon in the early part of the 1990's.
( THIS ALBUM IS STILL YET TO BE RELEASED ) BUT HAVE I GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU ) I HAVE A COUPLE SONGS FROM THAT CONCERT ON THIS WEB-SITE FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE.
( I want to thank Larry & Jane Adams, Roger Ross & Jeffery Allen Cropper for the recordings of that concert ).
On another Greenfield Country Music note, Brad Martin had a hit song on the Billboard Country charts and made a video of it for CMT ( Country Music Television ) and G.A.C. ( Great American Country ).
The title being called ( Before I Knew Better ). Just one of many good songs you'll find on his album called Wings of A Honky Tonk Angel. Country Music radio stations across the U.S. and Canada played the song in an around the time of 2004 or 2005. It is a good song and people still request it to this day.
Also hometown Country Boy and Outlaw Jeffery Allen Cropper ( who I mentioned earlier ). Is that secret Country Music weapon I was telling you all about earlier on in this story I am telling you now about all the Greenfield Country Music Artists. He gave me a lot of good stories I am telling you about. While talking to him on the phone, I recorded our conversations and I am using them as a reference to write this web-site.
I hope these stories he told me are true. I really like Jeff, and I really don't have no reason to doubt what he says. I bet if you were to cut him, He would bleed Country Music. He is a bundle of Country Music facts. Jeff recorded a Country, Southern Rock Style ( Biker ) Blues album with his best friend & fellow musician Glen Powell. Who is one of Jeff's heroes. ( THAT ALBUM IS FOR ADULTS ONLY ). Jeff has been singing and recording since he was 7 years old, with friends like Nick, Eric & Jamie an friend John Anderson ( Raven ) Corcoran from Huntersville, North Carolina.
I had a guy from Greenfield tell me they nicknamed Jeff ( Arson ) back when he was 5 or 6 years old. That's really a young age. I really don't think I want to know why they called him that. But I can figure it out on my own as to why. Thanks Nick for the story.
Jeff has preformed around the country at County Fairs, Festivals, Motorcycle Rally's, Honky Tonks and Biker bars. I call Jeffery an Outlaw because just like his heroe Johnny Paycheck or Donny Young. However you know him as. Might think the two of them were related or something. And hell they just might be. ( I just wanted to throw that in there ). I want to thank Jeffery ( or ) Crop. as he is known around Greenfield, for lending me a lot ( If not all ) of the Greenfield Country Music talent and the Johnny Paycheck rare & scarce interviews that you are getting ready to download and listen to.
There is also another Greenfield Country Music Recording Artist by the name of Glen Powell A.K.A. ( Glen Ray ). Glen got the nickname ( Glen Ray ) from Benny Barnes an old friend he use to work with at McMullen Transportation there in Greenfield when he was a truck driver. Benny was referring to Glen as being the next Billy Ray Cyrus ( I just can't think of Glen being the next heart throb for America from Greenfield ). I think of Glen being more like Country Music Legend Mel Tillis. ( Get Glen fired up and you'll see ) But man can he sing. Glen headed for Nashville in the late 1990's and recorded a few songs on a minor label. Glen also can play a damn good petal steel guitar.
Just like His Heroes ( Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons, Brother Jim Murphy & Norman Hamlet ). Glen has an uncle, another Greenfield, Ohio legendary steel guitar player by the name of Billy Powell.
Billy Powell played a lot of country music with a lot of famous people in his time as well.
A name that hasn't been brought up lately but in no way has faded away in the minds of Country Music Lovers from Greenfield and the surrounding area is little Melanie Haines, ( Who ain't little no more ). Melanie is from between South Salem & Bainbridge Ohio, but grew up in and around Greenfield. She attended school at Greenfield McClain High School. She sang in plenty of country bands growing up. But she is most remembered for her stint while singing at the Paint Valley Jamboree in Bainbridge, Ohio. A town not very far from Greenfield, just down the road on State Route 41 South out of Greenfield. Melanie has a pure sweet voice that captivates you right from the start. She is a pure country talent. ( Tho I do not have any of her recordings with in this web-site, I hope to have some soon. So please check back periodically ). I remember seeing Melanie Haines & Jeffery Allen Cropper singing when I was up that way scouting for talent back in the mid 1990's. I ended up setting there the whole show and I missed my appointment with the client I was suppose to interview and possibly sign. I wish I would have made some sort of contact with those two back then. But I had to hit the road and head towards Columbus. It was getting late and I knew nothing about that area at the time and I was afraid some hill jack would beat me up or try to rob me. Because The Paint Valley Jamboree was across the street from a bar. So as quickly as I could, I jumped in my Mercedes and got the hell out of that town.
Sean Poole is just another one of Greenfield's hidden talents. I remember seeing him at The Paint Valley Jamboree as well that night. Sean sings more contemporary style country of today and can play a mean guitar as well. Tho he is no Gary Adams. I only have one song that he recorded that him and Jeffery Allen Cropper wrote together. The song is about an x-girlfriend that the two of them use to share. I know that don't sound right ( but it's the truth ). Just not at the same time. The song is called ( She won't listen to a word I say ). And it is a pretty good written song that shows the songwriting ability of these two close childhood best friends.
The reason I put this web site together is so you the listener can get a taste of the kind of Great Country Music that has come from such a small town such as Greenfield, Ohio.
If you are interested in any of The featured Greenfield, Country Music Artists on this web-site.
( Please seek out an buy which ever artist or artist's Country Music you enjoy and prefer to listen to.
I do not want and will not take any cash, check, money orders or credit card payments from anyone for this music. It is not the property of East Texas Country Music. It is the soul property of each entertainer you hear singing it. I do not do business that way.
I am not receiving any compensation for putting this web-site on the World Wide Web for the benefit of each Greenfield, Ohio Country Music Entertainer. The Internet is a fairly new way to get free entertainment at the click of a mouse. But please don't steal their music. Be a loyal and honest country music fan and support their Country Music by sending a generous donation to whichever artist you like.
A TRUE Country Music Fan would do that out of kindness and respect. Country music fans are the best people in the world AND GREENFIELD, OHIO HAS THE BEST ONE'S OF ALL ( So please don't break the cycle ).
This web-site can be accessed from any computer with in the world and abroad.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE IS THE DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION ON HOW TO REACH EACH ARTIST AND MUSICIAN TO ORDER THEIR COUNTRY MUSIC STRAIGHT FROM THEM. THIS INFORMATION IS PUBLIC ACCESS. WE DID NOT RECIEVE THIS INFORMATION ILLEGALLY.
My soul purpose for this web-site is to keep the Greenfield, Ohio Country Music playing, and keep it alive. I hope you will support them on this venture.
We take a lot of pride in this issue and will take any information you may have as to how to order, pay for, send pictures, video or recordings of Country Music from Greenfield and pass it along to:
Jeffery Allen Cropper
Greenfield Country Music
THE NEW NAME & MANAGER OF THIS SITE
GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC DOES NOT PAY ANY MONEY OUT TO ANYONE FOR THE USE OF THE MATERIAL. WE ARE A NON-PROFIT ORGANAZATION THAT HELPS PROMOTE ARTISTS AND THEIR COUNTRY MUSIC. GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC ONLY MAKES IT'S MONEY FROM DONATIONS SENT TO US FROM YOU THE LISTENER.
IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DO NOT WANT GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC REPRESENTING YOU AND YOUR MUSIC. PLEASE LET USE KNOW BY U.S. MAIL. WITH YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED. AFTER CONFIRMING THAT YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE PART OF GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC.
WE WILL REMOVE YOU FROM OUR WEB-SITE. WE MEAN NO DISRESPECT
WE ONLY WANT THE BEST TO COME OUT OF THIS WEB-SITE FOR YOU THE ARTIST AND MUSICIAN'S. ( AND IT DOESN'T HURT TO ADD A LITTLE EXTRA POCKET CHANGE TO YOUR WALLET OR POCKETBOOK. )
GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC - GRANTS YOU THE ARTIST AND OR MUSICIAN'S THE RIGHT TO USE THE NAME TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC. AFTER ALL WE ARE BACKING YOU 100% AND MAKING YOU A HOUSE HOLD NAME AND WORLD WIDE STAR. TRY USING THE WORD FAMOUS TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF. THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE MAKE YOU FAMOUS. GET THE POINT.
I am in direct contact with Jeffery Allen Cropper and a few other people from Greenfield, Ohio who want to put their little town and Country Music Artists & Musicians on the map of famous Country Music Stars. Please e-mail Jeffery Allen Cropper what pictures, video, music information you may have that you want him to consider for this site.
He will then pass it on to me, where I will review it an consider passing it on to the Country Music Recording Industry. Only if we feel it has passed our code of conduct. I love the small town of Greenfield, Ohio and would love to live there and visit it someday in the near future. I want the world to know that Greenfield, Ohio has legendary country music talents.
Jeffery Allen Cropper who I have named previously, Is now the new manager of the
GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC STARS WEB-SITE. I have come to know him in a little over a year and a half. He will handle all inquires and e-mail concerns. He can be reached at:
Each Greenfield, Ohio Country Music Artist you are about to hear on this site comes from a different back ground and walk of life. But they all share one thing in common. They all have a strong love for Country Music. We have made it our mission to collect all of and most famous Greenfield, Ohio Country Music Artist's & Musician's we can find. If you have a demo tape or C.D. recording of you or someone else you know from Greenfield or close to the surrounding area singing Country Music.
We would love to hear it. ( BUT ) we are in no way interested in ( KARAOKE ) tapes or recordings.
** WE FILL THAT KARAOKE HAS RUINED THE COUNTRY MUSIC RECORDING BUSINESS**
***KARAOKE IS A SECRET NASHVILLE DIDN'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT***
Unless you are paying some sort of respect to a Greenfield, Ohio Country Music artist or musician.
But please don't let that discourage you into not sending us your Demo recordings, tapes or C.D's.
We take only .mp3 files through ( YAHOO MESSENGER ) over the Internet
( PLEASE E-MAIL ( JEFFERY ALLEN CROPPER ) AT THE BELOW E-MAIL ADDRESS TO SET UP A TIME TO MEET ONLINE FOR A FILE TRANSFER TRANSACTION
If you do not have your music in ( .mp3 ) form. Please contact ( Jeff ) and he can schedule a time to meet and transfer the Greenfield Country Music over. Or you can send him U.S. mail with your 33 LP, 45, Cassette or C.D. to:
JEFFERY ALLEN CROPPER
P.O. Box 147
Greenfield, Ohio 45123
In care of ( Greenfield Country Music ). After he recieves the music and transfers it over to the right format. He will add it to this site. I was a record promoter with ( East Texas Country Music ) until I RETIRED last month to move to Nashville to start work with a new record company. I taught Jeffery all the tricks of the trade in the art of the Country Music Recording Business that I know. I gave him hands on training as to how to run and manage a promoting company. Such as this web-site ( GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC ). And he does a fine job.
I will still continue to help promote Greenfield, Ohio Country Music only if He & I agree at the same time that you have what it takes to make it in the World Of Professional Recorded Country Music.
If you want to be heard & seen on a large scale. Then join him here at:
GREENFIELD COUNTRY MUSIC
I would also like to say a special thanks to the late Greg Hadley's Family & Robert ( Bob ) Giffin's family who are avid country music collectors on Greenfield, Ohio Talent and other Traditional Country Music Artist. Along with life long Greenfield resident Gary Cropper who is ( Jeff's Dad ) for their love of Country Music. God Bless you all. With that said, Click Below to download and listen to the hits from these Greenfield, Ohio Country Music Artists.
We also put together 18 + pages of Country Music Downloads by The Country Music Artists from Greenfield, Ohio.
( REMEMBER THIS ) - There is only one start page to it all and your on it. So please bookmark this page so you can come back to it and sign our guestbook to tell us what you think of Greenfield, Ohio Country Music. Our guestbook is public and can be viewed by all. Drop us a line on our feedback line below at:
( Promoting The sounds of Greenfield, Ohio Country Music.
Please take some time out for just a few seconds to sign our guestbook and tell us what you think
If you have any funny stories you would like to share with us or your opinion about any of the artists from Greenfield you heard. Please tell us when you sign our guestbook.
Also if you have any pictures, video and or any recordings of any Country Music from a Greenfield resident that you would like us to review and consider. Please E-mail Jeff at the below e-mail address
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