_____________________________________________________________________________ \\\\\___ JIM REEVES RESOURCES ___\"-._ /////~~~ tinyurl.com/jimreeves ~~~/.-' Goan Web Resources tinyurl.com/goanlinks _____________________________________________________________________________ MANGALORE REMEMBERS GENTLEMAN JIM _____________________________________________________________________________ *Please Scroll Down for the article about RADIO in Mangalore _____________________________________________________________________________ Mangalore remembers Gentleman Jim STANLY PINTO - Times of India TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2003 06:07:37 PM ] MANGALORE: For two generations of Western music enthusiasts, July 31 will always remain a sad day. It is the death anniversary of James Travis Reeves, better know as Jim Reeves. Reeves had evolved a delectable blend of pop and country music and held music-lovers the world over spellbound with his golden voice over a decade. Reeves died at the age of 40 in an air crash over the Tennessee Mountains on July 31, 1964. Jim was popular not merely for his talent but for his good nature as well and was fondly called 'Gentleman Jim'. Jim's passing away was all the more poignant because he was at the peak of his singing career and popularity and could have easily ruled the charts for several more years. But Jim's voice remains evergreen with youngsters born years after he passed away enjoying his music as much as probably their parents did. His fans from Mangalore have decided to commemorate Jim's 39th death anniversary in a fitting manner on Thursday. The event, called 'A Tribute to Jim Reeves', will have renderings of his songs. Local singer Max Karkada, who sounds a lot like Jim, will be the lead singer. There will also be an interesting mix of popular songs by Jim's peers like Engelbert Humperdinck, Elvis Presley and Tom Jones. Born on August 20, 1923 in Texas, Jim Reeves, while studying at the Texas University, was better known as a baseball player and was a skilled pitcher. A pain in the leg and back obviated his chances of making it to the national level and he was forced to seek a career in music - his original love. Starting off as a disc jockey in radio stations and presenting popular music shows, Jim brought out his own disc called Mexican Joe in 1953, which was an instant hit. In the following years came classic hits like Bimbo, Yonder Comes A Sucker, Four Walls, Blue Boy, My Lips Are Sealed, According to My Heart, Am I Losing You, Danny Boy, But You Love Me Daddy, You're the Only Good Thing, Adios Amigo, Welcome to My World, I Love You Because, Distant Drums, He'll Have to Go and many more. His inspirational hymns We Thank Thee, Take My Hand, Precious Lord and his Christmas albums are selling like hot cakes even today. Jim's gentlemanly disposition cemented the bond of friendship with his musical associates like Leo Jackson and Chet Atkins for a long time. He had a way with the audience, especially with hecklers, whom he used to win over in his own inimitable way. Besides being a past-master in voice modulation, he had great skills in voice intonation. He was also a good mimic and entertainer at concerts. His popularity soon spread to other continents like Europe. At the zenith of his career, as he was preparing for a European tour in 1964, Jim Reeves and his pianist-manager Dean Manuel died when their single-engine plane ran into bad weather and crashed into dense woods outside Nashville. Their bodies could be retrieved only on August 2, after a 500-strong search party, including his fellow singers, did a thorough combing of the area. Originally published on URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=105239 ____________________________________________________________________________ *Here's a recent great article about RADIO in Mangalore ____________________________________________________________________________ News -- Mangalore: Good Old Radio's Turning Hip Courtesy: Jaideep Shenoy/The Hindu Mangalore, Sep 18: AIR Mangalore's heady take on Western music is growing in popularity among the young people. Generation Next in this coastal district may not have private FM channels to whet its appetite for groovy stuff. But Akashavani Mangalore is making steady inroads into the generation that swears by Channel V and MTV. Drawing in the crowd is western music, particularly Hip Hop (that has little to do with the genre itself) aired on Wednesday and Close Encounter on Friday. While Hip Hop, a 30 - minute programme, is generally aired on the 8p.m. slot on Wednesday, Close Encounter, a chat show with a celebrity guest accompanied by listeners request songs is aired on first, second and fourth Fridays between 9.16 p.m. and 10p.m. Both programmes, which went on air July this year, have struck a chord with the youth here if the mails that are pouring into AIR are any indication. Thrilled by the response Concepta Fernandes, Programme Executive in-charge, is thrilled by the listeners' response. 'When we initially aired the programme, we were apprehensive if it would be well received. However, subsequent developments indicated by the stream of letters and people seeking details about the programme over phone and through personal visits to the studios have been very reassuring' she says. An impressive database covering a wide genre of music and artistes is proving to be an asset for AIR. 'We have more than 5,000 titles featuring artistes and groups like ABBA, Boney M, Beegees, Beatles, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Iron Maiden, JIM REEVES, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Christy Lane, Shirly Bassy, Madonna, Kylie, Britney, Shania Twain, Celin Dion, so on and so forth. You Name any artiste/group, we have at least a couple of his/her numbers. Our country music collection is really good. We have some of the exclusive gramophone records which you won?t find in the market now. We have been upgrading our collection. As of now our collection is sufficient to play for two hours everyday for next six months without having to repeat a single song already broadcast,' says a gleeful Concepta. 'I have avid listeners who besides sending in their requests have also met me asking if I could air their voice along with their favourite number. We have also been receiving e-mails and SMSs for song requests and it is becoming increasingly difficult to accommodate all of them in the 30-minute weekly slot I have on Hip Hop. Listeners are demanding at least an hour of western music daily.' Growing Popularity Another pointer to the growing popularity of these programmes is the irate reaction it provokes from young listeners when the station is forced to cancel or reschedule them to accommodate mandatory relays. 'A few of these decisions are not in our hands and we try our level best to assuage the feelings of our listeners during the next broadcast as and when we air it as per schedule.' While Hip Hop is a programme based solely on listeners requests, occasionally featuring a youth achiever, Close Encounter features a celebrity guest who shares his/her views and life experience with the anchor. The programme plays music that could be based either on requests or as desired by the guests. 'We have featured the First Lady from Karnataka who has become Governor of a Lions District, First Lady IRS Officer from Mangalore, Director of Mangalore Airport, Vice President of Public Relations Society of India, Famous Homoeopath, and many others. Many more celebrities like Educationists, counsellors, CEOs, Chairmen of various organizations who have made a mark in society will be featured in coming episodes.' 'We intend to record people specially the youth at malls and on campuses. Their requests can then be woven into the final broadcast package with editing back at the studios. Installation of 'Virtual Studio' is half way through. Once it is complete we should be able to go live on air with requests.' The fact that BPL has evinced interest to sponsor the programme for a whole year is indication of its popularity, she adds. There are already a few local sponsors. Requests can be sent to manakash@sancharnet.in or airmnglr@sancharnet.in From: http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=14672&n_ tit=Mangalore%3A+Good+Old+Radio%92s+Turning+Hip ____________________________________________________________________________ Another super article: Christmas In The Air MANGALORE/BANGALORE, Dec 17, 2007: Christmas is truly a harbinger of great joy across the globe. These two cities have a common bondage in celebrating Christmas and they are now in overdrive to celebrate Christmas the arrival of infant Jesus! Promenading through the lanes in the residential area in these cities one can feel literally the people are getting ready. Some of the houses are being cleaned -'Christmas cleaning' some others are getting a fresh coat of paint, few others are already decorating their gardens and balconies with colourful lights and in many others there is a Christmas tree sitting in the verandah. These days we get synthetic Christmas trees which are five feet in height and unless one touches it he will not know that it is not the real Christmas tree, which is wonderful says Joseph at Shivajinagar market in Bangalore. He procures it from Georgia in Russia and he has been sending them to places like Mysore, Mangalore and Hubli where small quantities are taken by the people. It could be folded and stored in a nice kit that comes along. With the Christmas tree secured it is time for shopping. Bakeries are flooded with orders for Christmas cakes. Big bakers like Nilgiris, Sweet Chariot in Bangalore, Vaz bakery, City Bakery, R. D'Souza and sons, also Nilgiris in Mangalore are now royally stocked with all kinds of Cakes, right from the basic plum cake to rich dark chocolate and multi layered cheese cakes that makes you drool and feeling gooey all over and itching to bite into one of gorgeous cakes. Taj Manjarun, Moti Mahal, Gold Finch have also got into the act and are wooing the middle class people to buy from them, hoardings of Christmas celebrations in these hotels have already begun appearing all over the place in Mangalore. While in Bangalore, Taj West End, Residency, Oberoi, Welcomgroup Windsor Manor have also put up Christmas parties. Small places like the corner house at Residency Road, Thom's Cafe in Frazer Town, Fathima on Brigade road, Sweet Chariot on Cunninham road have all decked up for Christmas. In Mangalore city every place in every street corner appear to have come alive for Christmas. The best part is the Christmas Shopping. Every shop keeper has thought the best things for Christmas. Right from the garment shop to the specialized Christmas gift shops like Jerosa and Shetty's have stocked up everything that Christmas celebrations demands. Special range of Guitars from Spain, Italy and USA have arrived at Jerosa, special imported glass balls, white doves, Christmas trees, crystal stars, St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) Socks, Santa caps, Rudolf the Reindeer and the cribs have arrived in a big way. Talk about the cribs and entire Christmas planning takes a new pleasurable turn. Almost every Christian house in Mangalore creates its own crib, infant jesus in the lap of Mother Mary, Joseph and his fellow Shepherds and little sheep make up the crib. The depiction is so heart rendering that people from all walks of life and religion throng to the churches, schools and the neighbouring houses to see them. In many places even among the Hindu fraternity children form their own cribs. A sales girl at Jerosa near Milagres says that she has sold items for the crib to Children from the Hindu families which they fondly take home. The largest crib is being arranged in the St. Joseph's Seminary at Valencia followed by St. Sabastian's Church in Bendoor. The home of Octavia Albuqurque one of the senior citizens behind Fr. Mullers will have the most touching crib. Christmas music is one that endears all. Even the hard rock music buffs listen to the softest Christmas carols and spirituals during Christmas time. The good old numbers of Jim Reeves, Amy Grant, Paco de Lucia and many others are still listened with a new zest. Music shops here are flooded with new Christmas music by new artistes. Jim Reeve's 'Merry Christmas' Elivis Preseley's 'Blue Christmas' BoneyM's 'Mary's Boy Child', 'Rivers of Babylon' and their various re-mixes have already being played in the homes. And not to forget the 'Saints Go Marchin in' by Paul Mc Cartney and Paul Anca. The best part of the Christmas carols is still the old fashioned guitar playing carol singers that move from home to home in Bangalore and Mangalore. A group of youth from St. Joseph's College and Indian High School in Bangalore who form various pop and rock groups in the city take their acoustic guitars, harmonicas and spanish guitars and sing melodious carols starting from the evening and go on upto midnight. They are seen in most part of the Frazer Town, Cox Town, Benson Town, Langford Town, Richmond Town and some other areas. In Mangalore The White Doves group (which this website has already featured) is the main group in caroling. From: http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=61144 ____________________________________________________________________________ Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html Doctrine of International Copyright Law ____________________________________________________________________________