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ARCHIVED NEWS - 2014
PERSONAL APPEARANCES
JANUARY 18, 2015
CONCERT 7PM
Savannah Center
The Villages, FL 32162
http://www.thevillagesentertainment.com/event/0
7926180de20ccebb5838de1de4b935d/In-Concert-An-
Evening-with-Bobby-Goldsboro
JANUARY 25, 2015
ART SHOW 1PM-4PM
Sea Breeze Center
The Villages, FL 32162
http://www.visualartsassociation.com/newsletter/2
01501.pdf
All event information subject to change.
Please consult www.BobbyGoldsboro.com
for further information.
Bobby continued his successful oil painting endeavors in 2014,
including some significant charitable contributions.
Highlights included an appearance in Naples, Florida, for the
Neighborhood Health Clinic Auction on February 15th. His original
painting, “Tangerine Sky,” sold for $16,000.
Bobby’s giclee print of “Mutual Admiration” earned $5,000 for the
Bobby Nichols-Fiddlesticks charity event on February 16th, hosted
by baseball legend Johnny Bench.
A special martini glass, designed and painted by Bobby and pictured
above, sold for $14,000 on February 23rd. This unique piece of art
was part of the annual auction held in Naples, Florida, providing
service dogs for wounded veterans. A giclee print provided an
additional $5,000 contribution.
Bobby’s annual appearance at The Villages in Florida on March 9th
was another enjoyable and successful event.
Bobby returned to the May Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April
2nd and 3rd.
Another art show appearance was made on December 11th at the
Gallery on Fifth in Naples, Florida.
No concert performances were scheduled for 2014.
ART SHOW SUCCESS
IN 2014
Oil painting is again
the focus of Bobby
Goldsboro’s talent
NEW MUSIC
CHRISTIAN MUSIC
Bobby is working on an original album of
Christian music. Several songs have been
selected and recorded, including one entitled,
“His Love (The Greatest of All).” One of
Bobby’s paintings has already been chosen
for the album cover. The project is still in the
early stages, with no release date.
CONCERT RECORDING
Bobby’s February 19, 2011, concert in St.
Charles, Missouri was recorded. A compact
disc release of some of the performance is in
development.
BANGLES’ SUSANNA HOFFS:
“BOBBY GOLDSBORO MAY HAVE INFLUENCED LED ZEPPELIN”
Led Goldsboro?
Susanna Hoffs, singer/guitarist of the Bangles (”Manic Monday,” “Walk Like an Egyptian”),
wrote: “I think Bobby Goldsboro may have influenced Led Zeppelin... Submitted for your
approval, my ProTools experiment!”
On August 5th, 2014, Hoffs provided a 41-second audio mash-up comparing Bobby
Goldsboro’s “Little Things” to classic rock group Led Zeppelin’s “Misty Mountain Hop.”
Listen to the audio here:
https://soundcloud.com/riffsemblance/led-goldsboro
This website was last updated January 14, 2015.
1976 “HEE HAW” SHOW TO AIR ON JANUARY 18
RFD-TV continues to rerun episodes of “Hee Haw” weekly in sequential order,
and that includes the 1976 show with guest Bobby Goldsboro. The episode
(Season 8, Episode 5) features Bobby performing“A Butterfly for Bucky” and
“Muddy Mississippi Line.” Airdates are:
Sunday, January 18th
8:00pm Eastern
Monday, January 19th
6:30am Eastern
Saturday, January 24th
4:30pm Eastern
Sunday, January 25th
1:00am Eastern
IN MEMORIAM: BOB MONTGOMERY
Music producer, singer and songwriter Bob Montgomery
(May 12, 1937 - December 4, 2014)
passed away recently in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, of Parkinson’s disease.
Bob co-produced most of Bobby’s records from 1968 through 1975,
including “Honey.” He co-wrote (with Kenny O’Dell) the song,
“Country Feelin’s,” which was included in the “California Wine” album.
In 1971, Bob and Bobby formed House of Gold Music, Inc., one of the
most successful music publishing companies for the next decade.
Bob began his musical career with junior high school classmate Buddy Holly.
Bobby Goldsboro with Bob Montgomery
(right) in 1972.
“EVENING SHADE” RETURNS ON ANTENNA TV
“Evening Shade,” the 1990-94 CBS-TV comedy series
starring Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner, is being rerun
on Antenna TV channels, beginning in January 2015. The
show airs twice on Saturday and Sunday nights at
8:00pm and 8:30pm Eastern time.
The third and fourth seasons of the show featured Bobby
Goldsboro performing his award-winning opening theme
song and various music throughout the episodes.
2014
YEAR IN
REVIEW
IN MEMORIAM: LARRY HENLEY
Singer and songwriter Larry Henley
(June 30, 1937 - December 18, 2014)
died recently in Nashville, of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
In 1968, Larry introduced Bobby to his biggest hit song, “Honey,” written
by Bobby Russell. Larry later wrote for House of Gold Music. He
co-wrote 1970’s “Water Color Days,” three songs on Bobby’s 1972 LP,
“California Wine,” and “Out Run the Sun” from “Round Up Saloon.”
Larry co-wrote “Wind Beneath My Wings” and brought the song to Bobby
to first record it. Bobby took the song to his producer, Larry Butler, who
convinced him not to do it. It became a #1 single for Bette Midler, and
won Song of the Year at the 1990 Grammy Awards.
Larry began his career as singer in The Newbeats, whose song
“Bread and Butter” reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964.
MORE BURT REYNOLDS NEWS: AUCTION, “GATOR” SCREENING/TALK
Movie and television star Burt Reynolds, through Julien’s Auctions of Beverly
Hills, held a special event in December. “Property from the Life and Career
of Burt Reynolds” was auctioned. Items were on display at the Palms Casino
in Las Vegas.
A Hascal Haile guitar and mink-lined case, gifted from Bobby Goldsboro to
Burt, were sold. The guitar has an intricate Tree of Life style inlay along the
fingerboard, with inlaid binding and around the soundhole. Small engraved
plates on both the guitar and case note that they once belonged to Bobby.
The lot was estimated at between $2,000-$3,000, but the winning bid on
December 11, 2014, came in at a whopping $10,240.
Burt Reynolds has also scheduled a personal appearance at the Lyric Theatre
in Stuart, Florida, on the evening of Sunday, January 25, 2015. Click here.
The theater will screen Reynolds’ 1976 movie, “Gator,” followed by a
discussion with the star actor/director.
The movie featured music from Bobby Goldsboro, whose song “For a Little
While” was heard throughout the film and as the closing theme.
MORE SETH MacFARLANE TWEETS
Seth MacFarlane, “Family Guy” creator, recently tweeted the following:
@SethMacFarlane
In the Bobby Goldsboro song “The Straight Life,” there’s a line where he sings about “treatin’ the
ladies to corn on the cob.” That is all.
12:51PM - 9 Apr 2014
@SethMacFarlane
Weird Bobby Goldsboro lyric of the day: “She comes to me softly with crackers and beer”
9:47AM - 13 Aug 2014
In 2012, MacFarlane tweeted, “Just once I’d like to see a car full of gang members cruising
through Los Angeles with their speakers blasting Bobby Goldsboro.” It drew enough attention that
someone made a YouTube video editing “Honey” into a clip of gang movie, “Boyz N The Hood.”
Click HERE to watch.