According to Sykes (2020), “John had the line ‘You got gold’ when we started. In 1989, Prine and his friend Keith Sykes sat down to write a song entitled “You Got Gold.” For two songwriters who spent years honing their craft, the task only took them one hour. Oftentimes, these hangout sessions would result in the birth of a song. He was a little obscure perhaps, at least when compared to the likes of people we might call “mainstream” artists, but John was heavily respected within his craft of songwriting, palling around with folks like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Goodman and Keith Sykes. In the late ’80s/early ’90s, Prine was no stranger to the music scene. For me, discovering John Prine was like finding gold. I vaguely remember a Thursday night frat party, I remember a beer keg, and I remember someone yelling “ Dude, I freaking love John Prine!” at the top of their lungs, as our Peavey loudspeaker did its best to keep from blowing. I don’t remember which college fraternity brother turned me on to the music of John Prine twenty years ago, or which song it was that first found me. Keith Foods is sponsoring the event.“ You Got Gold” Written by John Prine & Keith Sykes Keith Foods, to honor his late son, Tim, who died in a car wreck. The weekend will again include a silent auction of music-related memorabilia and other treasured items, with proceeds benefiting the Tim Mathis Scholarship Fund, which was created by Tim's father, Rusty Mathis, general manager of Ben E. 7, I LOVE, YOU LOVE, ADAMS WILLKNOPFLER MARKSTEPHENS JOHN ROGER, BMG SAPPHIRE SONGSI AM COMPOSING LLCJOHN LEGEND PUBLISHINGSTRAITJACKET SONGS LTD. In 2013, Camp was nominated for a Grammy Award for co-producing This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark, and earlier this year, he won the Grammy for co-producing Clark's latest CD, My Favorite Picture of You.
We'll be re-creating the music of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, and every little note they ever recorded from 1954-69." "I have this group with Jerry Douglas, Tim O'Brien, Barry Bales, Charlie Cushman and Johnny Warren," Camp says, "and we're calling it The Earls of Leicester. This summer, Camp has a new bluegrass project almost ready for unveiling.
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1 hits "How Long Gone" by Brooks & Dunn and "Two Pina Coladas" by Garth Brooks, plus "When You Go With Me," by Josh Turner plus Blake Shelton's "Nobody But Me," George Strait's "River of Love" and Billy Currington's "Love Done Gone." He has played in the bands of Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Suzy Bogguss and the Osborne Brothers.Ĭamp's writing or co-writing credits include No. With that, Camp was off and on his way, moving to Nashville and starting to write songs and play in bands that took note of his superior skills on not just guitar, but also on fiddle, dobro and mandolin. "So I said, 'Daddy, if you buy me that Martin guitar I admire, the second one I laid eyes on, then I can get a car with that!'" and so he did. "When I got out of high school, my Daddy said he'd buy me either a guitar or a car," Camp recalls. He has released five albums in his name, plus one with Billy Burnett as "The Bluegrass Elvises," and has also been part of a country/bluegrass/rock "supergroup" effort called the World Famous Headliners, along with "Big Al" Anderson, Pat McLaughlin, Michael Rhodes and Greg Morrow.Ĭamp got his start in music as a youth in Perryville, the son of Betty and Darrel Camp. This year, he will host several artists who have previous Spa City experience: Roger Cook, Jed Zimmerman, Richard Leigh and Nancy Apple, plus newcomers Grace Askew and Camp.Ĭamp has done a number of private shows in Arkansas with Guy Clark, but fans likely have only seen him when he headlined a show at the Old State House a decade or so ago. Sykes serves as a sort of musical ringmaster, introducing those who will perform and also finding spots to do his own music. "I used to play in Shelby Lynne's band in '89, and we opened for Willie on a tour, but this will be my first time to really play with him."īut Saturday he joins singer-songwriter Sykes, who assembles a group of musician pals at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa each year. "Willie recorded one of my songs, 'Crazy Like Me,' on his new album, Band of Brothers, so this will be a lot of fun for me. The lead-off single to his critically acclaimed Golden Road album, 'Somebody Like You,' is the quintessential. "Willie Nelson invited me to join him for his set on David Letterman's show," Camp says. Its hard to argue with 'Somebody Like You' topping this list. Hotel offers a Keith Sykes special weekend rate.) Saturday: Shawn Camp and Mark Edgar StuartĪdmission: $60, good for all events (pay online, or at the door - Arlington Hotel & Spa, Central Avenue and Fountain Street, Hot Springs.
Saturday: Keith Sykes interviews Richard LeighĨ p.m. Saturday: “Bloody Mary Morning” Song Swap with hosts Grace Askew and Nancy Appleģ p.m.
Friday: Roger Cook and Jed Zimmermanġ0:30 a.m.