Interview with Jim Ed Brown
b'Whether as a solo artist or in a duet with with Helen Cornelius,\\xa0JIM ED BROWN never fails to make magic with a song. But, any discussion about the career of Jim Ed would have to begin with the years he spent singing with his sisters Maxine and Bonnie as The Browns. Recording together for well over a decade, the trio put together a catalouge that included \\u201cLookin\\u2019 Back To See,\\u201d \\u201cI Heard The Bluebirds Sing,\\u201d and their iconic 1959 crossover record \\u201cThe Three Bells.\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\nLooking back on that family blend of harmony that brought him to the dance, Jim Ed says his singing with his siblings never really had a beginning point. It was just something that always was a part of life, growing up in Sparkman, Arkansas. \\u201cWe started singing when we were young kids. I lost my little brother when I was nine years old, and I remember he and I sang together. We would listen to Daddy\\u2019s old battery operated radio. If it was a clear night, we might be able to pick up the Grand Ole Opry,\\u201d he recalls.\\xa0\\n\\nJim Ed\'s easy going nature and movie-star good looks led to a long career on television \\u2013 with stints on his own The Country Place TV show in the early 1970s, Nashville On The Road, and You Can Be A Star \\u2013 which helped launch many of Music City\\u2019s greatest, including Linda Davis. Then, in 1976, fate \\u2013 and Chet Atkins stepped in again. \\u201cChet found this song, and gave it to Bob Ferguson \\u2013 who was my producer at the time. It was a great song - \\u2018I Don\\u2019t Want To Have To Marry You.\\u2019 I wanted to do it solo, but he wanted me to do it as a duet.\\xa0He said he wanted me to cut it with Helen Cornelius."\\xa0\\n\\nJim Ed Brown joins me on the show to talk about his music career and new album In Style Again.'