OLDER FACES IN NEW MOVIES (December, 2008)
Don Logan, a former Louisiana DJ and record company executive says he hopes a
predicted labor shortage forecast for a few years down the road will help keep older workers
remaining in the workforce. Getting out of the economic situation we are in at the present
may hinge on our ability to help older adults continue in the work force and make
contributions to society.
Since retiring from the State of Louisiana where he spent his final years in the workforce,
he has dawdled in today’s music world. Recording, writing, publishing and singing over 100
songs. Though none of his material reached that BIG HIT plateau, he is satisfied with the
few inroads he has made and a multitude of new friends made in the music circle. It’s
amazing, he says, that so many people remember him as a DJ. It has been 38 years since
he was on the air at KEEL as “Dandy Don” to a legion of fans.
Now, with the movie industry being so strong in the State of Louisiana, it was only natural
that Logan would wind up as an extra in many of the films being produced in North
Louisiana. CBS will broadcast FRONT OF THE CLASS on December 7, 2008 and. Logan
along with hundreds of local, area and regional actors and actresses will be seen in the
background in this made for TV movie.
Logan says, “Remaining active is very important as you become older to stay the well-
rounded person you are. There are some jobs I can’t do. I can’t even do all the things I did
at 30. But, I can run, jog a little, stand on my feet for long hours and am in good physical
health so, I am a background natural for any director wanting the “grandfather” look.” The
movie FRONT OF THE CLASS is the eighth movie in which Don has worked, so he now
knows most of the regular extras who are involved in the movie world on a first name basis.
It is not unusual for him to run into Ben and Emma Davidson, Alice Shields, Pete Ray,
Tim Hickey or Tommie Aulds on the movie set.
Music wise, Don has a forthcoming CD album to be released in early 2009 called SONG
ABOUT DRY PRONG. “Dry Prong is a town in Grant Parish near Alexandria and most
people outside of Louisiana do not know about that town so, I wrote a song about it. They
may stone me down there for doing it but, I think it’s a very entertaining and exciting song
where I get to act out the small part of Fritz, the free-loading, family flake!”
Logan has a web-site at www.dandydonlogan.com where he promotes his music and
acting career.
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PRODUCTIONS, CABRIOLET MUSIC, CAL DISCS AND DAWN LANDRUM PHOTOGRAPHY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
THIS NEWS RELEASE MAY BE INCORPORATED IN OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES YOU MAY BE PUBLISHING.
318 965 0781 don@dandydonlogan.com P.O.Box 9, Benton, LA 71006.
Don Logan is a: Former KEEL-KRMD-KCOZ-KTAL-KBCL radio personality.
Former vice-president, Jewel-Paula Records
Former Support Enforcement Office for the State of Louisiana
Senior Citizen who will be 71 in mid December, 2008
Grandfather and great-grandfather
LOUISIANA SINGER/SONGWRITER HAS NEW CD RELEASE ( NOV , 2007 -JAN, 2008)
What does a pedal-steel-guitar picker, a two-year-old girl, a former A-Train Sax man and a
retired Louisiana radio man have in common? They all came together to record their
different parts in a new 22 song collection by former DJ Don Logan, that has been
released. This new effort is called STAGE OF THE STARS and is a tribute to the historical
building lovingly known as the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The two-year old is now older, and she is Alyssa Whittington who has a natural knack at
recording. Logan was thinking her session might never produce anything usable, but think
again, Dandy Don, she put one over on you. Alyssa is featured on a song called What Do
You Like Best. The elderly grandfather in the song, is deeply mired in a confusing pot of
great feelings during a lifetime and is not able to answer the question, until the little one
asks the question , and Zong!… he remembers. Grand-Children are best of all.
Derrell Stephens is a young man who has his own band, sings, plays guitar, steel and a
number of other instruments and has his own recording studio. He played the steel on the
song The Municipal. He is well know to most musicians and has a strong background in
Christian and Country music. The song also has a female verse and Cindy Lane-Adams
from Massachusetts is featured.
The personable John Howe, who has been doing recording work since his teenage years
does some outstanding sax work on the song Cavanal Hill, which is about a hill that lacks
less than one foot being a mountain. The hill has always been there near Poteau,
Oklahoma where Don grew up and is one heck of a landmark.
Once again, all 22 songs are original songs composed by Logan with two songs appearing
the second time in CD album form. Mister Stan, part 2 is an instrumental by Vicente
Zumel, a great DJ from Barcelona, Spain, who also plays a mean harp. When You Smile
is a Don Logan song that was recorded in this album by Jo Morris of Howe, Oklahoma.
Earl Hearon, a guitar player from Shady Point, Oklahoma does most of the lead guitar work
for this CD. A vinyl record-collector, label owner and DJ gets into the mix from Munich,
Germany. He is Tobias Kirmayer and he lends some fun to a song called Vinyl with Don.
Not only does the CD have a local flair, but an international one, as well.
Previously, no one has been able to pinpoint a direction that Logan would take as an artist.
This CD may break the mold as there is definitely a country drift to most of the material, but
not all. In Logan’s background you find many years as a DJ, a lot of those as a top-40 DJ
where he played just about every type of music that was made during that era. Then there’s
the time spent as a vice-president at the Stan Lewis independent Paula Records that
sprang forth in the 60s, where Don was introduced to Urban Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul, and
of course recorded pop and country from the Paula stable of stars.
For once, Logan has cards on the table before the big hand is to be played. The cards
being a song from the CD called More Lives Than A Cat. The big hand to be played is the
fact that Don Imus will be returning to radio soon. Logan was a DJ and promoter during
the 60s protest era and he hesitated before writing this song, but was reminded that
Freedom Of Speech Must Be For Everybody, not just a special few. Logan says the song is
not an endorsement of shock jocks and whether Imus makes a successful comeback or
not, is not what the song is about. It is a song about growing older and being happy that
you’re still here, but missing the drifting stars who flaunt by us in a life, like Little Joe, Imus,
Lucy, and feeling the helpless agony over drive-by and campus killings, and hospice for
loved ones.
Logan’s STAGE OF THE STARS CD is available at The Legends Gift Shop inside the
Municipal Auditorium at 705 Elvis Presley Avenue in Shreveport or through the artist web-
site at: www.dandydonlogan.com. Retail price is $12.98. Don records for Cal Discs, P O
Box 9, Benton, LA 71006. Phone 318 965 0781.
Excerpt from the song More Lives Than A Cat……
“I’ve got more lives than a cat
I’m still around after all these years
The young kids die on campus
Hospice gets the old ones
And big strong families are reduced to tears
It’s rather cold out as a peaceful mist of rain
Hits your face
As you enter the world, this day on the way
To the workplace
The traffic could move faster
It’s slower than the pace of a snail
Imus is not there this morning
My business is about to fail”
©2007 - Cabriolet Music (BMI) - Don Logan, writer
(Permission to reprint granted)
WHO ARE THE LOCALS?
OKLAHOMA LOCALS - Jo Morris, from Howe, Oklahoma is a songbird who runs a regularly
scheduled music show in that area. - Earl Hearon, from Shady Point, Oklahoma is a very
fine vocalist, who is also a splendid guitar-player and band leader. His guitar skills get the
full workout on this new CD.
MASSACHUSETTS - Cindy Lane-Adams from Berkley, Massachusetts
SHREVEPORT - Derrell Stephens, a studio owner and steel player who is very adept at
designing and putting together great sound amplifiers. Alyssa Whittington, a four year old
ordinary little girl, who happened to record a song when she was only two. John Howe, is
an officer in the local musician union and plays a very personable sax.
WILBURTON - A local landmark of the past, the Green Frog Café, is a song that is featured
in a new CD release called STAGE OF THE STARS by Louisiana singer/songwriter Don
Logan.
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Don Logan, a former Louisiana DJ and record company executive says he hopes a
predicted labor shortage forecast for a few years down the road will help keep older workers
remaining in the workforce. Getting out of the economic situation we are in at the present
may hinge on our ability to help older adults continue in the work force and make
contributions to society.
Since retiring from the State of Louisiana where he spent his final years in the workforce,
he has dawdled in today’s music world. Recording, writing, publishing and singing over 100
songs. Though none of his material reached that BIG HIT plateau, he is satisfied with the
few inroads he has made and a multitude of new friends made in the music circle. It’s
amazing, he says, that so many people remember him as a DJ. It has been 38 years since
he was on the air at KEEL as “Dandy Don” to a legion of fans.
Now, with the movie industry being so strong in the State of Louisiana, it was only natural
that Logan would wind up as an extra in many of the films being produced in North
Louisiana. CBS will broadcast FRONT OF THE CLASS on December 7, 2008 and. Logan
along with hundreds of local, area and regional actors and actresses will be seen in the
background in this made for TV movie.
Logan says, “Remaining active is very important as you become older to stay the well-
rounded person you are. There are some jobs I can’t do. I can’t even do all the things I did
at 30. But, I can run, jog a little, stand on my feet for long hours and am in good physical
health so, I am a background natural for any director wanting the “grandfather” look.” The
movie FRONT OF THE CLASS is the eighth movie in which Don has worked, so he now
knows most of the regular extras who are involved in the movie world on a first name basis.
It is not unusual for him to run into Ben and Emma Davidson, Alice Shields, Pete Ray,
Tim Hickey or Tommie Aulds on the movie set.
Music wise, Don has a forthcoming CD album to be released in early 2009 called SONG
ABOUT DRY PRONG. “Dry Prong is a town in Grant Parish near Alexandria and most
people outside of Louisiana do not know about that town so, I wrote a song about it. They
may stone me down there for doing it but, I think it’s a very entertaining and exciting song
where I get to act out the small part of Fritz, the free-loading, family flake!”
Logan has a web-site at www.dandydonlogan.com where he promotes his music and
acting career.
AUTHORIZED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (11-24-08 THROUGH 12-07-08) BY DON LOGAN, DON LOGAN
PRODUCTIONS, CABRIOLET MUSIC, CAL DISCS AND DAWN LANDRUM PHOTOGRAPHY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
THIS NEWS RELEASE MAY BE INCORPORATED IN OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES YOU MAY BE PUBLISHING.
318 965 0781 don@dandydonlogan.com P.O.Box 9, Benton, LA 71006.
Don Logan is a: Former KEEL-KRMD-KCOZ-KTAL-KBCL radio personality.
Former vice-president, Jewel-Paula Records
Former Support Enforcement Office for the State of Louisiana
Senior Citizen who will be 71 in mid December, 2008
Grandfather and great-grandfather
LOUISIANA SINGER/SONGWRITER HAS NEW CD RELEASE ( NOV , 2007 -JAN, 2008)
What does a pedal-steel-guitar picker, a two-year-old girl, a former A-Train Sax man and a
retired Louisiana radio man have in common? They all came together to record their
different parts in a new 22 song collection by former DJ Don Logan, that has been
released. This new effort is called STAGE OF THE STARS and is a tribute to the historical
building lovingly known as the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.
The two-year old is now older, and she is Alyssa Whittington who has a natural knack at
recording. Logan was thinking her session might never produce anything usable, but think
again, Dandy Don, she put one over on you. Alyssa is featured on a song called What Do
You Like Best. The elderly grandfather in the song, is deeply mired in a confusing pot of
great feelings during a lifetime and is not able to answer the question, until the little one
asks the question , and Zong!… he remembers. Grand-Children are best of all.
Derrell Stephens is a young man who has his own band, sings, plays guitar, steel and a
number of other instruments and has his own recording studio. He played the steel on the
song The Municipal. He is well know to most musicians and has a strong background in
Christian and Country music. The song also has a female verse and Cindy Lane-Adams
from Massachusetts is featured.
The personable John Howe, who has been doing recording work since his teenage years
does some outstanding sax work on the song Cavanal Hill, which is about a hill that lacks
less than one foot being a mountain. The hill has always been there near Poteau,
Oklahoma where Don grew up and is one heck of a landmark.
Once again, all 22 songs are original songs composed by Logan with two songs appearing
the second time in CD album form. Mister Stan, part 2 is an instrumental by Vicente
Zumel, a great DJ from Barcelona, Spain, who also plays a mean harp. When You Smile
is a Don Logan song that was recorded in this album by Jo Morris of Howe, Oklahoma.
Earl Hearon, a guitar player from Shady Point, Oklahoma does most of the lead guitar work
for this CD. A vinyl record-collector, label owner and DJ gets into the mix from Munich,
Germany. He is Tobias Kirmayer and he lends some fun to a song called Vinyl with Don.
Not only does the CD have a local flair, but an international one, as well.
Previously, no one has been able to pinpoint a direction that Logan would take as an artist.
This CD may break the mold as there is definitely a country drift to most of the material, but
not all. In Logan’s background you find many years as a DJ, a lot of those as a top-40 DJ
where he played just about every type of music that was made during that era. Then there’s
the time spent as a vice-president at the Stan Lewis independent Paula Records that
sprang forth in the 60s, where Don was introduced to Urban Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul, and
of course recorded pop and country from the Paula stable of stars.
For once, Logan has cards on the table before the big hand is to be played. The cards
being a song from the CD called More Lives Than A Cat. The big hand to be played is the
fact that Don Imus will be returning to radio soon. Logan was a DJ and promoter during
the 60s protest era and he hesitated before writing this song, but was reminded that
Freedom Of Speech Must Be For Everybody, not just a special few. Logan says the song is
not an endorsement of shock jocks and whether Imus makes a successful comeback or
not, is not what the song is about. It is a song about growing older and being happy that
you’re still here, but missing the drifting stars who flaunt by us in a life, like Little Joe, Imus,
Lucy, and feeling the helpless agony over drive-by and campus killings, and hospice for
loved ones.
Logan’s STAGE OF THE STARS CD is available at The Legends Gift Shop inside the
Municipal Auditorium at 705 Elvis Presley Avenue in Shreveport or through the artist web-
site at: www.dandydonlogan.com. Retail price is $12.98. Don records for Cal Discs, P O
Box 9, Benton, LA 71006. Phone 318 965 0781.
Excerpt from the song More Lives Than A Cat……
“I’ve got more lives than a cat
I’m still around after all these years
The young kids die on campus
Hospice gets the old ones
And big strong families are reduced to tears
It’s rather cold out as a peaceful mist of rain
Hits your face
As you enter the world, this day on the way
To the workplace
The traffic could move faster
It’s slower than the pace of a snail
Imus is not there this morning
My business is about to fail”
©2007 - Cabriolet Music (BMI) - Don Logan, writer
(Permission to reprint granted)
WHO ARE THE LOCALS?
OKLAHOMA LOCALS - Jo Morris, from Howe, Oklahoma is a songbird who runs a regularly
scheduled music show in that area. - Earl Hearon, from Shady Point, Oklahoma is a very
fine vocalist, who is also a splendid guitar-player and band leader. His guitar skills get the
full workout on this new CD.
MASSACHUSETTS - Cindy Lane-Adams from Berkley, Massachusetts
SHREVEPORT - Derrell Stephens, a studio owner and steel player who is very adept at
designing and putting together great sound amplifiers. Alyssa Whittington, a four year old
ordinary little girl, who happened to record a song when she was only two. John Howe, is
an officer in the local musician union and plays a very personable sax.
WILBURTON - A local landmark of the past, the Green Frog Café, is a song that is featured
in a new CD release called STAGE OF THE STARS by Louisiana singer/songwriter Don
Logan.
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NEWS RELEASE - Immediate (4-18-10)
LOCALS RECORD NEW CD
Bossier City, LA: Local musician and retired KRMD DJ, Sonny Harville has once
again found himself recording again. This time it was not in a recording studio
somewhere out on the road in the middle of a national tour, with a well-known
singing star like Slim Whitman to back up. This time, it was just Sonny with his own
group. On the Louisiana Hayride from the Municipal Auditorium, Sonny was in the
original Hayride Band. Later, as the Hayride grew big enough to require two bands,
Floyd Cramer played the piano in the second band. Today Sonny mostly plays the
guitar and performed just recently at the fairgrounds with Sonny Trammel, Kent Gill,
Steven Hitt and Jerry French, the Hayride Connection Band. As a young man,
Harville played in the bands of many of the Louisiana Hayride stars and has backed
numerous country, pop and gospel acts on records over the years. Sonny was the
MC for the New Louisiana Hayride when it was located on Benton Road in North
Bossier and could be seen on area TV hawking tires for the late Barney Moore.
Another local retired media man who is now a singer/songwriter and sometimes
movie-extra, Don Logan, thought so highly of Sonny’s new recording of the old
standard gospel song Old Time Religion, that he included it in his latest CD album
that has just been released on the Cal label, #1243. The CD title is Song About Dry
Prong. Logan, a retired DJ from the top 40 days of Gordon McLendon’s KEEL
Radio and a former vice-president of Stan Lewis’ Louisiana based Paula Record
Company, wrote Song About Dry Prong in about 15 minutes. However, it took him
over a year to get it recorded
and out on label. The singer-
songwriter and sometimes
movie-extra recorded this
new effort with the Radio
Sheaux Band.
The CD album is being
merchandised through
amazon.com and the
www.dandydonlogan.com
websites.
News Release authorized by DON LOGAN
Contact to verify - 318 965 0781
Don@dandydonlogan.com
Clippings to P O Box 9, Benton, LA 71006
PICTURED -
Felton Pruitt & Sonny Harville
