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Catching Tunes with Gary P. Nunn
By Mike Yawn
In August 2019, Gary P. Nunn was interviewed at the Old Town Theatre (OTT) by Postcard’s Amy Barnett. Since then, Nunn’s been more stationary than he likes; he’s been unable to tour because of COVID-related restrictions. But now, with most such restrictions lifted, he’s back on the road.
Thus, on June 5, Nunn performed at the Old Town Theatre in Walker County, doing a full 90-minute set for more than 200 audience members—some of whom travelled from out of state to see their favorite country-music performer.
Visit Postcardslive.com to read the original story in the August 2019 issue.
Nunn is one of the founding fathers of Texas Country; indeed, his influence on country music prompted Rolling Stone to refer to him as a “trailblazer” in a 2017 profile. He was Michael Martin Murphey’s bandleader in the early 1970s, and he also performed with Jerry Jeff Walker and Willie Nelson during the same period.
As a solo artist, he’s released almost 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded for the likes of David Allan Coe, Roseanne Cash, and Tracy Nelson. Moreover, his song “The Last Thing I Needed, the First Thing this Morning” was a top 40 hit for Chris Stapleton and a top three hit for Willie Nelson. In fact, according to his manager, D. Foster, the song has been played 1.6 million times on commercial radio (as of 2019). Nunn performed this hit at the Old Town Theatre, along with the iconic “London Homesick Blues,” which served as the theme song for Austin City Limits for three decades. “The OTT show,” according to Nunn, “was one that attracted a special group. They were cowboys, lovers of the Western heritage, and you can’t beat those types of people. And, of course, we are especially grateful to Brian Smith of Global Financial Services; and Ty Copeland, of Copeland Family Dentistry, who brought very large groups of people. It was a great night.”
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9320 C Hwy 75 South New Waverly Nunn is now in his mid-70s, and a few years ago there was discussion of retirement. For now, though, such talk has stalled, and Nunn is looking to “make up for time lost” due to the pandemic. He’s got a busy schedule of shows this month.
For more information about Nunn and his tour stops, check out his website: https:// www.garypnunn.com/. For more information on upcoming acts at the Old Town Theatre, go to: https://www.oldtowntheatre-huntsville.org/.
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Forest
• A novel approach to time management.
• Many timer settings and the ability to safelist some apps. Need to be productive, but can’t resist wasting time on your smartphone? Forest is an app that motivates you to stay focused by starting every work or study session with a planted seed in your very own virtual forest. You’ll have to stay in the app to watch the tree grow over the time period that you work or study and avoid leaving the app or risk killing the tree.
The more you use the app to be productive (and thus grow more virtual trees), the more coins you earn. You can spend coins through the app as donations to help plant real trees in the developing world. To accomplish this, Forest partnered with the non-profit organization Trees for the Future, which helps improve impoverished farmers’ livelihoods by revitalizing degraded lands.
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