Her recovery continued and she felt that need to sing and tried to decide what would be the best way to ease herself back on stage where she loved no NEEDED to be. Taking a year off could be detrimental to a singers' career but she felt confident that once she got those muscles working again she'd be show ready in no time. Her first thought was Kevin at The...
Jessica and Ashlee Simpson were known, well known. Both of them singers and actresses. They both had it all as their lives emerged into what they are today. As Ashlee just got home from her 40 city tour. She was worn out and frustrated with it all. Of course, after her break up with Ryan. And not have spent anytime with her sister. It was all time to let it...
"Will you relax? Please. I'm telling you, there is no problem." "You're sure..." Scott Williams was anxious as he stepped into the gorgeous Point Piper home where his girlfriend, Ashleigh Parker, grew up. He wasn't unfamiliar with extreme wealth-he had been to plenty of rich friends' homes during his days at Phillips Exeter-but he had never seen anything l...
My first visit to Maison Pines, Mason Blanche's magnificent estate, was for his twentieth annual Christmas party, in 1995. In the years since, as I've attended, I've learned how well known the party is. Many consider it the biggest and best in The South. The wealthiest, most aristocratic and attractive people in Mississippi, as well as from Alabama, Arkansas...
Elle Franklin led Greta Winston through the darkness with a flashlight. The woman shivered out of sheer terror at every shadow. "Sorry for the inconvenience. We don't have the power to light this place up just yet. James is working on that. So, for now we use flashlights until the batteries go dead." "Fancy candles." Greta hisses nervously. "1873? Wow!"...
I worked in the ticket office of a performing arts center to make ends meet during college. Most of the men that came through there were fabulous-sexy, great singers and talented dancers-but very, very gay. The occasional one that wasn’t gay was always involved with one of the females on the tour. But this tour was different. Towards the end of my junior...
Abby O'Reilly had been Australia's best-selling singer for the past five years, also topping charts in the UK. However, the Newcastle native and her label, First Fleet Records, had tremendous difficulty breaking into the American market. First Fleet Records CEO Malcolm Fletcher was convinced that Abby could become a big hit in the States--"bigger than Taylor...
Last October at my sister's 35th birthday dinner, my brother feels the need to inform the entire table of my old thumb-sucking habit. I was really surprised anyone remembered, but apparently the way I went about my little rituals, is strange and fun to bring up at inappropriate times. My family, especially my brother, enjoys watching me squirm and fidget bec...
GRIFFIEV'S NOTE: THIS IS FICTION AND IT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY! Over at his recording studio, Dallas Austin is making some music for a new artist when a secretary walks in with a FED-EX package! "Mr. Austin, this is for you," she says. Dallas thanks her and opens it. He sees it is a video tape and looks at the address. While there is no name on i...
The slow acoustic strumming of the guitar like a warm blanket all around me. I love my job, contrary to my annoyance about being called in on my night off, but who can turn down double pay? I certainly can't. The Cellar is a small, intimate bar in Downtown Nashville where aspiring singers and songwriters come to test their material. It varies from night to...