''15 Minutes Of Fame'' with Candy Devine on Downtown Radio

I had a fantastic time at Downtown Radio Station yesterday where I met and was interviewed by one of my all time favorite DJ's,Candy Devine. She was as I expected. A very gracious ,but also a very professional and talented lady.From the being she had the gift of making me feel at ease and took an interest in my career and music, she was so genuine.
I felt so privileged as I had the opportunity of choosing 3 songs to be aired on her show and talking about them and why they were important to me.

I choose firstly '52 Acre's Of Barley' which was a commissioned piece I wrote for Linton Film Productions, initially to be included in a farming video, but it was believed it warranted a comedy video of its own.

The second song played was my latest single 'I Give Thanks' a US Commercial Country Gospel song written by friends of mind, from the States , Joe Navrath and Patsy McLemore.



My 3rd choice was Run ( a cover) Which I'd dedicated to my late brother Robert Clint Hamilton Jr.
He unexpectedly died at the end of last year (31st December 2011). As we were so close I couldn't let his memory die, so I changed some of the lyrics as I couldn't let him go. I added ' I'll never see those Big Blue Eyes', at the start of verse 2. Which I thought I wouldn't see until I saw his grown up daughter, and Roberts 2 beautiful grandchildren that he never met and would have been so proud of.

Candy's on Downtown  every weekend and well worth tuning into, playing a great selection of music and talking to a wide range of interesting people.

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@ Dundalk FM

On Tuesday I had the privilege of being interviewed on Dundalk FM, which is a community radio station broadcasting from the centre of Dundalk in County Louth. The station is heard in the Dundalk area of Ireland and also on the internet.

I was on a favourite show of mine, the afternoon show with Joe  Duffy. Joe's known as the ''housewife's choice'' and I can say that's true as I enjoy the  wide variety of music he plays.


I was also reminded by my friend Anthony who I also I had the privilege to meet that afternoon, as he says in his own words..

Last year while tuned on the internet into COUNTRY FOLK AROUND AUSTRALIA which is hosted by Facebook Friend Declan O'Callaghan I heard the singing voice of Maggie Young who is from Ireland.When I made some comment about the show to Declan a 3 way FB conversation with myself,Maggie and Declan carried on on Facebook for some time.
Shortly after that I added Maggie as an FB friend, stayed in contact and played one of her songs on a show I presented on Dundalk Fm 100 in Ireland.Yesterday I got to meet her in person and the conversation carried for real when she travelled quite a distance to be on the Joe Duffy show on DFM 100.

Although neither Maggie not Joe could remember exactly how they met each other through Facebook I have no doubt that it came about in the manner friendships start on Facebook because I heard her first on Sutherland Shire FM in Sydney Australia.

It always surprises me how small the world is and it's interesting how we can all connect. It's even better when we get the opportunity to meet people in real life.
 

On Tuesday, Joe was the first DJ to play my new single ''I Give Thanks'' an American Country Commercial Gospel song . The song couldn't have been aired on a better show and played by a better DJ. All the Guys & Gals at the studio were great, maybe it's something about the song, the song challenges us to have an ''attitude of a gratitude''. I'm still left with that attitude and most certainly do Give Thanks.

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