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Q Did Ken Curtis, who
played Festus on Gun
smoke, ever sing with the
Sons of the Pioneers?
—V. Smith, Williamsport. Pa.
Colorado-born Curtis was a Big Band singer before he
found his way to Hollywood. Prior to joining the TV
series Gunsmoke as cantankerous deputy Festus Haggen
in 1964, he sang with the Sons of the Pioneers from 1949
to 1952 (and rejoined them briefly in the studio in 1955).
He died of a heart attack in 1991 at the age of 74, and his
ashes were scattered on the Colorado flatlands.
Sandra Oh starred in Sideways.
CMT
“40 Days That Shaped Country Music”
A new two-hour CMT special will spotlight 40 dates
that forever impacted country music, such as Shania
Twain’s release of the top-selling album of all time by
a female artist (Nov. 4, 1997) and Hank Williams Jr.’s
launch of die Monday Night Football theme song (Sept.
11, 1989). 40 Days That Shaped Country Music premieres
Saturday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. Central.
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Q What is the nation
ality of actress Sandra
Oh from Grey’s Anato
my? And what else has
she been in?
—Maleah Arhay. Willits. Calif.
Toronto-born Oh, who plays
Dr. Christina Yang on the
hit ABC-TV series, is the
daughter of Korean par
ents who attended college
in Canada. She’s appeared
in numerous films, includ
ing Big Fat Liar. Under the
Tuscan Sun and Full Fron
tal, but found her break
through role in the 2004
hit Sideways.
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Q* Who are the new guys singing the theme to
Monday Night Football this year? I recognize Hank
Williams Jr., but that’s ail.
—Robert M„ Rustrm. La.
Hank Jr. has indeed returned to open each game of
Monday Night Football (now on ESPN) with a revised
version of his hit song “All My Rowdy Friends Are
Coming Over Tonight,” a telecast tradition that began
in 1989- But this year he’s joined by an all-star cast
of other musicians, including Little Richard, Charlie
Daniels, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Rick Nielsen of Cheap
Trick, Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street
Band, Bootsy Collins from Parliament Funkadelic, and
musical director “Little Steven” Van Zandt.
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Superstar country group Ala
bama has released dozens of
No. 1 hits, sold 46 million
albums and taken home countless awards. But the foursome
from Fort Payne, Ala., had one more dream to fulfill, one they’d
been planning since 1990. Their new CD, Songs if Inspiration,
makes that dream a reality with 15 church hymns and other
spiritual songs, including “In the Garden,” "Jesus Loves Me,”
“Amazing Grace” and “The Old Rugged Cross.” “These are
songs that we grew up listening to as little kids," says lead singer
Randy Owen. “They've been 'hits’ for hundreds of years, and
our hope was to just carry them along in the same tradition.”
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