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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Crowd excited to see country star
By KIMBERLY CASSEL
PRITCHETT
HHJ Contributing Writer
More than 100 people
gathered close to the stage
as country music artist John
Berry began to perform.
Berry, along with his wife,
Robin, and pianist John Hall,
played with the Band of the
U.S. Air Force Reserve at the
event.
Berry played a variety of
songs including his first No. 1
single from 1994, “Your Love
Amazes Me.” He also played
several other hits includ
ing, “She’s Taken a Shine,”
“Standing on the Edge of
Goodbye,” and “I Think
About It All The Time.”
Beriy played 11 songs and
two finales for the crowd,
including three songs off
his new, soon-to-be released
album, “Those Were The
Days,” which is expected
to be in Wal-Mart some
time in September. The new
songs included, “Somethin’,
Somethin’,” “A Woman Like
You,” and “You Still Own
Me.”
Berry told the audience
that they were his “guinea
pigs” for one of the new songs
on his album because he had
never played it in front of a
crowd before.
The album, according to
Berry, will feature all new
songs, mostly written by
Kerry Kurt Phillips, who
has scribed 43 No. 1 songs
in country music. Some of
Phillips’ hits include “Don’t
Take The Girl” and “Down on
the Farm” by Tim McGraw;
“I Don’t Need No Rocking
Chair” by George Jones; and
“That’s What I like about
Sunday” by Craig Morgan.
“He’s a great writer,”
Berry said. “I’m awfully
excited about this record;
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He has a long history of
mental illness and a closed
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Capt. Chad A. Steffey, commander and conductor of the Band of the U.S. Air Force
Reserve, about 60 members of the band at the Thursday afternoon practice with John
Berry and his wife, Robin, who can be seen in the background.
I’ve been working on it for a
year now.”
Berry said he had dinner
Friday night at the Officer’s
Club.'
“People have been so kind
to us,” he said. “It’s a great
place you picked to live in.”
Berry, according to his
manager, Terry Oliver, had a
long day, beginning at 5 a.m.
with television interviews.
“We’ll come back,” he said.
“They’ve been really won
derful to us.”
Oliver said that Berry, a
licensed pilot, was offered
the opportunity to fly in an
F-15, but he declined because
he wanted to make sure he
would be able to perform at
online will save thousands
of customers a trip to a
licensing center,” said Gov.
Sonny Perdue.
The DDS Web site now
allows customers to cre
ate an account to access
enhanced Internet services
and track pending transac
tions.
The following transac
tions are available online
for Georgia residents with
a valid Georgia driver’s
license:
■ Replacing a lost
license
■ Viewing and/or down
loading a copy of driving
history
■ Change of address
■ Renewing a license or
Identification Card
Payment methods for
Internet transactions
include credit cards and
most debit cards.
“If you are eligible, I
encourage you to use one
of the alternative Internet
services.
“It is fast, friendly and
secure and can be accessed
even when our offices are
closed.” said DDS commis
sioner Greg Dozier.
tary drug use.”
He was sentencd to 25
years, 15 to serve and will
have to serve 10 years of
probation once he gets
out.
One of the conditions
of his sentence is to have
no contact at all with his
mother, who wants no con
tact whatsoever, Lumsden
Warner Robins and Jehad
Yasin of Perry are vying
for Post 6, an at-large seat
to be voted on countywide.
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the concert.
Berry told the crowd that
he’d stay after the fireworks
to sign autographs and talk.
“I’ll be the last person to
pull out,” he said. “If you’ve
got time, I’d love a chance to
say ‘hello,’ hug your neck,
mow your grass and make
some friends,” he said laugh
ing.
More than 70 people stood
in line after the fireworks
to get a chance to talk with
Berry or get an autograph.
Theresa Poss of
Milledgeville, along with her
two daughters, Taylor Poss,
14, and Maranda Poss, 16,
stood in line to talk with
Berry.
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said.
“Through all this whole
thing,” Joiner said, “I
didn’t want anyone hurt.
I’m so sorry for what hap
pened.”
He was given credit for
time served in pre-trial
detention, which he has
been in since September
of 2004.
Clements, an employee of
the City of Warner Robins,
is the incumbent, Yasin
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Theresa Poss said that
she had never been to
the Independence Day
Celebration in Warner
Robins, but had heard about
it on the radio. She said that
she used to see Berry play in
Athens and wanted to come
hear him.
“Loved it,” she commented
about the event. “Now we’re
trying to get up to the front
to meet him. We’re willing to
wait as long as it takes to get
up there.”
“We’ve had a great visit,”
Berry said after the concert.
“We haven’t seen a whole lot
more than the base, but the
hospitality has been over the
top. It’s been great.”
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Country music artist John Berry and his wife, Robin,
rehearsed with the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve
Thursday afternoon.
Berry, artists donate their
time, talent to celebration
By KIMBERLY CASSEL
PRITCHETT
HHJ Contributing Writer
Country music art
ist John Berry rolled
into Warner Robins on
Thursday afternoon and
went straight to work prac
ticing for Friday night’s
23rd annual Independence
Day Celebration at
the McConnell-Talbert
Stadium on South Davis
Drive.
Berry, along with his
wife, Robin, and pianist,
John Hall, donated their
time for the performance,
said Deputy Director
of Operations David
Ballengee.
Bellengee said for the
last several years, he has
been trying to get artists
from Georgia to perform at
the yearly celebration.
“One of our goals here
for this Independence Day
Show is for Georgia artists
to come home and enter
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tain troops from Team
Robins, the military and
civilians alike,” he said.
“Another interesting fact
is that these artists that
come home do it gratis.”
The event was not only
special to the Band of the
U.S. Air Force Reserve
because they were getting
to play at home, but it is
also special to the Berrys.
“The most exciting is
first getting to play with
these people,” said Robin
Berry. “It’s just cool to
me.”
And to make it even
more personal, she said it
hits close to home because
she has two older brothers
who are in the military.
Although the band plays
all over the country and
in Canada, she said it was
great to be able to play “in
our own state just down
the road from home.”
“It’s a great bunch of
players,” said John Berry.
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