Nashville Bound Iowa City Native Hits Country Charts
IVY HOLLOW MEDIA
For Immediate Release
October 20, 2006
Iowa City Native Hits National Country Music Charts
An Iowa City native, Jim Putnam, has gone a long ways since his days at the old St. Patricks school from being a newspaper reporter, a senior staffer in congress and the Office of the President, an appointee of governors in Nebraska and New Jersey, media in NYC, an Emmy in television with National Geographic, to an author of fiction and non-fiction books, but his newest move seems to have taken him full circle.
This week five songs he wrote hit the internet (Soundclick) country and rock charts when they were released by his band Nashville Bound, all reaching the top 50 in five different genres and one, Margarita You’re Such A Cheater, rocketing to #2 in country swing. Why full circle?
The songs can be heard or downloaded at the following internet site:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=603354
Nearly 40 years ago Putnam had a promising rock band in Iowa and gave it up to play basketball for the University of Arizona. Perhaps it is not surprising he’s back in music since he is a 3rd generation musician from Iowa City after his grandfather, Wayne S. Putnam had founded The Wayne Putnam Orchestra, a featured band on the Moose Club circuit back in the 1930’s and ‘40’s. His father, Wayne E. and Uncle Chuck both played in the orchestra and his grandmother taught piano in Iowa City.
Music was not limited to his father’s side of the family as his other Grandfather, Patrick Campbell also of Iowa City, used to drag his young grandson with him in summers to his motel on the outskirts of Springfield, Missouri, the home of country music in the 1940’s and early ‘50’s.
There young Jim spent many long nights listening to the country stars jamming in the motel coffee shop after gigs on the Smilin’ Jack Tyree Radio Show, or Korn’s A-Krackin barn dance which later became the Ozark Jubilee in Springfield. Often the performers were on the way to or from appearances at KMA radio in Shenandoah or the WHO Iowa Barn Dance in Des Moines. Who showed up at the coffee shop in the wee hours of the night? It might be Hank Williams, Porter Wagoner, Speedy Haworth, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold, and the list goes on and on.
Putnam now lives in southern Maryland and his band, Nashville Bound is in Nashville, Tennessee. All songs are recorded, mixed and mastered in Nashville where Putnam lived and worked for a time creating and managing media campaigns for Nashville record companies.
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For further information contact:
Jordan Christopher at IvyonOak@yahoo.com
Phone 301-769-2027
For Immediate Release
October 20, 2006
Iowa City Native Hits National Country Music Charts
An Iowa City native, Jim Putnam, has gone a long ways since his days at the old St. Patricks school from being a newspaper reporter, a senior staffer in congress and the Office of the President, an appointee of governors in Nebraska and New Jersey, media in NYC, an Emmy in television with National Geographic, to an author of fiction and non-fiction books, but his newest move seems to have taken him full circle.
This week five songs he wrote hit the internet (Soundclick) country and rock charts when they were released by his band Nashville Bound, all reaching the top 50 in five different genres and one, Margarita You’re Such A Cheater, rocketing to #2 in country swing. Why full circle?
The songs can be heard or downloaded at the following internet site:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=603354
Nearly 40 years ago Putnam had a promising rock band in Iowa and gave it up to play basketball for the University of Arizona. Perhaps it is not surprising he’s back in music since he is a 3rd generation musician from Iowa City after his grandfather, Wayne S. Putnam had founded The Wayne Putnam Orchestra, a featured band on the Moose Club circuit back in the 1930’s and ‘40’s. His father, Wayne E. and Uncle Chuck both played in the orchestra and his grandmother taught piano in Iowa City.
Music was not limited to his father’s side of the family as his other Grandfather, Patrick Campbell also of Iowa City, used to drag his young grandson with him in summers to his motel on the outskirts of Springfield, Missouri, the home of country music in the 1940’s and early ‘50’s.
There young Jim spent many long nights listening to the country stars jamming in the motel coffee shop after gigs on the Smilin’ Jack Tyree Radio Show, or Korn’s A-Krackin barn dance which later became the Ozark Jubilee in Springfield. Often the performers were on the way to or from appearances at KMA radio in Shenandoah or the WHO Iowa Barn Dance in Des Moines. Who showed up at the coffee shop in the wee hours of the night? It might be Hank Williams, Porter Wagoner, Speedy Haworth, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold, and the list goes on and on.
Putnam now lives in southern Maryland and his band, Nashville Bound is in Nashville, Tennessee. All songs are recorded, mixed and mastered in Nashville where Putnam lived and worked for a time creating and managing media campaigns for Nashville record companies.
# # #
For further information contact:
Jordan Christopher at IvyonOak@yahoo.com
Phone 301-769-2027
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