Our contest ends tomorrow, August 9th! As a reminder, That Nashville Sound is doing a fundraiser in conjunction with the new music group, Gloriana, for W.O. Smith- A Nashville Community Music School. Send me a blind auction bid for an autographed CD of their brand new album and a t-shirt in your size at thatnashvillesound (at) hotmail.com. The high bid will win the goods. 100% of the proceeds will go to the charity.
The W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School, founded in 1984, is a nonprofit educational institution created for the purpose of making quality music instruction available to talented, interested, deserving children from low income families at the nominal fee of 50 cents a lesson. The school also seeks to encourage student participation in the cultural life of the community through concert attendance and performance.
The Background: The Boys Are Back...back with an all-new album...back to the traditional-four part harmonies on which they were founded...back to the "rootsy" recording styles of the outlaw music days on the Row...and back to their unique ability to stay on the true to their long musical heritage. That cutting edge has partially been honed by Los Angeles-based, acclaimed pop producer Dave Cobb (Waylon Jennings, The Strays, Rock n Roll Soldiers), who teamed up with one of country music's most legendary vocal groups to create an album that is unexpected yet familiar. With a youthful energy and songs written for them by artist/songwriters Jack White, Shooter Jennings and Jamey Johnson as well as Dallas Frazier (who also wrote “Elvira”), Neil Young and John Lee Hooker, The Oak Ridge Boys went into the release with the excitement of a band approaching their first recording. As a result, The Boys Are Back features a very "raw" and personal sound for the Oaks. The goal was to create an album that was candid, approachable and organic in texture and feel, leaving the listener with a chance to sit back and enjoy a good time with The Oak Ridge Boys.
The Review: With more than thirty million records sold worldwide, it might be hard to think that the Oak Ridge Boys could step back and give the world something new. But they have. A unique blend of gospel, originals and covers, The Boys Are Back, is something new without abandoning the sound and base that made them so popular in the 70’s and 80’s with such as hits as “American Made” and “Elvira.” It’s evident that the band went out of their way to try new recording techniques yet still to base it upon their traditional gospel and country foundation. Inspired by blues and spirituals, the theme of these songs is about strength that overcomes adversity. While their more-recent recordings have been more geared towards gospel, I found myself more drawn to the songs that were not. The first of those songs is a song recorded by the White Stripes and written by Jack White called "Seven Nation Army." With a powerful raw piano base, the Boys put a unique classic harmony spin on an otherwise rocking tune. Bass singer Richard Sterban anchors a great cover of blues guitarist John Lee Hooker’s “Boom Boom.” The best song on the album, however, and one that any current country music fan needs to add immediately to their collection is “Mama’s Table.” There was something familiar about the song, and it was only after I checked the liner notes that I realized it was co-written by Jamey Johnson. With the lyrics that reflect how a table handed down through the generations being the center of a family, it’s lyrics that make a perfect match to who and what the Oak Ridge Boys are and it represents the simplicity and rawness that Johnson’s tracks on That Lonesome Song are so critically acclaimed for. There is a rumor that Johnson laid down tracks alongside the Oak Ridge Boys on this tune- hopefully someone will have the genius to release it to the public.
Steve Azar, known best in country music circles for his hits “Waitin’ on Joe” and “I Don’t Have To Be Me (til Monday),” has a brand new album out this week called Slide On Over Here. He and I had a great conversation this week that I’ve shared with the readers of the other site I contribute to, The9513.com. Read the interview by clicking HERE…
“One night at about two in the morning, I was off the road for a couple of days and my wife was about 72 feet to the left of me and hanging off the edge of the bed and all I could think about was that I should say “Slide On Over Here” [Laughter]. Of course I didn’t! I went under the covers and I said, “Don’t do it, don’t do it!” And I wrote this verse about growing up and you’ve got your car and you’ve got your girl and it is the first time your girl ever slid over and the first time you ever thought it. I put it as a bonus track. I was on my iPhone, typing it up and of course the next morning, it looked like gibberish because those cell phones have a mind of their own sometimes.”
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- the iconic and profoundly influential group often cited as the catalysts for an entire movement in country and roots music- have finished work on their first studio album in five years, Speed of Life. Out September 22 on NGDB Records, distributed by SugarHill, the new album finds the band at their laid back, ramshackle best, eschewing the large collaboration approach here for a set of songs anchored by the remarkably deft musicianship, and diverse songwriting and vocal styles of the core band of Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, Bob Carpenter, and John McEuen.
Recorded in Nashville's Blackbird Studio and produced by legendary recording guru George Massenburg and GRAMMY award winning singer/songwriter Jon Randall Stewart, 'Speed of Life' kicks off with Jimmie Fadden's blistering harmonica on the opening track "Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble to Me," setting the tone for an album that spans the gamut from the wistful and flawless vocal harmony of "Resurrection" to "Lost In The Pines," John McEuen's evocative banjo showpiece. 'Speed of Life' features 13 tracks, including new tunes penned by the band (with help from a handful of friends) and two covers: the Woodstock classic "Going Up The Country" and "Stuck In The Middle." Not to mention a blazing two-step throwback nod to bluegrass progenitor Jimmy Martin, on the aptly named "Jimmy Martin."
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's place among the most innovative artists in American roots music is secure. One of the first to join the disparate scenes of classic old-time and country music with the then nascent California folk-rock movement, the band's early recordings and collaborations are perhaps the origin of the genre now known as Americana. 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken,' their 1972 landmark featuring an all-star array of country icons, is rightly considered one of the defining moments in Nashville's - and America's - music history, and is now preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry. With the second installment of 'Circle' in 1989, the group extended their list of prestigious collaborators and garnered three GRAMMY Awards and the Country Music Association Album of the Year. NGDB are also the recipients of the International Bluegrass Music Association Recorded Event of the Year award and a 2005 Grammy for Country Instrumental Performance (with Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Jerry Douglas and the late Vassar Clements).
'Speed of Life' 1. Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me (Shawn Camp / Mark D. Sanders) 2. Brand New Heartache (Jeff Hanna / Donny Lowery) 3. The Resurrection (Matraca Berg / Alice Randall) 4. Somethin' Dangerous (Bob Carpenter / Tom Kell / Phil Soussan) 5. Going Up The Country (Alan Wilson) 6. Jimmy Martin (Phil Madeira / Jimmie Lee Sloas) 7. Lost In The Pines (John McEuen) 8. Speed of Life (Gary Scruggs) 9. Amazing Love (Bob Carpenter / Jeff Hanna / Tom Kell) 10. Stuck In The Middle (Joe Egan / Gerry Rafferty) 11. Earthquake (Bob Carpenter / John McEuen) 12. Tryin' To Try (Jimmie Fadden / Guy Clark) 13. It's Good To Be Alive (Matraca Berg / Troy Verges)
Watch an excerpt from SIRIUS/XM's Artist Confidential with Kenny Loggins, as he answers questions about songwriting and performs his early 80s classic "I'm Alright," the theme from the great golf film "Caddyshack." Get broadcast times for the full schedule and a free trial at www.sirius.com/thebridge.
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Jypsi, a unique mix of talent, fashion and energy, has just released its new single, “Mr. Officer” off their Arista Nashville label. We hosted the four Rische siblings back in May at our Golf & Guitars event in Sacramento and they’re truly a fascinating combination of sight and sound. You can listen to the new single by clicking HERE.
A TNS reader sent a link to this America's Got Talent tryout by an unemployed farmer from Kentucky named Kevin Skinner. Holding odd-jobs around the area including being a chicken catcher, he had never been out of Kentucky before joining the talent show. I’ve watched just enough of American Idol and America’s Got Talent to know that everyone involved with the show thought they were in for a train wreck. What transpired was instead an emotional Garth Brooks cover that blew the judges away. It’s a pretty special musical moment. Watch it below…
Actress Jennifer Aniston is reportedly set to star in Goree Girls, which is to be directed by Michael Sucsy. Also, staff from Overnight Productions (which plans to finance the film) Rick Schwartz and Aaron Kaufman have joined the beauty and her Echo Films partner Kristin Hahn as producers.
The plot of the film will revolve around a group of women who formed one of the first all-girl country western acts in the country and became a public favorite. The kicker? The Goree Girls All String Band was made up of eight convicted felons in the Goree State Farm prison in Huntsville, just northwest of Houston. They were eventually pardoned. Michael, who helmed Grey Gardens, which earned 17 Emmy Award nominations for HBO, will be making his feature directorial debut with the movie.
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The 15th Annual Inspirational Country Music Awards Show (ICM Awards) will be held on Thursday, October 15, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. CST at the Trinity Music City USA Auditorium located in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
This year's event will include a Celebrity Golf Tournament & Benefit Concert on Monday, October 12 at the Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club in Hendersonville. The benefit concert will be that night at Trinity Music City USA. Current celebrities scheduled to attend include Tracy Lawrence, Bobby Capps (.38 Special), Jeff Bates, Randy Houser, Adam Gregory, Cherryholmes, Halfway To Hazard, with more being added. All proceeds from the both the golf tournament and benefit concert will go towards the purchases of life saving emergency weather radios for residents of Sumner County.
Actor and Tennessee native David Keith host the ICM Awards show as well as the benefit concert.
The annual Inspirational Country Music Awards are dedicated to honoring and showcasing the biggest names and emerging talent among artists who perform Christian and Inspirational Country music. Tickets for the show are $45.00 and are on sale now.
For more information visit the ICM Awards website at http://www.icm-awards.com/
Live recordings of the Zac Brown Band's critically praised performance at this year's Bonnaroo are available this week as an iTunes exclusive EP. The package will feature performances of two songs from the band's RIAA gold-certified, major label debut The Foundation (Atlantic Records), which peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 this week.
"When Brown crooned lyrics like 'Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand/ Life is good today,' he pretty much nailed the sentiment of everyone at the [Bonnaroo] fest for day one," praised Rolling Stone.
Watch a montage of their performance: http://billboard.blogs.com/festivals/2009/06/zac-brown-band-live-at-bonnaroo.html
Track Listing 1. Toes 2. Free / Into the Mystic 3. The Devil Went Down to Georgia 4. Who Knows*
*Who Knows (video) - iTunes exclusive only
The digital EP will be available to all other outlets August 11th.
In addition to their their #1 platinum single "Chicken Fried" and #1 gold single "Whatever It Is," the Zac Brown Band's current single "Toes" is climbing the charts at #28 this week on Hot Country. The band has also been named the Academy of Country Music Awards' Top New Vocal Group and their video for "Chicken Fried" was donned CMT's USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year.
The great Louis Armstrong was born today in New Orleans, 1901 (died 1971). The legendary jazz trumpet player and singer recorded with Jimmie Rodgers back in 1930 on a song called Blue Yodel No. 9- making history at combining two incredible genres together.
Forty years later, Louis Armstrong was a guest on the Johnny Cash Show. This video is from episode 38 of the Johnny Cash Show originally shown on October, 28, 1970. It was one of the great Satchmo's last performances.
Louis Armstrong cracks everybody up at the start of the song, “Let's give it to 'em in black and white…” Watch it here...
Representing radio station WWKA Orlando, the charismatic Central Florida based singer/songwriter Johnny Bulford was named “Best New Act In Country Music” at the 27th Annual Colgate Country Showdown (www.countryshowdown.com), which was hosted by superstar LeAnn Rimes at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and was syndicated across the country. The multi-talented performer, who plans to invest the $100,000 Grand Prize check he received into furthering his blossoming career, beat out four other finalists with renditions of his original songs “How Could I Not” and “What Happens Here Stays Here,” the title track from his popular 2007 indie album.
“It’s the best thing that’s happened in my career so far, and it seemed like everybody in Nashville was watching the show, so people wanted to know why I wasn’t jumping up and down and acting more excited,” says Bulford. “I guess I deal with this kind of thing differently, and I was in shock a little bit. When they announced my name, my legs started shaking and all I could think about was not falling down and not saying something silly. I thought back to when I first started listening to country music, when my grandmother popped in a cassette of Garth Brooks when I was 11 and thought, wow, it’s been quite a journey. Yet really, it’s only beginning.”
Bulford, who recently scored a highly coveted endorsement deal with Taylor Guitars, came close to the mountaintop experience with the Colgate competition before as a Florida finalist in 2003 and Florida State winner in 2004. He’s following in the giant footsteps of some of today’s top country artists who also competed in past local, state, regional and National competitions, including Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Billy Ray Cyrus, Sara Evans and Miranda Lambert.
At the tender age of 24, the seasoned performer—whose competition accolades also include placing second in the Recording Academy sponsored Florida Grammys in 2007—has already opened major shows for Collin Raye, The Warren Brothers, Josh Turner, Emerson Drive, Chris Cagle, Diamond Rio, Tracy Lawrence, Tanya Tucker, Darryl Worley, Jason Michael Carrol, Justin Moore, Gretchin Wilson, John Anderson, Montgomery Gentry, Colt Ford, Jamie Johnson, Blake Shelton and even Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night fame.
Bulford is active on the charity circuit and recently performed an acoustic benefit concert for cancer research and medical grants at the University of Central Florida, where he’s taken time off from his pursuit of a master’s in business and marketing. This whirlwind of activity is leading up to the highly anticipated release of Livin It Up, which features tracks written or co-written and produced by the singer and collaborations with renowned Nashville songwriting heavyweights, the Grammy nominated Charlie Craig (Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton) and Robert Arthur (Brad Paisley, Mark Chesnutt). Many of the songs are currently available on his MySpace site
We had a chance to talk with the charismatic Bulford and this is what he shared with TNS recently.
That Nashville Sound- What brought you to music in the first place?
Johnny Bulford- Garth Brooks, I went to a Garth Brooks concert when I was 13 and when we left I told my mom that was what I wanted to do.
TNS- Describe your music- what's the mission behind the music?
JB- It depends on which song you are talking about. I write a side variety of styles but basically the jest of it is to enjoy life and don't let YOU keep you from being happy.
TNS- Give us the skinny on winning Colgate...
JB- LeAnn Rimes. She's in great shape! It's opened a lot of doors and right now I'm trying to keep my foot in them to make sure they stay open till something happens.
TNS- What kind of music are you listening to? What's in your iPod?
JB- Songwriter/Acoustic/Folk. My favorites are Jason Mraz, Amos Lee, and Damian Rice.
TNS- What's next for you? Where do you hope to be career-wise a couple years from now?
JB- Mainly I'd like to be branching out more to other states. I'd love to be on the road.
The Rockabilly Hall of Fame had reported in early summer 2009 that Riley was in poor health, battling stage 4 cancer, which his family has reported caused his death on August 2, 2009 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was 75.
Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the son of a sharecropper, Riley learned to play guitar from black farm workers. After 4 years in the Army, Riley first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955 before being lured to Sun Studios by Sam Phillips. He recorded "Trouble Bound" for Jack Clement and Slim Wallace. Sam Phillips obtained the rights and he released "Trouble Bound" b/w "Rock With Me Baby" September 1, 1956 (Sun 245). His first hit was "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" b/w "I Want You Baby" released February 23, 1957 (Sun 260) after which he recorded "Red Hot" b/w "Pearly Lee" released September 30, 1957 (Sun 277) both with backing piano by Jerry Lee Lewis.
"Red Hot" was showing a lot of promise as a big hit record, but Sam Phillips pulled the promotion and switched it to "Great Balls Of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis. The record was pulled without a lot of sales. He had other Sun recordings and they, likewise, did not have a lot of sales as his promotion had stopped.
Considered good looking and with wild stage moves, Riley had a brief solo career with his backing band "The Little Green Men". Riley and his Little Green Men were the main Sun studio band. They were Riley, Roland Janes, J.M. Van Eaton, Marvin Pepper, and Jimmy Wilson, later joined by Martin Willis.
In 1960, he left Sun, and started Rita Record label with Roland Janes. They produced the national hit record "Mountain Of Love" by Harold Dorman. He later started two other labels Nita and Mojo.
In 1962, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician with Dean Martin, the Beach Boys, Herb Alpert, Sammy Davis Jr. and others, as well as recording under various aliases.
In the early seventies, Riley quit music to return to Arkansas to begin his own construction business. In 1978 "Red Hot" and "Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll" were covered by Robert Gordon and Link Wray, which led to a one-off performance in Memphis in 1979, the success of which led to further recording at Sun Studio and a full-time return to performing.
Rediscovered by Bob Dylan in 1992, who had been a fan since 1956, Riley played a form of rockabilly, combining Rock and Roll, Blues and Country.
His album Hot Damn! (Capricorn, 1997) was nominated for the Grammy.
He was injured falling on a slippery department store floor in 2005 and that has required two surgeries. In 2006, he released a country CD, Hillbilly Rockin' Man.
As we reported yesterday morning, Billy Currington and his band were on stage outside Edmonton, Calgary when a tornado force wind hit the stage and collapsed it on top of them Saturday night. Currington was hit in the head by falling debris from the stage and came out on his Twitter account this morning showing his big black eye. It reads, “The boys and i are very grateful to be home and for life itself. We thank you for your prayers and concern and will see you on the road again soon.”
The debut single from Jamey Johnson’s forthcoming album is entitled “My Way To You.” The song, co-written by Johnson and Charlie Midnight, has hit radio stations across the country this past month.
Today, August 3, “My Way To You” will be available as a FREE download at www.jameyjohnson.com. On August 11, the digital e-single will be available for download at iTunes and all other digital partners.
The follow-up album to Johnson’s critically acclaimed That Lonesome Song will hit stores this fall and will also be released on vinyl.
In April, Johnson won his second ACM Song of the Year honor. This time, it was for a song he had written and recorded. “I was just happy to be there,” says Johnson. “If I’d ended up going home without a trophy, I wouldn’t have cared. That just floored me – for them to say “In Color” was their Song of the Year and it wasn’t even a Number One record – it was a very special thing.”
Right after the ACM accolade came the news that That Lonesome Song had been certified Gold. When asked did he ever dream about getting a Gold Record as a kid growing up in Montgomery, AL Johnson responds, “Hell, I never even dreamed of it as an adult. When we found out the album went Gold, I said, ‘We’re going to need a whole lot of plaques because I want to be able to give them out to everybody.’”
When Johnson isn’t in the studio working on the new album, he is on the road performing for sold-out crowds. “The road is where it’s at,” says Johnson. “I love it. That’s where you take country music. You don’t get the message out there by sitting at the house.”
The Background: Gloriana has already created quite a stir over the last several months opening for Taylor Swift on her “Fearless 2009 Tour.” The group was formed when brothers Tom Gossin, 27, and Mike Gossin, 24, moved to Nashville in the winter 2008 and began collaborating with Rachel Reinert, 19, and Cheyenne Kimball, 18. After a few inspiring jam sessions, a new and modern country band was born. Before they even had a name, the four toured the southeast, playing for free and coming up with different band names each night. Their first recordings soon found their way to Matt Serletic, who brought the group’s distinct sound to Emblem Music Group. Known for his work with Rob Thomas, Willie Nelson, and Aerosmith, Serletic co-wrote and produced the band’s album and first single “Wild At Heart.”
The Review: On this freshman album by the quartet, vocal harmonies get the front and center spotlight, Gloriana channels their inner Little Big Town as the talented group makes a first impression- a first impression as a pop group, however. The first two tracks are upbeat percussion-paloozas, heavy on cymbals and drum tracks. The album takes the modern country-rock movement the route of Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country”- performed throughout with vocal gymnastics. If you listen to it as a pop-country mindset, it’s energetic, upbeat, fun, and young. But it’s not mainstream country music- even by today’s liberal standards. If this is mainstream country, then The Eagles & John Mellencamp fall on the Hank Williams side of things on the country meter. The biggest challenge I have with this album, however, is unlike Randy Houser’s “Anything Goes” where he sings from a perspective of experience or David Nail’s “Red Light” where there’s an actual identifiable person in the song, few of the songs tell a story. Few of them have a protagonist in the song- least of all the singers themselves- that you can identify with emotionally. It’s like an entire album of third party conversation. In an effort to identify with the broadest audience possible, it’s not connected with anyone specifically. I want to place myself in the song as a listener and with Gloriana, I found that difficult. It’s American Idol country music, more concerned with the how you can sing instead of the what you’re singing. It’s when they slow it down acoustically when Gloriana sounds their best, uncluttered by production.
Sounds Like: Little Big Town Crossed With Joan Jett & The Blackhearts or 1990’s Heart
Track Highlights (suggested iPod adds): Wild At Heart Time To Let Me Go
The stage at an open-air country music festival in Calgary, Canada has collapsed in sudden, high winds, killing one person and injuring 15 others- two being in critical condition. The Associated Press news agency says one of the performers, a member of the Billy Currington band, was removed from the wreckage with a badly injured arm.
The Big Valley Jamboree, held annually near Edmonton, in central Alberta, attracts thousands of music fans. Spectators fled in panic as a severe thunderstorm, with high winds and rain, swept through the festival site early on Saturday evening.
One of the Billy Currington band guitarists, Doug Collins, told the Calgary Herald: "I was playing slide guitar and I have to look constantly at my hands. All of a sudden, I saw this blast coming at me and I ran off the stage. "One amp started falling toward me and that is when it got bizarre. That's when I ran." Billy Currington was taken to the hospital as a precaution but released.
Music fan Maris Orydzuk described what happened to Canadian broadcaster CTV: "Next thing I know there is like concrete, and there's something on my back. I can't see a thing. "It was awful. I thought my life was ending because it was completely dark and black. There was a tiny, tiny hole that I crawled through."
The film actor Kevin Costner, and his band Modern West, were due to perform after Billy Currington.
The Background In his later years, Hank Williams Jr.'s conservative Republican views, politically incorrect lyrics, and oft-cartoonish redneck image made him a polarizing figure. Through it all, however, he continued to deliver uncompromising, heartfelt country music true to his personality and for the most part, unlike anything his contemporaries are doing. 127 Rose Avenue has been released during one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history, a circumstance that provided the perfect setting for Bocephus's trademark matching of high energy country rock and everyman-themed lyrics. Highlighted by the hit single, "Red, White & Pink Slip Blues" (which details the closing of a mill and the resultant catastrophic effects on a small town), the album tackles a variety of modern concerns head-on, from child abuse ("Sounds Like Justice") to the value of personal relationships ("Mighty Oak Trees"). Throughout, the Louisiana-born singer follows his own path, as always paying tribute to his legendary father while speaking his mind without reservation.
The Review The first single from Hank Williams, Jr.'s 127 Rose Avenue is called "Red, White & Pink Slip Blues," a dedication to the economic uncertainty of 2008 & 2009 recession America. Similar to John Rich’s “Shutting Detroit Down,” it pleads the concerns of the common man who is struggling to find his financial way in a country that has left them behind. But like a second date on the same night, it has found a difficult direction at country radio. The album is a paradox in so many different ways. Hank Williams, Jr. has been remaking the same record since the early 1980s. It’s been redneck Southern rock that celebrates being rowdy, drinking beers, raising hell and hanging out with hot chicks and friends. And it’s not that we don’t enjoy listening to it. It’s just that we’ve heard it before. The formula feels a bit dated and worn although the production is current as can be. (The instrumental bridges on the self-penned “Farm Song” are as wicked cool as country gets.) It’s like his Monday Night Football intro. It’s not bad, it’s just that we may be due for something new. For this reviewer, the very best pieces to the album are the ones that fall outside the norm- outside of the southern rockin’ boy formula. Three ballads, “Mighty Oak Trees,” “127 Rose Avenue” and “Gulf Shore Road” have introspective lyrics, a surprising broad vocal range by Williams and are great songs- in any decade. The result- if you dig Bocephus' albums of the 80’s and 90’s, you’re going to love this new album. If you’re not, download the ballad singles and you’ll have the best of this album.
Sounds Like Classic Hank Williams, Jr.
Track Highlights (suggested iPod adds): Mighty Oak Trees 127 Rose Avenue Gulf Shore Road