Though I wasn't huge fan of country in my younger years, I grew up in a house filled with records of the mellow sounds of singers like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Della Reece, and Dinah Shore.
The pop country of Eddy's "Make The World Go Away" is as much a nostalgic sound of my youth as the Mike Douglas and Dinah Shore shows which I saw and heard him on.
It was 10 years ago when visiting my cousin up in Nashville that I was invited to join he and his parents at the Cafe Milano for dinner and a show for their wedding anniversary. My uncle Keith had long been a huge fan of Eddy Arnold and Chet Atkins (who worked a great deal with Arnold and was known for his guitar style). My uncle Keith did not know that Eddy and Chet were going to be sitting on stools 15 feet away from our table playing guitar that night! At one point they both came over and were introduced by Ricky who was with the CMA and knows many of the top artists as well as managers in Nashville. Chet passed away a several years ago and today is followed by his friend Eddy, who was about to celebrate his 90th birthday.
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