Paul McCartney’s songs are some of the most covered of all time. Now, a who’s-who of music stars have recorded Macca’s music for a lavish project called The Art of McCartney.
Due November 18, the album features McCartney’s longtime band backing up the likes of Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Roger Daltrey, Chrissie Hynde, KISS, Brian Wilson, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard and more as they deliver their own interpretations of classics such as “My Love,” “Maybe I’m Amazed, “Let It Be,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “Live and Let Die.”
While he wasn’t personally involved in assembling The Art of McCartney, the entire project has McCartney’s thumbs-up.
The lead single from The Art of McCartney is The Cure’s rendition of “Hello Goodbye,” the band’s first release in six years.
It also features Macca’s son, James, on keyboards. You can download “Hello Goodbye” now when you pre-order The Art of McCartney.
The album will be available in a variety of formats, including a limited run of 1,000 box sets featuring signed artwork, a DVD, an audio documentary, a 64-page book, and the full album on digital, vinyl and CD.
There also will be a vinyl box set, a triple-vinyl album, a deluxe CD package, a regular CD, a standard digital album and an iTunes version with a couple of extra tracks.
Here’s the track listing for The Art of McCartney:
1. “Maybe I’m Amazed” — Billy Joel
2. “Things We Said Today” — Bob Dylan
3. “Band on the Run” — Heart
4. “Junior’s Farm” — Steve Miller
5. “The Long and Winding Road” — Yusuf / Cat Stevens
6. “My Love” — Harry Connick, Jr.
7. “Wanderlust” — Brian Wilson
8. “Bluebird” — Corinne Bailey Rae
9. “Yesterday” — Willie Nelson
10. “Junk” — Jeff Lynne
11. “When I’m 64” — Barry Gibb
12. “Every Night” — Jamie Cullum
13. “Venus and Mars/ Rock Show” — KISS
14. “Let Me Roll It” — Paul Rodgers
15. “Helter Skelter” — Roger Daltrey
16. “Helen Wheels” — Def Leppard
17. “Hello Goodbye” — The Cure ft James McCartney
18. “Live and Let Die” — Billy Joel
19. “Let It Be” — Chrissie Hynde
20. “Jet” — Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
21. “Hi Hi Hi” — Joe Elliott
22. “Letting Go” — Heart
23. “Hey Jude” — Steve Miller
24. “Listen to What the Man Said” — Owl City
25. “Got to Get You into My Life” — Perry Farrell
26. “Drive My Car” — Dion
27. “Lady Madonna” — Allen Toussaint
28. “Let ‘Em In” — Dr. John
29. “So Bad” — Smokey Robinson
30. “No More Lonely Nights” — The Airborne Toxic Event
31. “Eleanor Rigby” — Alice Cooper
32. “Come and Get It” — Toots Hibbert with Sly & Robbie
33. “On the Way” — B. B. King
34. “Birthday” — Sammy Hagar
The deluxe box set also includes:
1. “C Moon” — Robert Smith
2. “Can’t Buy Me Love” — Booker T. Jones
3. “P.S. I Love You” — Ronnie Spector
4. “All My Loving” — Darlene Love
5. “For No One” – Ian McCulloch
6. “Put It There” — Peter, Bjorn & John
7. “Run Devil Run” — Wanda Jackson
8. “Smile Away” — Alice Cooper
The Hays Rotary Club announced in a news release this week the annual Paint-A-Thon, scheduled for Sept. 13, has been postponed because of insufficient eligible applicants.
The club still is seeking applicants in the hopes that the Paint-A-Thon could be carried out in the spring.
“The Hays Rotary Club would like to Thank Tigers in Service, Pizza Hut and Home Depot for their willingness to partner with us to provide the Paint-A-Thon Community Service to persons in need,” the Rotary Club said in the release.
If anyone has a person who they believe would be eligible for the service within Ellis County, email [email protected] or contact Scott Braun at (785) 623-1019.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters helped evacuate residents during a fire at an Overland Park apartment complex shortly before a roof collapsed.
No residents were injured during the fire early Wednesday at the two-story Aspen Lodge Apartments.
The fire was brought under control in less than an hour. The Overland Park fire department said in a news release that residents from 16 units are displaced. The apartment management and Red Cross are working to help find new homes for residents.
One Overland Park firefighter was taken to a hospital with minor medical issues.
Officials say the fire started after someone discarded a burning cigarette in a planter on a balcony and the blaze quickly spread to the wood roof and the rest of the building.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters helped evacuate residents during a fire at an Overland Park apartment complex shortly before a roof collapsed.
No residents were injured during the fire early Wednesday at the two-story Aspen Lodge Apartments.
The fire was brought under control in less than an hour. The Overland Park fire department said in a news release that residents from 16 units are displaced. The apartment management and Red Cross are working to help find new homes for residents.
One Overland Park firefighter was taken to a hospital with minor medical issues.
SALINA — A 72-year-old Salina man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated criminal sodomy.
Gerald Jones is alleged to have sexually molested a preschool-age girl around Sept. 1 at a home in central Salina.
Salina Police Capt. Mike Sweeney said officers were sent to Salina Regional Health Center on Sept. 6 on a report of a sexual abuse case. Sweeney said the young girl was being checked for possible sexual abuse.
During the investigation, officers learned that Jones is alleged to have sexually molested a grade-school boy around Aug. 1.
Jones, who police said is acquainted with the victims, was booked into the Saline County jail early Tuesday afternoon.
By RON WILSON Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development
May 1, 2014. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is announcing its nominations for the Emmys. One of those recognized is a young woman from rural Kansas.
Ron Wilson is director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.
Shevy Smith is a singer-songwriter in California. Last week we met her brother Craig Smith, an assistant professor of agribusiness at Fort Hays State University. She and her brothers grew up together on the family farm near the rural community of Haven, population 1,172 people. Now, that’s rural.
“We had a great music program at Haven,” Shevy said. “Mrs. Henks had a show choir called Haven Harmony.”
But Shevy did not gravitate toward music immediately. “I had two older brothers who didn’t care for choir, so I tried to pretend it wasn’t cool,” Shevy said. “But as I got into it, I found I loved singing.”
Shevy took piano lessons from Mrs. Henks and also learned guitar. Soon she was being selected to do solos at school and church. “The people in our community were so encouraging,” Shevy said. “They would let me have 30 minutes on stage to perform at local festivals.”
Shevy also applied the work ethic she had learned in rural Kansas to her budding musical career. “I would come home from school and spend five hours a night writing songs,” she said.
Soon this gifted young artist became noticed. She performed for Gov. Bill Graves’ inauguration which led to a contact in the New York music business.
She went to New York and then got publishing deals with labels and worked with producers in Nashville. By age 19, she was touring on the road, doing 200 shows a year. “One year I hit 47 states,” Shevy said.
“Looking back, it seems crazy that I was doing all that at that age,” Shevy said. “They put me in studios with phenomenal musicians and recording engineers. They took a chance on me and really taught me how to produce records. It was the best training I could have had.”
She even went on USO tours to Afghanistan and Iraq. “It was a chance to see the world,” Shevy said.
By 2008, she was ready for a change from the rigors of the road, and she wanted to branch out in her music. “My music is not necessarily in the country realm,” Shevy said. She moved to the west coast and continued her musical career as a singer, songwriter and producer in southern California. “I enjoy working with all types of music. I’m now producing a pop artist, writing for an alt-rock band, and doing promotional projects.”
She had the opportunity to join a creative team as a composer on a project for ABC. “I’m now on my fourth project with them,” she said. “It’s so fun and so collaborative.” One project was even nominated for a Daytime Emmy award.
Shevy has a heart for others. She is working with the Afghan Women’s Writing Project in which poems from Afghan women are adapted into original songs. She hopes to take this program overseas. “People need to feel that their voice matters,” she said. “We need to bring joy and ease suffering in the world.”
She is also mentoring students close to home. Shevy started teaching private music lessons in California as a temporary measure but found that she relished it. Her education company started with the name Girls With Guitars but has grown in scope. The company is now known as Forte Poesy and serves more than 50 teenagers. “I love helping others articulate their musical talents,” she said.
She also has a message of hope for students back home in Kansas: “You don’t have to live in the big city or the entertainment capitol,” Shevy said. “Small town kids should know, with hard work it’s as possible for them (to have success in the music business) as anybody else.”
May 1, 2014. The nominations for the Daytime Emmy awards include a gifted singer-songwriter from rural Kansas. We commend Shevy Smith for making a difference with her musical talents and especially her heart for others. Mrs. Henks would be proud.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 30-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a Topeka police officer.
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor announced Wednesday that he had filed the charge against Ross Preston Lane, who was being held without bond. Kansas law allows the death penalty for the slaying of a law enforcement officer.
Police Cpl. Jason Harwood was shot to death Sunday after stopping a car in east Topeka.
Lane also was charged with possessing a stolen firearm and criminal possession of a firearm as a past felon.
Another 30-year-old man, Anthony Allen Ridens Jr., was charged with obstructing apprehension of a felon and possession of a stolen motorcycle.
SALINA (AP) — Kansas transportation officials are considering several cities as possible sites for facilities that would load and unload products between trucks and trains.
Transportation officials say the transloading facility would be large enough for entire trains to take products from local and area firms that are brought in by trucks.
The Salina Journal reports transportation secretary Mike King was in Salina to talk to city officials about the proposal, which is in only beginning stages of planning.
King says the proposal requires six to eight months of further study to determine the size of a facility, which would cost about $5 million.
Besides Salina, other cities under consideration are Abilene, Attica, Coffeyville, Colby, Columbus, Concordia, Dodge City, Garden City, Gardner, Hutchinson, McPherson, Marysville, Newton, Pittsburg, Scandia, Wellington, Wichita and Winfield.
The Hays High volleyball team is ranked in the first regular season KVA rankings released Wednesday. The Indians are in at No. 9 in class 5A. Ellis is ranked No. 9 in the 2A poll while La Crosse is fifth in 1A Division I.
Class 6A
1. Olathe East 3-1 (1)
2. Olathe Northwest 2-1 (4)
3. Blue Valley North 7-1 (6)
4. Blue Valley Northwest 8-1 (5)
5. Blue Valley West 2-1 (3)
6. Maize 8-0 (8)
7. Blue Valley 1-3 (2)
8. Washburn Rural 1-1 (7)
9. Derby 6-2 (10)
10. Manhattan 3-2 (9)
Class 5A
1. St. James Academy 3-1 (1)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 3-0 (2)
3. Shawnee Heights 3-0 (3)
4. Topeka-Seaman 4-0 (4)
5. Bishop Carroll 0-0 (5)
6. Lansing 2-1 (6)
7. Newton 6-2 (NR)
8. Andover 5-3 (7)
9. Hays 2-0 (NR)
10. Mill Valley 4-5 (9)
Class 4A – Division 2
1. Clay Center 2-0 (1)
2. Andale 8-0 (2)
3. Holton 4-0 (3)
4. Jefferson West 6-1 (4)
5. Frontenac 2-0 (5)
6. Clearwater 2-0 (7)
7. Wichita Trinity Academy 4-2 (8)
8. Colby 1-1 (9)
9. Pratt 7-3 (NR)
10. Royal Valley 4-3 (NR)
Class 3A
1. Silver Lake 5-0 (1)
2. Cheney 3-1 (2)
3. Hesston 8-1 (4)
4. Garden Plain 2-0 (3)
5. Rock Creek 6-1 (NR)
6. Nemaha Central 0-0 (7)
7. Wabaunsee 5-2 (NR)
8. Council Grove 5-2 (NR)
9. Wellsville 4-1 (6)
10. Douglass 2-0 (10)
Class 2A
1. Hillsboro 5-0 (1)
2. Washington County 3-0 (3)
3. Smith Center 2-0 (4)
4. Sterling 6-1 (7)
5. South Central 5-2 (5)
6. Central Plains 3-0 (6)
7. Olpe 2-0 (9)
8. Bucklin/Ashland 2-1 (8)
9. Ellis 0-0 (10)
10. Jefferson County North 0-2 (2)
NEW YORK (AP) — A condo development in New York City’s pricy SoHo neighborhood is charging for a parking spot as much as it would cost to buy a nice house in Dallas or Seattle — $1 million.
The New York Times reports the 10 underground spots at 42 Crosby St. will cost more per square foot than the apartments upstairs. The parking spots will run between $5,000 and $6,666 a square foot.
The three-bedroom apartments will cost around $8 million to $10 million, or about $3,100 a square foot.
Brokerage firm CEO Shaun Osher says there are “few to no options” for parking in SoHo, just northeast of the World Trade Center site. He says his firm is “looking at setting the benchmark.”
Rural Agra resident, Ora “Buck” Elliott, passed away Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014 at the Prairie Haven Rest Home in Kensington, KS at the age of 88.
He was born November 15, 1925 in Kansas City, KS, the son of Ora Orvel and Florence Delilia (Clark) Elliott. His wife, Zelda, and son, Randy, preceded him in death.
He is survived by three sons: David, of Phillipsburg, KS and Eldon and Terry, both of Kensington, KS; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and three brothers: Ron, of Overland Park, KS, Glen, of Salina, KS, and Cecil, of Pamona, KS.
The family chose cremation. A memorial service will be held Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. in the Heartland Worship Center, Agra, KS, with Pastor Jonathan Gibson officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Agra Cemetery with military honors by the Agra American Legion.
Friends may sign the book Thursday & Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the funeral home in Phillipsburg.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the Agra American Legion.
Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.
TORONTO (AP) – A documentary about Roger Waters’ recent tour has made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.
