Becky Hobbs, 5th-great
granddaughter of Nancy Ward, Beloved Woman of the Cherokee, recently visited
Long Island on the Holston River in Kingsport, Tennessee, where Nancy Ward gave
her famous speech in 1781. The
Americans present included Col. William Christian and John Sevier, who were
perplexed that the Cherokee would let a woman
speak for them. In her
speech, Nancy said, “You Americans look at women as though we are nothing. But
we are your mothers; you are our sons. Our
cry is all for peace. Let it
continue. This peace must last
forever. Let your mother’s sons
be ours, our sons be yours. Let
your women hear our words.”
Hobbs was in Kingsport to play a
concert, and also to speak about her upcoming musical, based on the life of
Nancy Ward, NANYEHI-BELOVED WOMAN OF THE CHEROKEE. Becky, a Bartlesville, Oklahoma native and Cherokee Nation
Citizen, has written songs for Conway Twitty, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Glen
Campbell, Emmylou Harris, Alabama (including the evergreen “Angels Among
Us”), Helen Reddy, Shirley Bassey and others.
As a recording artist, she has had over 25 chart records, including
“Jones on the Jukebox,” and has performed in over 40 countries.
Hobbs has written/co-written 16
songs for the musical and co-wrote the script with playwright/director Nick
Sweet. The musical will be
workshopped at NSU in Tahlequah this summer.
The premier date/venue has not yet been determined.
Hobbs lives in Nashville with
her husband, music producer/guitarist Duane Sciacqua.
Picture
caption: Becky Hobbs, 5th-great
granddaughter of Nancy Ward, Beloved Woman of the Cherokee, stands at the
Cherokee Monument at Long Island, Tennessee, where Nancy gave her plea for peace
in 1781. The monument depicts the
Seven Clans of the Cherokee and the Seal of the Cherokee Nation.
Sweden's honkytonk singer, Red Jenkins, asked Becky to sing "Jones on the Jukebox" with him on his new album. The Beckaroo will also be performing with him in Avesta, Sweden this December:
Beckaroo & Duane visited Becky's old high school friend, Hans Schmoldt and his lovely wife, Kathy, in Grand Junction, CO when Duane was playing Country Jam with Rodney Atkins. Rodney has had three #1's in a row, and each stayed at #1 for multiple weeks. It was a great concert (30,000 people) and Hans & Kathy rolled out the red carpet, with 2 fun-filled days of rafting down the Colorado, drinking in sky chairs looking out at the beautiful western skies, shooting bottles with a slingshot, and a catered dinner under the Colorado stars with fantastic pianist, Roy Hutchins entertaining.
Here's shots of Duane & Rodney on stage:
And more on the Beckaroo:
Duane rockin' with Rodney...taken from the "These Are My people" video shoot.
The July 16, 2007 issue of Country Weekly features the Beckaroo!
David Knowles writes a great review on
"Songs From The Road Of Life" in this British online magazine:
New
article in Country Home Magazine all about Becky. Check this one out.
DISClaimer
Robert K. Oermann
BECKY HOBBS/No More War
Writer: B. Hobbs/D. Anton/B. Hill; Producer: Duane
Sciacqua; Publisher: Becca’s Mecca/Shoe Box/BenitaSongs, BMI/ASCAP; Beckaroo
(615-383-0041)
—“If women ruled the world, there’d be no more war,” she sings,
calling on her sisters around the globe to step forward. Here’s the kicker:
It’s delightfully catchy.
http://www.countrymusicplanet.com/septemberoctober20042.html
The Beckaroo is on the cover of the June issue of Country Music Round-up UK
... Becky on the top of the Charts
THE CHi HOTDISC CHART
This is a list of the Top 30 Most Popular Songs released on the CHi
Hotdisc
promotional CD. Each week DJs and media people who receive the Hotdisc
send back their reaction sheets where they are given the chance to rate
every
song from 10pts to zero. This chart records the songs with the highest
ratings.
It is a chart exclusively for clients of the CHi Hotdisc
compilation CD.
The chart will be published weekly here, and also published in Country
Music
Roundup, Scottish Country Music & Dance and Southern Country
magazines.
01 (02) FROM OKLAHOMA WITH LOVE - BECKY HOBBS
02 (01) GAMBLED AWAY OUR LOVE - TROY COOK Jr
03 (04) DOWN IN TO MUDDY WATER - GARY CAMPBELL
04 (05) NO MORE LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER - MICHAEL PETERSON
05 (10) WRAP ME UP - LISA O'KANE
06 (03) RIVER OF TIME - KAREN TOBIN
07 (07) BROKE AGAIN - CLAYTON LEE
08 (08) LOVE, ME - BILL CONLON
09 (09) GOT TA BE ON DOWN THE ROAD - DENNY REED
10 (16) SWEET SENORITA FROM SANTA FE - DENNY REED
11 (18) SWEET JILLYROO - PHIL YOUNGER & THE BREW
12 (06) 10,000 PIECES - DONNA BOYD
13 (11) DANCE UNTIL DAWN - RANDY THOMPSON
14 (17) BELSHAZZAR - CLINT MILLER
15 (13) SIGN YOUR NAME - BRETT BUCKLAND
16 (19) I DO - RICK HOLDIN
17 (14) OVER THE NEXT HILL - CLINT MILLER
18 (12) WHEN YOUR HEART'S ON FIRE - ANN & RAY BRETT
19 (15) SO LITTLE LOVE - DENNY REED
20 (20) FEEL FREE - BERNIE UNDERWOOD
21 (21) SWEET COUNTRY WOMAN - B JEFF & PATRICIA STONE
22 (28) THE SEARCH IS OVER - D.K. DAVIS
23 (24) CHANGING WEATHER - UNN CATHRIN
24 (26) THE WHITE HOUSE HAS RATS - SPEER
25 (29) I CAN SING THE BLUES NO MORE - BEULAH
26 (25) STORM CLOUDS - CLAIRE GAYNOR
27 (27) PROMISE ME - GRAHAM CLARK
28 (23) WHY AM I STILL WAITING - LESLEY CURTIS
29 (22) DO I EVER - SHELLEY JACOBSON
30 (RE) PINK CADILLAC - BILL DURHAMNCM COUNTRY GOSPEL CHART
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Beckaroo played the "Country Cares" benefit for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital for radio programmers in Memphis Jan. 17th. Other singer/songwriters were:
Rick & Janis Carnes
Ronnie Rogers
Merle Kilgore
Lee Miller
Don Rollins
Randy Owen sang "I WANT TO KNOW YOU BEFORE WE MAKE LOVE" with Becky and brought the house down. What a GREAT singer! Becky and Randy together closed the evening with "ANGELS AMONG US."
Becky is also delighted to be pictured in the new 2004 Country Cares St. Jude's Calendar.
ALABAMA SURPRISES THE BECKAROO
The Beckaroo experienced one of the greatest "highs" of her career Oct. 17th in Lexington, Kentucky. Since she had missed ALABAMA when they performed in Nashville earlier in the summer (she was in Oklahoma) and since this is ALABAMA's "Farewell Tour", she was bound and determined to catch her all-time favorite group one last time. She and Duane were watching the sold-out concert, and Randy Owen started talking about Becky and invited her up on stage! Becky and Randy sang I WANT TO KNOW YOU BEFORE WE MAKE LOVE together (written by Becky & Candy Parton, recorded by ALABAMA in 1985). The crowd cheered her on when she came in on verse two and at the end of the song Randy hit some incredible notes...wow! According to the Beckaroo, "Randy Owen is one of the best singers of our generation. I was so honored and humbled just to be on the same stage as Randy and ALABAMA...they ROCKED. They gave the fans their all!" After the duet, Randy proceeded to tell the audience how much ANGELS AMONG US has meant to ALABAMA and invited Becky to stay up and sing some more! (As most of you know, Beckaroo & Don Goodman wrote ANGELS AMONG US and ALABAMA recorded it in 1993). "Randy and I traded off lines in the verses, then on the choruses, he held the mic out to the audience. I got chills hearing 20,000 people all singing along. It was the experience of a lifetime. This was a moment that I have dreamed of. Surely in the last 20 seconds of my life, this will be one of the scenes that pass before me.
Thank you Randy. Thank you ALABAMA. Thank you fans!
And most of all, THANK YOU GOD, for the gift of this song."