21st Cont'd Sunday Tim had invited me to an event later that afternoon where he would lead the worship. Since Missy and I talked so long, I would have missed the worship and decided to skip it. Turns out that He was on the front page of the paper the next morning because of this event! Owell
Tim made the font page!
Hack, his family &
his music That night, I went to see Hack
& Libby. Libby is one of Belinda's best friends, but they do not get to
connect that often. I had not seen their new log home. It was really cool.
Hack & Libby's beautiful log house
Hack had been in the original Swinging Medallions that sang the hit song Double Shot of My Baby's Love. They also had hits with Hey, Hey, Baby and She Drives Me Out Of My Mind. His latest Band, Hack Bartley & Shuffle includes his son Jake on guitar and vocals. Hack sings lead vocals and plays the sax., harmonica, keyboard and writes songs. From their web site: “Hack began his professional career with The Swingin' Medallions in 1967 - singing and playing sax. During his tenure with The Swingin' Medallions, he had the opportunity to perform on stage with most of the hottest groups of the 1960's, 70's & 80's including The Allman Brothers, James Brown, The Drifters, The Carpenters, The Lettermen, The Tokens, Jackie Wilson, Sam & Dave, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, The Tams, Billy Joe Royal, Dennis Yost & The Classics IV, Joe South and all the Carolina beach bands. After five years, Hack went on his own, touring and doing some recording at ABC Studios in Chicago. Later he returned to The Swingin' Medallions for a few years. Eventually, he founded Hack Bartley & Shuffle and began recording and concentrating on his songwriting. Hack now has well over 200 original songs to his credit .” While I was there, Libby invited their daughter Anna and her family to come over for a visit. Anna and Jake were both in the homeschool group with Sally & Jeanette and Anna took gymnastics from the same gym that Sally used. Anna has coached gymnastics for 13 years years and now their oldest daughter Ellie is a gymnast.
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Swinging Medallions poster
Hack Bartley & Shuffle band
Hack playing the sax
Jake singing
A little father & son action...
Some of the band's awards *
**2004 CAMMY Award -
"Blues Album Of The Year"
* Nominated For CAMMY "Blues Song Of The Year"
* Nominated For CAMMY "Producer"
* Nominated For CAMMY "Songwriter"
*2003 CAMMY Award - "Favorite New Artist"
* Nominated For CAMMY "Blues Song Of The Year"
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