EPISODE · Dec 5, 2020 · 34 MIN
The Haunted World of Skeeter Davis, Part One
from Past Dark · host Carmen Park
Music Used in this Episode:Kevin Macleod-"Clean Soul", "Comfortable Mystery 3", "Covert Affair", "Creeping to Ship", "Light Thought var 2", "Lightless Dawn", "Music for Funeral Home - Part 11", "Nervous", "Reawakening", “Shores of Avalon", "Sunset at Glengorm", "Unnatural Situation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Drake Stafford- “Weirder” Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ From www.freemusicarchive.orgflyingdeadman- “I see you” Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ From www.freemusicarchive.orgEyes Closed by mwic (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mwic/58714Steinbruchel- “Snowfall” Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ From www.freemusicarchive.org Additional incidental music by Skillpak Clarence Ashley- “Coo Coo Bird”Girls of the Golden West -“Barn Dance of Long Ago”Buell Kazee- “The Butcher’s Boy”Grand Ol’ Opry Broadcast, 10-14-1939XERF Radio Broadcast, Del Rio Texas, 1953 Public Domain, from www.archive.org The Davis Sisters-“Crying Steel Guitar Waltz/Taking Time Out for Tears” Late 1952 or early 1953, possibly WJR radio studio, 3011 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan (Betty Jack Davis: vocal; Mary Frances “Skeeter Davis” Penick: vocal; unknown: guitar “Takin’ Time Out For Tears” ) “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know” (RCA Records, Nashville) 1953Skeeter Davis-“Set Him Free” (RCA Victor, Nashville, February 1959) “The End of the World” (RCA Victor, Nashville, December 1962) under Fair Use FAIR USE:Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—(1)the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;(2)the nature of the copyrighted work;(3)the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4)the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors. Past Dark is written and produced by Carmen Park
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Skeeter Davis was a legendary country singer and Grand Ol Opry performer for over 40 years, but her life was disproportionate in its tragedy, and eerie in its details. This deeply religious self-proclaimed “country hippie” bloomed out of a hardscrabble background common to country performers of the time, but her life was laced with uncanny events, precognitive visions and voices that guided her from beyond. The long shadow of murder would fall upon her family while she was still very young, and a crushing loss in the very beginning of her career would usher in years of psychological abuse and manipulation, followed by two loveless marriages and a ban from the Grand Ol Opry. Despite her influence on countless artists, Her own legacy would be denied her in the town that made her famous.
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The Haunted World of Skeeter Davis, Part One
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