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Show bo untry music artists to perform at Fair Over Anymore," and "Latest Shade of Blue," sung by Connie Smith. Raven's fellow songwriters elcted him to the Board of Directors of the Nashville Songwriters Sssociation, to represent them and their interests. As a recording artist with Dimension See Country on Page 3 Country and western artists Eddy Raven and Marty Haggard will appear ap-pear at this year's Iron County Fair Rodeo Aug. 29 and 30 in Parowan. Appearances of the two are only part of activities planned for the annual fair over the Labor Day weekend. Festivities will begin Aug. 28 with the Miss Iron County Beauty Pageant and be capped off by a Labor Day Fair Parade Sept. 1 on Parowan's Main Street. Raven, a successful songwriter and recording artist, has written songs for country stars Roy Clark, Roy Orbison, Jerry Reed, Moe Bandy, Lefty Frizzell and Carl Smith. His latest records, "Sweet Mother rexas," and "Dealin' With The Devil," have both made their way rapidly up the country charts. Raven grew up in the bayou country southern Louisiana, and by the age of 4 had his own radio show in Georgia. He also wrote the chart successes 'Country Green," and "Touch the Morning," sung by Don Gibson; "Good Morning Country Rain," sung by Jeannie Riley; "Back in the country," coun-try," sung by Roy Acuff ; "Sometimes I ralk in My Sleep," sung by Randy Corner; and "I Don't Wan't To Talk It Hilt 1- continued from page 1 Records, he has done many radio and television jingles and performed in. many of the finest blus throughout the United States, including the Landmark; Hotel in Las Vegas. Haggard is Merle Haggard's eldest son, and with his sister appeared in last year's Iron County Fair's Sunday Evening of Entertainment. Haggard grew up with country music, and has traveled with his father on the road for the past two years. He has also done some recording and appeared several times on the . television show "The Fitzpatricks". His on-stage presence is patterned, he says, after those he admires the most: Hank Williams, Jr., Lefty Frizzell and Neil Diamond. Observers say he sounds a bit like his father in his early singing career. The young Haggard is also a budding songwriter, and sings some of his own material, leaning toward the traditional style of country music. |
