Appaloosa Radio offers “Echoes of Barbara Mandrell,” a poignant new musical drama that explores love, loss, and the power of memory.
Charles lives in the Oak Knoll Memory Care Facility, where his memory disease has robbed him of his memories, emotions, and personality. He exists in a perpetual gray fog that makes him unresponsive to what is around him.
When Charles receives an experimental treatment to restore his lost memories, he’s suddenly transported back to his experiences performing with country legend Barbara Mandrell. Vivid recollections from decades past flood Charles’ mind, and fantasy and reality begin to blur. Believing Mandrell is in danger, he embarks on a quixotic quest to save her. Charles’ harrowing journey plays out over eighteen new and original songs created in the style of Barbara Mandrell paying tribute to her classics. The story builds to a bittersweet finale where Charles’ musical memories prove more powerful than death itself.
Listen to the musical story.
ACT 1
ACT 2
Intermezzo
ACT 3
Epilogue
Act 1
- Country in My Soul
- You Deserve What You Got
- Little Bitty Pieces
- Hugging My Pillow
- Good Looking. Lying, Cheatin’ Man
Act 2
- I Was Country Before It Was Cool *
- Good Morning, My Love
- So, So, So Cool to be a Southern Girl
- Honky Tonk Road
- With the Man Next Door
- Is Loving You Right or Wrong?
- Simply Ask the Animal
Intermezzo
- Cheating is Like a Fire
- My Love Just Got on a Plane
- Cinderella’s Pumpkin Blu
Act 3
- Haunting Me
- Like a Maniac
- Power Play
- Superhero
Epilogue
- Playin’ Around with Love *
Performance Length
117 minutes 29 seconds
Incidental MusicKevin McLeod. “Bama Country” from his Everything Else Collection https://incompetech.com/music/ |
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Music created using Suno-AI software.
* Music previously recorded by Barbara Mandrell (license #2-10301178)
Disclaimer
Appaloosa Radio is pleased to offer Echoes of Barbara Mandrel — the Musical.
The musical includes eighteen original songs created in the style of Barbara Mandrel, but which were never performed by her.
It also includes two songs that were once performed by her, but in this present work are performed by others. These songs are used under license number #2-10301178
This is a work of creative fiction. Charlie Daye, Gus Griswald and all of the other characters in this work are fictional. None are intended to represent real persons alive or dead.
Enjoy this incredible experience!
