JIMMY RANKIN PART TWO: BROADCAST  1 / 20 / 2012
IN SEARCH OF A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB,  AIRTIME RECORDING STUDIO,  and VISIT BLOOMINGTON.COM
Jimmy Rankin (born James Kevin Rankin on May 28, 1964) is a Canadian country and folk artist. A member of The Rankin Family, Rankin has also released four solo studio albums. As a solo artist, Rankin was named Roots Artist of the Year in 2002 by the Canadian Country Music Association.  He has also won East Coast Music Awards for Country Artist of the Year (2002), SOCAN Songwriter of the Year (2002, 2003), Male Artist of the Year (2004) and Roots Traditional Solo Recording of the Year (2004).

Topics discussed include: Early memories of music, Parents encouraged playing music, siblings played music, playing music as a "community service", playing music with his family and how it developed, The Rankin Family records, touring around Canada with his family, making another record called "Fair Thee Well Love" with the family
how it was a complete family operation, record companies started contacting them which led to their first EMI record in Toronto "North Country", #1 on Canadian pop radio, going from small venues to "soft seater" arenas
beating out Celine Dion as entertainer of the year in Canada.

Musical selections include: North Country, I'm Just Saying, Here In My Heart, Forget About The World, Fare Thee Well Love, Maybe Nothing, Sweet Wheels.

This program is "Evergreen" and not date specific.

For more information, visit In Search of a Song.com

JIMMY RANKIN PART TWO: BROADCAST  1 / 20 / 2012
IN SEARCH OF A SONG originates in BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA and is sponsored by: THE BLUEBIRD NIGHTCLUB,  AIRTIME RECORDING STUDIO,  and VISIT BLOOMINGTON.COM
Jimmy Rankin (born James Kevin Rankin on May 28, 1964) is a Canadian country and folk artist. A member of The Rankin Family, Rankin has also released four solo studio albums. As a solo artist, Rankin was named Roots Artist of the Year in 2002 by the Canadian Country Music Association.  He has also won East Coast Music Awards for Country Artist of the Year (2002), SOCAN Songwriter of the Year (2002, 2003), Male Artist of the Year (2004) and Roots Traditional Solo Recording of the Year (2004).

Topics discussed include: Early memories of music, Parents encouraged playing music, siblings played music, playing music as a "community service", playing music with his family and how it developed, The Rankin Family records, touring around Canada with his family, making another record called "Fair Thee Well Love" with the family
how it was a complete family operation, record companies started contacting them which led to their first EMI record in Toronto "North Country", #1 on Canadian pop radio, going from small venues to "soft seater" arenas
beating out Celine Dion as entertainer of the year in Canada.

Musical selections include: North Country, I'm Just Saying, Here In My Heart, Forget About The World, Fare Thee Well Love, Maybe Nothing, Sweet Wheels.

This program is "Evergreen" and not date specific.

For more information, visit In Search of a Song.com