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About Me

Dubbed the reigning "Queen of Country in Memphis" by Memphis Magazines City Guide, and the "Princess of Twang" by Memphis' daily paper the Commercial Appeal, Nancy Apple inexplicably reminds her audiences how special it is to be comfortable in your own skin. From classic country tunes to memorable ballads and honey-flavored cheatin songs, Nancy rocks-and-rolls with a twist that is twangled up in the blues. Its genuine yalterna-honk makes you want to either shake your groove thang or chase your beer with whiskey shots.Nancy plays drums, guitar, harmonica and accordion, sometimes dabbles on the concertina but not very well. She has been nominated more than a dozen times for a Premier Player Award in Memphis in the songwriting, Female Vocalist and Community Service categories, and was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition in 2002 and 2003. She has appeared in numerous movies and videos with the likes of Harvey Keitel, Linda Gail Lewis and Bridget Fonda, has been endorsed by Gibson Guitars, played drums in The Hellcats and legendary bluesman Willie Cobbs. She's been featured in television specials on every Memphis network, Turner South, and even hosted her own special on PBS. She did a stint as the Tennessee Triple Threat with Duane Jarvis and Phil Lee, and charted number 1 on the FAR Chart with a duo record she cut with Rob McNurlin entitle RIVER ROAD OR RAIL. Nancy has sung backup with Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Rob McNurlin, Todd Snider, Dan Baird, Keith Sykes, Reba Russell, Barbara Blue, Jay Ruffin, Michael O'Neil and Cory Branan. She is also known by her longtime fans as The Cadillac Cowgirl, and has been a deejay on WEVL in Memphis doing a Monday afternoon drive show (CarTunes) since 1996.Her journey to the present has been as eclectic as she is. Born and raised a Navy brat, Nancy Apples immense talent became clear at a very early age she went from crawling to singing along with Buck Owens on the radio.She is the real deal - not as crusty as you might think from her lyrics; and she plays her ass off live -- But watch it, she'll play your heart strings without you knowing it. You'll catch yourself humming along to her songs when you least expect it.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/15/2005
Band Website: ringorecords.net
Band Members: I love the duets I get to do with Rob McNurlin. I enjoy singing with him so much. So far we have toured just the two of us, but we have shows coming up adding Roy Brewer from my band on fiddle and mandolin, so we will see how that goes -- when I play with my band, it is usually Jay Ruffin on guitar, Roy Brewer on fiddle, mandolin and guitar (he is a stud, so is Jay), Ronnie Vandiver (aka Van Driver) on bass, although he has been known to play guitar too and me bring in a sub on bass. Jumpin James Cunningham on drums. IN the past, Robert Hall was playing drums with me but he dumped me for Jerry Lee Lewis, go figure! Seriously, Robert is great. One of these days I will list all the former "Back Door Men" but there might not be enough room here to do that, hell, I may not remember them all. Been doing this a long time and there have been nights when folks came up and talked about some gig in Boondock, Miserysippy that they said they played with me and I just have to look at them like a deer in headlights and figure I have lost my mind. You know what, you got to be half crazy to be in this buisness, so I guess I am. I have been working a little with some twangers in Nashville for a new road band, since I can;t get these Memphis boys out much. I will post more about that when we do more than one gig.... but that one gig RAWKED.
Influences: Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Duane Eddy, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Keith Sykes, Dwight Yoakam and people who make real music like Rob McNurlin, Otis Gibbs and Ronny Elliott.
Sounds Like: Nancy Apple and no body else, although some folks say I sound a little like Wanda Jackson, Loretta Lynn and Rose Maddox all twangled up in blue.My favorite quote anyone ever said about me was from Nightflying Magazine: As country as Cash, as rockin as Carl, and by God as bold as Elvis. (I want this on my tombstone if I have one).I still say I sound like me.
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Record Label: Ringo Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Old JULY 2003 blogs from my website - blogging, bowling and CD release parties

I don't know why I even keep the old "diary" on my web site, I never updated it and it was too hard to go in and fix myself,Myspace is pretty darn easy. Heck, 4 year olds can do it,so I am going to di...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:29:00 PST

My old friend Leo has a new TV show! Wooo wooo

My friend LEANDRO O'BRIEN is the HOST of a new SERIES on the DISCOVERY TRAVEL & LEISURE CHANNEL called "MAS QUE UNA FIESTA" or MORE THAN A CELEBRATION!The show airs for the first time this week and wi...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:25:00 PST

Car Tunes on WEVL FM 89.9 Memphis Playlists

Car TunesWEVL FM 89.9 MemphisMonday's 4 - 6 PMNancy Apple, audio waitressDate Artist Song Title Record Name7/30/07 "Little" Jimmy Dickens (I Get ) A Hole In My Pocket I'm Little But I'm Loud 7/30/07 B...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:35:00 PST

Honorable Mentions! Michael ONeill

Hey you, this is a great review that my pal Michael ONeill got in Freight Train Boogie. Sure love the honorable mentionMICHAEL ONEILL who's bad now... (Sleeping Trout Music)In his last outing, O'Neill...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:50:00 PST

Pimpin in Memphis

So you are playing in Memphis and you want to do some pimpin to the press, maybe even get a pretty picture of you in the paper - hell, a story EVEN!The Memphis Flyer is the cool alt-weekly, stories co...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 08:10:00 PST

Woodsongs radio show WORLDWIDE!!!!!!

Hey gang -Tomorrow - TUESDAY, MAY 2 - WOODSONGS OLD TIME RADIO HOUR features the long awaited show that features WEVL's Nancy Apple with Rob McNurlin, and the wonderful Paul Oscher.Tune in tomorrow in...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Mon, 01 May 2006 09:07:00 PST

Blatant Plug: Reader's Choice Award in Memphis

I feel like such a celebrity, I was voted a "reader's choice award" by Memphis Woman Magazine in March (I just found out about this) -- "The Success Magazine for Mid-South Women." So if success means ...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:46:00 PST

FAN LETTERS

I love getting fan letters, especially when I get one where a certain song makes a difference to them. So, I thought I would post it here and everytime I look at it I will feel great again.FROM SOPHIE...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:37:00 PST

Pimpin and braggin - blatant plug about playing for Vice Premier of China

Here is one for the cool gig war stories book. From a press release that was sent out.On Saturday, April 8, 2006 Memphis' own Princess of Twang -- Nancy Apple -- performed a private concert for Chines...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:44:00 PST

Patience and bleach

I am loving my new accordion, I also got a set of cocktail drums from eBay and digging then too. Hey, the poison ivy is FINALLY going away too. You know what worked? Patience and bleach. Not necessari...
Posted by Nancy Apple on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:51:00 PST