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cmp JUNE 2018 Volume 49 Number 6 Issue 580 News Walt Trott in Nashville Duncan Warwick in London Backtracking Editor Duncan Warwick Contributors David Allan, Janet Aspley, Donnie Ayers, Craig Baguley, Larry Delaney, Don Cusic, Julie Flaskett, Kelly Gregory, Michael Hingston, Tony Ives, Spencer Leigh, John Lomax III, , Douglas McPherson, Stephen O’Hanlon, Roland Purdy, Adrian Peel, Paul Riley, Wayne Smart, Chris Smith, Alison Stokes, Tom Travis, Walt Trott, Jack Watkins Assistant editor / Special projects coordinator Kelly Gregory Photographers Patricia Presley, Barry Dixon, Billie McAleer Printed by Zenith Media www.zenith-media.co.uk Distributor Seymour International Press Distributors Ltd. 2 East Poultry Avenue London EC1A 9PT Telephone [phone] Fax [phone] Country Music People is published the last Thursday of each month by KICKIN’ CUTS LIMITED 24 Darley Close, Wittering, Peterborough PE8 6EQ, UK Telephone [phone] - 783689 [email protected] www.cmpcountry.com ©2018 Kickin’ Cuts Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means without the prior written permission of the Publisher. The Publisher accepts no responsibility for statement of fact or opinion expressed by contributors. The views of the contributors are not necessarily those of Country Music People or its editor. 4 cmp - JUNE 2018 Shania Twain, Canada’s gift to country music, created a twitter storm with her recent remark in a Guardian (UK) interview that if she could cast a ballot in the 2016 US presidential election, “I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest...” After noting the resentment her quote stirred up among fans, sorta reminiscent of her hit That Don’t Impress Me Much, she quickly backtracked, claiming the reporter’s query caught her off-guard. The Don’t Be Stupid singer proclaimed: “As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context. I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President.” Like American rapper Kanye West she sorta dug his “independent thought” though, but la West waded right through a riptide of criticism, especially among fellow blacks, via his recent twitter: “You don’t have to agree with Trump, but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.” For sure, Kanye. Where’d all the money go? What gives? Despite earlier estimates of the late Glen Campbell estate being over $50 million, his former accountant appointed by a Nashville judge refereeing a court battle between the singer-songwriter’s heirs, took a tally and came up with an estimate of assets at less than half a million dollars. Stanley Schneider, who had also served as Campbell’s later life manager, was appointed estate administrator by Probate Judge Randy Kennedy last February. According to Schneider’s estimate, released in April, that total doesn’t include future royalties, citing “Appraisal needed” in this regard. Campbell died last August after suffering Alzheimer’s disease, and his will named wife Kim as executor. In it, she and five of his children were listed as beneficiaries, prompting three of his children by earlier marriages to contest the will. Previous court documents cited part ownership in the Arizona Diamondbacks ball team. Expect more fireworks over this latest report.