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  jlporterbio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Porter was deputy Circuit Clerk at the time of the burning of the court house, and it was through his efforts that most of the books of that office were saved, an account of which is given in the historical part of this book.
Porter was also the first man in the county to be granted a commission as notary.
Porter is still actively engaged in business and has many interests in the county; owns several tracts of farm land and a large number of business and dwelling houses in Kirksville.
www2.truman.edu /~adavis/mipages/jlporterbio.html   (571 words)

  
 Sara Storer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While attending the College, she met Garth Porter, former keyboard player with Sherbet, and a producer of Australian country singers Lee Kernaghan and Gina Jeffreys.
Garth Porter was keen to produce her work and he recorded six tracks which he played to ABC Music who agreed to sign her on the spot.
Her second album "Beautiful Circle" was recorded in the second half of 2002 with Garth Porter at the controls.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sara_Storer   (513 words)

  
 Sherbet (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garth Porter has said that he found this especially frustrating, as he felt The Sherbs were actually writing and performing better material during this era than in their 1970s heyday.
Following the group's break-up, lead singer Daryl Braithwaite went on to a successful solo career in Australia, and Garth Porter and Clive Shakespeare became successful record producers.
Sherbet now usually performs as a six piece line-up of Braithwaite, Sandow, Mitchell, Porter, James and Shakespeare, as in a recent live appearance at the May 2006 Australian TV Logie Awards, where they performed their biggest hit, "Howzat".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sherbet_(band)   (1512 words)

  
 Coveted Porter Collection Serves up $64,400 Burl Bowl and Six-Figure Zinc Dog in Ohio
Porter, who joined the auction team at Garth's in March of 1967, eventually becoming part owner and primary auctioneer, promised that he was not leaving the firm.
Porter commented that he and his wife Carolyn had lovingly put the collection together over the past 40-plus years and the solitary reason for selling was that they had moved from a six-bedroom farmhouse to a smaller single story dwelling.
Porter recalled that early on in their career his wife Carolyn looked into local dealer Robin Hunter's apartment and came back exclaiming, '"There is a really dumb clock in Robin's apartment.' I peeked in and thought, it really is dumb.
www.antiquesandthearts.com /AW-2004-12-28-14-16-22p1.htm   (1281 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Thereafter, on hearing of a possibility that Travelers, as Porter's insurer, might be required to respond for damage claims against Porter, the school district creditors moved to vacate their withdrawals/defaults.
Porter's schedule of assets was silent as to any insurance available to cover the property damage claims asserted by the Claimants.
It was also represented that Porter, as a debtor in the School Asbestos litigation, had objected, and was still objecting, to the claims of the class; that no claims had been withdrawn in that proceeding; and that the non-opted out school districts had filed the instant action as a protective action.
vls.law.vill.edu /locator/3d/Jan1995/94a0938p.txt   (2913 words)

  
 A Short Garth Brooks Bio
Troyal Garth Brooks, born February 7, 1962, is the son of Troyal and Colleen Carroll Brooks.
Garth has remained "Retired" and has moved back to Oklahoma to be closer to Sandy and the three Girls, Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks born July 8, 1992, August Anna Brooks born May 3, 1994 and Allie Colleen Brooks born July 28, 1996, and is able to participate in their lives.
Garth and Trisha were married in Claremore, Oklahoma on December 10, 2005 in their New Home that Garth had built on his property.
www.gbthehits.com /garth.html   (2747 words)

  
 Garth Porter — The Weekend Australian
Porter has only done one interview prior to this, in the Tamworth-based paper Capital News, and even they can't remember it, because it is a well known fact that Garth Porter doesn't do media.
Porter won't outright say it, nor will Blundell's former manager, Chandler — country music people are far too nice — but when Blundell became hip with the mainstream rock music crowd, he changed producer and management, compromised his country origins, and his popularity waned.
Porter denies there is one, and his artists offer numerous explanations which say more about his influence than his style.
www.debbiekruger.com /writer/freelance/garthporter.html   (2416 words)

  
 CMT.com : News : A Conversation With Garth Brooks
Garth, who has kept his finger in every pie of his career up until now, tells me Wal-Mart is in charge.
Garth nodded and added, "I knew if I ever recorded any kind of tribute to Chris, it would have to be up-tempo, happy...
Garth thinks all singers are worshipped like he is. Not true.
cmt.com /news/articles/1512744/20051101/brooks_garth.jhtml?...   (1696 words)

  
 Lee Kernaghan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Through songwriter Reece Kirk Lee met with Garth Porter and the two become lifelong friends and work mates.
Garth managed to rope a bit of money from Warner Chappell and they recorded his first solo LP.
He gave an impressive performance as "the Balladeer", narrating the story of the Arena Spectacular, and also sang some of his own songs, and songs he co-wrote with Garth Porter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lee_Kernaghan   (483 words)

  
 Kernaghan Jeffreys McCormack — Interview transcripts
Yes I think that there probably is something about the way Garth produces records, I mean even when you listen to Craig McLachlan's "Mona" you know, which was a number one hit for Craig McLachlan, even though it wasn't a country record, it's still got some sort of a "Garth factor" attached to it.
I know a lot of, the average country record was selling between 5 and 10,000 records before Garth Porter came along, and just with Garth and myself our records have sold in excess of a quarter of a million copies now.
But Garth's acutely aware of this as well, and that's why when we write songs we like to go bush to do our songwriting, and when we wrote 1959 we went to the Northern Territory...
www.debbiekruger.com /writer/freelance/garthpals_transcript.html   (2630 words)

  
 Sherbet - Nostalgia Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sherbet's decline in popularity after a decade of exposure was a gradual slide rather than a sudden drop, allowing the band members to come to terms gradually with their loss of fame.
Years later, Garth Porter reflected on the years of hard work that kept Sherbet at the top for so long; "Always doing another album, hopefully another big hit.
Keyboard player and principal songwriter Garth Porter developed a career as a producer and composer, achieving outstanding success, especially in the field of Australian Country music.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /music/sherbet.htm   (922 words)

  
 Catalog: Decorative Arts & Early American Antiques   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Garth’s Auctions, Inc. guarantees the authenticity of origin as stated in the first bold line of the catalogue description, with the exception of amendments by any oral or written notices or announcements at the time of the auction.
If it is determined to Garth's Auctions, Inc.’s satisfaction that the first bold line is incorrect, the sale will be rescinded provided the lot is returned to Garth's Auctions, Inc. in the same condition in which it was at the time of the auction.
Garth’s Auctions, Inc. is in no way responsible for the acts or omissions of independent contractors, packers or carriers of purchased merchandise.
www.liveauctions.ebay.com /catalogs/5196   (1405 words)

  
 CMT.com : Garth Brooks : A Look Back at 2005
Backed by his band in Fort Worth, Texas, Garth Brooks appeared for the first of what would be several performances in 2005.
Garth Brooks proposed to longtime girlfriend Trisha Yearwood while attending a ceremony at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace in Bakersfield, Calif.
Garth Brooks exited Capitol Records after 17 years on the label.
cmt.com /artists/news/1519430/20051228/brooks_garth.jhtml?...   (834 words)

  
 Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: Skipper the Eye Child - TV.com
Lots of back-story in this episode: we learn that Garth is married to Pam and has four daughters, the eldest of which are twins.
And in the show-within-the-show, we learn that Rick fought in Vietnam, and is (was?) married and had a son named Skipper.
If so, then in Garth Marenghi's universe this episode must have been made after June 1983, since that's when pound coins were introduced.
tv.com /garth-marenghis-darkplace/.../episode/305340/summary.html   (371 words)

  
 Changes at Garth's; Maine Antique Digest, December 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
According to Tom Porter, speaking in a phone interview, he and his wife are selling the business over a ten-year period, much in the same way they bought the business years ago from its founder, Garth Oberlander.
Tom Porter, who says he'll be 65 in April, said the arrangement "will free me from the day-to-day duties at the gallery to go out and talk with attorneys and estate representatives.
Porter said he and Carolyn had checked with their four daughters to see if they had any interest in running the business.
www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/gart1298.htm   (274 words)

  
 Wal-Mart Buys Monopoly of Garth Brooks' Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
And when she wanted another "Garth Brooks: The Limited Series" — just in case anything ever happened to her first set, Whittington said — she had to go to her local Wal-Mart store to get it.
Porter flew to Oklahoma in late 2004 for lunch with Brooks at the Delta Cafe in Tulsa, not far from Brooks' ranch in Owasso.
Porter said he had taken plenty of calls from entertainment executives wanting to know Wal-Mart's plans.
www.reclaimdemocracy.org /walmart/2006/garth_music_exclusive.php   (1353 words)

  
 HowlSpace
In Nashville Lee wrote songs and recorded demos, and when he returned to Australia his music publisher introduced him to a hit songwriter by the name of Reece Kirk who was working with Garth Porter.
Throughout the 70s Garth Porter had distinguished himself as the songwriting and creative force within pop sensations Sherbet.
Garth Porter in the meantime had comfortably settled into the producer's chair and made his mark working with country/rock crossover singer songwriter James Blundell.
www.whiteroom.com.au /howlspace/en4/kernaghanlee/kernaghanlee.htm   (938 words)

  
 Garth Porter's From Perth ? :: ABC Perth
Garth Porter has almost single handedly created Australian country music as we know it.
Garth Porter describes it as "country artists do in their style songs by more mainstream Australian artists".
Garth remembers "opening up the trunk and finding lizards & snakes and stuff, and it was quite an education for a New Zealander", recalls Mr Porter.
www.abc.net.au /perth/stories/s1220579.htm   (376 words)

  
 93/137/1 Stage costume, jumpsuit and jacket, men's, `Sherbet', velvet / nylon, made by Polly, worn by Garth Porter, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This costume has significance because it was worn on stage by Garth Porter, keyboard player and principal songwriter for the 1970s Sydney band Sherbet.
Their years of success owed much to the smooth voice of Daryl Braithwaite and the songwriting talents of Garth Porter (keyboards) with Clive Shakespeare (guitar) and later Tony Mitchell (bass).
Porter, a gifted keyboard player and songwriter from New Zealand, joined late in 1970.
www.powerhousemuseum.com /collection/database/?irn=131082&search=Performing   (1168 words)

  
 Sherbet - Liberation Music
Garth has spent months painstakingly restoring the pristine sounds of the recordings by baking the original quarter-inch master tapes and transferring them from a high quality Ampex ATR-100 analogue tape recorder, via Prism converters, to Pro Tools, where they were re-mastered.
It was a labour of love that began three years ago when Garth decided he should start accumulating the old Sherbet footage as a testament to the band’s history.
Garth Porter marvels at the passage of time, given how vibrant the work sounds today.
www.liberation.com.au /artists.cfm?id=82   (1153 words)

  
 keith urban gets country at 12th and Porter - Planet Garth Forums
I don't know what a gig like 12th and Porter pays, but when you consider he commands thousands for a concert show, it's cool that he still does the small gigs too.
Get Garth's latest album "Scarecrow", and other top country albums, books, and videos at the PG Store.
Planet Garth is produced by Brandon Wiesner and Doug Hass, in association with Riverport Communications, Analogue Communication, Roughstock, and Rhythmicity.
www.planetgarth.com /forums/showthread.php?t=113591&goto=nextoldest   (570 words)

  
 Sara Storer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
While attending the College, she met Garth Porter, former keyboard player with Sherbet, and a producer of Australian country singers Lee Kernaghan and Gina Jeffries.
Garth Porter was very keen to produce her work and he recorded six tracks which he played to ABC Music.
It was released in November 2002 at the Sydney Observatory.
www.mywiseowl.com /articles/Sara_Storer   (511 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This decision that Garth has made was not made to please you, the music world, fans of country music, fans of Garth, fans of Sandy....it was a decision made to please Garth Brooks and his family.
There are a lot of Garth fans who won't say their true feelings about the whole thing around retirement for the sake of sounding hopeful or sounding out against other 'nutts who would bite their head off.
Garth was sincere, and if we pray with him, God will honor his prayers as well as ours.
www.roughstock.com /garth-digest.archive/v05-2000/v05.n266   (3842 words)

  
 ~ Garth's Auctions ~
Garth’s Auctions has been a national force in the world of antiques and fine art since it’s founding by Garth Oberlander in the early 1950’s.
Garth was an antiques dealer for years before he began conducting auctions in the ca.
Jeff and Amelia Jeffers joined the Porters in the mid-1990’s as the next generation of Garth’s ownership.
www.garths.com /history.html   (198 words)

  
 Sarah Storer Katherine Country Music Muster Katherine Northern Territory Australia Country music
Sara travelled to Tamworth and was introduced to country music producer Garth Porter (best known for his work with Lee Kernaghan and Gina Jeffreys, but you may remember his name as keyboard player in Sherbet).
Garth immediately wanted to produce Sara's debut album and they recorded six demos, which Garth played to ABC Music.
Garth Porter recorded her second album "Beautiful Circle" in the second half of 2002 and it was released in November that year.
www.kcmm.com.au /profiles/sara_storer.htm   (943 words)

  
 Garth's Auctions the Sandra Mitchell Collection ; Maine Antique Digest, December 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For the people who knew her, that intangible comes like a postscript, giving one last bit of insight into who Mitchell was as a collector.
According to Porter, the market behaved largely in the same manner as it had prior to the attacks.
Porter points to other economic hard times, including the sluggish economy of the early 1980's, to suggest that Americans have weathered prior storms.
www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/gart1201.htm   (1243 words)

  
 Weddings Ireland, irish wedding online directory
The sultry vocals of native Detroiter Liz Porter along with Cormack O’Brien on double bass, Phil McMullan on drums and Jody Smith on keys, offer up a tantalising blend of lounge and jazz that’s 'feel good' and accessible to all.
Liz Porter and The Lounge Monkeys are the residency band in Cafe en Seine the reason being that they provide great easy listening jazz delivered with a lot of class sophistication and fun.
“The Garth Brooks Party Show” lets you relive the experience that was felt by thousands on those summer nights in the over flowing Croke Park Stadium.
www.wedding-ireland.com /htmlsite/searchdetails.asp?id=2427   (573 words)

  
 Garth Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garth Porter (born September 24, 1948) is an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer best known as a member of the 1970s pop group Sherbet, and for his key role as co-writer and producer for country music singer Lee Kernaghan.
Born in Hamilton, New Zealand, Porter was the keyboard player with the Australian pop group, Sherbet, and co-wrote most of the groups hit songs, including their 1976 hit "Howzat".
He sang lead vocals on "Hollywood Dreaming" and "Matter of Time" with Sherbet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garth_Porter   (147 words)

  
 Warner Music Australia Artist: SARA STORER
For multi-awarded singer-songwriter, Sara Storer, it doesn’t seem like almost 5 years since she turned up at Garth’s Porter’s studio to record her debut album, ‘Chasing Buffalo’.
Entitled ‘Firefly’, the next instalment in Sara’s catalogue is again being produced by Garth Porter and heralds the emergence of a more mature songwriter and reflects her changing environment.
Sara’s powers of observation have sharpened and her yearning for contact with her friends, family and characters from the country has grown even stronger.
www.warnermusic.com.au /artist,w_artist,112830   (390 words)

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