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Muffins inspire country song
22 April 2010
JOHNNY Cash and McMuffins have inspired a song that was played on a specialist radio station.
Erith songwriter and father-of-two Wayne Jacobs, wrote My Tennessee Girl, which has been played six times daily by UK Country Radio.
The song features the lines: "It's six in the morning she here's a train a coming; The wheels are a humming, to our Johnny Cash song," and a chorus with the lines: "My Tennessee girl... She's the girl of my dreams, she as cute as they come; She always buys me coffee with an egg McMuffin bun."
The song won the director's award in a competition run by American company, Paramount.
Mr Jacobs, 48, of Friday Road, Erith, said: "I wanted it to write a country song but with a modern theme.
"I was inspired to write my song with regards to the Johnny Cash film Walk the Line. He composed his song to the sound of a train.
"So I envisaged what it would be like in Nashville, rolling in to work on a train with my girlfriend, who wears my ring, waiting for me on the platform.
"Every time she meets me, she would always buy me a coffee and an 'Egg McMuffin' bun."
Paramount were so impressed they suggested he do a full production for radio with a seven-piece band and backing vocals. The tune proved an instant hit with online station UK Country Radio.
Mr Jacobs said: "It's very exciting having your song played on the radio. Hopefully somebody famous like Kenny Rogers will hear it and sign me up.
"Getting played on an American radio station would be the ultimate as country is so big over there."
The civil servant has hopes of it sparking the interest of a major company.
He added: "It would be like winning the lottery if McDonalds wanted to use it as a jingle."
The songwriter has also auditioned for Britain's Got Talent, Live and Unsigned and he has appeared on BBC Radio Kent's Pat Marsh show. To listen to Wayne's song visit www.ukcountryradio.com.
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SINGER songwriter Wayne Jacobs has been given the big thumbs up by judges at a national music competition.
The artist from Erith, Bexley, has made it through to the Aldershot regional final of the Open Mic UK contest on November 8.
The prize for the winning act will be a recording and management contract, with the potential of large investment for a single release.
The winners will also be invited on the Open Mic UK Tour, which boasts 100 gigs across the country.
Wayne will be performing his song Big Ben's Beat, which won an award in this year's UK Songwriting Contest.
The song was written to commemorate the famous clock's 150th birthday and Wayne hopes to perform it in the Houses of Parliament.
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Falling Feather, Wishing Star, Christmas Bells and Miracals in LA have been released in the USA in a LP called to Catch a Rising Star. "My Tennessee Girl"' "Let me Take you Home" and "Awesome Six String Fender" have been played on UK Country Radio.
I have released a LP called Sounds Good to me.
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The type of music I like to write is very patriotic about my life everyday living and making people happy. I have written a patriotic song for Big Ben's Birthday of 150 years having a heart beat that can be felt and heard around the streets of London and also about 2012 Olympics Game coming to London.
My influences are Ralph Mctell, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and many more.
I have entered a lot of national talent shows and have reach the Semi Finals in Britain's Got Talent, Live and Unsigned, and Open MicUK and won song writing awards form UK songwriting Contest Paramount Group Nasvile Tennessee , and Song Of The Year Contest USA.
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