Sugartime- The Life of Country Music Legend Charlie Phillips

A project in Amarillo, TX by Cy Cushenberry
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Charlie's career has spanned over 60 years• Hundreds of songs recorded • A Gold Record• Inducted into Western Swing Music Hall of Fame
Backers: 41
Average Pledge Per Backer: $300

Funded: $12,312 of $12,000
Dates: Oct 15th -> Nov 16th (33 days)
Project By: Cy Cushenberry
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Latest News

Why So Few Backers?

November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick note. A friend asked me this evening why there were so few backers for my project. I need to let everyone in on a secret. I knew when this project started I would be dealing with a few "older folks", many of whom don't know how to use a... (Read More)

Yippee! A Piece of Country Music History is Saved! You Did It!

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Once again I'd like to thank everyone for caring about my project enough to make a pledge. You not only mean the world to me, you have done something really extraordinary for mankind. I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I saw that my final... (Read More)

Some Great News Today!

November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
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Quick Update

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Possible A&E Biography Project for 2014-2015

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
If I threw a shiny quarter into the air and called heads or tails, there would be three possible outcomes. Either the quarter would land on its front, on its back, OR the quarter might land on its side. I have spoken with a gentleman at the A&E... (Read More)

DUTY CALLS!

November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
After thousands of miles and months of interviews and information collecting, I thought I was ready to complete the book; however, in light of some new information I received from a former colleague of Charlie's, I realize there is more to my... (Read More)

Yikes! $4200 to go in 14 days? Can I do It?

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Yep, I'm an optimist! Thanks again to everyone involved and please share with any friends you think would be interested. As you know, if the $12,000 goal is not reached, I get zilch and your money is returned. My grandmother would say, "You'll be... (Read More)

Soooooo Close To Meeting Our Goal

October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much for believing in me! Admittedly, I was beginning to worry about meeting the deadline, but I'm confident all of the money necessary for this project will be raised thanks to folks like you (and a whole lot of my "senior" friends... (Read More)

The Maddox Brothers and Rose

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Maddox Brothers and Rose (Google Images) Another childhood hero of Charlie was the Maddox Brothers and Rose. The family hailed from Boaz, Alabama, but rode the rails and hitch hiked to California in 1933 when the band members were still children,... (Read More)

We All Have Our Heroes

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hank Snow was born in 1914. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small town Nova Scotia where, as a frail 80 lb. youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beating and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labor during the depression.... (Read More)

Fun Fact

October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Did you know Charlie has a 93 year old brother who is still alive and cantankerous as ever. Carthan Phillips is a retired Army Air Corps Colonel. He is one of the few man left alive who served in World War II, The Korean War and the War in Vietnam.... (Read More)

Charlie Phillips to Receive Pacemaker

October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Around three weeks ago, Charlie was onstage and playing his regularly scheduled gigs at the seniors organization in Amarillo. He became disoriented, dizzy and almost collapsed onstage. After a visit to the doctor, they found that his heart was... (Read More)

An Early Funny Story

October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
I had been interviewing Charlie Phillips for for dozens of taped interviews and had traveled a few hundred miles interviewing his childhood friends. I arrived in Clovis, NM to meet with the curator of the Norman Petty Studio, Ken Broad. After a... (Read More)

One of Johnny Cash's Many Near Death Experiences

October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
It was the early 1960's and Charlie Phillips and the Sugartimers drove over 900 miles from Amarillo, TX to Nashville, TN to be special guests on The Grand Ole Opry. The Opry had set the boys up in one of the swankiest hotels in Nashville. This was a... (Read More)

Almost $2000 Raised with 3 Weeks to go!

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Our supporters are awesome! I have no doubt we'll meet our goal. Helping with this project will assure us the ability to have this book printed in the United States.  I am so excited to release this book. I've joked all year I am writing the... (Read More)

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