But there also are such surprises as a rendition of David Allan Coe's "The Ride," the old "House of the Rising Sun" and a medley of "Trouble in Mind" and "Short-Haired Woman." The album's second cut is "My Name Is Bocephus," also written by Williams, which is the basis for a new Williams music video featuring an appearance by the rock act Van Halen.
ON THE RECORD. Emmylou Harris' first album, Pieces of the Sky, recently was certified gold, meaning it has sold more than 500,000 copies. It was released a decade ago. . . . David Frizzell's first single for Compleat Records, with which he recently signed, is titled "Beautiful Body." . . . Song Title of the Week: "She's Written All Over Your Face" by C. Jackson, B. Graham and L. Bastian.
ON THE ROAD. That recent debut Manhattan appearance by the Sweethearts of the Rodeo at the "in" nightspot the Saint occurred before more than 2,000 very select souls. The Sweethearts were musical guests for a special post- rehearsal celebration of a Lincoln Center appearance by Philip Glass and Linda Ronstadt. . . . During 1986, the new but fast-rising Girls Next Door opened for such prominent acts as the Judds, the Oak Ridge Boys, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Lee Greenwood, Mel McDaniel, Southern Pacific and Exile.
ET CETERA. Marty Stuart recently went to Chicago to accept the designation of Best New Rising Star by the Amusement and Music Operators Association.
The contemporary bluegrass group Eddie Adcock & Talk of the Town is completing plans for a second trip to France, scheduled in May and June. The
plans reportedly call for several concerts in addition to an appearance at a bluegrass festival at Angers, three hours southwest of Paris.
Band leader Adcock, already a virtuoso on guitar and banjo, is said to be planning to begin playing mandolin onstage in '87.
