Jerry Schickling: News

Join Jerry tomorrow night, September 26 at the St. Charles Cafe' Ballroom in Clearfield, Pa., 7:00 PM for a CD release party! There's gonna be door prizes, snacks, cool stuff right out of Nashville, and a concert by Jerry and North Country. The party's open to the public, and there's no charge to get in. We're gonna have a blast, so c'mon out and join us!
If you can't be there, we're gonna try to broadcast the show online.
You can go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jerry-country at 7:45 to watch the show. It's out first time trying this and we're not exactly high-tech, so please have patience, and send us your feedback as to how it goes.

Jerry's new CD "It All Comes Back To Me" is now available!
Order your copy today by clicking the "Store" button and order through Paypal. It will also be available at CD Baby, and as a digital download next week....!

Country Jamin' The Valley '09 was a great time, and what an awesome Crowd!!!
Check out some pictures on the "Photos" link.
There's new shows being added to the calendar, so make sure you check the "Show Dates", and sign up for the emails to get first hand info from Jerry's trip to Nashville next week!!!

Due to an extreme amount of rain, the show at the Wagon Wheel has been cancelled!
Possible re-schedule later.

Jerry will be in the studio in Nashville the week of July 12 to finish recording his CD! Sign up for updates, and stay tuned for more news........!

Well, it's finally here! Jerry and North Country get the summer show season started this Saturday (June 20) at the Wagon Wheel Ampitheater in Philipsburg, Pa. Joining them on the stage will be Joe Quick and Smokin' Joe and his Wildhorse Band. The party kicks off at 4:00 pm, so grab your lawn chairs and join us!

WOW! Here it is, 2009!
There's lots of stuff in the making for this year, wrapping up the new CD, filming some music videos, lots of new show dates, new merchandise ~ so stay tuned and join the newsletter at the top of the page.
More info coming soon.........!

I truly hate to announce this, it's been a tough decision, and I've been mentally wearing myself out trying to decide what to do. Due to the passing of my dear mother-in-law, I had to cancel this years Christmas Concert. She'd been battling inoperable cancer for the past few years.
I realized that I didn't have the time to properly prepare for the quality show that y'all have come to expect from me, and feel I'm needed more than ever now to focus on the issues at hand with my family.
I want to thank you all for the support throughout the past concert season, and will be scheduling a show at CAST in the spring of '09 to help them raise some much needed funds for their programs.
God bless y'all!!
Jerry

Here it is! You can now watch the 2007 Pennsylvania elk hunt featuring Jerry and hunter Chad Heintzelman, and also featuring Murph at camp!
Click the "Music/Video" tab above and enjoy!

Hunter, Guide Strive For Success In Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania hunter Chad Heintzelman and Nashville recording country music artist and elk guide Jerry Schickling will be featured on “Pennsylvania Back Country” presented by Graf & Sons airing on The Sportsman Channel this Tuesday, February 26th. This will be part 2 of a series highlighting Jerry and his Lone Pine Outfitters guiding service, and hunter Chad Heintzelman during the 2007 Pennsylvania elk hunt.

“Pennsylvania Back Country” will air on The Sportsman Channel at 7:30 pm. and be re-aired on Thursday morning at 8:00 am, Friday at 12:30 pm, and Saturday at 2:00 am.

This is a true, fair chase elk hunt that challenges the hunter and guide to the maximum. With musical pieces by Jerry Schickling himself, and the emotional hunt of a lifetime that brings this hunter to his knees.

“I had the chance to view part one last week, and was impressed with the production quality, which was much better than many other similar type outdoor shows,” said Sandy Fink Barrett, Director of the Clearfield County Recreation and Tourism Authority

Folks who don’t have cable TV but have a high speed Internet connection and would like to watch the show can go to www.thesportsmanchannel.com and sign up for a free 30 day trial of their online broadcast that airs the same time as on TV.

For more information go to www.pabackcountry.com, www.jerrycountry.com, or www.lonepineoutfitters.com

Tune in to the Sportsman Channel Tuesday Feb. 19th at 7:30 pm to watch part 1 of a 2 part show featuring Jerry guiding Chad Heintzelman on their adventure hunting Pennsylvania elk!
The show will also feature the new PABC theme song, co-wrote and performed by Jerry, Murph, and Mark.
If The Sportsman Channel isn't available in your area, you can watch it "live" on their website by clicking here and go to their "Online Broadcast" link!

For a limited time, you can pre-order a copy of Jerry's 2008 Nashville release "It All Comes Back To Me" and receive a FREE copy of the single "Politically Incorrect Redneck"! You can click here or go to the "Store" tab at the top of the page to order.

The new theme song for Pennsylvania Back Country, wrote by Jerry, Murph, and Mark, debuted on The Sportsman Channel last night!
You can click Show Opening to watch it, and also go to the "Music/Video" link above to hear and download the full music cut!

It won't be long ~ Jerry and his Lone Pine Outfitters elk guiding service will once again be on nationwide TV featuring Jerry and his hunting client Chad Heintzelman! The show is titled "Pennsylvania Back Country" and will be aired on the Sportsman Channnel and the Maximium Action Network. The COOLEST thing about the show is that Jerry and two members of his band North Country, Murph Martell (Murph will be on the big screen too!) and Mark Kos, co-wrote and are performing the new opening theme song for the show!
Stay tuned for air dates for the show...............

Sue Sedgewick, one of Jerry's biggest fans, posted a couple home video clips af Jerry and North Country performing at the Centre County Grange Fair, and the April CAST Concert on myspaceTV.
Click the video to watch Politically Incorrect Redneck!

Come join Jerry, Brenda, Mark, and Murph for Jerry's annual Christmas Concert at the CAST Theatre. Bring in a non-perishable food item to be donated to the local food bank, and have a chance at winning some cool prizes!
Click the "Show Dates" tab above for more information.

Jerry is back from his recent trip to Nashville and the current CD project is underway!
You can click on the "Music/Video" link at the top of the page to listen to clips of the new tunes!
Another trip coming soon.......

Jerry will be hitting the studio in Nashville July 23 & 24 to begin recording songs for his new CD!
Stay tuned for updates, and make sure you sign up on the email list to get inside info on what's happenin' and special promotions!

After the smoke cleared, and country music fans voted for their favorite Indie artist on the Starliners.eu website, Jerry rose to the top of the field of 10 great nominated artists, and was awarded the 2006 Starliners Indie Artist Of The Year on December 11th!
"To be nominated in the first place was incredible" said Jerry, "but to actually win is unbelievably humbling, and it lets me know that I have THE greatest fans in the world! I want to thank The Starliners (http://www.starliners.eu) for nominating me and my song 'It's A Good Thing', and for all the friends and fans that voted for me. There were some truly awesome artists and songs nominated, so to actually win is a great honor!".

Congratulations Jerry!

Hey Y'all!
Make sure you click the "show dates" tab at the top to see where Jerry and North Country will be playing this summer.
The next show is Saturday June 2nd at the Wagon Wheel Ampitheatre in Philipsburg, Pa., and also performing will be special guest Deby Kelley!
See y'all there!!!

WOW! What a trip to Nashville! Not only did we get a lot accomplished, we met a lot of great people!

*The Tracy Byrd show Wednesday night was fabulous! Nothing like
having front row, center seats for the evening! Watching and listening
to Tracy sing hit after hit helped me remember why I love to sing his songs, and why he's considered a superstar in the country music world!

*The time in the studio Thursday with my producer Tom Paden was cool.
We got some pre-session stuff done, and we had the opportunity to meet one of Tom's best friends in Nashville Eddie Kilgallon. Eddie is an exceptional singer/songwriter and actually was a co-writer on George Strait's #1 hit song "One Night At A Time" (which stayed at the top of
the charts for 5 weeks!). Beyond the fact that Eddie has those incredible talents, he's also the keyboard/piano player for country mega-stars Montgomery Gentry! I will be recording a song or two of Eddie's on my next CD.

*Friday was kick-back time (or at least we thought) and we spent the day in downtown Nashville visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and various honky tonks in town. It's a pretty cool deal when you're
touring the Hall of Fame, minding your own business, and someone recognizes you from the MySpace site! I guess that's a step in the
right direction! We grabbed a beer and took in a few of the live music venues in town, and somehow I got called to the stage at the world famous Nashville
place Tootsie's(www.tootsies.net) to do a couple of songs. It was
awesome (we kicked butt!), and I don't think I payed for another drink the rest of the night (even the bartenders bought some rounds)!!
We've got some pictures posted here at the website
(http://www.jerrycountry.com/photos.html) from the trip, so I hope you enjoy them.

*I'll actually be hitting the studio in April or May, and we expect to have the CD produced, mastered, and ready to go by late May or the beginning of June!

Jerry and North Country preparing for a great night of country music Saturday April 14th at the Clearfield Arts Studio Theatre (CAST)!!

*First, once again this year Tom Bezilla will open the
show. Those of you who were at the concert last year know what a fantastic singer/guitar player/performer Tom is! Everyone was thrilled with Tom's performance, and we're excited to have him back again this year!

*Next, this will be the first time that Jerry's had the whole band at the CAST Theatre. The theme for this years show will be built around lots of his new songs that he'll be recording in Nashville for his new CD. Jerry and the band are looking forward to playing many of the new tunes, as well as lots of the country music favorites y'all love!
Also in the planning is an abbreviated pre-view of Jerry's new song/video "Unknown Soldier". If you'd still like to help out with the video, you can email pictures to
photos@jerrycountry.com. Feel free to email us if you have any questions about mailing them to us.

*Also this year Jerry's working with a charity named "Catch-A-Dream Foundation". Catch-A-Dream was founded in late 2000 to provide consumptive use outdoor experiences to fill the "gap" created when the Make-A-Wish Foundation established national policy that precludes granting a child a wish that involves hunting or use of "...firearms, hunting bows, or other hunting or sport-shooting equipment."
Catch-A-Dream grants once-in-a-lifetime outdoor experiences to children 18 years old or younger who have a life-threatening illness.
Catch-A-Dream has touched over 140 families to date. They have granted outdoor adventures for children from 43 states, and hope to have touched lives in all of the 50 states and Canada in the very near future.
A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to Catch-A-Dream! You can get more info about this great charity at
http://www.catchadream.org.

*The ticket price for the show is $7.00/person. You can order them in advance by calling the CAST Theatre at (814)765-4474. They will also be available at the door the night of the show.
Door will open at 7:00 p.m. and Tom will kick the show off at 7:30.
You can also click this link:
http://lone-pineoutfitters.com/CAST%20Poster.pdf to view the Show Poster.

Jerry and North Country performed 4 new songs at the Pennsylvania State Fair Convention Showcase in Hershey, Pa.
It was the first time they performed "Say Hello To My Heart" for a live audience, and you can click this video link to see it!
Look for the song on Jerry's upcoming CD!

"For independent artists, getting airplay on broadcast radio stations is less likely today than at any time in the past. Realizing that there are thousands of quality groups/acts looking for your ears is one reason we've taken to highlighting the better ones here.
Jerry Schickling's "It's a Good Thing" has sing-along-simple lyrics and a bouncy melody. He's one of many indie artists featured at RRadio Music" ~ Ken Dardis, RRadio Music

"Different intro to norm. Good lyrics. Good use of vocals. Not the
normal flat song. Good crisp recording..." ~ Ken Randall, Radio Great Southern Australia 1422 am

"Great song "It's A Good Thing". Good voice Jerry.
I am writing you from Romania. I am the owner of Country Do Club Romania and my
company produces
syndicated radio shows with country music for 12 radio stations across
Romania including National R3 Romania station
"www.Radio3net.ro". I am a Sterling Member of CMA,the only one in Eastern Europe(#503088)" ~ Dorin Marincas, Transylvania Cowboy

" I wanted to share something with you. A very nice elderly lady who
listens to my Internet radio station emailed me awhile back to let me know
she loves your song "It's A Good Thing". She said "the song makes me feel
young again and it was so nice to hear positive music such as this".
You are doing something right when people feel your music. Thanks again
for giving us the opportunity to share your music with our listeners." ~
Steven Carter, Eagle Country Radio

"Jerry, your website looks great! It always a great pleasure to get the opportunity to work with talented artists such as yourself, Keep up the great work!" ~ Mark Trail M-T-M Nashville

"Jerry, saw your show at Ringgold last night. Great show! Was there with my wife, beautiful young lady with the cowboy hat on. I was the old man with the Yankee hat on. We sat in the middle of the band up front on lawn chairs for the first set. We stood behind the bleechers in the center for the second set. We had a great time! Drove 2 hours to get there!"
email from Tony & Kim, Beech Creek, Pa.

It won't be long 'til Christmas, and again this year Jerry will be joined by Brenda Weber for the 2nd annual Merry Country Christmas concert at the CAST Building on December 16th at 8:00 p.m. Jerry has once again teamed up with 97.5 "The Hound" to collect toys for children who will be hospitalized over the Christmas season. Come on out, enjoy a great show. There will be lots of fun and surprises, and you can help bring some Christmas cheer to needy kids! Click the "Show Dates" tab for info and tickets.