E-MAIL MEMORIES
of C. C. COURTNEY
E-mail your memories of C. C. Courtney to Bob Walker HERE
ISABELLE IN AUSTRALIA:
Yay!!!! good job! He was so popular in N.O. and now has spread his wings
to touch others all over the place... His talent deserves to be shared...
too much for one little town like New Orleans... :-)
CC and I have been friends since the 60's although we haven't seen
each other in years... In fact, I went to Woodstock with CC and his then
girlfriend Carole... Small world, eh?
PAUL DELANEY:
It was good to read about CC's life over these last 30 some odd years. I
will always remember him as the WNOE jock that was "different."
His show had fun drop-ins and he did have that weekend sign-off thing with
"Lovers Never Say Goodbye." I had actually forgotten about that
until I read it on the site. Then it just came back to me as clearly as
if it were yesterday.
Then there was the "Murphy's Canyon" bit. For the longest
time I didn't know that his "brother's" name meant Merry Christmas
in Hawaii. How naive I was?
MODESTYANN:
Bob, got an email from cc the other day telling me of your site and how
i might want to check it out..........cause cc knows I AM THE BIGGEST CC
FAN.............i was so glad someone had managed to save a couple of the
old surveys and you were able to get them. .......for years i had some stuck
back.........but on one of my many moves they got lost.......how i don't
know.....because they were my treasures for so long.........i did manage
to keep an envelope cc scribbled something on one time when he sent me a
survey......and every time i see him......or know he is going to drop by
i think.......i need to get that thing out and see what he scribbled....
but i forget.......i mean.......it is one of those.....my heart be still
things........anyway......thanks for the site........one sunday morning
a few years back i was so excited when the headlines in the magazine section
of my local paper read "CC COURTNEY RIPPED BACK TO BATON ROUGE.............my
child was taking some drama courses at a local high school and was required
to attend some performance each session of school.........i read her the
article and said.......you want to go.......i said.......it will be entirely
different from anything you have ever seen at the local little theater.........and
it was.......she was enthralled........so enthralled she said......can we
see it again........do you really know him mama......i said.......yes.....i
have been in love with him since i was 16.......so began the rekindling
of an old friendship............i guess i have the last two remaining copies
of the singing bodies singing.....diagnosis neurosis......what
am i gonna do with you......maybe baby.......and of course............you've
gotta feel it............as a matter of fact..........one year when
my child was in HS she had to write a play......and it was set in a mental
institution.......and she wanted music to play.........we could not obtain
a copy of they're coming to take me away.........and then i remembered
diagnosis neurosis.........i swung from the closet pole to get it
and it was the perfect thing to set off her play..........well.......again
thanks for the memories..........and the surveys........now my child can
see what he looked like long ago when he was so hot...............modestyann
C GROUP- ANDREW, SHAUNA, JODI, KIM, DUANE, SARA, JOHN, AVERY, INBAL,
TIFFANY, NICK, MAGNUS:
CC Courtney is our acting teacher (first years) at The Neighborhood
Playhouse. The man is a genius. We are, by far, the luckiest 12 people in
the school. We get the best teacher, the coolest teacher and the only teacher
with "monday morning stories". We're extremely proud to have the
opportunity to be guided by CC. We may never have had the chance to hear
him on the radio like the rest of his fans, but we are definitely his biggest
fans. We know how cool we are to have him all to ourselves... :) Love ya
dad!!!
BOB:
Hi Gang! What a great letter and tribute to CC. As much as you love him
now, as the years go by you will realize even more what a gem of a person
he is and what an influence he will have on you every day of your lives.
New Orleans was lucky to have him here for a few years, and everyone who
ever listened to him or met him still remembers him fondly to this day.
Such a charismatic person enters the lives of others rarely, and those he
touches are forever enhanced by having known him, no matter for how long.
Embrace your time with CC and treasure every moment that you have
to share with him!
TERRI PRATT:
I thought I would add my recollections of C. C. During my high school
years, the only way for my sister and I to listen to our favorite DJ was
to sneak out to the car and listen on the car radio. It would waver in and
out which was irksome only if C.C. was talking. We could hear the music
anywhere - C. C. was only on WNOE.
Years later, while strolling through the hallway of the drama department
at Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, La. (that other college just
down the road from C.C.'s hometown of Ruston), there was a local newspaper
account of hometown boy's Broadway production of "The Earl of Ruston."
Wow, there was my guy again! Then, he showed up on TV in my favorite
soap opera. C. C. was everywhere! I was New Orleans in 1976 visiting with
friends and turned on the radio to WNOE - there was C.C.
Eventually, C. C. came back into my life indirectly. I started as
a part-time DJ in Ruston in 1980. Always in the back of mind was the thought
that if I could be as good as C. C., then I would be a real DJ.
While working at KWKH-FM in Shreveport in 1994, I was comparing notes
with one of the three Country Radio Music Hall of Fame DJ's at that station.
I asked him who had been his favorite DJ when he was young - C. C. Courtney!
The conversation that ensued about our favorite DJ was a hoot!
C.C. Courtney - man, he was good!