Judy Bass

EXPERIENCED, CREATIVE STORYTELLER


I love telling stories. That is where my experience lies and that is what I excel at. Stories about what makes people tick, what happened to them,  and why they are passionate about what they do. I've done this as a writer about history, celebrity news, music, human interest, and news. My current gig is being a full-time writer for a website called Wide Open Country. 


My professional skills include the following:


   Crafting compelling narratives featuring dynamic writing


   Outstanding research ability


   Accuracy- and timeliness-attentive


   Giving readers an impactful takeaway


   Using Slack, WordPress, and Asana daily


   Superb command of the English language


    Generating creative story pitches


    Working independently or within a team     


    


   





Wide Open Country •

Jim Croce's Son Takes 'Croce Plays Croce' Tour Across America Celebrating His Dad's Music

Jim Croce was an incomparable folk/rock singer and songwriter. He tragically died in a Louisiana plane crash on September 20, 1973, at the too-young age of 30. His heyday of writing and singing smash hits, getting radio airplay, and dazzling audiences only lasted a bittersweet eighteen months.(Croce played for over a decade prior to that but was not earning a living that way,) Then came the exquisite ballad "Time in a Bottle." Croce knew then that he and his wife, Ingrid, were expec...
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Country Music Legend Rodney Crowell Releases New Album, 'Airline Highway': Listen to Single ft. Ashley McBryde

If there is such a thing as country music royalty, Rodney Crowell would wear a crown, don an ermine robe, and tote a scepter. At 75, he can look back upon a storied career, with even more highlights surely to come. This richly textured new album will definitely be one of them. Crowell is a double Grammy recipient, owner of 15 chart-topping tunes, member of the Texas Institute of Letters, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has written songs for numerous megasta...
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They Weren't "Dream Lover"s: Glen Campbell Called His Relationship With Tanya Tucker "My Insanity"

I can recall recently stumbling upon a YouTube video of Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker from 1980 singing the Bobby Darin 1959 classic, "Dream Lover." They put a country sheen on the song, which was riveting to hear and to watch. Whereas Darin rendered it like a nightclub crooner, Campbell and Tucker sizzled together. And no wonder. Off stage, they were having a tempestuous, fodder-for-the-tabloids relationship. He was 22 years her senior. They were both allegedly in the throes of su...
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Cyndi Thomson Is Back With A Brand New EP, 'Acres Of Diamonds': Listen To Title Track Here

Cyndi Thomson is a woman on the move. When Wide Open Country spoke to her one morning in early May, she was out and about in her car running errands. She has a brand new EP, Acres of Diamonds, dropping today. It's a dramatic and welcome sign of her much-anticipated comeback following a hiatus from her singing career that lasted some 20 years. In 2001, Thomson, a Georgia native who was 25 at the time, scored a colossal hit with the song, "What I Really Meant to Say," the debut single...
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'The Ed Sullivan Show' Brought The Beatles Into America's Living Rooms For The First Time, Making History And Changing Lives

There was "a cultural earthquake" in America on February 9, 1964. Its epicenter was in New York City at 1697 Broadway. That is where the nation's premier weekly TV variety program, The Ed Sullivan Show, took place in front of a packed live audience. On that cold February night, the Beatles took the stage for the first and most impactful of several groundbreaking appearances. Gaggles of girls lucky enough to be in the 728-seat theater manically shrieked and screamed without let-up. Contemporary m...
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The Bellamy Brothers Talk Legacy Of "Let Your Love Flow," New Album, And Songwriters Hall of Fame Honor (Exclusive)

The Bellamy Brothers are country music royalty. Their careers revved-up in the late 1960s and they are still going strong. Howard, 78, and David, 74, recently dropped their latest album, Double Dog Dare, featuring duets with Gene Watson, the Isaacs, and K.T. Oslin. Furthermore, David has the well-deserved honor of being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on November 6. All told, these guys really love what they do - and loyal audiences worldwide have loved them rig...
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'Yellowstone' Star Luke Grimes Opens Up About Sharing His Truth Through Music Ahead Of Upcoming Tour And Grand Ole Opry Debut (Exclusive)

At 40, Luke Grimes is in the enviable position of having two full-tilt, red-hot careers - acting and singing - at the same time. He stars in the popular Western television drama Yellowstone in the role of Kayce Dutton. Grimes was also in American Sniper with Bradley Cooper, and the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, just to mention some of his other acting credits. On the music side of his jam-packed resume, Grimes released his first, self-titled album in March of this year. His P...
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John Thompson Lost Both His Arms In Life-Changing Farming Accident in 1992 — It Didn’t Stop Him

What happened to John Wayne Thompson on January 11, 1992, has haunted him ever since. On that day, he endured a nightmarish, nearly fatal mishap that subjected him to the ultimate test, physically and mentally. With no one else around, his fate was entirely up to him. Maybe a higher power played a crucial role, too. Twenty years later, in 2012, Thompson's mother, Karen, told The State Journal-Register, "To me it was like it was yesterday. It's almost like a branding iron when these t...
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Astronaut Scott Tingle talks to students from Intl. Space Station

PHOTO CAPTION: Astronaut Scott Tingle of Randolph talks to Blue Hills students while he is aboard the International Space Station on his first mission for NASA. He is holding a replica of the ISS made for him by Blue Hills Engineering students on a 3-D printer. Photo by Judy Bass. It's not unusual for a graduate of a high school who has achieved notable success to return to speak to current students there to inspire and motivate them. However, what was extremely unique about Blue Hills Regiona

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