Carrie Underwood Graces The Cover Of Cosmopolitan
Carrie Underwood is the first American Idol winner to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan. She posed this past January in Nashville. The issue hits newsstands today.
All About Country reports that “in the article, Carrie explains how she tries to remain grounded since her tremendous success over the past two years and how she’d love to find someone special to spend time and share her life with.”
- Now there are reports that Nicole Kidman has rejected rumors about her being pregnant. Keith Urban will have to wait a little while longer before becoming a father.
- New albums are generally released on Tuesday of each week, but a special release this week won’t be available until Thursday. The album is “Someday It’ll Be Country” and the artist is Homer Joy, the writer behind Buck Owen’s famous hit “Streets of Bakersfield.”
The record is a collection of 12 original tunes, including one he and Owens had laid down some years ago, called “John Law.” The song is an energetic, honky tonk-approved tale based loosely on a story from Owens’ days before he became a star in the early 1960s.
“I promised him I would do this,” Joy said. “I told him I would finish the record.”
- A study performed by Media Monitors and Arbitron found that “up-tempo country songs bring in listeners when they first hit the airwaves, while new slow songs have no net effect.” Essentially they’re saying that people would rather hear the fast country songs on radio and go out and buy the slow ballads. (via Country Nation)
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April 10, 2007 at 10:08 pm Permalink
I have the Buck Owens album containing the original “Streets of Bakersfield” (AIN”T IT AMAZING GRACIE, 1973) and always preferred Buck’s solo version of the song.Buck also recorded another Homer Joy song on that album “Holdin’ On”. After that I don’t recall much from Homer
April 11, 2007 at 7:12 am Permalink
I don’t think I’ve ever heard the original Buck Owens version. I have a lot of Dwight Yoakum fanatics in my life, that probably has a lot to do with it :P
April 11, 2007 at 9:11 am Permalink
For me, it’s a tossup between the two versions. However, I couldn’t believe that the article writer called “Streets of Bakersfield” an “obscure song” before Yoakam cut it. I’m believe it went to number one for Buck (he had a number one with it twice) and would’ve been a signature song for him even if Dwight had never cut it. I heard Buck’s solo version before I heard the duet.
April 17, 2007 at 8:25 pm Permalink
Homer Joy just returned to “The Streets of Bakersfield” at the Crystal Palace April 13th & 14th. Played with the Buckaroos and sang “Streets with Buddy Owens”…plus presented the original lyrics of the song to the people of Bakersfield…to stay displayed at the Palace…Plus he just cut a new album called “Someday It’ll Be Country” includes a duet with the late Buck Owens that has never be released before!
Find more news on Bakersfield..KGET TV Channel 17, KEOR Channel 23, Bakersfield California, more on a website called: http://www.homerjoy.com
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