Country-Pop Singer Dan Seals Passed Away At 61
- Country-pop singer Dan Seals passed away at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer. He turned to country music in the 1980s and had 11 number one singles that decade. Watch the video for one of his hits, “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold),” on YouTube.
- The Grande Ole Opry released Opry Country Classics, a new, two-disc collection of some of the finest songs ever performed and recorded on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium. (via That Nashville Sound)
- Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen and Taylor Swift are the latest list of performers to join the previously announced lineup for the 2009 CMA Music Festival.
- Little Darlin’ Records co-founder Aubrey Mayhew passed away at a Nashville hospice at the age of 81. He initially started the label with Johnny Paycheck as a vehicle to release and promote Paycheck’s own music, but later expanded to include artists like Jeannie C. Riley, Don Williams and Lightnin’ Hopkins.
- Jake Owen wants fans to know he’s more than just a pretty face.
- Ricky Skaggs recently re-released his 1982 album Highways and Heartaches and talked to Craig Shelburne about changing the lyrics to a couple of songs when he originally recorded them, the circumstances surrounding his first contract and where he plans to take his music in the future.
- The self-titled debut from Those Darlins‘ will be released on July 7. (MySpace)
- April 7th could be the day Apple hikes the price of popular songs to $1.29. On the flip side, music by newer artists could be priced as low as 69 cents a song.
- At 88, Little Jimmy Dickens is one of the last links to a past era of country music. He has recently suffered several health issues, but Joe Edwards says his illness hasn’t diminished his drive to perform.
- How badass are Waylon Jennings, Hank III and Gary LeVox? Find out with Farce The Music’s Badass-O-Meter.
- CMT posted interview snippets and a couple of songs from the CMT Crossroads episode featuring Shooter Jennings and Jamey Johnson. The first song is “Somewhere Between Jennings and Jones,” which was being used to promote the show, and the second is “It Ain’t Easy.”
- The new Grand Ole Opry concert series Opry Country Classics gets started tonight. Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers will host the debut show, which also stars Loretta Lynn, Lorrie Morgan and Mandy Barnett.
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March 26, 2009 at 12:15 pm Permalink
I had no idea Dan Seals was also “England Dan” till I heard it on the news. I enjoyed a lot of the former’s music, the latter not so much. Thanks for the FTM mention.
March 26, 2009 at 12:16 pm Permalink
Love Dan Seals… His “Alone In A Quiet Room” disc is one of my favorite acoustic CDs.
March 26, 2009 at 12:29 pm Permalink
My CD of the Dan Seals’ album “Won’t Be Blue Any More” is one of my prized possessions. For some reason EMI had just a moderate sized batch manufactured in Japan and they are rare. The LP’s are very common and plentiful, the CD’s not so much. I’m sorry to hear of his passing and am glad I made an effort to listen every time he’s been on the Opry the last few years.
The last paragraph of the Ricky Skaggs interview at CMT.com is really interesting to me. Ricky’s output from the 1980’s is some of my favorite country music and I was disappointed when he went bluegrass full time. Now it seems he’s grown a bit weary of that as well and will be branching out again. Go Ricky!
As mentioned above: OPRY COUNTRY CLASSICS Debut Tonight! Also, I just want to publicly thank WSM for installing a new internet media player recently that sounds fantastic. The old player used so low of bitrate it sounded like the music was coming from inside a tin can! The new feed sounds great!
Trailer’s “Badass O-Meter” is a hoot and I hope it is the first of many such “meters” to appear on Farce. How about a “Real Country Cred O-Meter”? I’d like to see where Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift would fall on that one….
March 26, 2009 at 12:30 pm Permalink
I actually thought the Eric Church video was a joke until it came together too well at the end..
“Do you have any reels for this thing?”
March 26, 2009 at 12:31 pm Permalink
Wow. “Everything that Glitters is Not Gold,” which I haven’t heard in several years, has been randomly stuck in my head all morning. I just now found out about Dan’s death. Freaky.
March 26, 2009 at 1:14 pm Permalink
RIP, Dan Seals. I was a big fan of his work as England Dan (‘I’d Really Love to See You Tonight’) as well as his country songs like ‘Bop’, ‘Three Time Loser’, and the duet he did with Tanya Tucker, ‘I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love’. The man made some great music for us to remember.
March 26, 2009 at 1:15 pm Permalink
Oh, and that’s an excellent interview with Ricky Skaggs – definitely recommended reading.
March 26, 2009 at 1:16 pm Permalink
I always teared up when I heard “Everything That Glitters…”. The first time I danced with my wife was to “Bop”. Great distinctive voice.
61 is too young to die…..
March 26, 2009 at 2:01 pm Permalink
“I Won’t Take Less…” was Tanya, Paul Overstreet, and Paul Davis. Dan’s big country duet was with Marie Osmond, “Meet Me In Montana.” Perhaps now someone (Capitol?) can release a solid greatest hits package.
March 26, 2009 at 2:30 pm Permalink
Its sad that Dan passed away. He was one of the most under-rated and under appreciated country artists around. His songs rank up there with the likes of Merle, Conway or Buck Owens – still played on the radio today, still totally memorable.
He was also a proficient musician – playing guitar and saxaphone.
March 26, 2009 at 3:14 pm Permalink
Ahh this is sad =[ has anyone heard that song by Rascal Flatts called “Love who you Love”?? Thats a great song you guys should check it out
March 26, 2009 at 5:08 pm Permalink
“Trailer’s “Badass O-Meter” is a hoot and I hope it is the first of many such “meters” to appear on Farce. How about a “Real Country Cred O-Meter”? I’d like to see where Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift would fall on that one….”
How about a “Pain-In-The-Ass Meter”? I can think of a few folks here that would show up on that one…
March 26, 2009 at 5:39 pm Permalink
“RICK- As mentioned above: OPRY COUNTRY CLASSICS Debut Tonight! Also, I just want to publicly thank WSM for installing a new internet media player recently that sounds fantastic. The old player used so low of bitrate it sounded like the music was coming from inside a tin can! The new feed sounds great!”
I couldn’t agree more. I stream WSM at my work day and night and the quality is much much better. It’s still the widest range of country music styles of anywhere I’ve found on the dial anywhere and now it doesn’t have to sound like it’s old AM.
March 26, 2009 at 6:10 pm Permalink
I stand corrected, Joe. It was Paul Overstreet on the duet I mentioned with Tanya Tucker. Thanks.
March 26, 2009 at 6:53 pm Permalink
Today is a bad day in country world.
March 26, 2009 at 7:16 pm Permalink
NorthTexas said: “How about a “Pain-In-The-Ass Meter”? I can think of a few folks here that would show up on that one…”.
Northy, If I wasn’t at the top of that list, I’d be seriously disappointed! (lol)
March 26, 2009 at 9:26 pm Permalink
The Opry Classics Show is well worth listening to. In tonight’s debut episode Patsy Cline songs were covered by Mandy Barnett, Lorrie Morgan, and Loretta Lynn. Chris Young sang the Marty Robbins hit “Devil Woman” and his voice sounded much stronger than on his own material! Chris can now sing Keith Whitley songs and have it fit perfectly with the show’s format. There was a touching tribute to Hank Locklin and the entire tone of the show just felt “right” for us traditionalists. I think will quickly become my favorite weekly Opry broadcast! Now if they can just keep a good variety of songs being sung, rather than the standard cast Opry Legends repeating the same songs week afetr week, the new Opry Classic show can soar like an eagle! (lol)
March 26, 2009 at 9:39 pm Permalink
Wow, just a shock with the news of Dan’s passing. He is one guy that I always wanted to see in concert performing live acoustically but never got the chance. I remember not too long ago hearing about the cancer but I’m surprised that he lost the battle. So many wonderful songs that take me back to certain moments in my life.
Someone mentioned WSM…I have listened to it online for several years now especially at work. I didn’t get to tune into tonight’s broadcast of the Opry. Tuesday night Dierks Bentley played on the Opry and then was in the studio with Eddie Stubbs for a couple of hours. Granted the traffic reports get old running all the time but you pretty much know they will play a good ole Conway Twitty song or others that the other stations wouldn’t touch anymore.
March 27, 2009 at 5:46 am Permalink
Sad to hear of Dan Seals’ passing although I was aware that he was losing the battle against cancer. He recorded a number of fine songs and had a nearly five year run in which every song made it to #1 (9 straight, a #5 and then two more #1s)
March 27, 2009 at 12:30 pm Permalink
I think that Dan Seals deserves an article of his own. He really was one of the most dominant artists of the mid-to-late eighties. It seems like when Seals gets mentioned these days it’s as an example of the sort of artist that was swept away for the likes of Clint Black and Garth Brooks, but he really doesn’t fit that model. I mean, it’s a shame that “Bop” is his most famous song, because most of his singles are relatively stripped down for the era which they were recorded.
Not to mention his most impressive material was either self-written (“You Still Move Me,” “Three Time Loser”) or written in tandem with Bob McDill (“Everything that Glitters,” “They Rage On”).
I’m really sad about his passing (although, like Paul Dennis, I was aware of his battle with lymphoma for quite a while). One of the most underrated artists around.
April 9, 2009 at 9:56 am Permalink
Dan Seals, rest in peace. You had a gentle voice and manner along with lots of talent that served you well in the music business.
You made your mark; and it’s a classy one.
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