“Cowboy Town” Adopted As Official Song of Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
- Back in September Robert W. McLean donated Bill Monroe’s mandolin and Mother Maybelle Carter’s guitar to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, the money used to purchase these instruments was stolen from investors by McLean, who took his own life in late September. While alive McLean also donated two former Johnny Cash owned guitars and funded a trip for Glen Campbell to make an appearance at the CMHoF. The Trustee of McLean’s estate has petitioned the court to sue the CMHoF to regain the instruments so that they may be sold off and the creditors of McLean’s stolen money can be paid.
- Watch Kelly Willis perform “Wrapped” on CMT’s Unplugged series at Studio 330. And, while you’re at it, visit the MySpace of the uber talented Eleanor Whitmore who you can see playing the fiddle in the previous Willis video.
- The title track to Brooks & Dunn’s latest album, “Cowboy Town”, has been adopted as the official song of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for the next two years.
- Keith Urban loves George Strait’s “How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls”.
- Rascal Flatter Joe Don Rooney and his former Playboy Playmate of the year wife Tiffany Fallon have announced that they’re expecting their first child.
- Praise for those who still love picking and singing–real live picking and singing.
- Patterson Hood has a song by song write-up for the Drive By Trucker’s upcoming album. Brighter Than Creation’s Dark is due out January 22nd and “was written, learned, played, mixed and mastered for vinyl.”
- Check out the Grammy nominations in the country category–they’re much better than the ACMs and CMAs. In the general field Vince Gill got a nod for Album of the Year, the songwriters of “Before he Cheats” were rewarded with a nomination for Song of the Year, and Taylor Swift was highlighted as one of the Best New Artists. Anybody care to let us know who you’d like to see win for each category?
- Listen to and download for free “Orale! Santa Claus!” from Eleven Hundred Springs on their iLike page.
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December 7, 2007 at 11:31 am Permalink
Re: grammy nods, I was surprised an disappointed by the lack of a nomination for Wagonmaster. The country album category skewed very mainstream this year and Wagonmaster is probably more deserving than most if not all of the albums nominated; substituting Wagonmaster for the lackluster Let it Go would significantly improve the category.
As far as pleasant surprises go, how about multiple nominations for Nashville supergroup The Time Jumpers?
December 7, 2007 at 11:45 am Permalink
I was surprised at the exclusion of Wagonmaster and the inclusion of the The Time Jumpers as well. I like that Last of the Breed got nominated and once again I’m in agreement on Let It Go. When it first came out I was kind of excited about it, but it’s almost excruciating to go back and listen to.
December 14, 2007 at 11:08 am Permalink
Cowboy Town is an awesome song for a rodeo.
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