Dale Watson Protests Release Of The Little Darlin Sessions And Willie Nelson’s Picnic Leaves Texas
- I was excited to find out that another Dale Watson album was going to be released, unfortunately that excitement was subdued after reading that the album is being released with protest from Watson himself.
The Little Darling CD was never finished ( we cut a lot of songs but never were given the chance to correct mistakes or overdub background vocals or anything else.) i.e. We were given one run through and that was it. They wouldn’t allow any of my originals and that result is tandem to me doing Karaoke on Little Darling songs. A couple of the songs I begged not to have to sing as I really did not like them. In that regard it really was Nashville 1966. KOCH is releasing it under protest of me and Lloyd Green.
Visit Watson’s website to read more about the album and his future plans.
- Willie Nelson is holding his annual Fourth of July picnic in the state of Washington this year, marking the first time that the event won’t be held in Texas since being founded in 1973.
- Blake Shelton did an interview with the Associated Press in which he talks about what kind of impact his divorce had on his Pure BS album and his relationship with Miranda Lambert.
Heartbreak is a hallmark of the old-style country that Shelton holds dear, but he found it’s easier singing about other people’s pain than your own. ‘I definitely think it’s the best album that I can make, but I dang sure don’t want to go through that again to make a good album,’ Shelton said.
- Entertainment Weekly has an online bonus to accompany their print article of Tim McGraw. Chris Willman has a fairly insightful Q&A session with McGraw in which they cover a wide variety of topics, including: touring with Faith Hill, crossover artists, his qualms with the Grammys, Kris Kristofferson, and politics.
Now, you have a song on your new album called ”Kristofferson.” Maybe he should do a song called ”Taylor Swift” and bring the whole thing full circle.
Maybe so. Kris Kristofferson can do anything he wants to! He’s a pretty impressive guy. My wife thinks he’s hot. - Another Q&A, this time with Bucky Covington on CMT.
- According to The Tennessean, Toby Keith caught the “acting bug” while playing the leading role in Broken Bridges. He hopes to start making a movie every 18 months and releasing the soundtracks on his record label. Keith says he was recently offered a big time role with some big time actors, but won’t give any details. (via GAC)
- GAC reports that Tracy Lawrence “is ready to share the darker moments in his life and career as a way to inspire others to carry on.” Lawrence plans on writing the story of his life, saying that he’s going to be upfront about his very public brushes with the law and other incidents that have made headlines over the years.
Popular Stuff
Sponsor
Is Dave Haywood going solo? This and many other of country music's most pressing questions answered in the September edition of The 9513's world famous Mailbag!
Caroline Herring likes to sing songs about life in the South. No, not exactly like Justin Moore and Jason Aldean...
The 9513's resident historian Paul W. Dennis sits down for a chat with country music legend Gene Watson.
As much as we love girl singers, we love songs about girl singers even more. Here's just a few of the many tribute songs out there.
Step away from the river and up to a jukebox, because heartbreak is only temporary, but a good song about drowning yourself—like a diamond—lasts forever.
What do you think about music labels "testing the waters" with a single before providing access to an artist's entire album? 
What country artist, young or old, would you recommend as a must-listen artist to a newcomer on his/her journey through country music, and what would your essential song picks be?Tagged In This Article
Blake Shelton // Bucky Covington // Dale Watson // Tim McGraw // Toby Keith // Tracy Lawrence // Willie Nelson
Current Discussion
- kurt: I personally don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with a country artist working with someone like Martin or Dioguardi if ...
- kurt: Thank you! Thank you! Carrie fans seem to think that “remixing” is the only way to make a country song ...
- Leeann Ward: Michael, That's ridiculous on more than one level.
- sam (sam): Why should we say, "You either like it or you don't. Just leave it at that?" I don't want to ...
- kevin w: I don't mind christian messages in songs, heck country has a tradition of christian messages in songs, along with the ...
- kevin w: "I grew up in the 1980’s when country was solidly blue collar democrat." Um, not exactly
- Joni: Reviews are just someone's personal opinion. Obviously this reviewer doesn't care for the song. I like the song a ...
- Paul W Dennis: actually, during the 1980s country was "Reagan Democrat"
- Jon: Since this is basically just the flip side of Dan E.’s claim – he says it’s getting better, you say ...
- Jon: And pop wasn’t so bad during the yesteryear. When the music made much more sense and singers actually sing songs. Since ...
13 Comments
RSS for comments on this post | Trackback URI for this post
May 2, 2007 at 10:42 am Permalink
Argh! Willie, man what are you DOING?!
It’s not surprising to me that Toby Keith wants to act. He’s been acting like a country singer for years now.
May 2, 2007 at 11:07 am Permalink
RE “Acting”: And he’s been doing a great job of it; Maybe because he is one.
May 2, 2007 at 11:19 am Permalink
“RE “Acting”: And he’s been doing a great job of it; Maybe because he is one.”
Did Toby threaten to put a boot in your ass if you didn’t say that?
May 2, 2007 at 11:49 am Permalink
RE “Did Toby threaten to put a boot in your ass if you didn’t say that?”:
I don’t know. If Toby finds out what you said, though, he might put one in yours.
May 2, 2007 at 3:22 pm Permalink
“I don’t know. If Toby finds out what you said, though, he might put one in yours.”
Ha! Yeah well I’m sure he just might.
May 2, 2007 at 3:51 pm Permalink
I hear Toby’s big-time movie is about this Australian rock star named Chris Gaines.
May 2, 2007 at 7:46 pm Permalink
HAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
May 2, 2007 at 7:47 pm Permalink
Sounds like an awesome premise for a movie, Chris. I wonder why no one has ever thought of it before.
May 3, 2007 at 4:37 am Permalink
Chris Gains a wannabe country singer from the wrong side of Nashville’s 8 Mile…
May 3, 2007 at 8:35 am Permalink
To be fair, “Broken Bridges” was every bit as good as, say, “Cool as Ice” or “Glitter.”
May 3, 2007 at 9:40 am Permalink
Wait, are you admitting to actually seeing all those movies?
;)
May 3, 2007 at 11:17 am Permalink
Uh, um …
May 4, 2007 at 11:47 am Permalink
Looking forward to Willie’s Picnic at the Gorge at George (Washington). It’s a beautiful place and a natural to pick of Willie wanted out of Texas. Half the people come from Seattle in Western Washington state and half come from the farming half in Eastern Washington state. It will be a ball, I’m sure.
Funk
Leave a Comment