Drifting Cowboys Steel Guitarist Passed Away; New Releases; Bruce Robison Tour Diary; Free Sampler
- Steel guitarist Robert D. Norred, who was a member of Hank Williams‘ Drifting Cowboys for a short period in the late ’40s, passed away on Sunday.
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New releases for the week of October 27, 2009 include:
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Bart Crow Band – Heartworn Tragedy
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Dolly Parton – Dolly (Box set)
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Drew Kennedy – An Audio Guide to Cross Country Travel
Artist Website | MySpace -
Kenny Rogers – The First 50 Years (Box set)
Amazon | MySpace -
Lorrie Morgan – A Moment In Time
Amazon ($3.99) | iTunes | MySpace -
Matt Martindale – Big Sign
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Rosie Flores – Girl of the Century
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Taylor Swift – Fearless: Platinum Edition
Amazon | iTunes | MySpace
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- Also released today is a free Lost Highway sampler titled T For Texas T From Tennessee which includes songs from Ryan Bingham, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Willie Nelson, and Hayes Carll.
- Bruce Robison is currently on tour with Robert Earl Keen and Todd Snider (read a review of the tour’s Alexandria stop) and has been keeping a tour diary on YouTube.
- Watch the first video from NewFound Road‘s recent album Same Old Place at The Bluegrass Blog.
- If you’re looking to expand your Rosanne Cash catalog, Craig Shelburne recommends picking up The Wheel.
- Quotable Country – 10/26/09 Edition
- With Halloween quickly approaching, Jessica Cornett shared five songs to add to your haunting playlist.
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Current $5.00 downloads on Amazon:
- A Truer Sound posted a radio recording of Wayne “The Train” Hancock from 1994 along with an unreleased demo that Hancock sent to radio stations and record companies before his first album release.
- Jimmy Wayne‘s third album, Sara Smile, will be released Nov. 23.
- Watch Dolly Parton perform “Here You Come Again” from her forthcoming Dolly: Live From London DVD.
- The Gobblers Knob recommends C.A.F., the recent EP from Exebelle & Rusted Cavalcade. (MySpace)
The opening track, “I Wont Love You to Death (But I’ll Love You to the Door)” is a honky-tonk number that has some serious sawdust on it’s heels. On certain tracks, specifically “Tomorrow I’m a Ghost”, the crying of the pedal steel of Kerry Hutcherson that opens the song is an indispensable table-setter while the homespun vocals of Phillip Heeson III warmly wrap around the mandolin that crawls into the tune.
- Starting next March, Crystal Shawanda will tour with Reba McEntire. (via That Nashville Sound)
- Country Haiku:
For your convenience
I have numbered my heartaches
Also my troubles - American Songwriter published an interview with Tim Easton on the subjects of his recording process and the Alaska bluegrass scene. Scroll to the bottom to listen to several live recordings.
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October 27, 2009 at 10:58 am
So, I guess Rick will be clicking over to get the Lost highway/Texas comp? Full of liberals and Texans, just the way Rick likes it…
October 27, 2009 at 11:12 am
That NewFound Road video is nicely done, and it’s a great song.
October 27, 2009 at 11:13 am
So Kelly, how did you know that would be my first priority today? At least the price is right for what country music from liberal Texans is usually worth to me! (lol)
A Halloween song suggestion: Dave Stamey’s “Mountains Of The Heart” for this chorus: “The mountains of the heart they are haunted, filled with granite shadows deep and stark. And the ghosts of things that might have been so lonesome ever wander, forever through the mountains of the heart.” BOO! (lol)
Thanks for the Wayne Hancock link. Exebelle not so much…
Its nice to see Crystal Shawanda will be out touring with Reba. Its too bad Ashton Shepherd can’t be on the tour as well so fans of talented and unique female country vocalists could get a “hat trick”.
October 27, 2009 at 11:41 am
“At least the price is right for what country music from liberal Texans is usually worth to me! (lol)”
Good one, Rick. I walked right into that one, I guess :-)
October 27, 2009 at 11:54 am
Even I thought that was a good one, Rick.
October 27, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I concur with Rick’s sentiments
Actually politically-oriented music usually leaves me cold, whatever its political orientation. The left-wing stuff does tend to whine more, making it a bit more annoying than its right wing counterparts
October 27, 2009 at 12:50 pm
songs for halloween brown moutain light & bring mary home by the country gentle men haunted house by john fogerty
October 27, 2009 at 12:53 pm
bingham awesome hayes carll great willie he’s a god & lovett’s not to bad this samplers better than any thing you’ll hear on the radio
October 27, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Thanks for the heads up on the Wayne Hancock stuff. Listening right now!
October 27, 2009 at 5:23 pm
You fine folks should know better than to ever encourage my snarkiness around here! (lol)
Opry Alert: Tonight’s Opry will feature the always amazing Del McCoury Band, Gloriana, Jimmy Wayne, and Martina McBride (and the “Legends”). Well, one out of four ain’t bad. From quality bluegrass, to modern power pop-rock airhead country, to a Hall & Oates cover act, to a belting pop-country diva they sure ain’t lacking variety tonight. Kind of like a “big tent” political philosophy….
October 27, 2009 at 5:47 pm
The Opry’s had a “big tent” booking philosophy for at least 70 years. Which is one of the reasons why it’s made it this far.
October 27, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Like we needed even more Kenny Rogers albums in circulation!
October 27, 2009 at 8:20 pm
nice to see the D/FW area is represented on the LH sampler…not.
October 27, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Well, I actually downloaded those free Texas songs from Amazon and after a listen through proceeded to delete everything except the Lyle Lovett track. If they are trying to raise interest in these artist’s latest albums, then they’ve failed as there must be better tracks they could have featured! Hey, did Kelly D. or that clown from “Mandatory Radio” have a hand in making these selections? Hmm…
Craig Shelburne must feel like he’s lost in the wilderness over at the CMT blog. His musical tastes are so far removed from the average CMT viewer he’s a proverbial fish out of water. Its rare that any of his blog posts get any replies whereas Alison Bonaguro is totally tuned into the CMT viewer / Top 40 country radio mindset. If Craig wrote for The 9513 he would at least garner a little respect over here for his non-mainstream taste in music.
October 27, 2009 at 11:45 pm
I don’t think Craig’s unhappy with his job, and I don’t think his bosses are unhappy with the job he’s doing there. So where’s there a problem? Besides, I think you underestimate CMT’s viewers, Rick; a critical mass of them have always been receptive to stuff that’s been sidestepped by the chart-reporting country stations.
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