‘Esquire’ Exclusive Dierks Bentley Download; Tim & Faith Duet Album; Bill Anderson’s Haunted Bus
- Today only, Esquire is providing a free download of Dierks Bentley‘s “Somewhere In Mississippi,” a song he recorded exclusively for the magazine as part of a songwriting challenge.
- It’s just a matter of time, according to Tim McGraw, until he and wife Faith Hill record a full-length duet album.
- Gary Allan knows how to work a crowd:
How many nights did you play clubs when nobody was there?
Probably one or two nights a week. We even learned how to clean out a bar! (laughs) We’d play ballads. We’d be ready to wind down, so we’d play slow songs purposely so you could put people to sleep and push them out of the bar. Yeah, for years we did that.How did playing in those clubs prepare for that moment when you got the deal?
It’s exactly what my dad said — you play those nights when nobody’s listening and you play those nights where everybody’s listening and you play for people you don’t know, and eventually you carve out your own thing. You walk out with authority, no matter what crowd it is. - Ninebullets.net introduced the newest Bloodshot Records signee, Whitey Morgan and the 78′s, and its last album, Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels.
- Farce the Music: Top 10 Country Song Titles That Sound Dirty
- Michael McCall recommends “I’d Love to be Your Last,” the only love song on Gretchen Wilson‘s new album I Got Your Country Right Here: “[...] once again proves that Wilson is an underrated ballad singer who is as blunt about her tender side as she is about her rowdy side.”
- Tim McGraw and Dwight Yoakam signed up to act in a new independent comedy titled Dirty Girl.
- Country Haiku:
The little moments
When I ridicule my wife
That’s what I live for - Blake Shelton and Chelsea Handler from Chelsea Lately were made for each other.
- Drama in Ritaville.
- Michael McCall on Alan Jackson:
Like influences Merle Haggard or Don Williams, Jackson so wholly embodies his musical persona that, when he’s in the zone like this, there’s no strain or filter between who he is and what he sings.
- Haunted houses aren’t all that uncommon, but could a tour bus bus be spiritually inhabited? Bill Anderson TV might be on to something.
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March 29, 2010 at 11:14 am
I have Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels. Great album!
March 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
here’s something that has been bugging me; why doesn’t DB get more recognition from the community? He hasnt embarrassed the industry or doing something anti-political, at least that I know of. And his “Modern Day Drifter” and “Long Trip Alone” CDs were both absolutely filled with both great writing and great music, and are still commercial. Yeah, songs like “Sideways” or “Wanna make you close your eyes” have been pretty shallow and weak, but with so many great songs, why is he never at award shows, never winning anything, and hardly even talked about?
March 29, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Great to see continued success for Whitey Morgan. Great band, great guys. The only downside here is that they’re touring more nationally now and don’t spend as much time in Michigan.
March 29, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Kris H, maybe Dierks is just content to be very successful at doing what he loves without all the pop culture media hype. Who knows…
OMG! A Timbo and Faith duets album! How could I have lived so long without one?…(lol)
I think Gretchen Wilson has always been at her best on ballads, but Top 40 AirHead country radio only wanted southern rockin’ redneck tunes from her. They painted her into a corner then painted over her and the corner!
I think I just saw Chelsea Handler on the cover of the new “Shape” magazine! Not to shabby for an old bag…(jk!)
You folks have GOT to bring Rita Ballou onboard as a contributing editorialist! That gal rocks! She should be selling T-shirts that proclaim “Don’t Mess With Texas or Rita If You Know What’s Good For You!” (lol)
March 29, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Wow, Blake Shelton and Chelsea Handler do make a perfect pair! I think Blake would be up for a nice romp with a cougar if he wasn’t with Miranda. Blake could give Chelsea a private concert singing Jimmy Buffet’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk (on Belvedere Vodka) And Screw”! (lol)
Golly, so there is a burgeoning Rita Ballou impersonator crisis in the dive bars and dancehalls in Texas, huh? Its almost like a Texas Red Dirt version of “Where’s Waldo” retitled “Who’s Rita”! Her anonymity may be her downfall! Yikes! (lol)
PS – Trailer’s song title list is a bit of tawdry fun. Never thought I’d see Dave Stamey’s name on any list in any of these blogs apart from those dedicated to real cowboy music. Good job!
March 29, 2010 at 6:44 pm
I like Dierks and am in no way a fan of music row, but in defense of them, Dierks has pretty much had a bit of an “outlaw” image. Not to the extent of guys like Jamey Johnson, but he has shunned a number of interviews and photo shoots that he feels focus on his personal life too much and he generally doesnt seem interested in being part of the Nashville record company industry.
I really compare Dierks to Gary Allan a lot, a guy who gets strong radio play, but is never going to be a fixture at award shows because they both seem to generally not give a crap about those kinds of things.
March 30, 2010 at 10:30 am
Nooo! Did I miss the Dierks download?!?! Was it only available yesterday? Does someone want to take pity on me and email it to me? Or show me where the heck on that website I’m supposed to go?!? Pretty please!!!!
March 30, 2010 at 10:36 am
Hey Agent, email me if you like, I can fire it your way.
March 30, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Arg! My web browser isn’t allowing me to click on your name. Can you email it to agent713 at hotmail? THANK YOU!!! You are my hero!
March 30, 2010 at 2:15 pm
No problem, no here, just helping out.
March 30, 2010 at 2:15 pm
*no hero
March 30, 2010 at 4:07 pm
I quite like that Bentley tune. Certainly a step up from most of the material on FEEL THAT FIRE. I’m quite looking forward to his new records.