Folsom Prison Concert Scheduled for 40th Anniversary of Cash Recording
- W.S. “Fluke” Holland, longtime drummer for Johnny Cash, and other Cash affiliated musicians are scheduled to perform at Folsom Prison for the 40th anniversary of the recording of Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison. UPDATE: Here’s another article about the concert, which will be held on Sunday, January 13. UPDATE DEUX: It has been canceled. (Thanks, Kelly.)
- Have you made any New Year’s resolutions yet? Dierks Bentley has five…main categories, that is. Each main category has three sub-categories. When I get around to making mine, it’s going to be to stop procrastinating and be more like Dierks.
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- Amoeba Records is giving away free downloads of Brandi Shearer’ “Heaven” off her Amoeba debut Close to Dark and “Dark End of the Street” from Gram Parsons. They’ll be available until the 14th a which time they’ll put new tracks up.
- Tickets are on sale for A Ride With Bob: The Bob Wills Musical starring Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel. They’ve got several dates in Texarkana, AR and College Station, Ft. Worth and Galveston, TX. (via Still Is Still Moving)
- C. Eric Banister takes a comprehensive look at the John Anderson reissues that I reminded you about in yesterday’s news roundup. Excellent stuff.
- Take Country Back has the link to a free download of “Keep You Happy” from Tift Merritt’s upcoming release of Another Country (Feb. 26).
Merritt’s debut Bramble Rose earned spots on both Time Magazine and the New Yorker’s year-end Top Ten lists. Tambourine, her sophomore album, was Grammy nominated for Country Album of the Year and earned numerous accolades from press and fans.
- Some employees of the Dolly Parton owned Dixie Stampede dinner theater in Florida are feeling shafted after learning that the theater has been closed because they received a lucrative offer for the 13 acres.
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January 9, 2008 at 10:04 am Permalink
Bad news for the guys in Folsom…
Johnny Cash tribute concert canceled
January 9, 2008 at 11:23 am Permalink
I don’t know if anyone else is seeing it, but the google ads are coming up on top of the text. Makes it hard to read about James Otto!
January 9, 2008 at 11:37 am Permalink
Sorry Cindy, Kelly’s really long link threw the page out of whack. You should get after him about it.
January 9, 2008 at 11:58 am Permalink
Oh, my bad. Not all of us are Blazer Six type web-guru’s. I was just trying to help the people out….no more links, promise.
January 9, 2008 at 12:09 pm Permalink
Anyone who runs a successful blog ought to know how to make a link…
You can post links, though, I’m just jokin’ around.
January 9, 2008 at 12:46 pm Permalink
well, you nailed it when you said “successful”, so that leaves me out…
January 9, 2008 at 5:48 pm Permalink
If Dolly got a $hitload of $ for the Dixie Stampede property, I’d like to know if she at least paid a fair severence to her former employees. It’s the least she could have done. Whatsay Dolly?
January 9, 2008 at 6:01 pm Permalink
The article says that every employee got at least 2 months of severance and some were asked to stay while they searched for a new location in the area. I’d say that’s pretty fair.
January 9, 2008 at 10:38 pm Permalink
Brady - I missed that 2 months severence part. I’d say that was pretty fair, too. Noext time I’ll read slower. Too many blogs to read, to little time, I guess.
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