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- Bobby Braddock, the only living songwriter to have No. 1 country songs in five consecutive decades, commented on the changing landscape of country music in an interview with American Songwriter’s Michael Kosser:
For instance, the song protagonist of, say, the early 1950s is totally different from the one in 2009. For one thing, southerners as a group are different. In those old Hank Williams or Webb Pierce songs, the protagonist was crying. You don’t hear the protagonist crying today. The old protagonist was crying and gettin’ drunk; now they’re gettin’ drunk and partyin’, and singing, “Kiss my ass!” You hear a lot of “my town’s more country than your town.”
- The premier issue of M Music & Musicians magazine is now available.
- If you liked Pierce’s review of The Infamous Stringdusters/Dierks Bentley show at Station Inn, then be sure to check out “17 Cents,” a song Bentley recorded with the band for its forthcoming album.
- Farce the Music parodied the Brad Paisley tune “American Saturday Night” with “Arkansas Saturday Night,” and if anything, its certainly got imagery going for it:
She’s got burnt umber Walmart flip-flops on the cooler on her trailer porch
Listenin’ to “Small Town USA” by her man Justin Moore
She’s half a pack into those Newport Lights, and she’s on her fifth beer
Watching her 6 kids in the yard, with curlers still in her hair - Preluding next week’s release of the new Lady Antebellum album, the trio is streaming Need You Now in its entirety on MySpace and iLike.
- In a Q&A with The Boston Globe’s Stuart Munro, Dale Watson listed his top three musical heroes: “I would say Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams, because they write and sing their own stuff. I would have thought about putting Ray Price in there as a singer, but if I were to have just three to take it would be those three.”
- Blake Shelton announced the track list for his new album, Hillbilly Bone, due out on March 2. (via press release)
1. Hillbilly Bone
2. Kiss My Country Ass
3. You’ll Always Be Beautiful
4. Can’t Afford To Love You
5. Delilah
6. Almost Alright - Tim McGraw and Tom Douglas are scheduled to release their second children’s book next month.
- Lonestar is back with its first studio album in four years, Party Heard Around The World, due out on April 27. It’s the first album for the group since lead singer Richie McDonald left.
- Ray Wylie Hubbard’s new record received a full-five mudflap ladies from Twang Nation.
- Michael Martin Murphey on son Ryan Murphey’s Grammy nomination for producing his bluegrass album:
“I called his wife,” Michael said. “He was workin’ in school, and I can’t ever reach him when he’s teaching. She called the principal, and by the time the class was about to be out, the principal announced over the school p.a. system, ‘Mr. Murphey has a Grammy [nomination],’ and he was totally swamped by every student in the school. And he broke down cryin’ because he had no idea.”
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January 22, 2010 at 10:53 am Permalink
That Blake Shelton tracklist following the Bobby Braddock quote is classic!
January 22, 2010 at 11:06 am Permalink
Just subscribed to Chris N’s magazine.
January 22, 2010 at 11:13 am Permalink
Jeez, I remember Ryan Murphey as a kid singing with his dad about how they can’t understand women. Now he’s teaching school and getting Grammy nominations. I feel old.
January 22, 2010 at 11:28 am Permalink
How old was he when he sang that? He didn’t sound particularly young, but he must not have been too old.
January 22, 2010 at 1:07 pm Permalink
I think he was around 14 or 15 at the time, Leeann. This was pre-Rimes era, so it was pretty unusual for a teenager to be heard on the radio.
January 22, 2010 at 1:11 pm Permalink
I remember liking that song as a kid. Now, it sounds dated though.
January 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm Permalink
Thanks for the Braddock article.
January 22, 2010 at 5:05 pm Permalink
Opry Alert! Tonight’s Opry will feature Clay Walker, Darryl Worley, and Blake Shelton. Saturday Night’s Opry will feature Lorrie Morgan, Chuck “Weepy” Wicks, and Ronnie Milsap. Not outstanding as far as line ups go, but better than a poke in the eye.
Schedule: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html
The Bobby Braddock interview was very interesting. A good read for sure.
I wish Chris N. luck with “M” magazine. In this economy and with the way periodical sales are trending he’s gonna need it.
Wow, Ray Wylie Hubbard got 5 Mudflap Ladies at Twang Nation! Won’t have to waste any time listening to that one…
January 22, 2010 at 10:07 pm Permalink
The Bobby Braddock interview was very interesting. A good read for sure.
I highly recommend his book ‘Down in Orburndale’. I hope he finishes the new one soon.
January 22, 2010 at 10:37 pm Permalink
I was thinking the same thing, Brady. :)
January 23, 2010 at 10:21 pm Permalink
The Bobby Braddock interview is great, but I don’t know where the writer comes off saying that “I Wanna Talk About Me” is Toby Keith’s “career record.”
Just from memory, I’d say “Should’ve Been A Cowboy,” “How Do You Like Me Now?” and “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” are all more important records for Keith’s career.
January 23, 2010 at 10:43 pm Permalink
Thanks for posting the Band of Heathens video
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