Comments on: Garth Brooks Unretires; Colonel Tommy Cash; Stream Drew Kennedy; Taylor Swift to Host SNL

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:01:57 +0000

Funny how Vince Gill’s name is missing from the Daughtry huffing & puffing.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:01:08 +0000

I reckon that Brooks has enough tucked away that bankrolling a project that involved importing folks to Oklahoma over – or even for – a 6 month period would be within the realm of possibility. And Allen Reynolds doesn’t appear to be too busy these days, so that probably wouldn’t be an issue. But studio guys are studio guys in large part because they like to sleep in their own beds. And their personal business models are built around availability; going away for an extended period of time, or even intermittently but frequently for the same, means foregoing a lot of other work and lowering their profiles. You can make up financially for the missing sessions by paying them more, but you can’t mitigate the negative impact on their long-term prospects; the producers move on down their call lists, and the player may never hear from them again – at least, that’s the fear that virtually every session player has virtually every time he turns down a job. And that’s the real problem that would have to be dealt with.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:43:01 +0000

Pardon me, $143 after tax and service charges. My gosh.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:16:13 +0000

Darn-it anyway, Garth Brooks tickets are $125. How the heck are we supposed to afford that?

By: highwayman3

highwayman3 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:09:14 +0000

Daughtry performing on the CMA’s is just what the awards show needs! Just like the VHI Hip Hop Honors needs George Strait to rap one of their hits for them. Taylor and Carrie wasn’t enough to promote the show and draw in viewers, we need a rock band to lure in views to country music’s biggest night.

By: Stormy

Stormy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:36:53 +0000

Looks like Norah Jones will have a new cd out in November which will feature a version of Cry, Cry Cry and songs she wrote with Ryan Adams.

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:01:59 +0000

The thing that makes me agree with Jon on Garth is that it’s no secret that Garth is very intense/perfectionist, including when it comes to recording albums. So, I wonder if the logistics of bringing his favorite musicians to record in Oklahoma would just be too much trouble to outweigh the benefit for whoever bank rolls the project. Garth is likely very aware of his perfectionist tendencies and may not want to even go there.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:20:56 +0000

Alert: Rosanne Cash will be a featured musical guest on this Saturday’s (October 17) “A Prairie Home Companion”! I’m really looking forward to this and its even worth enduring Garrison Keillor’s nauseating fawning over Chairman Mao Tse Obama….

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:50:12 +0000

“Pretty sure the musicians and producer would come to him.”

I wouldn’t be – I mean, I wouldn’t rule it out, but it’s not exactly a simple proposition, especially if you’re talking about taking 6 months to cut an album.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:42:07 +0000

Pretty sure the musicians and producer would come to him.