Gary Allan Stalked Stalker, Claims Stalker
- Gary Allan and Katherine Anne Walker, the woman accused of stalking Allan for the past four years, appeared in court yesterday. During an impromptu press conference with the media Walker claimed that she was led to believe that Allan liked her and that she was actually the one being stalked.
On the night of May 3, she said she was lead to believe via online messages that Allan was going to meet her at a local bar for drinks. She said she “lost it” when she saw the vehicle of another woman at the residence.
“I went there and threw his furniture into the pool,” Walker said.
She also admits that she entered the vehicle belonging to the woman at the residence.
“I took her registration and her size 5 miniskirt,” Walker said.
Check Music City TV for video coverage of Walker’s press conference.
- Could the Academy of Country Music Awards be headed to Dallas? (via Country Music Is Love)
- Dwight Yoakam appeared on Jay Leno this week where his performance of “If There Was a Way” segued into the chorus of Greenday’s “Time of Your Life.”
- George Strait plans to release a new album this fall titled Twang and the first single from that release, “Living For the Night,” is scheduled to debut today.
- Watch the new tissue-infested video for Reba McEntire’s current single, “Strange.”
- Mindy McCready has been cast in the VH-1 reality show Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.
- Even though Zac Brown Band’s current single is “Whatever It Is,” Brown told Billboard that they’ve already shot the video for “Toes” and to expect some great cameos when it’s released in late June or July. He also revealed that the group has a head start on their next album, with 120 songs in the works, 20 of which he considers “in the can” and eight covers which will most likely be used for future B-sides.
- Still Is Still Moving linked to a 1997 bootleg of Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard at La Zona Rosa in Austin.
- If Wayne Hancock was born some fifty years earlier, Juli Thanki says “songs like pedal steel weeper ‘Cold Lonesome Wind’ and lustful boogie ‘That’s What Daddy Wants’ would be spinning on jukeboxes from coast to coast.”
- Watch the new scrapbook/cutout-styled video for Keith Urban’s “Kiss A Girl.”
- Not wanting give up control of their music through a record deal, The Bellville Outfit came up with the idea of “Adopt a Song” for their new album. The Austin Chronicle’s Jim Caligiuri asked vocalist/guitarist Rob Teter to explain:
“Actually, my mother came up with the idea of ‘Adopt a Song,’ just not in its final form. She said, ‘What if you asked people to sponsor little pieces of the record through donations?’ We typed up a proposal letter, put it up on our website, and sent it out in an email blast. We had a huge response. We asked for two thousand dollars per song and you got a house concert from us and couple of smaller things like being mentioned in the liner notes.”
- Listen to Porter Wagoner’s “The Cold Hard Fact’s of Life,” a song that Groover’s Paradise says contains pretty much everything you could want from a country song: melodrama, pathos, wine, murder, and “the cold hard facts of life.”
- Author Patsi Bale Cox recalled the first time she heard Garth Brooks‘ music and how that led to her new book, The Garth Factor: The Career Behind Country’s Big Boom.
- The Bluegrass Blog has an introduction to Chris Pandolfi (MySpace), banjo player for The Infamous Stringdusters, and his recently released solo album Looking Glass.
- Honky Tonk TV is a new nationally syndicated daily TV show that’s gaining some buzz. It’s been on the air for two months now and is billed as “entertainment news for country music.” On today’s episode, the host called last night’s shindig the “ACM Artist Decade of the Year tribute.” Funny.
- Seriously though, what was your favorite performance on last night’s ACM Artist Decade of the Year tribute to George Strait?
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May 28, 2009 at 11:09 am Permalink
RE: The Strait Tribute
By far, the best was Lee Ann Womack’s original song. Great song, great performance.
May 28, 2009 at 11:21 am Permalink
I love the new Reba video, although it is a bit scattered, it’s good. Keith’s new video is good too, I think. I can’t wait to hear King George’s new song!
And I really thought that Montgomery Gentry hit it perfectly. My favorite, though, was Lee Ann Womack and Jamey Johnson.
May 28, 2009 at 11:41 am Permalink
Jamey and Lee Ann. Lee Ann’s solo performance was great also.
May 28, 2009 at 11:51 am Permalink
LAW and Jamey were good. Also dug the arrangement/energy Jack Ingram brought to “All My Exes”
May 28, 2009 at 11:57 am Permalink
JJ and Lee Ann were great. Nothing on there was altogether bad though Dierks came the closest.
May 28, 2009 at 12:02 pm Permalink
Man, this Gary Allan stalker thing is going to get weird – as if it’s not already.
Great new video from Reba, but I’ve come to expect nothing less from her videos even when the song is lacking.
I missed the Strait tribute last night – just totally spaced it so I’ll have to catch the re-runs once CMT gets ahold of it.
May 28, 2009 at 12:15 pm Permalink
Have to agree that the Jamey and Lee Ann were probably my fav from last night — but then again two of my favorite artists.
May 28, 2009 at 12:20 pm Permalink
Tim McGraw gave a solid performance of “Marina Del Ray”, but the best was hands down “Give It Away”. Jamey Johnson and LeeAnn Womack gave a very engaging performance. Also, the “Troubadour” performance at the end… how cool was that?
May 28, 2009 at 12:26 pm Permalink
I was really pleased with what I saw on the George Strait tribute show. Loved Ingram’s perf and of course, the JJ and Womack duet. Rich’s version of Amarillo by Morning, though, was really lame. I’m not just being a hater, he just didnt pull it off and sounded very flat.
Also, did anyone else notice that all but a couple of the songs were actually from this decade?
May 28, 2009 at 12:38 pm Permalink
I did actually. I respect George’s current music, but I was hoping to hear some classic Strait like “The Chair”, “Baby Blue”, “Love Without End, Amen”.
Also, Martina McBride’s performance was great. She really is a class act. I always kind of thought that “The Dance” was one of those songs that you don’t touch. She made it her own, while paying homage to the original.
May 28, 2009 at 12:44 pm Permalink
Juli, I really enjoyed your Washington Post review of the Wayne Hancock concert. I don’t understand why The 9513 hasn’t done an in-house review of “Viper of Melody” yet and instead wastes time and space on boring mainstream drivel like Emerson Drive…
Thanks for the link to that interesting interview with those defiantley independent members of The Belleville Outfit. When it comes to asking fans to finance an album Jill Sobule started that trend a couple of years ago. If it works then I’m all for it! I just wish one of those Belleville Outfit house concerts was near me and open to the public…
I didn’t watch the George Strait show last night and didn’t record it either, so I have no comment…
May 28, 2009 at 1:02 pm Permalink
sorry, i worded my previous comment wrong. I meant to ask if anyone else noticed that most of the songs werent from this decade, the one in which he was being honored for…sorry, i just cant stop drinking heavily during the day.
May 28, 2009 at 1:02 pm Permalink
Kelly, I’m getting a post ready for CU about the show and my notes pretty much say what you said about the Rich performance. Even I was surprised by how lifeless it was. He needs to get back with Big Kenny.
May 28, 2009 at 1:21 pm Permalink
Yeah, the best part of that song for me is in opening line when we hear “amarillo” and Strait belts it out with that warm, somewhat deep tone that is so distictive…Rich didnt have that. I think Chesney did that song at some random CMT concert that aired a few years ago, and I remember not hating it the way I hated last nights rendition…
May 28, 2009 at 1:22 pm Permalink
Okay, now I want to hear a Dwight Yaokum Greenday cover album. That would be cool.
May 28, 2009 at 1:35 pm Permalink
I just want another Dwight album that is as good as “If There Was A Way”
May 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm Permalink
I didn’t think John Rich’s performance was terrible and wasn’t close to the worst of the night. He was just kinda mediocre, but not many of them seemed to deviate or elevate the songs. Ingram did try to rock up his performance a bit, but I didn’t really care for it.
May 28, 2009 at 1:40 pm Permalink
Like the Reba video, but the kaleidoscope effect was a little strange, pardon the pun.
I only caught the last hour of the the Strait show, but LAW did fantastic- loved the original song she did.
May 28, 2009 at 1:40 pm Permalink
Someone had already started a thread over in the forums for the GS Special, so I voiced my thoughts over there rather than take up additional space here.
May 28, 2009 at 1:42 pm Permalink
Kenny Chesney did a version of Marina Del Ray for a b-sides bonus disc that came with “When The Sun Goes Down” a few years ago. It was actually pretty good.
May 28, 2009 at 1:43 pm Permalink
I felt that the worst was “You Look So Good In Love” by Jamie Foxx. He is talent, he just took it a bit too far I thought.
May 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm Permalink
Juli, I really enjoyed your Washington Post review of the Wayne Hancock concert. I don’t understand why The 9513 hasn’t done an in-house review of “Viper of Melody” yet and instead wastes time and space on boring mainstream drivel like Emerson Drive…
Rick, thanks for reading! I’d review Viper here (4 stars, IMO), but after watching the Strait special, I’m too busy trying to replicate and synthesize DNA from Lee Ann Womack and Jamey Johnson in order to create an army of uber-singers.
May 28, 2009 at 2:45 pm Permalink
Juli – Ha! Should I invest in this venture now, or later?
May 28, 2009 at 3:59 pm Permalink
Careful Juli, I wouldn’t want you to wind up with a Lee Ann clone only with Jamey’s beard.
The funniest line of the special last night was Jamey saying that every time he meets George Strait it brief and “I’m not sure if you even like me.”
May 28, 2009 at 4:52 pm Permalink
Juli, I’ll be anxiously waiting for your “Viper Of Melody” here at the 9513 where it belongs! (lol)
Opry alert! Tonight’s “Classic Country Opry” is a tribute to “Outlaw” music and of course will feature Andy Griggs! (lol) Other artists performing include husband and wife team Jon Randall and Jessi Alexander, Eric Church, Justin Moore (the perfect theme to allow him to sing “I Could Kick Your Ass”!), and some old timers named Bobby Bare and the CDB! The fun starts at 7:00 PM Nashville / Texas time.
Schedule: http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/ThisWeek.aspx
Listen: http://www.wsmonline.com/
PS – The Quebe Sisters band will be at The Station Inn in Nashville tonight with their show starting at 9 PM. On Monday night the Time Jumpers were encouraging all their fans to come see the Quebe’s (according to Eddie Stubbs anyway).
May 28, 2009 at 6:47 pm Permalink
john rich was my favorite of the night. he seemed to appreciate the most all the hard work that goes into being an artist of music. in fact, i liked the whole tribute and when it was over, i thought, ” i wish i could watch that again”.
May 28, 2009 at 7:54 pm Permalink
I’ve viewed some of the George Strait tribute performances on YouTube and the sound quality is marginal as they used pick-up mics in the audience area rather than direct feeds to the mixing board. Pretty cheesy if you ask me…
Rick’s Random Tidbits: CMT has announced the judging line-up for the new round of “Can You Duet”. Naomi Judd (Judge?) returns to torment acts like The Coppola Twins but the new judges are Big Kenny and Big Machine label head Scott Borchetta. Big Machine is doing so well thanks to Taylor Swift that Scott has free time to participate in fun stuff like “Can You Duet”! (lol) (Courtesy of AllAboutCountry.com)
May 28, 2009 at 7:59 pm Permalink
The sound for the Strait show actually sounded fine to me and I’m usually extremely picky about sound.
May 28, 2009 at 8:00 pm Permalink
I wonder if Big Kenny will be a cooler judge than John Rich was?
May 28, 2009 at 8:06 pm Permalink
Leeann, I think Pee Wee Herman would be a cooler judge than John Rich was on “Nashville Star”…
May 28, 2009 at 8:12 pm Permalink
I also thought the sound was exceptionally good for a change.
May 28, 2009 at 8:35 pm Permalink
Lee Ann and Jamey. It was all downhill from there!
May 28, 2009 at 10:27 pm Permalink
Leeann and Jamey for sure, but the whole night was good. That’s all we talked about in the office today (ok all women here). But what did you think of Keith Urban’s tribute to decades past Marty Robbins? I thought he did a great job!
May 29, 2009 at 2:33 am Permalink
Some thoughts on the Strait tribute show:
1) Poor Taylor Swift. Did she look lost up there, or what? I think she was the only one there who had no real singing ability whatsoever. “Run” is one of my all time fave Strait tracks, but every time she went up for a big note, I cringed and it was indeed painful to listen to.
2) Why did Dierks even bother to come out? He clearly didn’t wanna be there and did an embarrassingly poor (might I add disrespectful) job.
3) Jamie Foxx was the highlight of the night. I kept WAITING for someone to have the balls to step up and make a song their own. He took “You Look So Good In Love” and knocked it out of the park. By far the best performance of the night.
4) I’m a huge JJ/LAW fan, and it was great to see the two of them together dueting on a song that JJ penned. I love hearing songwriters do their versions of songs written for others, just to get the feel for how it was originally thought to be performed, and it was wicked to see JJ give his interpretation.
5) I think I must’ve been the only one who really didn’t like the finale on Troubadour. I mean, that’s the perfect song for him to do at the end, but it was SO awkward watching everyone just kinda stand around on the stage and not really do anything. Yeah, some of them had mics, but nobody really got into it. It’s George and a little bit from LAW, but everyone else just kinda stood and danced. It was tough to watch, actually.
Just my random two pennies on the subject…
May 29, 2009 at 2:34 am Permalink
Oh and one more thing, that’s the most “Country” that I’ve ever seen or heard Keith Urban. MY goodness, he did ol’ Marty proud with that medley. The sharp-looking old school suit and thin tie were a PERFECT look and he sounded like a million bucks. Well done Keith!
May 29, 2009 at 7:49 am Permalink
I’m not sure that more than half of the performers actually knew the words to Troubador…
May 29, 2009 at 8:27 am Permalink
Why aren’t many people commenting on the Blake/Miranda duet? Granted I wasn’t able to pay a lot of attention to their performance at the time, I thought it was one of the better ones and Blake’s intro quip was hilarious.
May 29, 2009 at 8:35 am Permalink
I actually thought the Blake/Miranda duet was a bit disjointed or disconnected. I liked it because it was them singing together, but didn’t really get into it from an objective standpoint. I missed Blake’s intro though.
May 29, 2009 at 8:38 am Permalink
I thought Taylor was fine for once.
May 29, 2009 at 9:06 am Permalink
I think that they did a good job with the song, which I hadn’t imagined as a duet before the other night. The one thing working against them was that they seem to be very into each other. I think they both do think it’s cool to be crazy about the other one, which handicaps them a little bit. They should definitely do more stuff together.
Blake Shelton, more than anybody that performed at the show, has the right personality and manner to pull off the laid-back, smirking, I’m-hurtin’-but-I’m-gonna-tell-you-in-a-kinda-funny-way songs (i.e. Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her, I’ve Come to Expect It from You, It Ain’t Cool). Blake should kidnap Dean Dillon and record an album worth of his songs.
May 29, 2009 at 9:34 am Permalink
“I actually thought the Blake/Miranda duet was a bit disjointed or disconnected.”
Could be since I was grabbing some ice cream during most of their performance :)
May 29, 2009 at 10:10 am Permalink
Thoughts on the GS show. LAW and JJ were great, Jamie Fox was very entertaining if a bit over the top, and Taylor Swift did a solid job. Overall, everyone was solid- I do have a question though. I’m thinking this was shot soon after the ACMs, correct? If that’s the case, who filled in for Brad Paisley- because I’m sure he’d have been a part of that?
After I got through it though, what stuck was how great the GS catalog is. What a great bunch of solid, COUNTRY songs. No pop sensitivities, no overblown notes to hit, just solid arrangements and lyrics built around memorable lyrics with catchy hooks.
May 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm Permalink
Remember Brad didn’t make the ACM’s as he was home waiting for his 2nd baby to arrive. But I wondered too. Where was Trace? Reba? Carrie? But as some said in other blogs, many have prior committments.
June 2, 2009 at 11:27 pm Permalink
My god…’The Cold Hard Facts of Life’…Porter just shot to #1 on my Bad-Ass-O-Meter.
August 21, 2009 at 9:17 pm Permalink
I watch the GS show and I thought that KU did a fine job of tribute to Marty Robbins.
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