Gary Allan To Face Stalker In Court
- Gary Allan will face an “aggressive stalker” in the courtroom tomorrow.
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New releases for the week of May 26, 2009 include:
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Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women – Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
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George Jones – Walk Through This World With Me – The Complete Musicor Recordings, 1965-1971 (Box set)
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Man of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney
Amazon | iTunes | Rhapsody
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- Music Fog has video of John Wesley Harding backed by Eric Brace, his band Last Train Home, and Peter Cooper on “Top of the Bottom” from Saturday night.
- The new Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women record can be streamed at ReverbNation.
- Chris Jones and his band The Night Drivers (MySpace) have been in the studio wrapping up their first studio album in eight years, which has a projected release of late July or early August.
- Blake Shelton shared his 10 favorite George Strait songs.
- Listen to “(We’re Not) The Jet Set,” which Groover’s Paradise calls the perfect distillation of George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s relationship and the very aesthetic of what country music once was.
- The Houston Chronicle’s Andrew Dansby profiled the life of Michael David Fuller, better known as Blaze Foley.
Foley had several other smart, poignant songs to his credit. But his personality was his other great claim to fame. He was a larger-than-life character. Morlix says some of Foley’s early shows were practically performance art. He’d pass around a photo of himself as an obese youth during a song called I Won’t Be Your Fat Boy Anymore. Foley hated country singer David Allan Coe, so he covered a discarded toilet with a black seat and sequins and used it as a stage prop: David Allan Commode, the Mysterious Rhinestone Toilet.
- This week’s Quotable Country has links to an article contrasting Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert and a video of an almost unrecognizable Toby Keith performing “Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground” in tribute to Wayman Tisdale.
- Bill Engvall has been named as the host for the 2009 CMT Music Awards on June 16.
- Big Rock Candy Mountain shared several mp3s from Sons of the Pioneers.
- The CMT New Video Evaluation Team took a look at new videos for Bomshel’s “Fight Like a Girl” and Mark McKinney’s “Middle America” this week.
- Comment with your favorite Keith Whitley song at My Kind of Country for a chance to win his RCA Country Legends compilation.
- Country Universe listed sales figures for albums released in the past three years that are still charting.
- Listen to The Belleville Outfit perform several songs from their new album Time to Stand on Mountain Stage. Brian T. Atkinson gave the album a B+ in his review for Austin Music Source.
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May 26, 2009 at 11:49 am Permalink
Bill Engvall is the perfect host for the CMT Awards as everyone who tunes in will receive an honorary “sign” from Bill….
I’m pleasantly surprised at the level of support CMT is putting behind the new BOMSHEL video, and the single seems to be gaining traction of Top 40 country radio as well. Kelley has a really nice voice when she’s not screaming or over doing it. This song is well suited for today’s market as it sounds like something Carrie Underwood would record. Its both radio and soccer mom friendly, unlike say “Bomshel Stomp”…
Thanks for the link to The Belleville Outfit performance. Their music is so far off the beaten path I think they will appeal to fans of artists like Justin Townes Earle and The Greencards who appreciate the unique and unusual. The band is full of skilled musicians, but the piano/keyboard player really shines.
May 26, 2009 at 2:36 pm Permalink
Sarah Siskind’s album is excellent, and I think a lot of the Americana-favoring folks here would dig it big time.
Thanks for the pointer to the Chris Jones/Nightdrivers entry on the Bluegrass Blog. We had a great time tracking, and I’m looking forward to hearing the mixes next week.
May 26, 2009 at 4:28 pm Permalink
I’ve liked what I heard of The Belleville Outfit, but I can’t quite shake the notion they’re a bunch of pretty kids playing at music rather than a bunch of musicians playing music they love. I guess I still need a “Eureka” moment with them.
May 26, 2009 at 5:41 pm Permalink
I actually think Bill Engvall is a good choice to host the CMT Awards – but Jeff Foxworthy must have been unavailable.
And the Musicor box set is a great addition to any Jones fan’s collection. I didn’t know many of the songs, but I am really enjoying the discovery.
May 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm Permalink
I just want to send props to Brody for such a great site. Thanks for grabbing all the great stories I’m too lazy to surf for on my own. Please keep up the good work.
May 26, 2009 at 9:05 pm Permalink
Almost unrecognizable Toby Keith until he starts singing and “that wonderful voice” pours out! Heart wrenching performance. God keep the Tisdale family and all of Wayman’s friends in his hands through this terribly hard time.
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