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- George Jones and rocker Peter Frampton announced the newest inductees to the Musicians Hall of Fame yesterday. Among the inductees are Billy Sherrill, Jones’ long-time producer who hounded him for 12-months to record “He Stopped Loving Her Today;” Buddy Holly’s band, The Crickets; Booker T. & the M.G.’s; Al Kooper; the Memphis Horns and the Muscle Shoals Rythmn Section.
- Having screamed the words to Def Leppard songs for years, Taylor Swift is ecstatic about filming an episode of CMT Crossroads with the band, calling it a dream come true. The episode is set to debut on Nov 8th.
- Tracy Lawrence’s label, Rocky Comfort, signed Michael Scott and plans to release his first single, “Ray Ray’s Juke Joint,” later this month. (MySpace)
- Yallwire has a video introduction to Big Machine recording artist Fisher Stevenson and a special acoustic performance of “Lay Your Love Down.” (MySpace)
- Tune in to San Antonio’s 92.5 The Outlaw radio station from 4-6pm today to catch an interview with Rodney Hayden where he says he’ll be debuting most of the songs from his new album.
- According to a poll in In Touch Weekly, country newcomer Jessica Simpson takes the top spot for “Best Breasts In Hollywood.”
- Sugarland is expected to have a big announcement today at 1pm central time. Any guesses as to what it could be? And if you haven’t checked it out yet, UMG has several song samples from their upcoming album.
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July 2, 2008 at 10:13 am Permalink
Not THE Micheal Scott!
(Dude, step one, change your name)
July 2, 2008 at 10:15 am Permalink
Sugarland will be announcing that Jennifer Nettles is leaving the duo to pursue a solo career in the rap business.
Kristian Bush plans to remain in the country music genre, but no longer wants to be associated with Sugarland since Nettles is leaving. He has decided to form a new duo that will deviate from the pop-ish music Sugarland has been known to record. In fact, Bush’s new duo partner is “so country” that fans will listen to their sound and be immediately reminded of the great “Big and Rich” duo that seemed to disband at the turn of the year.
Kristian Bush’s new duo partner? None other than Nashville Star’s Coffey, who, with a Southern background and fancy hat, is about as country as they come. John Rich suggested the combination to Bush, expressing the significance of increasing the racial diversity within the genre and the immediate success that can come with it.
The new duo will be named “Bushey” (pronounced Bush-ay) and will be touring with Kellie Pickler and Ashton Shepherd this fall.
July 2, 2008 at 10:18 am Permalink
Wow, that is so totally awesome and really cool about Taylor Swift with Def Leppard! This should definitely be a high point in the mainstream country scene in 2008…..
Isn’t Michael Scott lucky to have the same name as Steve Carell’s charcater in NBC’s “The Office”…
And speaking of names, Fisher Stevenson sounds like someone you’d meet at the country club for a quick nine holes. I’ll prefer a “Travis” type first name for a male country artist any day of the week….
I think its appropriate taht Jessica’s “Best Breasts” honor should come from something called “In Touch”…
OMG, A Sugarland announcement!!!!! The suspense is killing me!…..(lol) I think because of Kristian’s family connections they should give each person at their concerts a small can of the new line of Bush’s beans!
July 2, 2008 at 10:25 am Permalink
“Wow, that is so totally awesome and really cool about Taylor Swift with Def Leppard! This should definitely be a high point in the mainstream country scene in 2008…..”
Rick…I hope you’re being facetious. (lol!)
July 2, 2008 at 10:27 am Permalink
Hearing Jamey Johnson do a song first effectively ruins all future versions of it for me. It happened with “She’s All Lady” (Joe Nichols), “It Was Me” (George Strait), and now “Ray Ray’s Juke Joint,” all of which I first heard on The Dollar.
July 2, 2008 at 10:28 am Permalink
The Sugarland stuff sounds pretty ‘country’ to me.
July 2, 2008 at 10:35 am Permalink
John,
“Ray Ray’s Juke Joint” is one of the few songs Johnson’s recorded that wasn’t written by him. However, I see your point.
July 2, 2008 at 10:43 am Permalink
Maybe Sugarland will announce that Jennifer is engaged to Clayton, lol.
July 2, 2008 at 10:45 am Permalink
On guitar and recorder: Dwight Schrute.
July 2, 2008 at 10:46 am Permalink
“John Rich suggested the combination to Bush, expressing the significance of increasing the racial diversity within the genre and the immediate success that can come with it.”
You forgot that John Rich will also, no doubt, be producing the album and debuting it on a reality show that he will produce and host chronically the “making of” Bush-ay.
July 2, 2008 at 11:05 am Permalink
Chris: Maybe they can get Scrantoicity II to open for him.
July 2, 2008 at 11:06 am Permalink
Matt B.,
“It Was Me” wasn’t written by him, either. I was just referring to his singing, not his songwriting. I think you got that, but just wanted to clarify.
July 2, 2008 at 12:27 pm Permalink
The Sugarland announcement (I was curious, sue me) is that 5 copies of the band’s new CD (the deluxe edition, naturally) come with a special platinum ticket.
The people who find the winning tickets will be whisked off to tour Sugarland’s factory, where a troop of dancing orange midgets slave away night and day crafting Sugarland’s songs. Unlike Willy Wonka’s factory, there is no chocolate involved. Sugarland’s factory produces nothing but bubble gum.
Oh, and Kristian Bush wears an incredibly dorky hat in the video.
July 2, 2008 at 12:47 pm Permalink
Stormy and Chris: Maybe Michael Scott’s band band will play at the next “Rabies 5k and Fun-Run”
July 2, 2008 at 1:21 pm Permalink
I may eat my words later, but I was a bit pleasantly surprised by the tracks I heard from the upcoming Sugarland album.
July 2, 2008 at 1:29 pm Permalink
“Myth: Three Americans die every year from rabies. Fact: Four Americans die every year die from rabies.”
July 2, 2008 at 1:45 pm Permalink
I think I may throw a viewing party at my house for the Taylor Swift/Def Leppard Crossroads; it’s going to be epically funny.
July 2, 2008 at 2:03 pm Permalink
I like the sugarland clips, my favorites would be “We Run”, “Very Last Country Song”, “Keep You”, and “It Happens”. The song “Steve Earle” sounds weird to me, her voice sounds odd.
But it looks like Love on the Inside will be a very good album, in my opinion.
July 2, 2008 at 2:05 pm Permalink
I listened to the tracks a few weeks ago and all that I heard really sounded great to me. I am super excited about the CD. What Happens sounds like a fantastic fun song. Well, I heard them sing it in concert and I loved it immediately. I can’t remember which title went with what song but there were some slow, stripped down songs that sounded fantastic! Can’t wait to hear the whole CD.
July 2, 2008 at 2:28 pm Permalink
I think she may have been trying to immitate Steve Earle in that song? That’s all I can think of for the reason for the oddness of her vocals in the verses of it.
July 2, 2008 at 2:58 pm Permalink
“Dwight has the key to the office and also the back-up key. I asked what would happen if he were dead and we needed the key, all he said was ‘dont worry, if I am dead, that means you have all been dead for days’”
July 2, 2008 at 3:19 pm Permalink
“I declare bankruptcy!”
July 2, 2008 at 3:28 pm Permalink
haha @ Chris N. - “I’m not superstitious. Just a little stitious”
July 2, 2008 at 3:41 pm Permalink
Kelly: That would be the Micheal Scott Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure Celebrity Memorial Tribute Concert Aid, Right?
July 2, 2008 at 3:46 pm Permalink
ya know Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly on The Office) is a huge Lyle Lovett fan. Just tying it all together…..
July 2, 2008 at 3:50 pm Permalink
Anyone else kind of secretly hoping that Kelly’s “Hey Hey You You/I don’t like your boyfriend/Cause he, cause he, Cause he sucks at Ping Pong” will be a bonus track?
July 2, 2008 at 3:50 pm Permalink
Pete: Not to mention her role in the biography of the greatest musical artist ever.
July 2, 2008 at 3:57 pm Permalink
Ahem:
http://www.officetally.com/the-office-goes-country
July 2, 2008 at 3:59 pm Permalink
Yessss! Jenna-as-Darlene delivered my fave line in that film “Yes, the ’60s are an important and exciting time!”
July 2, 2008 at 4:07 pm Permalink
Hey Chris N. - that’s awesome! I visit that site all the time but had never seen that :)
July 2, 2008 at 4:42 pm Permalink
I can’t wait to here Def Leppard’s version of Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way.
July 2, 2008 at 5:33 pm Permalink
Jamey Johnson Alert: Jamey will be performing on the Saturday Night Opry on July 5th. Elizabeth Cook will also be performing in what is likely the first time since her mother died recently.
Check out the schedule details for yourself:
http://www.opry.com/TicketsAndInformation/ThisWeek.aspx
PS - I hear the title track from Michael Scott’s new album will be “That’s What She Said”!
July 2, 2008 at 6:11 pm Permalink
JAN is a country fan. I wonder if she will prefer Micheal’s cd or her assistants.
July 3, 2008 at 7:58 am Permalink
I think it would be hilarious to hear Def Lep do some Shania Twain songs; I always thought they sounded like Def Lep songs anyway - all tied to Mutt Lange.
July 3, 2008 at 8:22 am Permalink
“I would never say this to Pam’s face, but she is a wonderful person and a gifted artist.”
July 3, 2008 at 8:45 am Permalink
“When someone gives you odds like 10,000 to 1, you take it. If John Mellencamp ever wins an Oscar, I’m gonna be a very rich dude.”
July 3, 2008 at 6:07 pm Permalink
I wonder if they will do the country re-mix of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1WJxIxHm9Q
I miss The Office.
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