George Jones to Join Texas Country Music Hall of Fame; New Releases; Randy Houser Reveals More Tracks
- George Jones, Al Dexter, and Ray Winkler are scheduled to be inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame this Saturday (Aug. 21)
This year’s special guest performer will be Mel Tillis and the Statesiders. Also performing will be the Justin Trevino Band featuring Tony Booth, Georgette Jones, Frankie Miller, Darryl McCall, Mona McCall, Amber Digby and Curtis Potter. The legendary Ralph Emery will host the event.
- The Trishas — an all-female band consisting of Jamie Wilson, Savannah Welch, Liz Foster, and Kelley Mickwee — recently released its debut EP They Call Us The Trishas. (iTunes)
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New releases for the week of August 17, 2010 include:
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Buzz Cason – Working Without a Net
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Dolly Parton – The Fairest Of Them All/My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1st time on CD)
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John Mellencamp – No Better Than This
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Max Stalling – Home To You
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The McClymonts – Chaos & Bright Lights
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Porter Wagoner – What Ain’t To Be/Just Might Happen (1st time on CD)
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Trace Adkins – Cowboy’s Back In Town
Amazon | iTunes | MySpace
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- iTunes released an exclusive live session from Lady Antebellum featuring six songs off the trio’s first two albums and a special take on Tom Petty‘s “Learning to Fly.” (iTunes)
- Darius Rucker on the theme of his next record, Charleston, SC 1966: “The last record seemed to be about where I am today, and this record is about what it took to get here.”
- When Toby Keith releases his next album, Bullets In The Gun, on Oct. 5, fans will have the opportunity to purchase a deluxe edition that tacks on four live tracks: Johnny Paycheck’s “11 Months And 29 Days,” Waylon Jennings’ “I’ve Been A Long Time Leaving (But I’ll Be A Long Time Gone),” Roger Miller’s “Chug-A-Lug” and Gordon Lightfoot’s “Sundown.”
- The 44th Annual CMA Awards nominees will be announced over two days at the beginning of Sept.
- Back before the turn of the millennium, Eleven Hundred Springs was just an upstart country band. DC9 at Night posted newspaper scans from back then, when the band participated in one of its first interviews.
- My Kind of Country’s Occasional Hope reviewed the first of three recent Gene Watson concerts in England, also his first appearance in the country since 1980.
- Jerry Douglas and Cheryl & Sharon White of The Whites will co-host the 21st annual International Bluegrass Music Awards on Sept. 30 at the Ryman Auditorium.
- The Houston Chronicle‘s Andrew Dansby talked to Elizabeth Cook about the recording and writing of a few of her songs.
- These days, John Mellencamp isn’t interested in playing the game of trying to create hits and his new album — a collection of 13 Americana originals produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in three historic landmarks — reflects his new attitude.
- Lady Antebellum recently sold out its debut British show, but The Guardian‘s Caroline Sullivan contends that the trio will likely remain a niche interest in the UK.
And there was the reason they probably won’t replicate their US success here: they have the musical chops and, in Kelley and Scott, an attractive pair who are the safe side of sexy, but they haven’t got the monster tunes. Of the album’s feelgood rockers and sentimental ballads, only the title track, a future karaoke classic that warns of the danger of late-night drunk-dialling, really stood out. Otherwise, Lady Antebellum could have been any of a thousand bar bands.
- An exhibit enshrining Tammy Wynette at the Country Music Hall of Fame is set to open in a few days and among the featured items is video of Faith Hill talking about the generosity of Wynette. Peter Cooper has the details.
- Miranda Lambert and Jerrod Niemann are the first artists announced to join Dierks Bentley for his fifth annual “Miles & Music for Kids” celebrity motorcycle ride and benefit concert on Oct. 17 in Nashville.
- Two more tracks from Randy Houser‘s forthcoming album have been released for preview: Listen to “A Man Like Me” and “Will I Always Be This Way.”
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August 17, 2010 at 11:10 am
Folks around Spartanburg, SC should check out The Belleville Outfit’s Music Camp coming up this weekend in their vicinity! Here’s the basic details:
“The 6th Annual Belleville Outfit Music Camp Festival is coming up this weekend – Saturday, August 21st – along the banks of the beautiful Pacolet river, just a fifteen minute drive from downtown Spartanburg, SC. The Belleville Outfit hosts, plans, promotes, and of course, plays, this event every year… and we’ve invited our friends from Austin, Warren Hood and the Goods, and from Spartanburg, The Marc Higgins Band.
Tickets are going fast and we’re expecting another big crowd. Tickets are available here:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=8Z4N9Y396TYWQ
All the info you could ever want:
Music starts at 6, Gates open at 2, BYOB, but no glass! Camping is free with ticket and certainly encouraged if you plan to libate. Children under 10 get in free. Tickets at gate are cash-only. Food will be for sale Saturday night and Sunday morning.”
Man, I wish I could go to that show! The Belleville Outfit is a great live band!
August 17, 2010 at 11:12 am
Those Randy Houser tracks sound a lot more promising than his current single, “All About You.”
August 17, 2010 at 11:20 am
I am extremely tickled that we got Jerry, Cheryl and Sharon to host the IBMA awards show, and I think it’s going to be a great one. Better get your tickets now, because it’s going to be at the Ryman again, and that means another sold-out show.
August 17, 2010 at 1:10 pm
How awesome is that review of the Lady A Brit show??? “Otherwise, they’re like a thousand other bar bands…” I just love that line.
August 17, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Caroline Sullivan, sadly, has a point. Of all the singles Lady Antebellum has released, “Need You Now” is really the only one that seems particularly memorable. I do think they have talent, but it sure would be great to see them aim a bit higher, instead of just coasting along on their current popularity at radio.
August 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Their current popularity at radio already distinguishes them from a thousand other bar bands. And one of the commenters on the original site took apart the review pretty well, pointing out, among other things, that where Ms. Sullivan suggested that the group was pandering to locals by closing with “Hey Jude,” the song’s been a regular closer for them in the States.
The real point is what Sullivan explicitly says: the group will likely remain “a niche interest” in the UK because they’re a country music group. I mean, Gene Watson’s one of the greatest country singers ever and he’s got a fabulous repertoire , but according to Occasional Hope, he barely half filled a smaller venue. The issue isn’t whether Lady Antebellum has great songs or whether they’re traditional or anything other than the fact that they’re an American country band, and American country music is, not surprisingly, a niche interest in the UK.
August 17, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I’ll Be A Long Time Leaving is attributed to Roger Miller not Waylon Jennings (unless Waylon wrote it) since it was Roger who had the hit version of the song as the flip side of his hit Husbands and Wives in 1966.
Shame that they reserved Toby’s cover songs to the deluxe edition than put them on the regular album. At least one of them should have replaced the awful Trailerhood in there somewhere.
August 17, 2010 at 2:33 pm
Bullets in the Gun will be Toby’s ninth studio release since 2001. He’s also released a double Christmas album and two compilations in that time. Might not be a bad idea to wait longer between releases to search for and write better material, but I suppose that conflicts with his financial motivations. Certainly can’t argue about his success in that area though.
August 17, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Opry Alert! Tonight’s Opry will feature Troy Olsen (catch him before the summer and his career are over), Mark Wills, Eric Church (hopefully acoustic again), and Blake Shelton (who will do his best not to cuss onstage). This line-up ranks a B-…
Opry Schedule: http://www.opry.com/shows/ThisWeek.html
Is that duet John “Cougar” did with Karen Fairchild on his new album? I really like the song but the sound quality is absolute crap! Oh look, T Bone Burnett is involved, what a surprise…
Ah, The Trisha’s. A band only Texans and red dirt types could love. How can a band like that do okay while Trish Murphy has been relegated to performing at birthday parties? Just pathetic…
August 18, 2010 at 7:24 am
“These days, John Mellencamp isn’t interested in playing the game of trying to create hits and his new album — a collection of 13 Americana originals produced by T Bone Burnett and recorded in three historic landmarks — reflects his new attitude.”
Here we go again. Seems like a common refrain and direction from acts whose glory days are behind them. Especially if they are past pop/rock acts. THey don’t care about hits anymore. Right.
And won’t the extreme liberal Mellencamp be more than welcome in the Americana growd!
August 18, 2010 at 7:54 am
I can’t get past the mono recording of the Mellancamp album. Some of the songs sound like they might be good, but that’s a deal breaker for me.
August 18, 2010 at 8:51 am
One point that commenters on the Guardian’s Lady A review make is totally correct – the sound in the place was horrible, totally bassy, you could barely make out what they were singing.
I also agree that it really felt like they don’t really have enough good songs to carry a whole set like that. There was an odd haphazard order to it, and a lot of filler album tracks. I like Lady A, and I’m glad they came and I had a good time, but it wasn’t my favourite gig.
August 18, 2010 at 10:11 am
From friends in England who attended the same shows as Occasional Hope, I’m told that the only reason the first Gene Watson concert was not wall to wall was an issue with a promoter. Apparently the Irish fellow had not properly handled a few things and there were questions if the show was on or off. As Ms. O’Hope herself tells it, the concert was magnificent either way.( Amazing that he had Sarah Jory backing on steel, acoustic guitar and vocals. Wish they could re-create that on a USA tour.) It was a very nice review and a personal, honest one. Thankfully the good people here on the 9513 understand good music. Wish it were so with today’s radio who pass off lite rock for country. ie: latest Sugarland crap single.
August 18, 2010 at 11:11 am
I think I’ll be a long time leavin But i’ll be a long time gone was a Roger Miller song too
August 19, 2010 at 9:47 am
One release not noted here that’s worth pointing out is Shannon Whitworth’s Water Bound. You can hear a couple of cuts on her MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/shannonwhitworth.
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