Comments on: Heidi Newfield Shines at Tuesday’s Chevy CMA Kickoff Show

By: Sunday Morning Forum Roundup & Comment Corral, Issue #5 | The 9513

Sunday Morning Forum Roundup & Comment Corral, Issue #5 | The 9513 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:06:10 +0000

[...] CMA Chevy Kickoff Show (Heidi Newfield, Eli Young Band, Kevin Costner, Rodney Atkins) by Pierce Greenberg [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:46:25 +0000

Any time a singer can play the harmonica well I never consider it a gimmick. Sarah Buxton likes to play her harmonica on “That Kind of Day” when she does it live. I’m not a big fan of Heidi’s music, but she always strikes me as being totally professional. If she weren’t a singer I think Heidi would have made a good lawyer.

I listened to the Eli Young Band on the Opry last night and they were quite good. I’d say that coming on the national Top 40 country scene about the same time as the Zac Brown Band might be causing some confusion. Maybe they should have used “Eli Young + Band”….

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:37:55 +0000

That’s our fault. We forgot to let Pierce know that he needed to consult the Nicholas Manual on Music Journalism when he started writing for The 9513.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:22:09 +0000

Yes, but if you meant Mediabase, you should’ve made mention of it, since Billboard is what ppl will think of about 90% of the time — and what I thought

By: Brady Vercher

Brady Vercher — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:31:18 +0000

“Johnny & June” went top ten on Mediabase and it’s been marketed as a top ten hit in multiple places.

By: Pierce

Pierce — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:28:10 +0000

Nicolas,

Sorry about the snafu on “Cry, Cry (Til’ the Sun Shines)”, but I’ll stick up for myself on “Johnny & June”. Newfield said from the stage “Thanks for my first top 10 hit”. I researched it myself, not thinking that it went that high, but here’s a popular press release stating otherwise.

http://www.gac.tv/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5938647_,00.html

Perhaps they are using different charts…? Billboard, while highly accepted, isn’t the only ranking system. They are likely referring to the Country Aircheck charts.

For what it’s worth, Newfield is claiming to be just the 4th solo woman act to get a top 10 in 2008.

Thanks for the call-out :)

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:58:44 +0000

Nicolas–thanks for the info. The corrections have been made.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:27:26 +0000

In response to the Heidi Newfield part:

Her song isn’t “Cry, Cry, Cry’ – it’s “Cry, Cry (‘Til the Sun Shines)”

And “Johnny & June” wasn’t a Top 10 hit, it peaked at #11