Jane Seymour Believes Son is Channeling Johnny Cash; CMA Presenters Announced; Stream Jamey Johnson
- Actress Jane Seymour believes her 14-year-old son Johnny is channeling the spirit of his godfather, Johnny Cash.
- UPDATE (11:38 am): Sugarland’s The Incredible Machine topped the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with 203,000 copies sold.
- Back in 1981, Johnny Cash and Ray Charles recorded a duet on the Kris Kristofferson song “Why Me Lord,” but for reasons unknown it was never released. The song was recently rediscovered when Ray Charles Foundation president Valerie Ervin was reviewing materials and found a letter Cash had written to Charles asking his permission to release it as a single. After some digging, the master tapes were found and the song was released yesterday on a compilation of unreleased Ray Charles songs, which American Songwriter‘s Josh Huck reviewed and rated four stars.
- If the new Whitey Morgan and the 78’s record Juli reviewed this morning sounds like it’d be up your alley, then check out ninebullets.net for another write-up and song samples.
- Peter Cooper published an interview with Marshall Chapman in The Tennessean, followed by a list of facts.
- Tim McGraw doesn’t have a performing slot at the upcoming CMA Awards, but he is among the newly-released list of presenters.
- Craig Shelburne put together a fall album preview.
- For The Gun Nut’s Phil Bourjaily, the Luke Bryan song ” Drinkin’ Beer and Wastin Bullets” exemplifies what he calls “the aggressively dumbed-down lyrics that come out of Nashville these days which contribute so much to the ongoing decline of mainstream country music.”
- I can’t decide what’s more creepy: Billy Currington‘s propensity for shedding shirts or C.M. Wilcox’s fake interview voice.
- Scott Miller on Mountain Stage
- Austin Music Source’s Michael Corcoran on Colin Gilmore‘s latest, Goodnight Lane:
Colin Gilmore uncorks deep feelings on “Goodnight Lane” while never letting the bubbles go flat. In doing so, he’s put himself right back in the troubadour game. These are songs you’re gonna want to hear live.
Also be sure to go back and check out Sam Gazdziak’s profile on Gilmore from earlier this month and stream the song “Circles In the Yard.”
- Luke Bryan covered Conway Twitty‘s “I’d Love To Lay You Down” as part of his recent set for the RAM Country series.
- Bob Lefsetz has less-than-glowing things to say about Taylor Swift‘s new album — except when it comes to the song “Never Grow Up.”
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Songwriter Linda Harrgove, who was billed as “The Blue Jean Country Queen” as a recording artist in the ’70s, passed away at the age of 61 on Sunday. Her songs were recorded by a long list of singers that include George Jones, Tanya Tucker, Ernest Tubb, Marty Robbins, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and many others. Here’s a song called “All Alone In Austin” from her 1975 album Love, You’re the Teacher:
- Dear Jake — the start of album number four.
- The debut book from Jewly Hight, titled Right by Her Roots: Americana Women and Their Songs, is scheduled for a March 2011 release. The book consists of eight chapters, each dedicated to a separate artist: Lucinda Williams, Julie Miller, Victoria Williams, Michelle Shocked, Mary Gauthier, Ruthie Foster, Elizabeth Cook and Abigail Washburn. (via email)
Through extensive interviews with each she deals not only with the lives they’ve lived and music they’ve made but also explores the relationships between their roots—in place, family, culture, music and spirituality—the changes they’ve undergone along the way and what they’re really after when it comes artistic expression.
- Free Download: Aol Radio Blog has the new Truth & Savage single “Pure Mountain Angel” available as a free download. (via The Boot)
- American Songwriter‘s Rick Moore recommends the recently released Original Songwriter Demos, a compilation of songs like “The Dance,” Strawberry Wine,” and “The House That Built Me” performed by the songwriters.
- In an interview with The State’s Otis R. Taylor Jr., Darius Rucker commented on what he believes his keys to success were starting out in country:
“I told my label that they had to break me out of Charleston and Columbia because I thought those two places were important to me. If we can’t break there, we have no shot at this. They know me as Hootie. If they can’t accept the change and see the change, then nobody will.”
- For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to listen to the new double-disc Jamey Johnson record, visit this site. All the songs from the Black Album are available for your streaming pleasure.
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October 27, 2010 at 11:39 am
“Bob Lefsetz has less-than-glowing things to say about Taylor Swift’s new album — except when it comes to the song “Never Grow Up.””
Me: Who is Bob Lefsetz?
October 27, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Bluegrass Alert: Tonight’s Music City Roots Show will feature Joe Diffie with Newfound Road, Jerry Douglas, Mike Farris and the Cumberland Saints, The McCrary Sisters, and The Volinteer String Band. Sounds like a good’un! Hey Jon, are you going to be there?
Link: http://www.musiccityroots.com/
Phil Bourjaily said: ““the aggressively dumbed-down lyrics that come out of Nashville these days…”. When you’re catering to AirHead Country Radio listeners, you’ve got to get down on their level…
I think it must primarily be Obamavoter types who pay any mind to a ranting narcissist like Bob Lefsetz. If they foolishly believe anything Obama says, why not Bullsh*tin Bob as well? Just pathetic…
October 27, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Rest in peace Linda Hargrove. One of the best female singer-songwriters ever and sad that she’s gone.
October 27, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Dear Jake — the start of album number four.
At least she will be able to break out her favorite homophobic epithet when she writes that 10 minute dirge about being yet another endless victim.
Kind of makes me hope that Gyllenspoon gets back together, though. I would love to see the whiplash reaction of her fans if she writes a “Better Than Revenge” about America’s Sweetheart.
October 27, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Actress Jane Seymour believes her 14-year-old son Johnny is channeling the spirit of his godfather, Johnny Cash.
Wonder if Rick is channeling the spirit of
Joseph McCarthy? LOL!
October 27, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I’m looking forward to hearing The McCrary Sisters on tonight’s MCR radio show– they’re amazing. Check out this video of them singing a gospel version of Dylan’s Blowing In the Wind recorded during Buddy Miller’s recent CMHOF residency: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mS2uOJbZmg
October 27, 2010 at 2:41 pm
@Rick Hey Jon, are you going to be there?
Nope. It ought to be good, though
October 27, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Texasvet,
And you channeling Stalin?
October 27, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Linda Hargrove (aka Linda Barthololmew)was a terrific songwiter who had a number of songs recorded by Nashville stars before disappearing. She wasn’t an overwhelming singer but she certainly was good enough. I have three of her vinyl albums and they are just chock full of good songs, all of which are self-penned, with an occasional co-writer (usually Pete Drake). Her lyrics were smart, concise and adult
Linda’s biggest problem is that she didn’t fit into the “pretty young thing” mold that Nashville has always sought. With her talent she should have been bigger than Taylor Swift is today. She had a tough life, apart from her long battle with leukemia, that would make a good subject for a book.
RIP – she deserved better out of life than she got
October 27, 2010 at 5:24 pm
And you channeling Stalin?
I was pulling Rick’s leg and if I had been channeling Stalin I would have run of to Canada instead of going in Vietnam.
October 27, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Correction:
I was pulling Rick’s leg and if I had been channeling Stalin I would have run off to Canada instead of going to Vietnam.
October 27, 2010 at 5:59 pm
Northy, I always get your sense of humor! Now, if I can just break the spell Carrie Underwood has over you we’d be getting somewhere!
PS – Joe McCarthy definitely added far to much showmanship into his proceedings with “The House Un-American Activities Committee”, but the vast majority of those folks targeted as members of the US Communist Party were indeed involved. Joe will always remain a true patriot and a hero to me and therefore loathed by libtards because he was so effective at outing them. If they still had such a thing in the House of Representatives, Obama and most of the Democrat politicians in DC would be fair targets of investigation for subversive actions against the Constitution, like Obamacare for example…
October 27, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Northy, I always get your sense of humor! Now, if I can just break the spell Carrie Underwood has over you we’d be getting somewhere!
It won’t take much to break the spell if she keeps releasing songs like “Undo It” LOL!
I remember watching the McCarthy hearings as a kid on our Admiral B&W TV.
October 27, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Jake, be nice to Taylor. She’s writing lyrics in her head every moment she’s with you. (You’d better not tell her she can’t sing)
October 27, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Texasvet,
Fair enough. My son is currently in the Marine Corps. I always defend my few conservative friends here. They do seem to be few in number.
Rick,
You bring up a good point about McCarthy. He was not totally wrong as the revisionist historians often paint him to be.
October 27, 2010 at 11:58 pm
I come here to read about country music, not continually rehashed political arguments that amount to absolutely nothing constructive. Irritating.
October 28, 2010 at 8:55 am
for anyone that’s wondering, Lefsetz is a music industry commentator/lawyer. Kind of an “insider” type guy that writes an email chain that a bunch of big shots are involved in (studio presidents and big time producers and musicians and all that). He mostly talks about how the industry is changing and what his views are on all that.
October 28, 2010 at 9:15 am
The volunteered and pointless political blather is misinformed, btw. Senator McCarthy was– a Senator. HUAC was a House committee. Not the same thing.