John Rich and Wife Expecting; Brad Paisley and CW Network Team Up; All-Time Favorites
- John Rich and his wife are expecting their first baby.
- Brad Paisley signed on to create and co-produce a new drama on the CW Network about “an aspiring young female singer destined for stardom and a male songwriter whose career isn’t as certain.”
- The Austin Chronicle’s Jim Caligiuri reviewed recent albums from Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen, with the latter turning in the stronger record.
- Watch the exclusive video premiere of Ryan Bingham’s “Country Roads.”
- The 9513’s very own Jim Malec was dubbed best local country music blogger by the Nashville Scene!
At the country music website The9513.com, Malec writes so well you don’t know whether to be delighted just to read him or jealous that you don’t have that kind of talent. He’s rough on country music in the way that only a person who loves and thinks deeply about an art form can be.
That’s super awesome. Congrats Jim.
- Paste magazine’s Andy Whitman listed his favorite country music of the aughts along with what he considers its most disappointing artist.
- For the second episode of Mitch Albom LIVE, the affable host gets around to introducing his show and conducting a video interview with Rosanne Cash on the subject of her new album, The List.
- Watch Oh Susanna perform “Filled With Gold.”
- Country Universe noted that The Rodney Crowell Collection is on sale for the incredibly affordable price of $5.49.
- New York hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, who was recently arrested on insider-trading charges, paid Kenny Rogers $4 million to perform “The Gambler” over and over at his birthday party.
- With the exception of a couple of songs, PopMatters’ Steve Leftridge found Lyle Lovett’s new release, Natural Forces, disappointing. However, The Dallas Morning News‘ Mario Tarradell found plenty to love.
- Austin Music Source’s Michael Corcoran on the recent Loudon Wainwright III release, High Wide and Handsome – the Charlie Poole Project:
This project works because Wainwright and Poole are kindred spirits, right down to the directness of their voices and their smart aleck attitudes. The guy who wrote “Dead Skunk” was originally attracted to Poole’s sense of humor, but as he got deeper into the body of work he could better feel the swing of a life lived in a hard world.
- Jason Isbell On Mountain Stage
- Smith Music released a nine-song compilation last month titled Discover Texas Music: Volume 1 which you can snag for free on Amazon.
- If you missed it in yesterday’s comments, the new Randy Kohrs album, Quicksand, has been rescheduled for a Jan. 12th release due to Kohrs’ busy schedule.
- The Boot premiered the video for “Jolene” from the forthcoming DVD Dolly: Live From London.
- Rosanne Cash and Corb Lund earned four stars apiece in Chris Neal’s latest batch of album reviews, which also includes reviews of recent Miranda Lambert and Patty Loveless releases, for Country Weekly.
- In an interview with USA Today’s Edna Gundersen, John Fogerty reveals that his wife, Julie, was the catalyst behind his recent Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again project.
“I was knee-deep in post-production,” Fogerty says. “Out of the blue, she said, ‘It would be cool if you redid the Blue Ridge idea.’ I was happily surprised. It’s like a wife telling her husband, ‘Why don’t you go fishing?’
“Julie’s very wise. I tend to go off on my rather introspective musical agenda. She has real ideas. When you’re living with a genius, be quiet and go along for the ride.”
Julie proposed several Ranger cuts, startling Fogerty with suggested duet partners. He was intrigued by her advice to cover Rick Nelson’s Garden Party but hesitated when she added, “I’d like you to record it with the Eagles.”
- Whitney Duncan’s list of all-time favorite country albums is comprised mostly of hits packages — not necessarily a bad thing when you choose hits by artists like Don Williams and Tanya Tucker. What are a couple of your all-time favorites?
- Alt-512 Music Musings salvaged several live recordings from an Oct. 3 performance at Threadgill’s by The Gourds.
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Also via Alt-512 Music Musings is the following video of Charlie Robison performing “Rain” this past Sunday.
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October 21, 2009 at 11:25 am Permalink
I know the perfect gal for Brad Paisley to cast in his TV show! Remember Mika from the short lived “Nashville” reality series on Fox awhile back? (A show that also included Jamey Johnson and some strange friends of his.) Well Mika is a contestant on the current “Amazing Race” on CBS on Sunday nights and her team is likely the next one to be eliminated, so she’ll be free for the part! (lol)
Oh great, so now Jim Malec’s head will be even more swelled up than before. Looks like we’ll need Jon to keep him in check now more than ever! Yikes! (lol)
Whoa, there’s way too many Texas music artists featured today! Oh no, The 9513 is morphing into “Gobblers Knob”! HELP!!!
October 21, 2009 at 11:31 am Permalink
Congrats Jim!
October 21, 2009 at 11:49 am Permalink
If Mikka were not afraid of everything from water to air and slightly less intelligent than ducks, her team might be doing better.
October 21, 2009 at 12:23 pm Permalink
Dont worry Rick – Gobblers Knob doesnt have any intention on covering Dolly or Duncan anytime soon…of course, I doubt The 9513 will be covering Mastadon or Deer Tick anytime soon either :-)
October 21, 2009 at 12:28 pm Permalink
Congrats Jim – well deserved. Even when I don’t agree with some of your writing (the clearly biased defense of Garth) it’s always so incredibly well worded that it’s a treat to read, purely from a literary standpoint.
Anybody creeped out by the thought of Kenny Rogers singing “The Gambler” over and over and over?? Seriously, has KR not made enough money that he’d reduce himself to something like that??
October 21, 2009 at 12:44 pm Permalink
If someone paid me $4 million dollars, I would sing the entire Monkees catalog along with the Archies.
October 21, 2009 at 12:46 pm Permalink
Well yeah, but in fairness, that’s not a real deep catalog ;)
October 21, 2009 at 12:57 pm Permalink
Yes, but its an embarrassing one. all right, I’ll say I do Brittany Spears, including dressing like her for $4 million. But I draw the line at sleeping with Kevin Federline.
October 21, 2009 at 1:11 pm Permalink
In kenny rogers defense, he obviously knew when to hold ‘em
October 21, 2009 at 1:36 pm Permalink
Evidently no one bothered to follow the Kenny Rogers link and actually read the story.
October 21, 2009 at 2:08 pm Permalink
who needs stories when you got quick blurbs?
Speaking of, I don’t know which is creepier, some guy paying K-rog 4mil to sing the gambler all night, or the news that John Rich is procreating.
October 21, 2009 at 2:43 pm Permalink
I don’t know what’s sadder, someone paying Kenny Rogers $4 million to sing “The Gambler” repeatedly, or that it took Rogers 12 renditions to decide enough was enough.
October 21, 2009 at 3:38 pm Permalink
hahah, I watched ALL 2 episodes of Nashville and actually enjoyed them. (I was the only one apparently) and I do remember Jamey Johnson and his VERY VERY awkward friends. If I remember right, they were all real sketchy and basically WORSHIPED the ground he walked on.
October 21, 2009 at 4:03 pm Permalink
Jon’s right. Apparently, if you pay Kenny Rogers 4 million dollars to sing The Gambler over and over he will pull a big diva hissy and only do it 12 times.
October 21, 2009 at 4:20 pm Permalink
I agree with Jon. Anyone who thinks a mere 12 times constitutes “over and over” is clearly a complete imbecile.
October 21, 2009 at 4:45 pm Permalink
The Paisley story came out a while back. Nashville on Fox was a joke. They did act like Jamey was an idol – Rachel Bradshaw was picked on a bit around Belmont afterwards… immature for students to do that, but the desire of fame comes with a price. I don’t see myself watching any show on the CW, regardless of who’s linked to it.
October 21, 2009 at 4:46 pm Permalink
Re: CW Series
CW tried something of this nature this past fall with a short-lived sitcom called “The Beautiful Life.” The show was about a girl who was the next big thing in the New York modeling world who met someone whose future wasn’t as guaranteed. The show was produced by Ashton Kutcher, and starred Elle Mcfearson and Misha Barton. Despite the big names, it still fell flat. Now, with this whole country-thing they have planned, It’s the same principle, just transplanted in a different context.
October 21, 2009 at 5:19 pm Permalink
I was thinkin’ the same thing, Chris.:)
October 21, 2009 at 6:34 pm Permalink
Y’all are missing the point.
October 21, 2009 at 7:34 pm Permalink
the Bingham video is great. One of my favorites from the new album.
October 21, 2009 at 8:13 pm Permalink
Thanks everyone! I’m really humbled by the honor. And Betsy, those are some awful nice things you said about me. Thank you!
And to those who have emailed me privately–no worries, there will be no disruption in my work here at The 9513 due to my time in Europe. I have spent a good portion of the last two summers overseas working on some freelance projects, and while this may very well be my last go-round over there before I settle into Nashville full time, the truth is it doesn’t take away too much from what I do here.
October 22, 2009 at 8:39 am Permalink
Jim – please do a live-blog from a hash bar while you are overseas.
October 23, 2009 at 3:19 pm Permalink
OH dang…so it’s Mika who Caanan picked up at the last minute that is causing him all sorts of trouble and slowed him from the start. Now she is about to get the great Country Songwriter kicked off of The Amazing Race because she is afraid of heights and is refusing to even go down a water slide. Poor Caanan.
October 27, 2009 at 12:10 pm Permalink
wow a little baby Rich? don’t know what to think about that…Nashville can barely control John and his brother Issac and now there’s another one on the way. yeesh!! Lots of Luck, to the “happy” couple.
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