John Rich Booted From Cafe; New Release List; Performers Added to CMT Awards
- John Rich was booted from Cafe Coco early this morning after a server asked him to surrender his beer during a Roger Miller song.
…when the server went to grab the beer, John snatched it up first and threw it over the fence into the street — right in front of the police sergeant. You can guess what happened next.
- MusicRow’s Sarah Skates has a quick recap of the Dateline NBC special on Taylor Swift.
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New releases for the week of June 2, 2009 include:
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Adam Hood – Different Groove [Deluxe Edition]
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Barry Scott & Second Wind – In God’s Time
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Catherine MacLellan – Water In The Ground / Dark Dream Midnight
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Elvis Costello – Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
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Hushabye Baby: Lullaby Renditions of Garth Brooks
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Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vols 1 & 2
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Ryan Bingham – Roadhouse Sun
Amazon ($3.99) | iTunes | MySpace
As always, feel free to chime in with any I might have missed.
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- Lady Antebellum, Kellie Pickler and Darius Rucker have been added to the performance lineup for the 2009 CMT Music Awards, which takes place June 16.
- To celebrate the re-release of Adam Hood’s (MySpace) album Different Groove, Saguaro Road Records has made the deluxe edition of “Buzzes Like Neon” available as a free download.
- The Country Music Hall of Fame will open Carrie Underwood: All-American Girl, a new spotlight exhibit featuring the dress Underwood wore at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, on June 11.
- Hickory Wind’s Hal Bogerd reviewed a recent Todd Snider show at Cat’s Cradle in North Carolina. (MySpace)
- Austin Music Source’s Michael Corcoran calls Roadhouse Sun, the new album from Ryan Bingham (MySpace), movin’ music and grades it an A-. ($3.99 on Amazon)
- Listen to a 2006 set from Rhonda Vincent & The Rage on Mountain Stage. She’ll be releasing her new album Destination Life on June 16. (MySpace)
- Country Mike reviewed performances from a recent Kevin Fowler (MySpace) and Mark McKinney (MySpace) show at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston.
- Speaking of Mark McKinney, Farce the Music published a .99 Review of his song “Middle America” and the results were, uh, middling at best.
- George Strait played it straight on the Comcast Center stage on Saturday.
- One Flew South (MySpace) is scheduled to kick off this year’s CMA Music Fest daytime riverfront shows, followed by a 45-minute set by Gretchen Wilson. Music City TV has the schedule for the remainder of the riverfront shows.
- Miranda Lambert’s second annual “Cause for the Paws” event raised $120,000.
- Cia Cherryholmes (MySpace) tried a few different looks and sent the results to The Bluegrass Blog.
- The critically acclaimed Jamey Johnson album That Lonesome Song is on sale for $5 at Amazon and My Kind of Country dug up a bargain on Tanya Tucker’s Greatest Hits for $4.58.
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June 2, 2009 at 11:30 am Permalink
Ok, so this is about the 10th time in 7 days that we have heard something about John Rich. Wow.
For all that may be wondering, Carrie won’t be at the CMT Awards, because her mom is having a big birthday. And speaking of her:
“The Country Music Hall of Fame will open Carrie Underwood: All-American Girl, a new spotlight exhibit featuring the dress Underwood wore at the 2009 Academy of Country Music Awards, on June 11.”
Awesome! I was at the Country Music Hall Of Fame last year and now I can’t wait to go back! Congratulations Carrie! I am really excited about that so thanks for the news!
June 2, 2009 at 11:32 am Permalink
I think being constantly couped up on that bus with her family is finally getting to Cia Leigh Cherryholmes! First it was the tattoo and now she’s got a cigar and a John Deere T-shirt! (lol)
Good for Miranda and her “Cause for Paws” charity fundraiser. That would be a rare unplugged Miranda performance I would really enjoy seeing live.
Rhonda Vincent kicks ass. What else can I say….
June 2, 2009 at 11:37 am Permalink
Way to go Miranda! <3
And I’m excited for Kellie Pickler’s performance on the CMT Music Awards; I kinda hope that she sings her third single, instead of “Best Days” since she sang that on the CMAs, which is probably “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You” … <3 I love that song
June 2, 2009 at 11:55 am Permalink
Are John Rich and Mindy McCready in a headline war?
June 2, 2009 at 12:14 pm Permalink
I can’t believe John Rich was in Cafe Coco in the first place. That seems more like a Big Kenny kind of place to me.
June 2, 2009 at 12:26 pm Permalink
John Rich just looks for any place to drop in and cause a scene.
June 2, 2009 at 12:30 pm Permalink
Or maybe he was talking with Big Kenny was talking to him on the phone and told him to meet him at Cafe Coco so he could get off the phone with him.
June 2, 2009 at 12:30 pm Permalink
Something like that.
June 2, 2009 at 1:36 pm Permalink
“I think being constantly couped up on that bus with her family is finally getting to Cia Leigh Cherryholmes! First it was the tattoo and now she’s got a cigar and a John Deere T-shirt! (lol)”
Dude, I don’t guess you’ve ever seen the family, starting with Jere and Sandy, both of whom sport some fine tattoos.
June 2, 2009 at 2:46 pm Permalink
IF Rich was drunk enough to start with, maybe he thought he was at the Exit/In.
June 2, 2009 at 4:47 pm Permalink
John Rich makes my blogging so easy.
June 2, 2009 at 4:54 pm Permalink
Opry Alert! Tonight’s Opry will include Josh Turner, Aaron Tippin, Craig Morgan, and Justin Moore along with the regulars. Thursday night’s “Classic Country Opry” will be a tribute to Conway Twitty and will include Terri Clark, Jeff Bates, Elizabeth Cook, aand some performers from the current Conway Twitty musical. That should be a good ‘un! (lol)
June 2, 2009 at 6:22 pm Permalink
The new Ryan Bingham album is quite good. Not every track is a winner, but it’s still quite good.
June 2, 2009 at 6:25 pm Permalink
Thanks for the tip on the Thursday night Opry, Rick.
June 2, 2009 at 7:29 pm Permalink
the new bingham is quite good. as is the “new” adam hood record.
June 11, 2009 at 12:31 am Permalink
Rascal Flatts is up for 2 CMT Awards! They really need your help so get to voting! In the category of Group Video of the Year, they have 2 videos: “Everyday” and “Bob That Head.” PLEASE ONLY VOTE FOR “EVERYDAY”–we DO NOT want the vote split!! VOTING ENDS THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 12TH!
Tell all your friends to vote! Vote with every e-mail address you have!! PLEASE!!
Thanks so much for all of your support!!
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