John Rich Has Neighbors Upset And Japan Has A Country Music Scene
- The Sportsman Channel has announced a new show for their 2007 schedule, Backstage & Backroads with Daniel Lee Martin.
Backstage & Backroads will bring the excitement of the country music entertainment business and the adventures of field and stream to living rooms across the nation. Featuring country recording artist Daniel Lee Martin (ChinMusic Records), the show will offer viewers a glimpse of the inner workings of the music business, a backstage pass to live concerts and behind-the-scenes happenings and then return to the place where all sportsmen call home-the great outdoors. Daniel Lee along with many of his celebrity friends will do what they enjoy most in life–performing, hunting and fishing. Celebrity guests scheduled to appear on the show are Darold Knowles, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bronson Arroyo, Doni Harris, Craig Morgan, Andy Griggs and more. Hunting expeditions and fishing trips will take audiences from the lakes and streams of Northern Wisconsin to the flatlands of the middle-south.
- I haven’t heard any music from Neko Case, but her name has been appearing quite frequently as of late. LiveDaily reports that she’ll be opening for Merle Haggard four times in the upcoming year.
- First Kenny Rogers, now John Rich is causing a big stir among neighbors over his house. He’s planning on building a new house on top of a hill, but neighbors feel like it’s too big and won’t fit in with the neighborhood.
- BloggingMuses bills itself as “The #1 Songwriting Blog” and I think they might be right, but then again I don’t know of any other songwriting blogs. It looks like a great resource for all you aspiring songwriters our there, so go check it out.
- Who knew that Japan had a country music scene? C’mon, be honest. Apparently they have an annual event called Country Gold. 20,000 fans showed up this year.
Yoshinao Tsuji has just one regret in life. He wanted to be born a cowboy.
He has the gear. The black leather chaps, tailor-made by Navajos in Arizona. He’s got the turquoise accessories. The boots, the big Stetson hat. For one month every year, he lives on a dude ranch.
“I love everything about horses,” he says, insisting on being called “Johnnie.” “If only I wasn’t a city boy from Kyoto.”
Johnnie isn’t alone.
Cowboys and cowgirls from across Japan turned out by the thousands recently for Country Gold, an annual event in the foothills of Mount Aso, a southern Japan landmark, that has become probably the biggest homage to the Wild West this side of Tucson.
- If you aren’t aware of the iPod contest, go check it out. Only 22 days left before the winner is announced.
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