Lyle Lovett Takes Stand; Says Musicians Deserve Royalties, Too
- 23 Club — a historic honky-tonk in Brisbane, CA where Johnny Cash and Hank Williams once played — has been closed up for at least ten days. The new owners are suing the previous owners for fraud and breach of contract.
- Brad Paisley visited his hometown to film the video “Letter to Me”. It’s shot entirely in Glen Dale, West Virginia and features footage from his former high school, a former teacher, his parent’s house, and members of his graduating class. (Watch “Letter To Me” on YouTube.)
- Trace Adkins new book hit bookstores yesterday and provides insight to his way of thinking on “politics, personal responsibility, fame, parenting, being true to yourself, hard work, and the way things oughta be.” One of the lines pulled from the Amazon editorial review reads: “The war on terror is like herpes. People can live with it, but it’ll flare up from time to time.”
- If I understand correctly, Lyle Lovett wants musicians to be paid royalties whenever their songs are played on radio, which songwriters are already paid.
Lovett said the musicians often are critical to the songs. “Those are people who are usually not credited as writers of a song, but are extremely influential in bringing a song to life and are very much a part of the creative process,” he said.
The case is made that internet, cable and satellite radio already pay fees to performers and musicians, but commercial AM and FM stations do not.
- Edward Morris wasn’t disappointed after being convinced to check out a performance from JR & The Roadkill Choir on Music Row. He says their “swipes at country stereotypes are just as irreverent as those of” Shel Silverstein. Them’s some mighty big shoes to fill. (MySpace ‘em)
- Miranda Lambert might be different things to different people, but a verbose interviewee probably isn’t one of them.
- Former psychologist Don McRee ignited a harmonica revolution in San Antonio. Okay, maybe revolution is a little drastic, but the self-taught harper teaches a class for adults which “quickly filled up and even spawned a waiting list.”
- A new robotic Gibson Les Paul guitar is piquing the curiosity of some musicians. The $2,500 instrument has the ability to automatically tune itself with the turn of a knob and a quick strum. It also allows the owner to preset commonly used tunings, much like a stereo allows you to preset your favorite stations. I have mixed emotions. What do you think about robotizing the tuning process?
- Kellie Pickler is upset with her mother for continuously portraying herself as the victim.
- Hank Thompson said he had a hard time starting out in the music business because he sounded too much like Ernest Tubb. It forced him to work on his originality; something he thought the music industry of today wasn’t embracing enough.
- On a side note, tomorrow is The 9513’s one year anniversary. Yeah, yeah it’s only a year; big whoop, right? But we’ll be giving away about forty albums and have some other pretty exciting things lined up, so we hope you’ll check back tomorrow and let your friends know about us, too.
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November 14, 2007 at 11:06 am Permalink
I’ve interviewed Miranda a few times and found her about as verbose as anybody. I get the impression that interview may have been conducted via e-mail.
And happy anniversary!
November 14, 2007 at 11:10 am Permalink
Congrats on your 1 year! You guys are great — keep up the good work!
November 14, 2007 at 11:15 am Permalink
I got the same impression, Chris. I just feel robbed of fat saturated details.
November 14, 2007 at 11:31 am Permalink
“Lambert: “Kerosene” seemed to be more of an angry rocker chick. The second album seems to have some of the old and a few songs that show a more vulnerable side, in a ballad country form. … My point of view has changed. I don’t want to be known as the angry chick.”
Is she insane? What she just stated there is the absolute opposite of reality.
November 14, 2007 at 11:44 am Permalink
Wait, while we wonder if Lambert talks too much or not enough, is anyone wondering how Trace Adkins managed to complete enough actual sentences to form a book? His “herpes” comment is proof that just because you like Badonkadonks, you should’nt be automatically given a book deal.
November 14, 2007 at 12:00 pm Permalink
I only hope that Trace will pontificate on the proliferation of posterior songs in pop culture. And I still think Jamey Johnson would have had a shot if he hadn’t been weighed down by “Rebelicous,” the Badonkadonk sequel as it were. I don’t know who to blame more, Johnson or the label.
November 14, 2007 at 12:37 pm Permalink
Congrats on the one year anniversary! I love the site and read it every day! Thanks for giving Gary Allan the recognition he deserves!!
November 14, 2007 at 1:00 pm Permalink
Congrats on one year - love the site, and that we all have a voice!!!
And I am surprised that it took this long for Kellie Pickler to truly speak up about her mom’s comments…all her mom’s wants is her 15 minutes of fame and to ride Kellies coattails…
November 14, 2007 at 7:58 pm Permalink
There’s more to Trace than Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. Have you heard any of his other songs? He does do some fun or what he calls “nasty” songs but most of them are songs with references to family and God and songs about hard work. If you actually know anything about Trace Adkins, you would know that yes, he does “complete enough sentences to form a book.” He has so much to say. After reading his book I can tell you that he’s one of the most intelligent country singers out there. He stays true to himself and his roots and forms his own opinions and doesn’t care what other people say or think.
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