Man Returns Stolen George Jones Guitar 46-Years Later
- Larry Berry bought a guitar from two boys in 1962 that they said had been stolen. The guitar strap had George Jones‘ name on it with streaks of white lightning. Berry says he’s been trying to reach Jones since the ’60s to return the guitar, but couldn’t get through to him until this year.
- Michael Roberts got a lot of humorous stories out of Hayes Carll in his interview for Westword. He covers ground from his childhood, describing where he grew up, to running his own show at a college radio station and signing his deal with Lost Highway. In one particular story he describes a job he and his wife got at a hospital in Galveston:
“They’ve got a medical school, and we signed on to be paid patients where these kids are trying to graduate from medical school, and one of their last tests is they’ve got to work on their bedside manner. So they’d give you a sheet, and it’d say, “You’re a schizophrenic with herpes.” And we’d have to go in, and they’d be filming it, and these soon-to-be doctors would have to guess what’s wrong with us and be polite at the same time. But it’s just an incredibly awkward, tiring thing pretending to be a schizophrenic with herpes…”
- In another sign that the apocalypse is neigh, rapper Lil John currently has the 329th most popular song on country radio, coming in just ten spots behind Rascal Flatts’ “Bob That Head” (#319). Check out the visual proof here. I promise, it’s not photshopped–except for the highlighting. (Jim)
- Edd Hurt takes a look at the “myriad strains of modern country” exemplified by this year’s CMA lineup, from Zac Brown, Montgomery Gentry and Taylor Swift to The Greencards, Jypsi and Dwight Yoakam.
- Check out a few pictures from Country Weekly’s fashion show.
- From the “news that really shouldn’t be news” file, Jessica Simpson will likely be dressed in a cowboy hat and boots for her CD cover, you know, to send home the message that she’s just a country girl at heart.
- Tom Roland has a rundown of highlights from past Fan Fairs and Mike Severson posted a humorous YouTube video from the 1988 Fan Fair.
- If you’re not in Nashville for fan club parties this week then it pretty much sucks to be you. Actually, you can tune into SyncLive over the next few days and catch live webcasts of several of the parties. Here’s the schedule:
Emerson Drive- Thursday 6/5 1 pm Eastern
Sara Evans- Friday 6/6 4:30 pm Eastern
Josh Turner- Saturday 6/7 4:30 pm Eastern
Lady Antebellum- Saturday/Early Sunday morning 12:15 am Eastern - The Gougers are giving away their A Long Day For The Weathervane album in exchange for email addresses. I’ve said it before, but you just can’t beat free music.
- UPDATE: TMZ is reporting that former Trick Pony bass player Ira Dean is suing McDonald’s for using an image in his likeness on one of their food boxes. Funny thing is, the lawsuit describes him as “a well-known country music star and celebrity.” At the same time, TMZ who is mocking the guy, asks the question “why would a C&W artist go by Ira?”
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June 5, 2008 at 11:06 am Permalink
Its no wonder the music of Hayes Carll is so humorous as he is just being himself. Country music needs more people with a life outlook and sense of humor like Hayes….
The Nashville Scene article about the “myriad strains of country music” is a great read due to all the artists discussed. I really like his take on Jypsi and agree that lead singer Lillie Mae is the centerpiece of the group. They are a great country band badly in need of great songs and a stylistic mission statement……
Thanks for the link to the Fan Fair fashion show pictures. I’ve never seen Sarah Buxton looking so chic! She should have worn that dress to the ACM’s when backing Keith Urban. The shots of Danielle Peck (if only she could sing as good as she looks), Crystal Shawanda, and Emily West are also appreciated.
June 5, 2008 at 11:27 am Permalink
If you’ve gone though the roundup already I added a bullet at the end about Ira Dean’s new lawsuit, so go back and check that out, too.
June 5, 2008 at 11:48 am Permalink
Yep. And its a good thing that Country Weekly is sponsoring a fashion show too. Otherwise they might have to write an article about music.
June 5, 2008 at 1:34 pm Permalink
Ira Who? You got be kidding me that that guy thinks he is a star…
June 5, 2008 at 1:52 pm Permalink
ira dean? which one was he? was he the one with the tousled emo blond hair or the one that spent about 45 minutes every day getting his 5 o’clock shadow juuuuuust right? i forget.
June 5, 2008 at 3:10 pm Permalink
The TMZ writer questioning whether Ira is a viable name for a “C&W artist” must not be a big Louvin Brothers fan.
June 5, 2008 at 3:32 pm Permalink
Having spent the day writing about music, I invite you to bite me.
June 5, 2008 at 3:40 pm Permalink
I was just waiting to see what you had to say about that one, Chris.
June 5, 2008 at 7:49 pm Permalink
Chris: The lack of articles about music instead of fashion, Kellie Picklers implants, Shania Twain’s divorce, Kenny’s Chesney’s bed, Tim McGraw’s butt and why Carrie Underwood would totally be my bff 4EVA if I’d only let her is why I don’t read Country Weekly. And that is a sentiment shared by many on Country’s Weekly’s own forums. Take for example, the recent feature on Dierks Bentley. I learned that he hates condo developments, loves camping, and watches survivor. Contrast this with an article on Slanty Eyed Mama in Bust that ran about a quarter of the length. In that article I learned that they do a fusion of techno, ambient pop and rap with their lead singer doing spoken word lyrics over their violin player’s melodies with their third member performing a mix of modern dance and performance art that they sing songs that satire sterotypes and that their song about the sexualization of Japanese School Girls sounds like a riot. Next week, when I am in a record store, which one of those articles is going to inspire me to buy?
I say this not as a “you suck,” but rather as a “this is the reason you do not reach this demographic.”
June 6, 2008 at 12:05 am Permalink
I thought my subscription to Country Weekly had lapsed and then a couple of stray issues showed up extremely late (is someone at the Post Office intercepting them?) I was surprised to see the album review page re-formatted to leave more space for the reviews themselves so that they were not crowded off the page by a big graphic. Good job!
I probably won’t renew my subscription as I’m far more interested in the talented artists country radio torpedos rather than the Top 40 big names. Articles on Ashley Monroe or Sarah Buxton grab my interest, not the big stars. Also the magazine is soooo oriented towards female readers what with fashion and cooking articles that I feel like I’m reading a “women’s magazine” (or People or US). I would prefer a country music magazine with some real substance where great music was the focus, not fluffy stuff about the personal lives of the big stars. But we all know what gets the big mainstream market numbers, so I can’t fault Country Weekly’s game plan……(and that’s why I love The 9513!)
June 6, 2008 at 12:18 am Permalink
PS to Stormy - It look like its too late to indulge your Ryan Adams fantasy! All the celebrity gossip websites show him hanging around these days with Mandy Moore! She must be drawn to the artistic and edgy / psychotic types. Guess this story won’t make “Country Weekly” either…..
June 6, 2008 at 6:31 am Permalink
Every aspect of country music isn’t going to appeal to every country music listener, so it can’t be demanded or even expected that Country Weekly change to certain individual tastes. They are a business targeting their demographic quite well and if their research suggested additional music related articles would help sell, then I’m sure they’d feature more music. So either enough people put their money where their mouth is and change the content, or they should just sit back and realize that the magazine may not be for them.
When you’re in business, your ultimate goal is to stay in business and they’ve shown enough savvy to be able to do that. No Depression received all sorts of props for it’s music coverage, but they couldn’t keep the wheels turning. Besides, I find it kinda funny that Billy Ray Cyrus’ hair cut inspires discussion here on The 9513 at the same time people are deriding Country Weekly for their fashion coverage.
June 6, 2008 at 7:08 am Permalink
Brady: I do put my money where my mouth is. I buy Bust.
June 6, 2008 at 8:29 am Permalink
“Every aspect of country music isn’t going to appeal to every country music listener, so it can’t be demanded or even expected that Country Weekly change to certain individual tastes.”
Nobody’s demanding that anyone change anything.
June 6, 2008 at 8:40 am Permalink
Well, you can always buy one of the many country magazines that focus exclusively on music … oh, wait, you can’t. They all went out of business because nobody bought them.
June 6, 2008 at 9:31 am Permalink
Chris: Most of the best music publications out there right now are on-line zines. That being said, Bust has a good 8-10 pages of music reviews per issue and its ostensbily a women’s magazine (funny what you have room for when you cut out the articles about how to appeal to men and why you, as a woman, suck). And, frankly, Paste has nearly as many pages devoted to reviews as Country Weekly has devoted to being a magazine.
June 6, 2008 at 11:09 am Permalink
Stormy: Good for you, support what you like, but would it be fair for me to complain about Bust’s content not being geared towards what I want? The point of the magazine is to sell issues, stay in business, and give the majority of their readers what they want and I think Country Weekly does that.
Razor X: I didn’t say anyone demanded anything; it was a general statement.
June 6, 2008 at 11:34 am Permalink
This is off the subject, but I LOVE Paste Magazine. The sampler cd’s are awesome too. Brady and Chris are right though. A magazine wants to stay in business and Country Weekly may not be “all about music” in the most specific of senses, but the entire contents of the magazine do promote the music and the artists that make this kind of music, regardless of what perpesctive it is coming from.
Also, I’ll be at the beach in Florida for a week, so I’ll try and get on when i can so y’all dont miss my Tex-centric rants and jokes that fall amazingly flat. Peace…
June 6, 2008 at 12:14 pm Permalink
Brady: Like I said, it wasn’t intended as a “you suck” put down. But in a market where country music sales are down across the board, you would think a few of the people involved with it would stop basically telling those of us who have listened to it for decades that our money isn’t good enough for them. Because we can and do take it else where.
June 6, 2008 at 2:01 pm Permalink
Everybody’s money is good enough for me. If you’d all like to send me a few bucks, I’d be happy to prove it.
June 6, 2008 at 2:38 pm Permalink
I highly recommend the Gougers free album download. They are one of Texas & Americana Music’s best kept secrets.
June 6, 2008 at 3:54 pm Permalink
Chris: Write something I’m interested in buying and I’d be more than happy to.
June 6, 2008 at 4:20 pm Permalink
How do you go about getting the full chart on Mediabase, the one that was shown with Lil’ John on it?
June 6, 2008 at 4:54 pm Permalink
Can’t please everybody, I guess.
June 7, 2008 at 2:13 am Permalink
A man can’t tell all of his secrets, WIWTR.
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