Marty Stuart To Helm His Own Show On XM Satellite Radio

Brody Vercher | September 20th, 2007 Email Share

  • The moment you have all been waiting for…PopMatters Top 20 All-Time Best Songs are in and it’s littered with all sorts of outlaws and rebels.
  • Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are selling their four-bedroom, five-bath house in Nashville to move to…another house in Nashville. Urban’s spokesman says that they’ve found some land and are excited about moving into their new place. People.com has a picture of their current house.
  • Peter Cooper writes that the first classic album of the “Outlaw Movement” wasn’t Waylon Jennings’ Honky Tonk Heroes or Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger, it was actually Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies. Bare has the story of how the album came to be made and says after he was done recording he got all his friends together in the studio, played each track, and then recorded their reactions which can be heard on the finished album.

    “Everybody was drunk. Mickey Newbury was there, puking all over the place. But they loved it. Shel’s stuff was so visual. You could just picture everything he was writing about. And it came together quick: I loved doing his songs, and he loved having me do them. Shel only had four melodies, and I knew ‘em all real well.”

  • No matter how you slice it up, Kenny Chesney got S-P-A-N-K-E-D by Kanye West and 50 Cent during the first week of album sales.
  • Starting next month Marty Stuart will have his own show on XM satellite radio.

    Each hour-long episode of “Marty Stuart’s American Odyssey” will focus on a different part of the country and bring the musical sounds and stories of that region to life through informal interviews with local musicians, stories, guests and a regular cast of studio and tour musicians.

  • Merle Haggard claims that the best songs were written while under the influence.

    The 70-year-old claims the musical greats of the 1960s and 70s were fuelled by a sense of freedom that musicians nowadays don’t enjoy.

    He tells British music magazine Mojo, “I miss the freedom. They’ve taken all of our freedoms away. Everything’s illegal now. I miss the music too. Why do you think the music was so good? Everybody was doing pills! Everybody had this great attitude.”

  • Let the force feeding begin. CMT is devoting six straight hours to Carrie Underwood’s “So Small” today. From 6 a.m. to noon the video is expected to air 66 times. That’s too many sixes for my comfort. The video is also available for streaming on the CMT website and exclusively available for download on iTunes during the first week.
  • Texas Monthly has a superb interview with Ray Benson from Asleep at the Wheel. He talks about his height, musical roots, how he makes a living, a lot about Bob Wills, and throws in some political stuff towards the end.

    Let’s do the most important question first: How tall are you, actually?
    I was six seven, but now I’m six six and a half. I shrunk.

    Who can tell?
    When I put on my cowboy hat and boots, I’m seven feet tall. That’s what really matters.

    (via Still is Still Moving)

  • Wow. Lee Greenwood was scheduled to end a concert in Denver that served as a tribute to the military, police, and firefighters. However, Greenwood didn’t perform because of a dispute over money. The event organizer, Frank Young, promised $20,000 in cash, but only had $18,000 and Greenwood’s handlers refused to accept a $2,000 check. Young offered everyone their money back to which they responded “no” before joining their hands and singing “God Bless America”.

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  1. Alana
    September 20, 2007 at 10:42 am Permalink

    That just adds to my reasons to hate Carrie Underwood….talk about overplaying someone to the point that I really could hate a song even more than I did before….

  2. Dave S
    September 20, 2007 at 10:49 am Permalink

    Overexposure is never a good thing.

  3. Dave S
    September 20, 2007 at 11:31 am Permalink

    What are everyone’s opinions on Underwood longevity? I find it to be questionable, and I think her record label might be recognizing it. “So Small” debuted very high on the singles chart in its first week, and it has slowed down dramatically. I think they are trying to keep it contained until the album release.

    I don’t think Underwood will keep her hype for much longer, but that’s just my opinion. I keep having flashes of Billy Ray Cyrus, Deana Carter, and Gretchen Wilson.

  4. Alana
    September 20, 2007 at 11:40 am Permalink

    That is my total opinion, I just dont like her. Everyone goes on and on about her, but I just dont see it. There are so many more talented artists in Nashville that are not getting a chance (or awards) and she continues to keep going. I am sure that it will be interesting to see what her new album is like because it will be the determination of if she has talent. But I like a more traditional sound (most of the time) and to me she is just too pop sounding, I am not saying that she did not put out some good songs, but then again, some of her songs I think that other artists could have done just as well, if not better.

    It is all a matter of opinion, but I would never buy her album (either one). I agree that hype will last much longer and she will be relegated to the likes of other flashes in the pan.

  5. micker
    September 20, 2007 at 12:19 pm Permalink

    so lee greenwood wouldn’t play because of a money dispute? did i read that correctly? a tribute concert to the military? and he didn’t play because of money.

    typical. he uses patriotism to get publicity. but when it really comes down to it, he doesn’t care. BIIIIIG SHOCK.

    and ‘God bless the u.s.a.’ is still a horribly written song.

  6. Brady Vercher
    September 20, 2007 at 1:37 pm Permalink

    I think Underwood will keep doing alright for herself if she puts out good material. Even though I gave “So Small” a thumbs up in my review, it was a fairly marginal release. Then again, if that’s the best they could put out…

    Wow, that’s some crazy news about Lee Greenwood. He’s got some explainin’ to do.

  7. Brody Vercher
    September 20, 2007 at 1:42 pm Permalink

    The thing that really baffles me about the Greenwood deal is that he, or his handlers I should say, wouldn’t accept a check to make up the difference and would rather go home empty handed than perform and receive the $20,000 they were promised.

  8. Matt
    September 20, 2007 at 10:33 pm Permalink

    Brody,

    Lee Greenwood has always “pimped” his music for that expicit purpose. My guess is the ‘handlers’ wanted to take their cut before giving Lee the rest and Lee’s gonna want cash so they said no. If he were truly for what he says he is for then he’d have ignored the 2K difference and just played the show.

  9. Matt
    September 20, 2007 at 10:36 pm Permalink

    As far as Underwood I imagine she’ll have staying power. She’s NOT in the category of Gretchen Wilson/Cyrus/Carter. All hit big with super first albums and in the case of all three the labels forcefed the sophomore releases instead of letting the artist take their time to record it. I have the feeling that Carrie’s will come out just fine and while it’s unlikely to sell the numbers of the first record, it will still sell remarkably well.

  10. Jim Malec
    September 21, 2007 at 12:16 am Permalink

    There are three things that Carrie Underwood will have to remain relevant:

    1) Prove that her voice is three dimensional. Most of us love her voice. We love the way it sounds. But it’s starting to sounds a certain way all of the time. Carrie is going to need to take some musical chances and stretch herself. Take a risk. Be edgy. Show a rough side. Show some vulnerability.

    2) She has to prove that’s she is 100%, unequivocally a country artist. Crossover acts just don’t work. The country audience is as concerned with a way of thinking as they are with how the music sounds. And it’s not enough just to say, “hey, I’m from Oklahoma!”

    The Idol base is going to fade, and she’ll probably never have another song spinning on Urban radio like “Before He Cheats” was. At the end of the day, when all of that is gone, she has to appeal to the core audience.

    3) She clearly needs to let me take her out to a classy vegetarian dinner, so that I can tell her all of this (among various other things–none of which include my undying love and devotion, of course).

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