Comments on: Merle Haggard Cancels Shows; Preview Terri Clark; Rock Bands’ Country; Plus Free Music

By: Truersound

Truersound — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:22:27 +0000

@Rick “How could the murder ballads list not include “Lonesome Bob” Chaney’s chilling cover of Johnny Paycheck’s “Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill”!!!! Its my favorite cut off the “Executioner’s Songs Vol. 1″ album.”

Because I didn’t have that album until AFTER I made that comp. The comp is a solid 2 years old.

I think what Nashville NEEDS is for it’s creativity (read: lack thereof) to die so that REAL creative acts can get some airtime. It’s getting close….notice they are letting ugly people have songs on the radio again :-P

By: Stormy

Stormy — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:13:14 +0000

Chris: Fountains of Wayne recorded that obnoxious Stacy’s Mom song in Nashville.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:06:21 +0000

Rick’s Random Tidbits Early Edition: The quote of the day comes from an interview with Cheyenne Kimball of Gloriana over on the Front Porch at Country Standard Time:

Question from Jessica Phillips: “Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook got hitched back in 2006. Could we expect a love connection in Gloriana?”
Cheyenne Kimball: “Absolutely not. We’re all just like brothers and sisters. Honestly, we spent so much time together – there’s just no romantic things going on. It’s all like the smells and stuff, you know, living with guys. It’s kind of gross.”

Rick’s comment: Oh how I appreciate honesty in interviews! (lol)

By: Jim C

Jim C — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:33:06 +0000

Shelburne gets misty eyed about Restless Heart and misses Foster and Lloyd.

enuf said.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:23:13 +0000

When I got into mainstream country music in the mid 80’s it was the neo-traditional artists like Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, and Steve Wariner that really got me hooked! I’m glad Craig Shelburne included them on his list but I’d rather see Gene Watson or John Anderson (or even Southern Pacific) on that list rather than Anne Murray! Sheesh!

Mike Stinson’s move to Houston from L.A. has left a big hole at the middle of LA’s indigenous country scene as he was at the top of the heap. I asked David Serby if he was also thinking about moving to Texas to further his music career and the answer was a solid “no”. If David Serby and Dave Gleason were to move to Texas, there wouldn’t be much original real “country music” being performed around here any longer.

How could the murder ballads list not include “Lonesome Bob” Chaney’s chilling cover of Johnny Paycheck’s “Pardon Me, I’ve Got Someone To Kill”!!!! Its my favorite cut off the “Executioner’s Songs Vol. 1″ album.

Wow, that article on Nashville’s creativity is totally whacked out! Its the Top 40 country radio programmers that have stomped out the creativity on Music Row. The big labels are out to sell music and make money, and Top 40 radio wants pop-rock mediocre schlock these days. The different styles of music in Nashville aren’t stifling each other, they are being combined into a meaningless musical blob. Let’s lay the blame where it clearly belongs here.

PS – Don’t forget about the fine “A Tribute To Jimmy Martin Vol. 1″ CD that’s readily available out there in quality musicland! I wonder what Jon thinks about this one? Hmmm…
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Jimmy-Martin-King-Bluegrass/dp/B00029J226

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:24:43 +0000

Fountains of Wayne are from Massachussetts. Or was that a joke that went over my head?

By: idlewildsouth

idlewildsouth — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:57:44 +0000

Because Matt, that wouldn’t be helpful to the point of the article. Then people wouldn’t be inclined to say “But wait Rick Vito, is it because your rock that you cant get session work? Or is it because there are plenty of young gun guitarists in town, that are just as good or better?”

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:47:59 +0000

Wouldn’t some argue that the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” is as “Nashville” as a rock band can get? It is also selling the band boatloads of albums worldwide despite being a ’sell-out’ compared to their other stuff. Why didn’t the article mention THAT?

By: Pierce

Pierce — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:55:53 +0000

That Tennessean article really dropped the ball, in my opinion. When I saw the headline yesterday, I was pretty pumped at the prospects of a thoughtful, provocative article.

But quite frankly, it managed to say a lot without really saying anything.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:21:36 +0000

The clips of Terri Clark’s new album aren’t long enough, but the song about Vegas songs like a pretty good one =)