Nelson, Strait and Lovett Recognized For Their Sense of Style
- Willie Nelson, George Strait and Lyle Lovett are recognized as three of the 30 most stylish Texans of all time by Texas Monthly.
Legend has it that when [George Strait] showed up for his first Texas Monthly cover shoot, in 1988, he honored the photographer’s request that he bring a couple different outfits by packing two pairs of creased Wranglers and two white dress shirts, all of which were starched to a crisp. Apocryphal maybe, believable nonetheless.
- Watch the video premiere of Jason Aldean’s “She’s Country.”
- The Gobblers Knob enjoyed the new Greatest Hits compilation from Glen Campbell.
- If the latest Willie Nelson projects say anything about Willie, Chet Flippo believes it’s that he’ll live forever. Flippo touches on the Willie and the Wheel album and the future Naked Willie release.
- Clint Black seems like an affable guy, but Dennis Rodman doesn’t share that affinity in a video snippet from Celebrity Apprentice 2.
- It’s country day at Farce the Music, with 16 new album covers featuring John Rich, Dierks Bentley, Martina McBride and more.
- Jessie Scott and the Music Fog team recorded an acoustic Jonny Burke performance on their bus at Folk Alliance. Burke is a former member of The Dedringers and co-wrote “Don’t Let Me Fall” on the latest Hayes Carll album.
- The Wall Street Journal’s Barry Mazor set the scene and time period for the recording of The Tiffany Transcriptions from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys‘ and introduced each of the Playboys. In the article, Herb Remington, a steel guitar player and the last of the mid-1940s Playboys, commented on Wills tendency to holler:
“To this day, I try to play with feeling,” he notes. “People feel that if they don’t hear anything else, and Bob Wills inspired that. He only hollered when he felt like it — and you strove to make him feel like it. If you could make Bob holler, you’d done something.”
- Melodic Sunburst reviewed the new self-titled debut from True Historians (MySpace).
- Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton’s Feb. 12 concert in Tishomingo, Okla. raised $70,000 to help build an animal shelter for the community and on May 17, Lambert will hold her second annual “Cause for the Paws” event, benefitting the Humane Society of East Texas.
- Listen to the Band of Heathens perform their song “Jackson Station” from a live session at the KUT studios a few weeks back.
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February 20, 2009 at 1:54 pm Permalink
Dennis Rodman is hilarious.
February 20, 2009 at 2:13 pm Permalink
Great to hear that Blake & Miranda are doing things for animals, as that holds a special place in my heart too.
February 20, 2009 at 2:22 pm Permalink
I really enjoyed the Herb Remington quote. Cool tidbit.
And this Country Day at Farce the Music is the best yet. Don’t miss it!
February 20, 2009 at 3:46 pm Permalink
Tonight was supposed to be the premiere broadcast of WSM’s “Back To the Barn” featuring Amber Digby, but I don’t see anything on the WSM website today. What happened? I’ll be tuned in tonight after the Opry just to see if it happens.
That’s classic about Bob Wills’ band members seeking to make Bob holler by playing especially tasty licks that delighted Bob. Great stuff.
Tralier’s album title re-do’s are great as usual. Always good for a belly laugh.
February 20, 2009 at 3:58 pm Permalink
Rick: We had someone email us asking about the WSM show. Check out Amber Digby’s latest blog on her MySpace. She said something about “Back to the Barn” being postponed, but didn’t really have a reason why.
February 20, 2009 at 6:09 pm Permalink
Brady, thanks for the tip. I went to the blog entry and got a huge kick out of this part of Amber’s message:
“Me and Randy (Amber’s husband, also known as “Bobo”) will hang out at the Opry Friday night. That will be cool. I think. I haven’t been to the Opry in almost 9 years. And things were changing THEN. But we couldn’t see that the change would be quite SO EXTREME. So I’m nervous in that everyone I know in Nashville has said “The old feeling is gone” “the magic is gone” , etc. I hate to hear that, but someone as old-fashioned as I am and such a hometown girl…it’s still the Opry! It’s still cool! And I’ll never throw away the goal of playing on the show one of these days! I have no shame. Ha.” (lol)
Rick’s comment: It’s not surprising the old timers would feel that “The magic is gone” from the Opry what with legends like Porter Wagoner dying off from old age or auto accidents. Also the inclusion of modern Top 40 mainstream country pop/rock artists is a way to remain relevant and attract a younger audience, but it just doesn’t have the feel of real Opry style music in a traditional sense. Pete Fisher is keeping the Opry humming as a commercial enterprise for Nashville tourists, and the concessions he’s made seem to be successful.
February 20, 2009 at 10:17 pm Permalink
I haven’t seen this referenced anywhere so I apologize if it’s somewhere, but anyway …
This coming Tuesday the Rock Band video game is releasing five tracks on a playable “EP” they’re calling “Alt-Country 01″. The songs:
“3 Dimes Down” — Drive-By Truckers
“Can’t Let Go” — Lucinda Williams
“People Got a Lot of Nerve” — Neko Case
“Time Bomb” — Old 97s
“Satellite Radio” — Steve Earle
February 21, 2009 at 7:50 am Permalink
What I noticed about the Opry was some members haven’t played there in a long time-Reba, Garth, Alison. As much as Pete Fisher got flack not to do it…he had to keep the Opry alive and therefore has been picking current mainstream artists to become members but he has been selective in his choices.
My parents are in their early 80’s and when I asked them to come see the Opry recently, they said, “The last time I went, it was all those “old” folks.” So the night I went, Jamey Johnson was playing. I had his CD in my car playing it on the way down, saying “That guy is going to be there.” This time they enjoyed the Opry.
So even if some older fans thought the Opry was getting too “ho-hum”, then you can see that Pete had to do his best to keep it alive. I commend him.
BTW, I always say “I like everything (music) but Rap”.
February 21, 2009 at 10:05 am Permalink
really, vicki? you like satyricon? and you like agnostic front? AWESOME!!
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