New Stephen King Musical Features Country Stars; More Than 60 Autographed Guitars Stolen
- A new musical by John Mellencamp and Stephen King, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, will feature a cast that includes Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne Cash, and Elvis Costello. However, the debut isn’t expected until Sep. 2010.
- Doyle Lawson is scheduled to record a live concert on January 15 for an all-Gospel DVD to be released later in the year.
- No Depression’s Grant Alden listed the 40 best songs he heard in the past decade.
- Terri Clark on her need for a new direction:
“My mother was sick, with four different forms of cancer in her organs,” said Clark, 41, the only Canadian female member of the Grand Ole Opry. “You can’t be witness to something like that without it affecting your priorities, and your creative flow, and how you want to live your life. I had to let go of the way I did things before. I looked at what my mother was going through, and I thought, ‘If this is my last year, how would I want to spend it?’ I wanted to feed my soul, and not my pocketbook.”
- My Kind of Country published the staff’s collective list of the decades best albums and J.R. Journey published his list of the year’s best albums.
- Music Fog: Aaron Beavers – “Country Just Ain’t Country”
- Roughstock’s Matt Bjorke encourages readers to check out Zane Williams (MySpace):
With Radney Foster’s production touches, Zane Williams is showcased as an artist that is worth seeking out as The Right Place recalls the best about Jack Ingram and other mainstream-leaning Texas artists. [...] “Tired of Being Perfect” recalls a classic Buck Owens or more recent Dwight Yoakam track.
- Galleywinter member HonkeyTonkHero posted videos of three new Ryan Bingham songs: “Junkie Star,” “Hallelujah,” and “In This Depression.”
- A collection of more than 60 autographed guitars were stolen from a storage facility in Garland, Texas on Christmas Eve. The guitars, valued at about $70,000, were collected by Brian Hughes over a five year period for a fundraiser and were signed by artists like Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, and Taylor Swift.
- Sounds Country listed the year’s best albums in a two-part series.
- Brandi Carlile holds the distinction of having Texas Music Matters’ song of the day with a cover of Willie Nelson’s “Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain.”
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December 31, 2009 at 12:02 pm Permalink
Thanks for the the shout out. Always appreciated.
December 31, 2009 at 12:03 pm Permalink
The Brandi Carlile album Give Up The Ghost was a pleasant late-year surprise for me- she has a duet with none other than Sir Elton John called Caroline that’s very fun- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fttL8X9-vx0
December 31, 2009 at 5:46 pm Permalink
I am definitely anticipating the Doyle Lawson DVD. Cheers for the heads up.
December 31, 2009 at 9:58 pm Permalink
Gosh that musical title includes “Brothers of Darkland”! Doesn’t sound very politically correct for those Obamavoters involved in that project…
It was nice to see an Elizabeth Cook song on Grant Alden’s list, but come on “Heather, Are You With Me Tonight?”. Sheesh…
My Kind Of Country’s “Collective” Best Albums List is one of the BEST I’ve seen thus far this month! Its great to see Elizabeth Cook, Sunny Sweeney, and Catherine Britt get some well deserved recognition for their fine albums that went mostly unnoticed (or unreleased in the US in Catherine’s case). If you folks had possession of Elizabeth’s self-titled debut “Blue” album, it likely would have replaced “Hey Y’All” on your list. Can’t say I give a rip about J.R. Journey’s list though…
I say again “SoundsCountry” should actually be renamed to “SoundsAmericana”! Of course then it might get confused with all the other similar such blogs like Gobblers Knob, or Twangville, or all the other interchangeable Americana/Red Dirt/Texas Regional loving blogs. You’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all….
Hmm, I wonder why it is a blog titled “Texas Music Matters” just doesn’t matter to me at all…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! (Well except for all you Obamavoters anyway…) (lol)
December 31, 2009 at 10:55 pm Permalink
Well Americana is basically Alt Country but not all Texas Country is alt country. I don’t get the hatred for Obama voters maybe you should post on politco or something rather than on a music blog.
January 1, 2010 at 1:12 am Permalink
@Rick: Being the ‘Obamavoter’ that I am, I didn’t expect you to like my list. But, that’s okay. I enjoy your Tidbits and will still read your comments. Glad you liked the collective list though. Keep coming back to read Razor and Occasional Hope’s posts!
January 4, 2010 at 11:06 am Permalink
Interchangeable, Rick? Coming from a guy that seems to provide the same comment over and over, your characterization of certain blogs is laughable and barely worth the time I have spent typing this comment…Dont you have a tea-party to go or something?
January 4, 2010 at 12:01 pm Permalink
I double the notion that Zane Williams’ album “The Right Place” is worth checking out.
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