Ralph Stanley’s His Own Favorite Entertainer; ‘All For The Hall’ Benefit; BR549 Not Done
- The New York Times‘ Charles McGrath interviewed Ralph Stanley before a recent concert:
There are a lot of good bluegrass players these days, Mr. Martin among them, but Mr. Stanley said he didn’t listen to them much. He prefers to listen to the Stanley Brothers.
“I may be a little prejudiced, but I like my own music,” he said, and he smiled for an instant. “I guess I’m about my favorite entertainer.”
Stanley’s autobiography, Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times, will be released tomorrow.
- In exchange for a tweet, Sugarland will allow fans to stream its new Christmas album for one week. (via Country Weekly)
- World Cafe host David Dye introduced Sarah Siskind with an interview and four song performance, which NPR amended with a web-only medley featuring Siskind opening with an a cappella performance of “Go” before segueing into “Lone Tree.”
- The Tennessean’s Peter Cooper crunched a few numbers and recapped last night’s start-studded, mega “We’re All For The Hall” concert in Nashville.
Nine country stars took the big stage, with the show’s second half evolving into a jam session in which Urban and Country Music Hall of Fame board president Vince Gill volleyed guitar riffs back and forth in service to songs from Taylor Swift, Faith Hill, Dierks Bentley, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town.
- Country California is giving away a Whitney Duncan engraved iPod Shuffle and several autographed copies of her EP Selections from Right Road Now.
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Taylor Swift received six American Music Awards nominations, two of which came in the country genre. Here’s how the rest of the country categories rounded out:
COUNTRY — Favorite Male Artist
- Jason Aldean
- Darius Rucker
- Keith Urban
COUNTRY — Favorite Female Artist
- Reba McEntire
- Taylor Swift
- Carrie Underwood
COUNTRY — Favorite Band, Duo or Group
- Rascal Flatts
- Sugarland
- Zac Brown Band
COUNTRY — Favorite Album
- Unstoppable — Rascal Flatts
- Fearless — Taylor Swift
- Foundation — Zac Brown Band
- The Rounder Records 40th anniversary bash on Monday experienced a few hiccups due to filming, but Jewly Hight says “the night accomplished exactly what it was meant to—stylishly highlighting Rounder’s creative, cultural and commercial success story.”
- Bob Lefsetz on the Randy Rogers Band: “Acts like Randy Rogers are the future.”
- LeAnn Rimes‘ confessed that her personal life inspired songs on her next album, due out in the spring.
- Listen to The Flatlanders perform several songs from its latest album and one from its previous studio release on Mountain Stage.
- The Inspirational Country Music Awards are set to take place tomorrow. Check The Tennessean for a list of nominees.
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Music Fog videos:
- Guy Clark bootleg at The Belcourt Theater? Yes please.
- Elvis Fontenot attended a Dale Watson/Chuck Mead/Redd Volkaert/Mark Miller concert a couple of days ago and posted some fantastic pictures to his No Depression blog. And for the BR549 fans, Mead announced that the band is not done.
- Bob Lefsetz on Jamey Johnson: “Last night Jamey Johnson hit the ball so hard, so long, that it still can’t be found.”
- Friendly reminder: Don’t forget to tune into WSM tonight to catch the inaugural “Music City Roots: Live From The Loveless Cafe” show at 7pm CST. Emmylou Harris will be there.
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Watch the video premier for John Fogerty’s “When Will I Be Loved.”
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October 14, 2009 at 12:28 pm Permalink
The world is a better place with an active BR549. I wish that Chris Scruggs would realize that what he’s doing could fit under the big BR549 umbrella.
And if only two of Taylor Swifts awards were in the country genre, what were the others in? Oh, pop/rock. And adult/contemporary? But I thought Taylor was making the world feel 15 again?
October 14, 2009 at 1:08 pm Permalink
The Randy Rogers blurb confused me into thinking that Bob Lefsetz said “Randy Rogers thinks he’s the future of country music”. Read it fast.
I’m dumb.. just dont tell Jon
October 14, 2009 at 1:20 pm Permalink
I’d be ok with the Randy Rogers Band being the future of country music. But I am not sure if the 15 year old fans of Taylore Swift would agree.
October 14, 2009 at 2:20 pm Permalink
as per usual, Lefsetz misses the mark with his rather incomplete country commentary. I love the Randy Rogers Band and agree with him on their qulaity as a live act. I guess I need to know how he thinks acts like them – even one as brilliantly tight as RRB – who have had little chart success, even with major label support, that he doesnt like enough to buy a CD of is the “future” of country music?
October 14, 2009 at 3:02 pm Permalink
If it hadn’t been for Taylor Swift’s backup singers singing their brains out last night you would not have even heard anything when Taylor was on stage. That Love Story song sounded kind of silly on that show to me! I thought for a moment the computer went to the Disney channel by mistake! I’ll never understand her greatness!
Besides her, the show was GREAT! Oh yeah, did Dierks forget to take his ritalin last night? Wow, he was like a wild man running across that stage.
October 14, 2009 at 4:23 pm Permalink
I like the idea of supporting the hall of fame… now if only we could get the Opry out of the hands of a corporation that loves to cut jobs *sigh*.
October 14, 2009 at 5:10 pm Permalink
This thought just popped into my head: The Hall of Fame should buy The Opry. It’s perfect.
October 14, 2009 at 5:25 pm Permalink
Save your breath; that ain’t gonna happen.
October 14, 2009 at 5:34 pm Permalink
About that Guy Clark show. It was pulled cause Dual Tone is planning on releasing it proper at some point. So…..news.
October 15, 2009 at 2:55 pm Permalink
The American Music Award nominations may be the most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
October 18, 2009 at 8:11 am Permalink
If the American Music Award nominations are the most pathetic, then all country award shows must be pathetic too.
October 18, 2009 at 5:51 pm Permalink
Sounds like Ralph in the article, while he is talented and definitely a bluegrass legend, he lives in the county next to my home county. I’ve met him several times in person, and he’s very cocky and arrogant, so of course his favorite musician is himself.
October 18, 2009 at 6:25 pm Permalink
Ralph “very cocky and arrogant?!” I don’t think so.
October 18, 2009 at 6:49 pm Permalink
Oh. No. You didn’t, Dan.
October 18, 2009 at 6:51 pm Permalink
How is he cocky and arrogant? ?Granted, I’ve never met him, but he seemed very down to earth at the show we saw of his.
October 18, 2009 at 9:20 pm Permalink
Just so you know, the Dan that made that comment above is different than me who basically only writes about Carrie and Taylor.
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