Reckless Kelly Announces First Celebrity Softball Jam
- Reckless Kelly announced their first Celebrity Softball Jam yesterday. It’ll take place Sunday, April 19 at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock, TX and will benefit Miracle League at Town & Country, South Austin Little League, and a scholarship fund for the Austin Elks. The actual game will feature national and local celebrities along with performing artists, and to top off the festivities, Reckless Kelly will perform, along with the Randy Rogers Band, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Micky and the Motorcars, Ray Benson, Jason Boland, Paula Nelson and more.
- The Academy of Country Music named nominees for album of the year and they are Taylor Swift, George Strait, Jamey Johnson, Carrie Underwood and Montgomery Gentry.
- Luke Bryan will release two new songs, “Take My Drunk Ass Home” and “Sorority Girls,” next Tuesday on an iTunes exclusive five-song EP titled Spring Break With All My Friends. Gee, I wonder what crowd he’s trying to target…
- My Kind of Country remembers Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas. They died in a plane crash forty-six years ago to the day.
- The Music City Syndicate has details on how you could be in the video for Dierks Bentley’s “Sideways.” The casting call is next Monday (March 9) and they’re looking for a nighttime, upscale club look or “country cool.”
- Country music newcomers Gloriana, who recently released their debut video for “Wild at Heart” (I wonder if their attire counts as country cool), will make their debut appearance on the Opry this Friday. (via press release)
- There was no mincing of words at the awards ceremony for Country Radio Broadcasters on Tuesday night when Merle Haggard appeared on stage. After hearing Emmylou Harris praise “Kern River,” Haggard recalled the distaste that Rick Blackburn, the former head of CBS Records, had for the song. CMT’s Edward Morris relayed the story:
On another occasion, Haggard recalled that Blackburn said, “I’d like to tell you one more time. I don’t like ‘Kern River.’” Haggard continued, “And I said, ‘That’s about the third time you’ve told me that.’ He said, ‘It’s more like five times.’ And I said, ‘Well, I’m about five times short of telling you to go to hell.’”
By now, the crowd was roaring with laughter. But Haggard wasn’t through yet.
“I said, ‘Who do you think you are? You’re the son-of-a-bitch that sat at that desk over there and fired Johnny Cash. Let it go down in history that you’re the dumbest son-of-a-bitch I’ve ever met.’”
- Handstamp’s Joey Guerra says Alan Jackson was the focal point during his shortened 50-minute set at RodeoHouston, which stood in contrast to Rascal Flatts‘ effects-heavy show on Tuesday night.
- Country Universe’s Kevin J. Coyne asks: If you could choose the set list for one of your favorite artists, what would it look like?
- Todd Snider signed to Yep Rock Records.
- Word has it that Mindy McCready is back with her ex-boyfriend Billy McKnight, who was convicted of beating her, and the couple have a new duet titled “Sweeter.” At the CMT Blog, Alison Bonaguro says she’s all for taking country songs literally, but when it comes to abuse she doesn’t think Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” applies.
- Additional tickets have been made available for the concert featuring George Strait and Reba McEntire at the opening of the new Dallas Cowboy stadium.
- Shayne Hollinger, the Program/Music Director of Mandatory FM in Stephenville, TX, shared 10 songs that he’s diggin’ at the moment and sharing on the airwaves.
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March 5, 2009 at 11:01 am Permalink
Holy crap! Austin, Reckless Kelly and baseball (sort of). Thats a better combo than Shooter and Jamey Johnson crossroads.
March 5, 2009 at 11:06 am Permalink
…oh yeah, Merle rules.
March 5, 2009 at 11:23 am Permalink
I’m a little surprised to see Montgomery Gentry score an Album of the Year nod from the ACM. I think it will go to Jamey Johnson or George Strait, however.
One of Luke Bryan’s new singles is titled “Take My Drunk Ass Home”? Oh, boy. Can’t wait. Yuck.
March 5, 2009 at 11:51 am Permalink
Luke Bryan’s “Take My Drunk Ass Home” is the sequel to “Beer For My Horses” that Toby Keith never recorded.
March 5, 2009 at 11:55 am Permalink
I’d like to hear “Take My Drunk Horse Home.”
March 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm Permalink
Yes, I really like the Haggard story.
I’m kind of surprised to see Montgomery Gentry in the ACM album race. The other four were no surprise.
March 5, 2009 at 7:04 pm Permalink
Taylor Swift alert! Don’t forget that tonight is the episode of “CSI” that features Taylor’s big time acting debut. I’m not much of a fan of Taylor’s singing, but this show should be fun.
Gloriana has a sound that reminds me of a corporate committee meeting “consensus” product. Its as if an artificial intelligence computer system was programmed to start with Little Big Town and fine tune it for Top 40 radio airplay. Could this be the first country band designed by “Skynet”? Hmmm….
The Hag’s comments are absolutely classic. Artists who still have active careers on Top 40 country radio would never be so honest or outspoken as they could/would lose label support for being so impudent.
When I hear Don McLean’s “American Pie” the line about “the day the music died” refers to the Buddy Holly crash, but as a country fan the Patsy Cline crash always comes to mind. What a tragic event.
March 5, 2009 at 8:07 pm Permalink
I bought Tres Chicas first album solely because it was on Yep Roc.
March 5, 2009 at 8:59 pm Permalink
Rick’s Random Tidbits: Straight from the CRS twilight zone comes this article from AllAboutCountry.com. I thought it was a put on but a picture of a Team UMG musical urinal cake was included! Where does clever marketing cross into the realm of just really bad, tacky taste! Ugh!
“To Whizz or Not To Whizz, That is the Question!
The men attending CRS-40 got a promotional surprise, while taking a bathroom break. As they thought they were slipping away for a quiet “non-promo whizz,” they were met with special urinal inserts in the Nashville Convention Center bathrooms today (03/04).
Not only did the inserts have a Team UMG logo on them, they also produced audio that said things like: “delivering a steady flow of hits,” “urine good hands,” “burning through the whole industry,” “flushing down all competitors,” and “the best music for your pee ones.”
AllAboutCountry congrats UMG on a great promo idea! (Who says, there’s nothing new under the sun?)”
Rick’s comment: I wish I could say I’m making this up, but I’m not…..
March 6, 2009 at 4:33 pm Permalink
Rick, you aren’t and it was damn creepy to hear that voice coming from the urinal. I also have to say that while weird, it was pretty genius.
CRS is an interesting event and it’s actually a good thing they have it…
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