Sara Evans Engaged To Alabama Talk Show Host

Brody Vercher | March 25th, 2008 Email Share

  1. Rick
    March 25, 2008 at 10:07 am Permalink

    Its good to read that it looks likely that the XM and Sirius merger will go through as maybe the combined entity will be financially viable for the long term. I’m still waiting for a low price “country channels only” programming package, but I’m not holding my breath…..

    The Joanna Cotten MySpace blog was really interesting. Most new artists signed to the major Nashville labels wind up at the same place at some point if their radio singles don’t take off. Here in Los Angeles the listeners to our Top 40 country station KKGO FM got to hear Joanna’s debut single quite a bit about a year ago as the program director saw Joanna perform at the 2007 CRS and loved her funkabilly sound. Joanna did a free promotional concert at a car dealership in Huntington Beach and if it hadn’t been during work hours I’d have made the effort to see her. The only “off the grid” artists to be adopted by KKGO in the last year were Joanna and Star De Azlan. I wish Joanna well.

  2. patrick
    March 25, 2008 at 11:43 am Permalink

    I’ll be gunning for the Clark/Ely/Hiatt/Lovett tickets too. I’ve seen each individually, but this songswap format should be fantastic.

  3. Mike W.
    March 25, 2008 at 5:03 pm Permalink

    Cant wait for RRB’s new album!

  4. Baron Lane
    March 25, 2008 at 5:30 pm Permalink

    “I need you like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain” That is a great line. Not least because my Uncle, Tony Lane, helped write it.

  5. Matt B.
    March 25, 2008 at 5:31 pm Permalink

    Having heard the unreleased Joanne Cotten record, it’s a shame they didn’t give her a chance to have a big hit. “The Prize” also was a good single that radio should’ve latched on to. But then again, radio barely gave Sarah Buxton a chance.

  6. Kenny Christmas
    March 25, 2008 at 7:06 pm Permalink

    Now I don’t know Joanna Cotten from Adam. I’ve seen the name a couple times, and every time I do I think of elderly woman. Maybe it’s the “Joanna,” maybe it’s the “Cotten.” But there’s a Nashville Music Guide vibe I get from the name. I know you appreciate this analysis. Now, I’ll go check her out…

  7. Corey
    March 25, 2008 at 7:09 pm Permalink

    Sorry to be a stickler but it’s Jay Barker not Baker.

    [Thanks, I fixed it. - Brody]

  8. Dave S
    March 25, 2008 at 8:15 pm Permalink

    I don’t know what Lyric Street plans to do with Sarah Buxton. She has some great music and she’s a wonderful writer, and to let her abilities and career vegitate would be a shame. I know she posted a Myspace blog not too long after the ACM nominations were announced saying that she wished her label would release more of her music with some actual backing. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a blog from Sarah like Joanna’s and Katrina Elam’s come onto the myspace radar soon.

  9. Brody Vercher
    March 27, 2008 at 10:29 am Permalink

    Patrick - I was on the website ten minutes early this morning. The purchase button showed up at 10, but when I clicked through it said tickets weren’t on sale. I called the number, sat on hold for 20 minutes without ever talking to anyone and then the purchase button disappeared with a new message telling me to come back at noon. Sucks.

  10. patrick
    March 27, 2008 at 11:16 am Permalink

    Exact same thing happened with me this morning, and I was more than a little peeved. But I still headed back at noon at got tickets for the second (Tuesday) night.

  11. Brody Vercher
    March 28, 2008 at 9:15 am Permalink

    I got some for Monday night, but they’re not as good as I was hoping they would be.

  12. patrick
    May 6, 2008 at 10:22 am Permalink

    Brody, what did you think of the show last night? We go tonight.

  13. Brody Vercher
    May 6, 2008 at 10:35 am Permalink

    It transcended my expectations. Guy Clark limped in with crutches, but was in a good mood. Joe Ely was stellar, and Lyle Lovett provided plenty of comic relief. I hadn’t heard anything from John Hiatt before I went, but I’m a convert now. If I didn’t have plans tonight I’d try and scrap some tickets from somewhere just to see it again. I’ll try and write a proper review if I get the time, but you’re definitely in for a treat.

  14. patrick
    May 6, 2008 at 10:50 am Permalink

    Awesome, I can’t wait. With the Paramount such a small venue with great acoustics, it seems to be an ideal setting.

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