Sugarland Drops Miley For First Chart-Topper On Billboard 200
- Sugarland’s sales saw a 45% decline, but it was still enough to take the top spot from Miley Cyrus on the Billboard 200 chart.
- Leave it to Jamey Johnson to turn the often humorous Photocrap blog serious.
- Jamey Johnson makes another appearance on Unplugged at Studio 330 next week, but for now you can go check out Taylor Swift’s interview and song selections for her own Unplugged session.
- Country, California’s John Maglite caught a recent Dolly Parton performance at Sacramento’s ARCO Arena and shares his thoughts on the night’s proceedings.
I saw Dolly Parton live in concert last night. Well, I guess it was her. From my lower-level seat halfway between the stage and the rafters at Sacramento’s ARCO Arena, what I actually saw was a blond wig atop a tiny, expressive, top-heavy body. I never did get to see the face. Given the size of the venue, I had assumed that there would be video screens to bring the action closer to us poor saps off in the distance. Wrong. Still, to Parton’s credit, I never felt like a forgotten observer.
- Cynthia Fuchs reviewed the Johnny Cash documentary, Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music, that aired on PBS last night.
- Laura Cantrell bemoans the lack of women in the Country Music Hall of Fame. She notes that of the 105 member roster, only 14 are women, and two of those weren’t even artists. She also provides an introduction to several less heralded women (Bessie Smith, Mildred Bailey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rose Maddox, Molly O’ Day, Jean Shepard, Skeeter Davis and Ola Belle Reed) and a link to one of their songs.
- If you enjoyed Paul W. Dennis’ “Forgotten Artist” feature on David Rogers, go check it out again. We added several tracks to the bottom that will hopefully whet your appetite and entice you to seek out more material.
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August 6, 2008 at 11:13 am Permalink
Wow, a short news day.
August 6, 2008 at 11:19 am Permalink
No comment on the actual news?
August 6, 2008 at 11:22 am Permalink
I think that was a comment on the actual news.
August 6, 2008 at 11:31 am Permalink
It was more a comment on the quantity of actual news, I guess.
August 6, 2008 at 11:37 am Permalink
Wow, slow news day. :)
Jamey Johnson rulez. I even got some of my music snob budz over at Altcountrytab.ca interested in this dude.
August 6, 2008 at 11:40 am Permalink
Good call on adding the David Rogers audio. It’s nice to be able to read about him and listen to him all in the same place. I’m definitely more interested now.
It’s the weirdest thing to finish writing something before I pass out at night and wake up to find it on The 9513 (even if it is on a slow news day). Thanks for the plug… it’s always appreciated.
August 6, 2008 at 12:40 pm Permalink
I think that the chatter around the slow news day has made it not as slow…..
August 6, 2008 at 2:13 pm Permalink
An interesting point about Women and the country music hall of fame. Something I have always thought was lacking. However, if you look back in the grand scheme of country music, men have generally dominated the industry, so it’s understandable. I think Reba should be getting close to be letting in. Also, not sure but are Lorreta, Tammy, or Barbara Mandrell in the Hall of Fame?
August 6, 2008 at 2:46 pm Permalink
Greg,
Loretta and Tammy are members of the Hall of Fame. Emmylou Harris of course was inducted this year. I would expect Barbara Mandrell and Reba to follow in the next 2-4 years.
August 6, 2008 at 3:40 pm Permalink
I’ve been to ARCO several times and have never seen them put big screens up. At least the artists, like Garth and Dolly, make it seem like you’re right in the middle of the action :-)
August 6, 2008 at 5:11 pm Permalink
It looks like Jamey is growing his hair longer (all the way around). He visited WSIX and you can watch the videos with several songs performed live:
http://wsix. com/pages/personality_hfoundation. html
There are some funny stories on the video.
The only thing missing on Jamey’s new album is “Leave You Alone.” It’s still a great piece of work with what is on there. He’s going to have a live chat on his website at 7PM tonight. It will be interesting to hear his take on songs from the album.
August 6, 2008 at 6:44 pm Permalink
Hopefully every addition to the “Forgotten Artist” series will now include audio links so we can hear what we’ve been missing! Thanks for adding those….
I always enjoy it when Laura Cantrell gets on her soapbox about the lack of respect paid to women (in an overall sense) throughout the history of country music. Let’s face it that men have traditionally held most of the positions of power in the country music industry and its been a “good old boys club”. I’m glad that Laura is so passionate about this issue.
Jamey Johnson has a short interview segment on GAC’s “On The Streets” episode this week and he really seemed to be enjoying himself. (They even had a short interview with Carrie Rodriguez where Carrie and Suzanne Alexander were discussing Lucinda Williams. Suzanne is a closet Americana fan! lol)
August 7, 2008 at 7:29 am Permalink
Viva La Evolucion ;)
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