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New Sara Evans Single; Joe Pug Releases Free EP; Patsy Cline Autograph Fetches Top Dollar
Listen to Sara Evans‘ new single “Feels Just Like a Love Song.” ( MySpace | iLike )
Saguaro Road Records is giving away a free download of Tanya Tucker’s “Love’s Gonna Live Here” on Amazon. The track is from her upcoming album My Turn, which can be streamed in its entirety on CMT before its release [...] -
Montgomery Gentry Joins Opry; Hall to Highlight Matraca Berg
Montgomery Gentry officially joined the Grand Ole Opry last night.
“Uh, my daddy, he loved what it stood for and what it was about. And I promise you, me and T won’t let you down. And uh, omagosh, Dad…” Eddie said, clutching his Opry trophy and looking up, “we made it.”Matraca Berg is the next songwriter [...]
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Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 7
Some more songs that I liked, one song per artist, not necessarily the biggest hit. As always, I consider myself free to comment on other songs by the artist.
“I’m Having Your Baby” – Sunday Sharpe (1974)
Female answer to a rather lame Paul Anka hit with the answer song being better (or at least more [...]Continue reading "Great Country Songs from the 1970s, Pt. 7"
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Bluegrass Leads Week’s New Releases
New releases for the week of May 5, 2009 include:
Bobby Duncan – Faith, Hope and Everything Else
Amazon | MySpaceBourbon Crow – Long Way To the Bottom
Amazon | iTunes | MySpaceBuzz Cason – Busload of Love
Amazon | MySpaceDavid Davis & The Warrior River Boys – Two Dimes & A Nickel
Amazon | MySpaceDehlia Low – Tellico
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Country Legend Vern Gosdin Passed Away
Country legend Vern Gosdin passed away in his sleep last night at the age of 74.
But Gosdin found his greatest success doing mainstream country, as he scored No. 1 singles with “I Can Tell by the Way You Dance,” the Ernest Tubb quasi-tribute “Set ‘Em Up” and “I’m Still Crazy.”
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Forgotten Artists: Tompall & The Glaser Brothers/Tompall Glaser/Jim Glaser
It really is too bad the Glaser Brothers couldn’t get along with each other on a more sustained basis, as they truly were an amazing act to see live. The three Glaser brothers had voices that overlapped mostly on the margins, and with their near identical phrasing they could take a lyric that started at [...]
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Radio Survey Crowns Brad Paisley Listeners’ Favorite Country Artist
A poll of more than 13,000 radio listeners who cited a country station as their main station ranked Brad Paisley (4.5) as listeners’ favorite country artist. He was followed by Brooks & Dunn (4.4) and George Strait (4.4) on a scale that graded the artists from one to five. According to a press release sent [...]
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Legends & Lyrics Celebrates Creators of Song
The “Legends & Lyrics” public television series is taping two shows per day for the next several days at the Grand Masonic Lodge in Nashville. Among the singer-songwriters performing are Guy Clark, Dwight Yoakam, Darryl Worley and Billy Joe Shaver. The tapings are open to the public at no charge if you print out an [...]
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Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash Announce New Album
The Bastards Sons of Johnny Cash plan to have a new album out sometime this year (fall or spring, depending on which part of the article you believe). Titled Bend In the Road, it will consist of 10 new originals along with covers of Billy Joe Shaver and Steve Earle.
New releases for the week of [...]
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Jon Hager of Hee-Haw’s The Hager Twins Found Dead
Jon Hager, who performed as one-half of The Hager Twins with his brother Jim in the original cast of Hee-Haw, passed away last week at the age of 67. Sam Lovullo, a producer of Hee-Haw and friend of the Hagers, said Jon had been in poor health and was depressed since Jim had died in [...]
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