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February 2010 Mailbag: Why Does Nashville Star Start Again? What Does George Strait Make?
Why does Nashville Star start again? Because it has slightly better ratings than an Oxy Clean infomercial. — Jim What does “we’re having an Indian Summer” mean? It means you’ve just been extradited from a place you’ve been living for hundreds of years. — Pierce What is the meaning of “Wild at Heart” by Gloriana? [...]
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Eddie Montgomery Loves His Country, His Opry And His Honky-Tonk
After just a few minutes of speaking with Eddie Montgomery, his passions are clear—his country and his music. Montgomery’s hardy, dry sense of humor seems like it was probably picked up in the small town Kentucky bar where his dad used to play guitar on Saturday nights. It’s his 10th year as part of the [...]
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Randy Houser – “My Kind Of Country”
Songwriters: Dallas Davidson and Randy Houser. Randy Houser debuted as a balladeer of uncommon skill with the soulful “Anything Goes,” but it was the Adkinsesque rocker “Boots On” (in the vein of, but not quite as interesting as, “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk”) that very nearly took him to the top of the charts, blocked only by [...]
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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (9-13-09)
Welcome to all our new members, as our group has grown to 114 music fans. The more the merrier, especially when they result in some new faces populating our charts. Naturally, George Strait is the Top Artist of the week, as anything less than a Top 3 finish for King George might send the world [...]
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40 Truckin’ Songs
This September, The 9513 is saluting one of our favorite topics: truckin’. We had a list long as Route 66, but after much debate, narrowed it down to 40 artists and 40 songs. Though there is a fair amount of women truck drivers, this list is Y chromosome heavy. You won’t find too many ballads [...]
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Brooks & Dunn Announce Break-Up
After nearly 20 years and 41 Top 10 hits, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are going their separate ways. Rumors started to swirl yesterday afternoon, and the break-up was confirmed when the award-winning duo posted this message on their official website: “After 20 years of making music and riding this trail together, we have agreed [...]
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The 9513 Last.fm Chart Update (7-12-09)
Johnny Cash is dead and his house burned down and he’s the #1 artist in The 9513′s Last.fm group. I’m not sure that any of those events are related, despite what Larry Gatlin may say. It’s no huge surprise that the Man in Black has been at or near the top of the charts for [...]
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Brooks & Dunn – “Indian Summer”
Songwriters: Kix Brooks, Bob DiPiero, Ronnie Dunn Our friends at radio trade site All Access have listed “Indian Summer” as a spotlight track, citing one radio programmer who claimed the song reminds him of a Garth Brooks record. Certainly, the lead single from Brooks & Dunn’s upcoming album deserves a moment in the spotlight, if [...]
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Your Take: What Makes A Great Country Duo?
It’s been a while since we served up our last Your Take, which asks for our readers’ thoughts on the people, progress and problems in today’s country music. Each discussion will ask a question based on a contextual and timely scenario garnered from a blog post, comment or news item on The 9513 that week. [...]
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Kenny Chesney Plans to Expand Personal Brand With A Line of Rum
Chicago-based Constellation Spirits is expected to announce today that they’re developing a premium rum in partnership with Kenny Chesney, which will be out in the first quarter of 2010. The name is yet to be determined, but a spokesman for Constellation said it will not bear Chesney’s name. However, stage banners at his concerts would [...]
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